Sorry for the long hiatus~I'm sure you missed us terribly! We didn't have internet for several months, so I got out of the habit of keeping ya'll up to date! Maybe I'll do better? I'll make a little more effort! So here is a little bit of what we have been up to! We will start with Halloween!! Brendan wanted to be a red crayon this year. We had fun (and a little frustration) getting the costume done, but it turned out all right. Brynlee Jo was a pumpkin. Same pumpkin costume I wore when I was little! You are supposed to stuff it with newspaper to make it round. She didn't like being round, so it came right back out! They had a great time, and Brendan even scored plenty of stuff he could eat!
December found us in San Fransisco for my little brothers wedding. I made some extra money so I spent it on Wicked tickets! AMAZING! We had a blast. Still like Les Mis better, but I LOVE going to the theatre!
I love having a photographer in the family! Here's us!
Spring Break wasn't much of a break. Derek was busy coaching, but we had a couple days and headed up to Boise and got a motel. The kids love to swim! We also had breakfast pool side which they thought was the coolest thing ever!
We also visited the Discovery Center. It's a kid friendly science museum. It's very hands on and they got to do some really neat things! Brendans favorite was pulling himself up in the chair! I was amazed he could do it~and really quickly too!
While there, Brendan, Brynlee, and Derek all laid on a bed of nails! You laid down, pushed a button, and all the nails came out, raising you a couple inches!
We have also gotten to spend a lot of time with my in-laws exchange student. The kids LOVE her! They have a lot of fun together. My sister is a beekeeper and she was checking the hives. Brendan and Nuka suited up to watch!
All in all, we are pretty good. I have been super stressed with my new calling. I am the music chorister for the primary (I teach music to all the children age 3-11). Not something I have loved, and there have been some big issues with the president, but I'm getting the hang of it! Derek is in with the Young Men again assisting with the 12 year old scouting program. He hates scouting, but is working hard! Brendan and Brynlee are growing super fast, and are just so much fun! Brendan is currently working on mastering Donkey Kong on Dereks old Super Nintendo. He's getting pretty good at it too! Brynlee is still into everything her brother is, and we are still working on how to talk and not whine & scream. We are all a work in progress :) We have a lot of fun things coming up, so watch for more pictures!! And I promise it won't be 7 months before I post again!!
Yep, a little moose standing next to the road. (It's a cow (female) hence the lack of antlers) But still, a moose in the wild. Always cool to see! Well, the whole purpose of our little trip was to see this silly little blue train.
Kiddos had a great time together (mostly). They had matching Thomas shirts. We found them a couple days before for 2 bucks. I splurged :0)
They had a lot of activities for the kids and we spent a couple hours there. They loved riding this little yellow electric rail car.
My kids also just love water right now, so they were happy just having a place to swim!
We had a great quick little trip. Left Wed. at 3:30ish and were home Thursday night (probably around a 4 hour drive each way). It was well worth the trip, through my babies eyes. Their night time prayers still will have a "thank thee we could ride Thomas" thrown in there.
