Brinley's 6th Birthday!

Wow! My Brinley is 6 years old!!  Hard to believe.  No more babies around this house anymore.  Brinley had a great birthday.  On the day of her birthday she got to open a box of "sugared" cereal and some candy and a cute princess singing card that her Dad picked out for her.  On the following Sunday we had her family party with the Hadley's.  We had dinner, she opened her presents, and ate her yummy dessert!

 She got a pile of presents.  Some from Mom and Dad and some from Grandpa and Grandma.  She could hardly wait to see what was inside.  It took alot of patience to wait all day until it was time!

 She mostly got clothes.  Luckily she still thinks this is OK.  She got some really cute summer shirts and a pair of shorts.

 You have to have at least one toy on your birthday so she got a pack ot 6 different 3D princess puzzles.  Her three older sisters were soooo jealous.  Anything princess at our house is pretty hot stuff.  She was excited to try them out.

 Brinley didn't want the traditional cake for her birthday...she chose ice cream cookie sandwiches rolled in sprinkles!!  Doesn't that sound so much better.  They were really yummy!!

 Brinley loves her Grandpa Tom.  She isn't quite as willing to snuggle with him now that she is getting a little older (much to Grandpa's dismay) but he can still get her to pay him a little attention sometimes!

You are so much fun Brinley.  We all love you so much and are sooo glad that you are a part of our family.  You make everyone smile and we love your funny outgoing personality.

Some of the things Brinley likes at the age of 6 are...

* Playing with her cute freinds Kate, Olivia G, Brooke & Breeanne.

* Going to Kindergarten and especially Mrs. Kimber

* Winning - she has one competitive spirit.  She will beat you at anything even if it takes her a lifetime.  It should be fun to watch her as she grows up!

*Being 1st in the bus line every afternoon - those poor other little Kindergarteners don't have a chance.

* Ipods - she is always sneaking the older kids away and begging to play them.

* Her sister Quincy - they are best friends (well, most of the time)

* Still loves her "zone" time.  She will make believe, draw, add with a calculator, play with her baby dolls all by herself.  She loves her mornings with just her and I so she can do whatever she wants.

* Riding her bike incredibly fast down the road without a helmet...we have to work on this one.  It makes her Mother crazy!

* Riding on her plazma car outside and shooting hoops in the basketball hoop.

Happy Birthday Brinley...We Love You!!

Quincy's Valentines Box

Quincy created this awesome Valentines box mostly by herself with a little help.  I am not sure where she got the idea but this was what she wanted to do.  I thought it turned out pretty cute!!

She is very creative and pretty darned determinted when she comes up with an idea!!

Kade's 12th Birthday!

I do not know why we don't have any pictures of Kade's Birthday...but we don't!!  So sad!  I know one thing for sure...even though we didn't take any pictures we had a great birthday party and he got his favorite ever Birthday present.

For his Birthday dinner the most important part of the meal was...we had "whole white" rolls.  He's kinda a funny kid. He doesn't like anything to do with my wonderful whole grain foods!!  So that was his main request!  

He actually already had his Birthday present because we let him get it early.  He got an IPOD!!!!  He was sooo excited to finally get that thing.  We told him he had to be 12 first and he had finally arrived.  We cheated a little though and let him get it early so he could have it for the long drive to California in January.  He even earned half the money to buy it...but according to him it is worth every penny!

Some things Kade loves at the age of 12...

* Soccer - indoor, outdoor, any kind

* Golf - his Dad has him completely brainwashed!

* Playing on his Ipod...now it's my job to limit the use!

* His friends - hangs out mostly with Chayse,  Justin and Trevor.

* Finally being out of primary...He is a deacon!  Yay!!

* Math - he is so smart at math!

* Teasing his sisters - he never seems to get too old for this one!

Happy Birthday Kade!  We love you!

We are so proud of the wonderful young man he is becoming.  He got the Priesthood with the coming of this birthday and it was a great experience for him.  I was so impressed to see how excited he has been to participate in collecting fast offerings and passing the sacrament.  Very cool!!