Sesame Street Live

Braxton got to go to his first show in a theatre. Sesame Street Live, when Elmo grows up. I'm not sure if Mike or I were more excited to take him. We kept talking to him about Elmo and trying to explain that he was going to see Elmo for real and not just on the t.v., but every time I asked him who he was going to see he said SANTA. When your 2 almost everything is cute. Braxton did so well, the look on his face when we sat in our seats and the show started and he realized it was Elmo was absolutely priceless. He clapped his hands and threw himself back in his seat and grabbed his face and started yelling and laughing. At that moment it was all worth it for Mike and I. The had a 15 minute intermission and we were able to go get cotton candy and popcorn. It was so fun, even Mike and I enjoyed it. It's funny how having your own children brings out the kid in you.

More Sesame Street

Brax & Mommy enjoying popcorn and cotton candy! YUMMY!!

The Hanks disco dancing!!!

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The Hanks country dancing!!!

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Braxton & Brinley

Braxton turns 2!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe my baby is already 2! Wow where did the time go. It seems like just the other day we brought him home from the hospital and were wondering what the heck do we do now. I guess we figured it out because it's two years later and we are all still standing. We had a little family get together on Braxton's birthday. We had originally had it planned for the 24Th of October but when Brinley decided to come on the 23rd of October we had to change our plans. Luckily Brax doesn't understand what's going on with birthday's just yet. Aunt Penny was able to be here for both this time. She flew in for the first party and ended up being here for Brinley's birth and then was able to come back out for the real party on the 14Th of November. (Penny thanks for all your effort). Thanks to both of our families for all your help love and support. We love and appreciate all of you. So everything turned out great with the party and we were able to have it on Braxton's real birthday. He had chocolate cake, an Elmo pin ate and lots of presents.

Halloween

Trick or treating with Tayler, Carter and Morgan downtown this year. Brinley was only one week old so she wasn't able to come. Braxton had such a great time, loved getting all the candy. He would hold his Elmo bucket up to anyone that came up to us even if they didn't have any candy. What a hoot he was this year. Thanks to Tayler for being so good to Braxton and holding his hand and taking him around. Halloween was great this year, a new addition, carving pumpkins and trick or treating.

BRINLEY GIRL!!!





Not too many outfits fit her, so this one is a little big, but couldn't resist dressing her up and putting a cute bow in her hair.

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BRINLEY

Our new little addition to our family. Brinley, came 3 weeks earlier than we expected. We are more than grateful she is here and healthy. She has been home with us for 9 days now and it has been great. Braxton is doing better than we thought, he just wants to hug and kiss her all the time. He is a little rough, but he is only 2. Of course right now she just sleeps all the time, but that is OK. I know my days of craziness are coming.

4TH OF JULY

Braxton in the bouncy gym. We almost had to climb in and get him out. He was having too much fun.

Braxton just hanging out on his train ride.

Braxton got his faced painted at the 4th of July carnival they had at Hamblin Park. He was such a good boy and didn't even move while the lady painted his face.

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OOPS!!!

OK so in my excitement to finally update my blog with all that has been going on in the last month or so, I forgot half of our vacation. (thanks to pregnancy) So this may be out of order but at least I'm doing it. We also went to Mt. Rushmore and were able to take a lot of pictures. I had never been there before so it was so exciting to see. The weather was a little cold, but well worth it. There was this little diner called Arnold's in the parking lot across from our hotel. We went to eat there before Cissy had to catch her flight. It was a 50's diner and what a great little place it was. It had jukeboxes at every table and and the old Boothe's to sit in and the floor was black and white checked. We liked it so much we went back that night for shakes and malts. You should have seen Kay, Dick, Paul, Sonya, Buzz and Cissy reminiscing and talking about old times and trying to name all the songs that came on. It was such a great time. On our way home we stopped at Devil's tower. Wow how amazing that was. There were men getting ready to climb it!!! (Crazy) That thing is so large. Brax wasn't sure about it, he kept looking up. So that was the end of our trip. We had the best time. Thanks to everyone for making the time to come. We enjoyed seeing everyone and spending time with all of you.

zoo

Mike and I took Braxton to the Hoogle Zoo. This was his first time at the zoo and he pointed to all the animals and had such a great time. It was a great day. He was such a trooper he wanted to see everything. We ended the day by taking the train ride around the zoo.

