What a crack up!

Tonight at dinner Brinley was telling us that her friend Gavin has a cool "Cars" clock on his wall. She then went on to tell us that she wants a princess clock on her wall. She has seen them at the store. But I told her that you have to have money to get one at the store. So I asked her if she had any money and she looked at me funny and said no. So I told her that she has to have money before she can get her a princess clock. (Thinking this would be the end of the conversation). Then she said "I've got a good idea, how about you give me some money so I can get the clock." Me and Marc started laughing, it was hilarious...her and her good ideas. I swear we have to cross these bridges so young with her. I can't (actuallly I can) wait to see what kind of teenager she'll be.

There's a big baby on the way!

I had a routine ultra sound on Monday to check on the baby, and guess what...he's already 8 lbs 9 oz!!!! I still have 3 1/2 weeks to go. So I will be getting induced early if he doesn't come on his own. I know that's not a huge baby, but considering Brinley was 7 lbs and Braden was 6 lbs 8 oz, that seems gigantic to me. I'm excited! And we will for sure post when our little one comes.

What should we name our baby?

As many of you know, Marc is impossible to work with when it comes to boy names. So, today he finally agreed to broaden his horizons and said ok to some names. Here they are, we are looking for your opinions. You can vote for more than one if there's more than one that you like. The middle name is going to be David so you know how the name will sound all together. Thanks for any input you can share!!!! And to those of you who have kids with these or similar names, let me know if that bugs you, but I figure I am taking what I can get from Marc. :)

Thanks everyone!

Summer Fun!

Okay, so it's been awhile, but I am alive and the baby is still kicking inside. I am currently 34 1/2 weeks - but if things go like my other two, I could have this baby in about 3 weeks...my fingers are crossed). I'm again overwhelmed with the blogging that I want to do. So here's a revised versions of some of the things we've done this summer. I'll try to stay on top of things better. Thanks for the concern all you wonderful friends out there! :) Or at least the annoyance with my not writing :)



I love this picture! We went to San Diego with my friend Charise and her family over Memorial Day weekend. On our way home we stopped at the San Diego Temple. This picture shows the tender joys of being an Eternal Family is we're good! This one also does - minus Brinley's grumpy face. They were tired after a long weekend of playing with no naps. But it's still a cute picture.
This is a much better picture of Brinley. Marc had these waffle blocks when he was a kid and I guess now as a big kid. We currently have 3 sets so that he (I mean the kids:) can play more creatively and build bigger. The kids also love the juice drinks - they also get that from their dad.
Braden LOVES WATERMELON! Marc chapperoned a youth dance and came home with this whole container full of watermelon. We knew we couldn't finish it before it went bad, so we let Braden have free reign. He was in heaven with all the "triangles." He also started in with "all mine." He would share the triangles (missing one corner) with Brinley. Luckily she didn't seem to notice or mind.
Okay since you have all seen the pictures of Brinley with her blanket fettish, here's her new thing. It cracks me up, I keep laughing out loud just looking at the pictures again. She gets herself and her babies all situated for anything. We for sure love the dish towel under the Minnie Mouse hat, with the skirt around her neck and you can't tell but that's a dish towel tucked in her back as a cape. And of course she always puts on her church shoes too. She's such a crack up with her phases. I'll try to keep you all posted as she goes through each one. Luckily there's been no battle to go in public like this yet....knock on wood! :) I"m sure you'll all see soon enough.




Okay, my friend Lisa did a very cute slide show of a little getaway we did with our mommy's group a couple of times this summer. One of our friends parents have a beach house that they let us come and stay at for a couple of days (Thanks again Charise). The kids loved playing together constantly and us moms loved just sitting and socializing. It was also during the really hot days this summer, so it's always cooler at the beach.


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More Utah fun!

