Happy Easter!!

We had a great Easter weekend. We saw the Easter Bunny at the mall and Brighton was so excited! She ran right over to him, gave him a big hug, and crawled up on his lap. We had a fun neighborhood Easter egg hunt on Saturday, and of course, the Easter Bunny stopped at our house last night and hid Bri's Easter basket. He brought a polka dot Easter dress and a purple stuffed dino. Since Bri loved finding eggs at the Easter egg hunt yesterday, the Easter Bunny also decided to re-hide all of the eggs. Easter egg hunt number two was a big hit and we had such a fun morning. We went to church and had a wonderful sacrament meeting on the Atonement. When we got home from church, we colored Easter eggs and put (of course) princess stickers all over them to make them pretty. Happy Easter everyone!

Sunshine!

So we have been having some fabulous, glorious, sunshiney weather. We've been at the park or in the back yard all week soaking up the warmth. Ahhh. I am more than ready to say goodbye to gray rainy days. Welcome Sunshine!


So this is how we have been finding Bri lately at naptime or bedtime. As soon as we leave the room, she crawls up in her chair and reads books until she falls asleep. If it is bedtime, we move her to her bed, but if it is naptime, we just leave her, because who in the world would risk waking a napping toddler?!

Princess B

If you ever come to our house, chances are, you will be greeted by our little princess. This girl LOVES to dress up. Here, she is reading a princess book with Dad. We read a lot of those around here!

Here she is with Denmark. Don's cousin Dave comes up with his family every few months to visit. Brighton and Denmark had such a blast together this visit. And Denmark was a such a good sport to join Brighton in her princess adventures.

Here is Bri with some song and dance for all to enjoy. ;)

Spring Break!!

So for my spring break, my wonderful mother came out to stay with Brighton while Don and I went to Arizona to get some sunshine. (Thanks again Mom)! Brighton was in heaven with Grandma and it was nice not to have to worry about her and to get some good quality time with my hubby. We stayed at a great resort in Scottsdale and had such a great time. We went to a couple of spring training games (go A's!), played some tennis, went to Sedona for a day, ate way too much good food, got to see Britt, Jason and their cute kiddos, and just enjoyed the nice warm weather. Ahhh, glorious sunshine! I can't wait until we get some of that here! When we got home, we had a couple of extra days with my Mom. It was so fun having her here. She's the best! Come back soon! :)

Brighton Ballerina

So we just put Bri in a little creative dance class. She loves it as long as I am in there with her. (Hopefully she'll love it on her own soon). It's so fun to watch little tiny people dance though. I love it! ;) This is a clip of Bri dancing in the kitchen after her first little class. She's a natural, right?

February Fun

For Valentines Day I ordered a delightful Coldstone cake. Yummm! Don also got Bri this pink teddy which she loves and now has to sleep with at night. We got a babysitter and somehow lucked out and got into a nice resturant without a reservation and without a wait. It was fun to have an actual date with my hubby. xoxo!



We have actually had some hit and miss nice weather and it has been so great to get outside and play! I am more than ready to say audios to winter. Bring on the sunshine!


Today we went to our neighbor's birthday party at the Portland Children's Museum. Brighton had a blast! Her favorite part was probably playing grocery store checker. I think she could have done that all day long! Maybe she'll have a career as a checker at Safeway someday. ;)









So when Bri was a baby, we took a ridiculous number of pictures. Seriously, we took multiple pictures everyday. The older she gets though, the fewer pictures we take. Kind of sad. Not that I want to get back to taking a million pictures, but I am going to try to take more because lately we have hardly taken any of our cute little lady!

This N' That

So yesterday was Brighton's first haircut. I was a little sad about it because she had these great ringlets and I didn't want them to be cut off. Unfortunately, the ringlets were growing at a faster rate in the back and the whole hair style was starting to look a little bit too mullet-like for my taste. Thus, the haircut. It turned out cute though and Bri thought it was great. She got to pick a movie, sit in a pink car, and pick out new sparkly clips. She asked people all day long if they liked her new hairstyle. Of course they all did. :) I also got a trim yesterday (different salon) and Bri told me that my new hair cut looked cute, but that hers was BEAUTIFUL. Maybe I should have had my hair cut at Little Clippers too.



We had Aunt Lexi here for the past couple of weeks. We had great fun with her and loved having her at our house! She might be going to school at Oregon State. We're crossing our fingers cause we would love to have her close by!
This is perhaps a little contradictory...playing Wii Fit while eating an ice cream cone. Hmmm. I guess it's better than me just eating mine sitting on the couch.

I went to pick up some take out last night and came home to this. Cinderella cuddled up with her prince. Ahhh.