Braxton's Last Day of Preschool

Before we left to Pittsburgh Brax had his last day of preschool up at the college. He had a blast and learned so much! They did a carnival theme so they had crazy mirrors, popcorn, ice cream sandwiches, and clown noses. He was lucky and got to have his aunt dantz come and his grandma hanna, along with mom and dad and Kinley.



who wouldn't love this face....

Pittsburgh, PA Scenery

So we made it to Pittsburgh and we are loving the warm weather! My kids are sleeping so good since most nights they crash because they are playing so hard! The one thing that I love about back east is the beautiful scenery especially in spring! The trees here are purple and pink and white and in full bloom so I took advantage and took some pictures of our surrounding areas and scenery before it is all gone! I have more posts to come from our road trip and Easter!

My Birthday-Horseriding

For my birthday we went horse riding! I got to ride my horse Zip and Brandon got to ride his horse Don Juan. They are both wonderful horses and we had a blast. The kiddos came out with us and we all got to go for a ride! Brandon's dad takes care of our horses and we really appreciate him. I had a wonderful birthday and glad I got to share it with my family doing what we love.

Kissing Frogs

Braxton is such a great model! I got this totally cool sucker up in Jackson hole and have wanted to try some pictures ever since! It was a pretty good trade since he enjoyed eating the sucker well at least part of it! He is such a little stud and definately a handsome prince! Watch out girls cause this frog is going to be worth catching!

Braxton's First Day of Preschool

Braxton had his first day of preschool on January 20! He loves it and I love having some time alone! Sorry for the lack of posts I usually have like 50 pictures to upload and never have the time!

Nativity 2009

The kids got dressed up in the outfits of the Nativity. Braxton was Joseph, Brooklyn was Mary, and McKayl was the angel. They were so sweet and serene like they knew what was going on and who they were playing. Kids are so tender and it makes me tear up just looking at these sweet pictures and what Christmas really means. I love Christmas because it makes me be reminded of the tender mercies in my life like my family and my sweet children that have been entrusted to me-why I don't know why I was so lucky to have them in my life but am very thankful. I can only imagine how hard it must have been for Heavenly Father to allow his only begotten son to atone and be sacrificed for the world. I couldn't imagine, but I guess if you know the beginning from the end you'd at least know that it was worth it...I am sure thankful for the atonement in my life and now being a mother, appreciate how it came to be. Anyways, I hope the Savior, his message, and his many tender mercies find you this new year as it has found me so many times and hopefully so many more times.

Random Happenings

When the power went out in ALL of Rexburg it was quite the event! I had to go take a picture of the temple and this looked to me like a ghost temple it was kinda spooky....


We dog sat for our friends and we had fun, but can you imagine a 2 pound sweet innocent doggie with a crazy 3 year old and a one year old who likes to pull his hair....he was glad to go home I can tell you that!



This is Braxton on Santa'a lap! He was hilarious and was so shy he didn't say a word!!! Even after he told me all day what he was going to say! Ha oh well!