hApPy BiRtHdAy BuBba!

Our not so little anymore Bubba turned the big "6"!  And just like Christmas he was in Star Wars heaven! We had a small celebration with our little family on his big day and also had a big celebration along with Landen with our their little friends on a later date.  That fun post to come!

The Green Machine!  Grandma and Grandpa thought this was the year for ride on toys!  The boys are going to raise heck in the neighborhood with these things!

Bubba's little Star Wars cake that he was proud about.  Look slike there are 7 candles on the cake but there are only 6.  Darth Vader was holding his own!  That one doesnt count  I can't have a 7 year old yet!

More outside gear from Gandma and Grandpa!  Roller Blades!

Merry Christmas!

We had a very Merry Christmas this year!  As you can see Santa spoiled the kiddos again this year!  That Santa, He is such a giving Old Man! (And Handsome too!)

We got to visit Santa and Mrs Clause at Sundance.  (Mommy's Work)

Handsome Landen

Mr and Mrs Clause had there naughty and nice book and luckily the boys found each of there names on the nice list!  I was a little worried!

It was a Lego/Star Wars Christmas for Hayden

New sippy cups!  Bryn was so excited!

Oh Boy!  Star Wars!

Cute pink Kitchen!  Maybe she will learn how to cook since her Mommy doesn't know how!

Skylanders for the Wii!  Yay!

Bryn loves her Barbie "Four Wheel" from Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa gave Hayden a motorized scooter!  We were so excited we all had to go outside while the Boys and Bryn tested out their new toys!  This was a good year for NOT having a "white Christmas"!!

Shaun and Jenna gave Grandma and Grandpa a two seater zero gravity chair for camping!  Look how cute they are!

Toebell is Back!!

We were so lucky to have have our favorite little Elf visit us again this year (2011)!  We had been wondering if Toebell would be back or not and luckily he did!!

We enjoyed having Toebell this year as he was full of mischief!  Here are a few of the sneaky little things he did during his visit.

Tobell arrived  in the our letters to Santa stocking along with a letter from Santa and a special surprise gift for both Hayden and Bryn!

 

One night we arrived home to Toebell greeting us as he was hanging upside down from our kitchen light!

One morning decided to take a marshmallow bath in our bathroom sink!  And boy did he make a mess!

Then he decided to take a nap in Bubba's bed and in doing so he decided to take some marshmallows with him!  Silly Elf!

Toebell also did something extra nice this year.  He brought us a new book!

We were so happy Toebell chose our family to watch over during the holiday season!  

Halloween Fun 2011

We had a lot of Halloween fun this year!  Pumpkin Carving, parties, and of course trick or treating!  Hayden was a Jedi and Brynlee was a Bumble Bee!  They were both much into having halloween fun! 

Fun Pinata Time

Silly Frankenstein Hayden

Our sleepy little Lady Bug Lexi

Scary and Yummy Treats!

BRAINS!!!!

Yummy Worms!

Cupcake Decorating

Pin the silly mouth on the skeleton

A sweet kiss for Aunt Jenna in exchange for another worm!

Bryn's carved pumpkin.  This is her winking pose!

There's that happy smile!

Proud Bubba of his pumpkin carving that he and his Daddy worked on together!

Silly Hayden!  He is a pretty cute Jack O Lantern!

The Boys!

Pumpkin Patch

This year (2011) we got to go to the White Family Pumpkin Patch to pick our pumpkins. The patch was in the field right behind our house and they had a ton of pumpkins all shapes and sizes and colors too! Opening night we got the ol' wagon out and walked down the street a bit to the patch. It was fun it being so close and knowing the family that grew the pumpkins. We picked a few pumpkins and got to cut them off ourselves from the vine. Hayden thought that was pretty cool!

Here is our lovely picks!  Good job Bubba and Bryn for picking out such perfect pumpkins!

What to do?

I have been thinking I would like to put Bryn in a beauty pageant and I recently found one that sounds to be perfect. It's called Beehive Beauties. It's an all natural pageant so no make up and a bunch of other craziness. As I keep pondering and reading their website I can't but to have second thoughts. For one, you are given a theme to follow and for this certain pageant the two themes are beach wear (no bikinis) and formal wear and u feel as though I just don't have it in me right now to be taking that on by that meaning trying to find the perfect outfits and accessories. I drive myself and my Mom crazy when it comes to things like this. It's a major ordeal to even have pictures done with the kids. I want everything to be perfect and it puts far too much stress and anxiety on me. Why I do that to myself, I have no idea?!

Besides all of my craziness, the biggest draw back to these beauty pageants is what if we don't win. Right now Bryn is not going to understand but it still breaks my heart for her or any girl to think they are not pretty enough and that they are being judged on their looks. From what I have read about this certain pageant, all the girls are Beehive Beauty winners and I believe get some sort of tiara or something like that but I still can't get over it. "Sorry honey but you aren't cute enough.". I can't even imagine trying to explain this to your little girl.

So, now that I have pondered on it for weeks, talked about it with everyone I know, and now blogged about it, I have decided against it. It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks about how cute or not cute my little girl is because to us she is perfect! The most beautiful little girl I know! Don't you agree?!

I am so far behind on blogging. I'm behind like half of Bryn's life. Ok not that much but it seems as though. Our life has been non stop for months now. It's a bittersweet kind of thing. We love everything that's been going on like baseball, birthday parties, weddings, camping, oh and working full time and chasing around two monsters!

Once life slows for a minute we are actually lost on what to do. It's almost like we forget how to just relax.

I need a reminder to slow down and enjoy the simple things. And this is just the reminder I need and love! Nothing better than watching and hearing my little miracles play and laugh and in Brynlee's case, scream!

We are very fortunate and I am so thankful for our little family who are all healthy and happy! Couldn't ask for anything more!