Happy Birthday Brielle

Today Brielle is officially four going on thirty! :) We had her favorite breakfast waffles, and opened presents with my parents this morning. She was so excited about getting her own pink leapster so now she doesn't have to steal her brothers! She also was excited about her pink shin guards for soccer this fall. She wanted to go to the splash pad and eat cheese pizza for lunch, so TJ made some food for us and we played all afternoon. For dinner we went over to TJs parents and had a Fancy Nancy dinner. It was so cute TJs Mom made the kids table really fancy and Brielle definitely played the part. She was in heaven and so excited to have all her cousins to be fancy with! We also celebrated Nate's birthday since he was gone, thanks for sharing your celebrations and thanks for the yummy "parfait" Jena it was soooo yummy! We hope you had a great birthday weekend Nate we sure love you, thank you for being such a great Uncle and Brother, we think you are the best!

Fishing party!

Brielle had so much fun at her fishing party, thank you to all our wonderful family and friends that are family! We appreciate all your love and support! We of course had yummy pizza and all the fixings, along with fish eggs (grapes), bait (goldfish, Swedish fish) and worms (gummy, sour, and Cheetos). For dessert we had dirt cake! I totally forgot to do a bunch of games I had planned as usual, but we ended up eating worms off the hook with no hands, and of course hit the pinata! TJ fished and let Brielle reel in a tiny fish and all the kids loved it! Brielle also got some really fun presents and the funny thing is that every single person bought her gum! She is always asking for gum! :) After reading a story before bed Brielle said it was the best party ever, and that makes it all worth it! I love you Brielle, thank you for being mine! I love how no one can change your mind and though you definitely test me the most you are also the funniest! There is never a dull moment with you! I hope you always stay true to what you believe and never let anyone change your mind. Happy 4th birthday BB!

The start of Brielle's birthday weekend!

Sunday my middle child turns four, yes FOUR! Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday my little baby chatterbox was walking around with food in one hand and a phone in the other! Now she is a little lady with food in one hand and the phone in the other! :) Wednesday night Grandpa Ken and TJ took her and Hunter fishing and she was not a happy camper since they didn't catch much, I think we will have to wait another year until she goes on long fishing trips! :) Friday mornings we go to the PTA movie and today it was Space Chimps, it was a cute show and the kids love going to the movies. After the movie Grandma Kathy took Brielle on her birthday lunch and to pick out her present. She had so much fun and even got to go watch a movie at Grandma's too! She picked out for her present a few littlest pet shops, and of course gum! She also got to go to Grandpa and Grandma Wach's for her birthday sleepover! She was so tickled about all the fun events today and said "Mom, everyone wants to be with me for my birthday!" She definitely felt loved. Which makes me happy since she has the middle child syndrome. I am so happy that she has such wonderful grandparents that love her so much and spend quality time with her! Thank you, she will treasure these memories forever! Tomorrow is her birthday party and we decided our kids can start having friend parties when they are five, so until next year it's family parties (which is huge still!) This year Brielle wanted a Fancy Nancy/Fishing party. That's right! So how did I pull off this request? Saturday we are going to the fishing pond to fish and play games and Sunday we will have a Fancy Dinner at Grandma's!

Date Night!

Every summer TJ surprises me with a totally planned date night, he even calls his Mom to watch the kids! All he tells me is not to plan anything on a certain day, I usually figure it because it's usually tickets to Tuacahn but but it's still fun and really sweet! Last night we went to Texas Roadhouse and rode the motorcycle out to Tuacahn to see Footloose! It was the perfect weather for a bike ride and show! We had so much fun! The show was great and had some really good dancers! I swear I use to watch Dirty Dancing and Footloose a million times a day in the summer, I have them memorized! Thanks Monkey for the fabulous evening I had the best time as always, Love you!

Football camp

Hunter went to football camp for three days and learned so much and had a blast. There were a few friends he knew but he also met some new friends which he was excited about. That is one of the things I love about Hunter everyone he meets he becomes friends with. One day after picking him up he asked if I took his picture and I said I had, he said did you get some of me catching the ball? Yea I took a few, he said can you erase the ones of me missing the ball? I laughed he is so funny and so much fun! Can't wait for the season to start in the fall, it was pretty funny watching the scrimmage on the last day!

