Zoo Day

Today we met up with Megh, Ellie, & Cam for a trip to the zoo. We all had a fun day. The girls may have had more fun just running around on the grass than they did checking out animals. As long as they had fun I guess. :)

Brighton's 4th Birthday!!!

Hooray for four year old princesses! Brighton turned 4 yesterday and I have to say that she is just the greatest kid in the world. She has the biggest heart and is such a little mother. She loves to help and always wants to make sure everyone else is taken care of. She is so excited to be a big sister and I have no doubt that she will be a great one. She kisses my belly every day and lets us know all the things the baby is saying. Apparently, we have a we have a pretty clever little person on the way. Brighton loves to be funny. She is one silly girl and makes us laugh everyday. She loves to dance and twirl and sing. She dresses up in some form everyday. Ariel is her very favorite right now, thus the Ariel themed princess party...
We had 12 little princesses over at our house for an afternoon full of princess fun. There was dancing, crown & bracelet making, magic wand finding in the back yard, playing princess games, eating princess cupcakes, and opening princess presents. It was a little crazy with so many little people, but they all seemed to have a great time and Brighton stated that "this was the best princess party ever!" so it was well worth the chaos. On her actual birthday, we had breakfast with Lex and dinner with Bren, Megh, Ellie, and Cam. Again, I have to say that we sure love finally having family close by! Bri got a new barbie bike that was a big hit and she had a great 4th birthday. Brighton is pretty excited about her new age. She has been telling everyone that will listen that she is not three anymore, but is now 4!!! Oh so exciting.

We love you so much Brighton Lily! You bring so much joy and sparkle into our family and we are the luckiest parents in the world to have you. Happy Birthday Princess!

Easter!

We had a great Easter this year. Brighton woke us up nice and early and the search began for her basket. She was so excited when she found it hiding behind the couch. she said, "that Easter Bunny is such a tricky hider!" Then it was time to find all of the candy filled eggs around the house. Oh the fun. Lex and Nate came over for breakfast and we had fun hanging out with them for awhile. Then Bren, Megh, and family came over and spent the rest of the day. Bren and Megh did most of the cooking and everything was delightful, especially Megh's carrot cake! It was the best we've ever had. Yumm! Don re-hid the eggs a bunch of times and Bri and Ellie had a blast finding them again and again. We've been by ourselves for Easter since we moved to Oregon and it was so nice to have family around! Happy Easter everyone!

Spring Break n' Other Stuff

I haven't posted for quite awhile. Partly because we haven't been up to too much and partly because I have been pretty sick for the past few months. I am 14 weeks pregnant! We are due at the end of September and are so excited. It took lots of tests, drugs, and procedures to get here and we are so thankful that we are finally pregnant. I'm still in the lovely sick phase and am hoping to snap out of it any day now. I have been a lot more sick with this one than I was with Brighton and I'm afraid I haven't been a very fun mommy lately. The other day at breakfast Bri says, "Dad, you are so funny and fun." So I say, "What about me?" Bri thinks for a second then says, "Uh, no, you're not very funny or fun Mom." Sad. I hope to be your fun mommy again soon Bri.

We went to Utah last week for Spring Break. I thought I would be feeling good by this point, but no such luck so I spent most of my time taking naps, watching basketball, and reading books at my parents' house in Mammoth Creek. It was nice not to have to do the cooking or cleaning and it was great to spend time with family. We stayed with Quinc and Deb for one night and flew out the next day. It was fun to see them, but we wish we could have spent more time with them! Brighton loved playing with her cousins and the whole time at the airport just begged to go back to their house. We didn't see any friends while we were there. Next time for sure though! Better yet, we have a guest bedroom just waiting to be used. You are all invited to visit!

My parents still have lots of snow at their house so Brighton got to make snow angels, have snowball fights, and go sledding. She had a blast and was so excited to play in the snow! She also loved helping Grandma cook and had a good time playing with every barbie and stuffed animal in the house.

Snow in Portland!

This doesn't happen everday here and there were some excited little people at our house today. Hooray for snow!

Christmas 2009!

We usually travel to both Utah and California during the Christmas season, but couldn't fly this year because of Don's ear so we stayed in Oregon. Bren, Megh, Ellie, and Cam were here too and we had a great Christmas together. On Christmas Eve, we cooked a yummy prime rib dinner, made sugar cookies for Santa, read the Christmas story, and sang Christmas songs. It was just right.

Bri often uses the fireplace as her stage and here she is leading the group in some singing.

Christmas morning was great. The girls were super excited...so were the grown-ups.

Bri asked Santa for a RAINBOW CAT this year! Ugh. What? We...er...I mean Santa looked everywhere for a rainbow cat that Brighton said she had never seen before, but that she knew Santa would make for her. Finally, Santa located one in Hong Kong which barely made it here in time. Whew. Brighton was thrilled with her stripey rainbow cat and we were just glad it met her expectations of what a rainbow cat should be and that it arrived before Christmas!

Look out American Idol...here comes Brighton Lily.

It was all giggles and smiles outside on the new princess scooter. Oh the fun!

Bouncy Jingle Bell Singers...

Merry Christmas!

Zoo Lights!