Winery, Swimming in South Dakota

Here is a little more of our trip to South Dakota. We went to Prairie Berry winery. That was a lot of fun. Brax and I had never been to a winery. LOL Mike took Brax swimming every night. It was an indoor pool and the shallowest part was 2ft. so it was perfect for Brax. He could walk around on his own. We visited Deadwood and old gambling town. Very cute little town. We went into Saloon #10 and watched a shoot out with wild bill and then had some pictures taken. Then we walked around the town and gambled a little. Mike and Kay were able to win.

Crazy Horse

It's been awhile since I have blogged about what is going on. This will be catch up time. This last week we took a trip to South Dakota to see Crazy horse and Mt. Rushmore. We went with Mike's parents and his aunt and uncle paul and Sonya, then his aunt Cissy and uncle Buzz flew in to meet us. It was such a great time. Well except the drive to and from. It was pretty long. Braxton was such a good traveler. We made sure to take books and toys so that he would be occupied. Mike, Kay, Cissy and Buzz all hiked up to Crazy horse monument on Sunday. The rest of us stayed behind. The weather was rainy and we weren't sure what the trail would be like, so me being pregnant and Brax little we didn't want to go. It turned out to be a great day and they were able to hike to the top with no problems. What a great experience. So next year we will go.

Braxton has a special message!

We have some exciting news to share. Braxton is going to be a big brother! Yep that's right we are pregnant and having baby #2. Of course Braxton is not to sure what is going on yet. We keep telling him mama is going to have a baby and he will say baby but he's too little to grasp it yet. So we had a fun little shirt made up for him announcing the news. The timing seems ironic with due date of November 14th (Braxton's birthday). Do we know how to time things or what. We are very excited and blessed and wanted to share our good news with all of you.

Braxton's new haircut!!

So we are ready for something new. So I took Braxton to Amy, the lady that does my hair and we tried to spike it up. His hair is so thick and layes flat down that it was interesting, but Amy cut it and it stayed for the day. The next day we tried it and it wouldn't stay up. So I went to walmart in search of something to help his hair stay up. I found this hair glue. It was about five dollars so I thought if it doesn't work that's not too bad. Luckily it is like actual glue and his hair stays up and he has the cutest spikes. Thanks Amy.

Busy February

Vegas, Birthday & Bowling

Wow what a busy month February was, So I haven't blogged in awhile. First of all it was my birthday so Mike my wonderful husband surprised me and we went for a little weekend get away in Las Vegas. He had the whole trip planned and even lined up a sitter for Braxton. It was so nice. The weather wasn't that great but just to get away and have him think of me and plan everything was so special. Thanks babe, your the best.

Then we had my nephew Breson's b-day and he turned 5. So we went down to SLC and went bowling for his party. What a great time it was. Wow we probably hadn't bowled since his last years party. It was fun to see everyone and hang out. This was Braxton's first time bowling and he wanted to be a big kid like his cousins. So we got the ramp out and let him bowl. Such a big boy.

Then we had a trip at the end of February planned to Laughlin, Nevada. We had been waiting and counting down the days for this trip to get into the nice weather. It was 73 degrees down there and beautiful. Brax did so good on the car ride, we made sure to bring plenty of toys and books to keep him entertained. We stayed at the Tropicana Express and they have a train that runs around the hotel so that was a lot of fun. We met Mike's aunt Sonya and Uncle Paul down there and they showed us around. The his cousin Tonya and Jimbo met us all and we took a trip to Oatman to see the donkey's run wild in this little ghost town. Brax got to feed the donkey's carrots (along with dad and Jimbo that are like kids themselves). They also had a western shoot out. That was fun. I think Tonya and I jumped way more that Braxton did. It didn't even seem to phase him. He was such a trooper on this trip. We enjoyed the pool at the hotel and Paul and Sonya enjoyed the hot tub. Since it is a casino you can't gamble with you kiddos, so Mike and I took Brax to the arcade they had. That was fun to watch Mike be a kid and play pac man. Brax and I played the racing cars and riding the bullet bike. What a great trip and wonderful weather. Thank you Paul and Sonya for taking us around. It was great to see you guys. Thank you Tonya and Jimbo for coming down for the day. We are glad you got to meet Braxton.

So that has been our February. We are so looking forward to spring and summer to be here. We are so over this cold snowy weather.