The Comb

Brylee happened to take a long 3 hour refreshing nap on this particular day. Which meant she was not tired at bedtime. We put the boys to sleep and Bryan was in bed which gave me some Brylee time. Just us.

I love to have my hair brushed.....she told me she would brush it if I gave her a google dollars. We settled on a piece of candy.

She kept asking me does it hurt are you sure....nope not at all.

"Mama I think it is stuck." yep I agreed. A few minutes later when I could not get the very stuck comb out of my hair I decided to wake Brett up because I knew Bryan had to work early the next morning. Brett had not such gentle hands. Brylee insisted that it did not look that bad. I had to wake Bryan up. He tried for a few minutes and told me I had to find a girl to do this kind of work. Ummmm hello the only girl in the house was Brylee you know the one who put the comb in my hair. He thought cutting it out was a good idea. No thanks! I try to untangle it myself again. It is really stuck. I tell Bryan he is my only hope. He gets up for the second time and tells me hold still and not ask what he is using. Good thing I had no idea he was using a steak knife to cut the comb out of my hair don't think I would of gone for that idea.

An hour later and I am free of the green comb. My sweet Brylee says "Don't worrry Mama I didn't really like that comb Daddy cut."

Thanks for combing my hair Brylee!

F-O-R-T-Y

Brylee gave her Daddy bananas wrapped them up and all....who doesn't love bananas?

The boys gave their Dad the Color Nook

Now 40 fun facts about my Birthday Man

1. He has a really cool birthday date...8-8

2. He has one younger sister her name is Jenny

3. Until Jr. High he had hair whiter than Jake

4. He loves to run and can run fast

5. He loves to fish and can fish for hours upon hours upon hours

6. and gets up way too early in the morning to duck hunt

7. His favorite person to hunt with is his Dad

8. He is good Carpenter because his Dad is a good teacher

9. Brylee has her Dad wrapped around her finger and only has to say pretty please and he melts

10. He gets to play a Parents vs Kids kickball game on his birthday

11. He can't sit still for more than 30 seconds without getting antsy

12. His version of sleeeping in is 6:30 am

13. Brett wants to add he is addicted to fishing not just likes it

14. Brett says he is too old

15. Jake says Dad is awesome

16. He is a great provider

17. He graduated from Kansas State

18. He loves the Wild Cats

19. He likes new Asics running shoes

20. He loves to take his boys to Super Hero movies

21. His daughter gave him bananas for a birthday present

22. His Savior is Jesus Christ

23. He listens to really loud Christian Metal and it hurts my ears

24. He married a great girl...me :)

25. Brylee says she loves when her Daddy swims with her

26. He is a hands on parent

27. He loves Yellow cake and Chocolate Frosting on his birthday

28. He has a bowl of ice cream almost every night

29. He has a Great Mom!

30. He sold his prized brand new truck to help us become debt free

31. He loves to open presents

32. He likes to grill

33. He will spend hours preparing a great meal

34. He grew up in Hutchinson, KS and his parents still live in his childhood home

35. He favorite pop is Caffeine Free Diet Mt. Dew

36. Brett says his Dad is Awesome

37. He is up a 5 am to be at the Y before work

38. He works at Gander Mountain

39. He likes technology

40. Brett says he makes the best under-cooked cheese pizza

Summer Fun!

I am feeling panicked that summer is coming to an end. I do so enjoy the long lazy summer days of sleeping in, swimming like fish until dinner time, traveling home to family and friends, late night movies and watching my kids be each others best friends. Oh summer how I love you!

This is the first summer in 7 years that my boys have made the choice to not play baseball. Instead of a summer spent at the ball field the boys played basketball Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and were on the same kickball team on Monday nights and Miss. Brylee had gymnastics on Monday afternoon. And next week will be the last week of swim lessons.

Brylee picking flowers for her hair at a kickball game

Fun playing a game in the rain

Always excited to play!

I'm sure this is the only time they will ever be on the same team....

Brett running to first

Sweet kick Jake!

Brylee loves the bar

Last day

Yep she is awesome

Swim lessons with friends...

Brotherly Love

Brett helping Jake with sight words while Brylee was at gymnastics. They are the best of friends!

Date Night

There is nothing more special than a Daddy and his Daughter.

Bryan makes sure that he takes his baby girl out for a date every so often.

Brylee's goal for her date was to look 5 keep in mind she is 4.75 years old.

Pretty easy goal to accomplish.

It included:

A pony tail with two rubber bands

1 Barbie head band

Her favorite dress

Her new earrings

1 gold necklace

1 cupcake ring

1 homemade bracelet

Sparkle lip-gloss

1 homemade tattoo of a scary monster

1 Star Wars tattoo...she does have brothers

and her most Fanciest High Heels

I do believe she accomplished her goal of looking 5 year old.

It is off to Applebees for strawberry lemonade and mac and cheese and then Target to buy a coloring book.

Brave Brylee

Brylee had her ears pierced today!

Many times she has walked into Claries but changed her mind.

We walked past Claries today and she said she was ready.

Told Brett to give her high five and jumped into the chair.

Her eyes were huge when they shot the guns, I thought she was going to cry....but no tears just a huge smile when it was over.

The look of oh my that hurt....I wanted to scoop her up in my arms :(

Looking at her brothers to see what they think....So proud!

Wichita Bound

After just under 2000 miles and 9 crazy fun filled days in Kansas this is how I felt.

I love being in Wichita! It feels so right to be there. Guess I am still homesick!

Talli is back in Wichita we I got to help her finish moving into her apartment. My Mom met us in Wichita and below is some of the fun we had.....

The last morning together.

2 of my favorite people in the entire world

Talli with her monkeys

Mom in all her glory

We took over McDonald's with the Suttons and Mugglins

Love me some Angela and Tina

A quick breakfast at Ihop before MiMi's flight

Talli looking wonderful. If you have not seen Tal in a while you would not recognize her. She is amazing!

My Mama

Yep 9 kids and 1 teenager in Talli's tiny apartment. Thanks Heather for all your help!!!

A quick trip to Hutchinson

Feathers all around for the girls....thanks Heather!

Orange Leaf with my favorite kids and neighborhood boys

I seriously miss Trenten and Trever. I hope they will be friends forever.

Trever is Jake's hero

Rides with Grandpa

A super fun Grandpa

Brett counting Grandpa's money

Jake trying to get Grandpa's money out of the jar

Dropped by the Merrimans in our pajamas and got to catch up with my amazing friend Rebecca.