{day in the life}

Here we go with catch-up time....

 

Brooklyn had a low key birthday at home with her family, cousins and grandparents.  I always feel bad because Brooklyn's birthday is right smack in the middle of Aaron's busiest time for work.  I am stressed and worn out, and Aaron hurries home for family things and then usually heads back to work.  Brooklyn is pretty easy going about gifts and her cake and things and is pretty content with whatever happens.  Brooklyn is full spunk and energy.  She is always moving, flipping, twirling and playing. We can hardly get her to sit through a whole meal or stay in one place while we read scriptures.  I always wonder how she is at school but her teacher says she is great and pays attention. She must use up her wiggle suppressant at school.  She is happy, yet intense.  I can't wait to see the wonderful wonderful person she is going to become and am lucky to be her mom. (Even if I am exhausted)

 

 

 

Brooklyn was so excited for her monkey pillow pet. She is obsessed with monkeys and it was just the ticket.

 Too bad my sweet thing isn't looking but this was the best shot of the cake. I was thinking before her big day. "oh, I'll make a simple rainbow cake."  Yeah right. This cake took so long and I think I used every pan, bowl, spoon in the house.  It took forever to frost and by the end I had given up trying to make it look like the pintrest picture. You know what though, she thought it was the best cake ever!  I was so glad to see that she liked it so much. I did decide next year we are going to do an ice cream cake and call it good!

 

Here are a few pictures of what life has been like here the last little while.

 

Cold days call for creativity and forts in our jammies

 Lou my love!

I love this girl more than words can say. How blessed we are to have her spirit in our home. She is happy and content. Everyday I want to freeze her. I just want to be able to kiss her chubby cheeks and clean food out of her wrist and neck rolls.

 

 

Brooklyn with Nana's new puppy

 

 My boy

My beautiful Anna. Oh how I love those freckles

 

The only Easter picture I got.  Why is it that no matter how hard I try to be organized and calm, it never appears to look that way. Oh, well

 

Brooklyn had her spring program and to our great delight, Angela, john and the girls decided to pull an all nighter and drive here and surprise us for the week. They were able to attend her program and she was so tickled about it. She was yellow in the rainbow and preformed an awesome dance! She was adorable!

 

 

The girls were in Heaven with their cousins here. We hardly say them. Accept when they wanted to eat. Which was about every two hours. :)

 

They were busy creating, cutting, pasting, climbing the playhouse, riding Ellie's skateboard down the sidewalk, playing with sidewalk chalk and torturing Nana's new puppy.  Carter and Emma got along great also and could be heard playing and pretending.  How lucky we are!

 

 Paper doll look-a-likes

 

B.F.B.C

 

Best Friends. Best Cousins

 

They're club name!