More birthday pict!

Brig turns 1

So Saturday was Brigham 1st birthday. First we met up with Nathan's friend Tanner and his family at the temple, we hadn't seen him in about 10 years, then we went to phx for a get together with my family at a park there. We had a picnic and the kids played on the playground then we went over and rode the kiddie train. They had lots of fun with their counsins, it is so fun to see them all together. I got stung by a bee which wasn't very fun. That evening we checked into our hotel and thought we would go swimming but the water was a little cold so we stayed in the warm pool a little while. Later we met up with Garen and Risa, Nathan's high school buddy and went to Mary Coyles ice cream shop. I grew up going there and it sure was as yummy as I remember. Emma had a jolly green giant and Brenna and Jack had hot fudge sundays. Brig had some birthday bites of the sunday. Now onto Brig. I can't believe he is already 1, this year has flown by. He is such a joy in our lives and we are so glad he is here and makes us smile everyday, although we are not sure when he will walk, he takes a few steps and then starts crawling. Last night my parents, Nathan's dad and Jackie and Nathan's sister Emily and Jordan came over for cake, poor Brig he was so tired but seem to settle in when he got some cake. Of course the kids opened his presents for him, he didn't seem to mind. All in all it was a good birthday weekend. We love him too pieces!

Resolutions!

So why do I need to make new years resolutions? Well that is the only time I will acually do something that I have been neglecting. I always do well for a few weeks and then it's over. I really need to stick with it this year. Exercising that is always on my list and I acually did it this morning, we will see how that goes. Keeping a organized home, a little hard with 4 kids. There are a few more, hopefully this year I will stay focused and keep on track.

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas eve we had a mexican dinner here at our house. We had green chile burros, chicken enchiladas, bean burros and mexican rice and a apple pie for dessert, everything was yummy. We had a little Christmas program but the kids were playing around more than playing their part, but it was cute. Christmas morning we opened presents, we got a family tent and all the kids got their own sleeping bags also, so when we go camping as a family they each have one, they thought that was pretty cool. Then we headed to my parents and the kids all got new bikes, they were thrilled, later that day we headed to Nathan's dad's house for Christmas dinner and stayed there a while. I am always a little sad when Christmas is over, I love the Christmas season and can't wait until next year.

Brenna's Christmas program!

Brenna had her kindergarden program at school yesterday. She was so cute up there singing all of the songs and doing the actions. She is getting so big and doing well in school. It is so much fun at this age, they love school so much.

Our Tree!

Christmas tree!

We have our tree up, but we had to put it on a table chest thing so Brig would not get to it. I finally wrapped some presents yesterday so the tree doesn't look so naked at the bottom. I love Christmas and how the kids get so excited about everything. We are going out this Mon to have everyone get a present for the name they picked, that should be interesting. I think I am almost done with presents thank goodness it always seems to take forever.