Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The daily "school day" count down.....

Yesterday Brett went back to school after spring break. The count down begins right after the bus leaves. "Mom how many more until Brett comes home." And no I did not leave out the word "hour" from his sentence.
Still waiting!
Brylee what are you doing? Her famous answer, "nutting"

Friday, March 20, 2009

For the love of Brett

Run Brett run! I went outside with my camera thinking I don't have enough pictures of just Brett on my blog. I want a picture of Brett on Spring Break, just Brett..... this is the reason I don't have many pictures of "just" Brett. He has two fans. They are named Brylee and Jacob.
Brett is very popular.
Even when the camera is not watching they are right beside their Big Brother.

A Cracked Heart

This is Jacob keeping the kitchen floor clean. He made a promise.......that he would always keep the kitchen floor clean. Because he is so mature and knows that I need the help.....of course not! Please..... he is four and he wants something! This is day 3 of keeping his promise. Notice he is not thrilled about his promise.
Jake what is wrong......"My heart is cracked from all this work." Can you believe he does so many chores that his heart cracked? Poor soul!

But then I remined him why he keeps the floor clean and he felt better. This is a picture of the prize he works so hard for. Some mornings he comes downstairs and cleans the kitchen floor all by himself. What a sweetie!

Hot Dogs and Lip Stick

I know, I know she has lost her clothes again. The girl loves to be naked! And she also loves to use her play kitchen hotdog as lip stick for her dogs. Ahhh, how cute is she?
P.S. Notice the beautiful hair clip Jake put in her hair....

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Note to Self:


Having Fruit Chews in the house, makes for lots of begging and very angry children when they are told they can't eat 300 packages of fruit chews in one day.

My Week with my Mom


Thank you for.....

taking Jake to speech (even if Brylee was not strapped in her carseat :)

filling the fridge 5 times

taking the kids to the school carnival

celebrating my Birthday 3 times

pampering us with haircuts

being my Ebay assistant

cleaning my house

doing my laundry

making the kids laugh until they cry

making sure Brett had camoflauge for his party

being my Mom

praying for us

loving me unconditionally

We miss you!

Thanks Dad!

Thanks Dad for the card and the generous check! Brylee has taken the card over. She is certain that you have made a mistake sending it to me. Can you believe you have a daughter that is 30?

What you can do when you are Laid Off.....

For all those who know Bryan, he has a hard time doing nothing. So last week he took a trip to Oklahoma to pick up wood with his Dad. Check out Tom's website, he is an amazing carpenter!
Thanks for the Birthday presents!

Round Two

This a picture of Round One 2008~ notice he is not in the water.....
We attempted swim lessons 1 year ago. Did not go so well! He spend the whole time watching from the wall.
But do you see the beautiful, brown eyed girl? This is the love of Jacob's life. Really just last week they talked on the phone for over an hour. He will do anything to be with her. Jacob is now a fish in the water. Thanks Eliana!
He likes to give her a call early in the week to make sure she will be there. See you Thursday Eliana!

But she has me for a Mom.....

Good Moms love to cook and bake for their family, right? Well poor soul, Brylee, who loves all things girly, got me for a Mom! Fun does not include spending time in the kitchen. What is wrong with me? I come from a long line of great cooks. Who knows?
Well Brylee loves to spend time in the kitchen. So for the love of Brylee and my husband I pull out the ever so handy "Joy of Cooking" cookbook.
Good thing the girl has Grandma's to teach her!

Yes she loves to be in "her" kitchen.

Look we did it! Maybe we will do it again next year!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Pie in the Face

Of course I forgot my camera, but Brett memorized the most bible verses last week (21 to be exact) and got to throw a pie in Commander Harvey's face. Of course this is the highlight of Brett's week! Brett is soooooo amazing!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

RockStar

"Mom, Brett is my RockStar becauce when he is 48 he is going to kill a spider with a butter knife."
Brett is soooo a RockStar!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

MiMi comes on Thursay....

MiMi comes on Thursay....
Brett is counting down by hours
Jake is counting down by days and asks about 20 times a day how many more days
and
Brylee says she is "MiMi's girl"
Wish it was Thursday :)

Monday, March 2, 2009

"Really"



Go ahead ask me what I did on Saturday for 2 hours.......So glad you asked.
It all started when Talli's check engine light came on and had been on for a couple of days. If you are Talli this is not a big deal, if you are me this is huge, you do not drive around with that light on. Off we go to solve the mystery.... Talli in front, me following in the Tahoe so Brylee can nap in her carseat. 3 stops and 2 hours later we make it to Auto Zone. They diagnose her car.....guess what??? all she needed was to put on her gas cap.....you know the one she forgot to put back on a couple of days ago.
Note to Talli~when you get gas don't forget to put the gas cap back on~it can save a couple hours of frustration.
The girl cracks me up.....good thing she is my sister!
All I have to say is "Really"

Brylee's love for all things "Girly"

Brylee had a mishap with her pearl necklace at church~her pearls went flying everywhere and that left her with no necklace.
No need to worry.....Daddy brought a necklace home that belonged to her Great Grandma.

and she wears it daily.

Jake's new name is "JJ"

Jacob had a bit too much red kool-aid and these are pictures after wiping his mouth.
We call him "JJ"~short for Joker Junior from Batman. He loves his new name and look!
And of course when there is a camera in the same room as Brylee~she jumps right in to action.