Father's Day

We started the morning off opening presents, TJ was excited about all the candy we got him along with some clothes and a much needed hedger. My Mom and the kids made him a Cubs blanket that he loves, it is so comfy. We ate breakfast at Fairway Grill with my parents and later that afternoon we went and saw Night at the Museum, and it was really good we all liked it. After a short rest we went to TJ's family and ate a yummy dinner and of course ate way too much. The girls were in bad moods and driving me crazy, and TJs parents house is always crazy so I didn't get any good picture of Grandpa Ken but oh well we love ya! I have to say we have the best Dad's around. TJ is an awesome Dad he is always involved in everything he can be, he always helps me and never complains, and loves them so much. My Dad is my hero, he always has and still does do everything he can for us, we all love him so much and appreciate all the time he spends with us. TJ's Dad is always supporting every little thing going on in our lives and is always up for a fishing trip. Thank you so very much for being such great examples of wonderful Dads, we love you and hope you enjoyed your day!

Sophie's first haircut!

My Dad cut the kids hair and I had him cut Sophie's ponytail mullet too! She did so good and it looks so much better! Hopefully it will start to grow more, here's to wishful thinking! :)

Kolob

We went up to Kolob and went camping for a few days, fishing, hiking and riding the 4-wheeler and bike. It was perfect weather and nice to get away from it all! The best part of camping in the food right? And boy did we eat, tin foil dinners, dutch oven dinners, smores, banana boats, sandwiches and loads of treats. The kids had so much fun wondering around exploring and eating smarshmellows as they call em at every meal, and TJ loved being away from work, and as for me well, camping is a lot of work for Moms but I did get a nap and we made some fun memories! The last morning we planned on waking up and packing up, Sophie woke up first and starting chatting and then started bonking our heads saying up up up upppppp! Then she started jumping up and down. We all started laughing and of course got up! :) She loved sitting on the step into the trailer to eat, put her shoes on or bang on the door, and would say HOT every time we started a fire. It was so cute because it was more like HHHHOOOOT! She is picking up on a lot of words lately and loves playing with the kids. I think she missed having a phone while we were up there too! It was nice to get away for while but oh it's sure nice to come home and shower, and a have a toilet to poop on Brielle said!!!! Enjoy the large quantity of photo's! :)

Magic Show

TJ won tickets to a magic show but had to work so the kids and I went and it was really fun! I even was chosen as an assistant! Our family must have a assistant look to us! :) Here are some pictures of the kids before we left, obviously it is impossible to get all three of them to look at me, not even a worth photo-shoping one, but Hunter and Brielle never have a problem posing for the camera!

Grandpa Doug

This weekend has been full of laughs! My Dad bought his first truck for himself, he has always driven my Moms hand me downs. It was also TJs Dad's last new car sale too since starting Tuesday they will only be selling used, my Dad thought it was cool and has had a non-stop grin, he loves his truck! Then for awhile now I told my Dad once he got out of school I wanted to color and shave his mustache so we did and we all had some laughs! The first thing I thought of the colored mustache was Blart from Mall Cop, I think he looks so much younger with it shaved!! We love you Dad thanks for always making us laugh! My Mom put my friends hair extensions in and looked like Joe Dirt so my parents left looking like the picture to see their friend and said this was their St. George disguise, they looked so funny! What do you think Ash?!!!!? Can't wait to see you next month!

Pinevalley Dinner

Every year our electric company hosts a meeting/dinner with fun things to do and prizes, this year they split up the divisions but we still wanted to go up to Pinevalley, Grandpa Bentley went with us and I am so glad he did! We have so much family around that we see him often but don't get the chance to really spend quality time with him. We had a blast at the dinner and Grandpa cleaned house and won two prizes! Hunter and Brielle loved playing by the creek and crawling on the log from side to side. Sophie enjoyed her huge cookie and new found favorite rootbeer and was a big dirt clod by the time the night was over. Afterward we went to the cabin to check on things and while TJ mowed the lawn Grandpa showed the kids how to pull rhubarb and then walked around the property telling us stories. He mentioned a few things that needed to be done too (anyone wanna help us Sunday wink wink!) We love him so much and will cherish these fun memories.