Okay so I know that it's been a long time since the Utah trip, but I am still posting some of the fun the kids had there so that I don't forget everything. So bare with me...besides I figured this was better than doing 10 posts at once. (Okay it's ending up to be about 10 posts - good thing I split it up)
There was this awesome place where the kids could play on all of the HUGE bounce houses - they also had a skating rink and during the day the kids can bring ride-ons or bikes to play with. We met my cousins Sarah and Kimberlee and their kids. It was a lot of fun!
That's Brinley in the little window at the bottom - I told you they're HUGE!Brinley & Braden (his feet) climbing one of the housesI love to Fly!!!! :) ( I just love this shot!)
My sisters Elise and Nikki making bead jewelry with the kids.
WHO WANTS CHOCOLATE MILK?????
My kids wanted chocolate milk and my sister made them each do this little dance with her in order to get some...it was hilarious they were spinning and bending and anything she wanted! I should try that at home! After my enrichment night lesson on getting kids to work...you can tell that it runs in my family (I just have to work on it myself).

Shelby and Brinley are the "Princesses" in the family, so this picture is perfect. We are so excited for Shelby to come visit this summer! Obviously Brinley will have soooo much fun!
Elise loves to play computer games fortunately it's the little kid games, so my kids were found many times sitting with her and playing games with her. She's great with them! :)

Obviously new to slide shows

The captions are as follows:
Grandma and Happy Braden
Aunt Elise and not happy Brinley
Am I in Heaven? (He loved the train)
I love trains!!!!
Last 3 are Brinley and Grandma playing around - Brinley finally warmed up

The front runner train just opened a few weeks before we got there and since Braden loves trains we went for a train ride. It didn't really stop anywhere that we could get off close and go eat lunch, so we rode it for about 30 mins - hopped off and waited for the next train going the other way. Great fun!

Train Ride Heaven

Bunny Kisses

My sister Shelby got a bunny and the kids were in heaven. They were feeding it grass and dandelions and Braden was dumping the rabbit feed on his head through the cage. He had the right idea, but i'm sure the bunny wasn't quite thrilled. It was hilarious though, the dandelions slowly made a wave of disappearing from the front yard. Braden would run and grab the closest one he found and run back to feed the bunny, by the end of the week 3/4 of the dandelions were gone but only on the side by the bunny. (Luckily my parents had just put in a sprinkling system so they hadn't been mowing, hence the variety of flowers for Braden.)

Treehouse with Cousins

While we were in Utah, we went to the Treehouse in Ogden with my mom and my sister-in-law and her 2 kids. It was a lot of fun, we were just glad there was 3 of us to chase the 4 kids. They would not stay anywhere for for than a minute, there was too much going on to see. They had a great time and afterwards we went to Fazoli's for lunch. Definitely good to spend time with their cousins. Braden and his cousin Zack, this is a rare picture! They have not had the best reputation of getting along. Hopefully this is a new year and they will start having fun together. :)

Brinley loved dresssing up. They had dress up clothes for everything, in every room you went in. She especially loved the school house, she would bring everyone books and have everyone sit at the little desks. She also loved the babies and clothes that she found. She's such a girl!

Brinley and her cousin Callie dressing up in the fire truck. They loved this one, around the front was a steering wheel to drive the firetruck. This was the funnest place. The kids were in heaven.
Again, getting along, (or so they want us to believe :) ). Braden and Zack loved the trains, even though they both have some at home. They are definitely a favorite in this family.

Father Sons Campout

Yes, Braden and 6'6" Marc slept in this tent together! Marc loves this tent and where it's only 1 night and not so cold, he took it again this year. (when he got home he did say that we need to get a bigger tent for next year :)) Apparently it rained a little, and you know what happens when you touch the walls of a tent when it rains .... in their case they had no choice but to touch the walls. :)
Marc is such a cute dad! He said they had a lot of fun, and I think Braden came home probably the cleanest out of all the kids...especially considering it had rained. If you know Marc, you know how he hates to get dirty. But he said they had a great time, and I think the look on Braden's face proves it! What a cute kid!