Brinley's 8th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Brinley!  8 years old!!  We celebrated Brinley's Birthday with a party on the Sunday after her Birthday.  Lots of family came to be with her.  We ate a yummy dinner, had "dirt cups" for dessert, and opened Birthday presents.  Staying with tradition, she got her own set of scriptures for her Birthday this year.  She was really excited to get them.  She chose the mini scripture set like Quincy's, but in a different color.  She is the most awesome 8 year old I know. We love you Brinley!!

Em's Dance!

Emilee's friends finally convinced her that she should ask a boy to the dance!  Yahoo!  She went with a group of 8 kids and they had a great time.  They did a progressive dinner.  The main dish was at our house.  Kylee and I got the table set and ready and made the food, but then Kylee had a date that night and I had to be in the temple with a lady from our ward going through for the first time, so Grandma saved us once again.  She came up to serve the food and be the chaperon. She said she was so impressed with a great group of kids!  Maybe Emilee had enough fun that we can talk her into going again!!

Valentines hair!

Guess who went to school with a cool Valentines hairdo?  Brinley got heart hair to wear on Valentines.  It also happened to be pajama day!!  

A new Valentines Tradition!

This year we tried something new that I absolutely loved!  For Family Home Evening, we each wrote a message on a heart to each other.  7x6 is 42, so we ended up with 42 wonderful kind little messages to each other.  They hung on our door for the month of February.  It was so fun to see each of us stop to read and re-read them. Definitely a tradition we will keep!!

Kade's 14th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Kade!  Somehow we only got pictures of us giving him his treat presents the morning of his Birthday.  We missed the family party pictures! It's hard sometimes to get a 14 year old boy to get excited, so I love the look on his face as he unwrapped the HUGE bag of Mike-N-Ike's to go in his candy machine.  

We sure love this boy!  He is getting to be a big help at home and I love that we have some muscle left around the house when Chris is gone!  He has a funny sense of humor and is still the world's biggest tease.  I think that comes automatically if you are male and your last name is Southwick!  He is smart and a whiz on the computer.  He will become a "Teacher" on this Birthday and he does a great job fulfilling his Priesthood responsibilities.

We love you Kade! Happy Birthday!