Braelyn at Gymnastics

I just absolutely love Gymnastics, and it is so fun going with Braelyn, and it is a Mom and Tot class. It is great being around other kids, other moms, and just her learning things. It is the best thing I have done with her so far. Hopefully it is something she will enjoy and keep doing, but it works for now. I will try sports, and just try things here and there finding that thing that she likes. She loves climbing, jumping, hanging on things, and so gymnastics was the best place to do all of that. Below you will see how much fun she has, and how she loves to hang and she can do it all by herself, it is amazing. It is so fun being a mom and we have a lot of fun together. Hope you enjoy these pics............

They do so many different things to keep all the kids busy. They got to run through a little tunnel, that Braelyn loved.

I love these pictures, because she just goes right up to the bar and will just start doing what she is doing in the pictures, you know it is amazing how flexible they are right now, she just needs to keep it up.

They did this last week, and she remembered, so she had to practice that too. She is my little monkey, well I guess she takes after me, my mom said I was always climbing. She had gotten a call when I was 2 and her neighbor called, and said " Do you know where Mara Is" My mom said yeah she's around here playing, and the neighbor said " Look outside" and so my mom looked outside and I had climbed on top of our motorhome, and was running around in circles. I bet my mom had a heart attack, but it is funny to see Braelyn and I think " I used to be just like that " Anyway just a little story for ya... And for Scott's Family she did NOT get her attitude from me.... LOL. It is an inside joke, because everyone knows who she got it from because Scott was a really good kid, and so I like to blame it on Scott, but his family just laughs...... Oh well I tried

Last but not least the jumping, and jumping, and yes jumping, that is the kids favorite thing.

JAZZ GAME !!!!!!

Last Saturday we had the Greatest Opportunity to go to the JAZZ GAME ! Oh my it was a lot of fun. Since we had watched Lisa's kids the weekend before, Howell and Lisa invited us to go with them. We got to go watch Sydney play basketball, and then we went to dinner just the four of us, and then off to the game. It was great having Braelyn play with the kids while we had our own time, plus we don't get to visit with Lisa very often so it was great to not have any distractions. The game was amazing, and it turned out to be a close game, and they had some really great plays. It was pretty neat being on the 9th row, so we took it all in, knowing we probably will never be that close again.



Thank you so much Howell and Lisa. We had a great time with you guys, and what a wonderful Date Night. We sure appreciate it, and can't wait to get together again, and we will have to go get some dessert again if you know what I mean..... Oh yeah ! That was yummy...... Next time not so late though right.

Weekend at Aunt Lisa's !!!!! Party ...................

We watched Scott's Niece's and Nephew this past weekend, and we had a lot of fun. Braelyn is in love with Dakota, and was his best buddy. She calls him Koa, she also had fun with Kennedie as well, and just thought she was so big. She didn't know what to do with all the kids, and all the fun things to do, and she never got bored. On Saturday Scott let me go with the girls inlcuding Aunt Alli to have girl time, and we went and saw Step Up 2. It was a lot of fun, and I just love dancing movies they are awesome. Thanks Alli for that good time. Then Scott got to take Dakota to a little guys night, and they went to the Monster Truck show. They had a good time as well, and got to sit on the front row. So we had a great time.


Scott hanging out with the gang. They were busy drawing pictures.


It was so funny to see Braelyn try and copy everything Kennie, and Dakota do, but she did well.

Braelyn is officially in a rockstar band with her cousins. She had to be like Dakota her buddy. It is a fun game, you can play 2 guitars, the drums, and sing at the same time. I had a lot of fun playing as well. The drums were hard to do though. Thanks so much Lisa for letting us come and have fun. The kids were great and we love spending time with all of our niece's and nephews.

Audrey Came Into Town !!!!! Yeah

My sister Audrey came into town from Manilla, Ut, which is by Flaming George. It was quick and we just met them at AppleBee's to eat some lunch. We haven't seen them since our cruise last Thanksgiving. It was so much fun. We sure miss Braxton, he is a little cutie. He had to warm up to us again, but Braelyn got some loves from him. Thanks Audrey for getting with us, we sure love seeing family. Love you Braxton and Braelyn can't wait to see you again.

Happy Late Valentine's Day !!!!!

So it all started with this wonderful basket from our Friends Tara and Jeremy Stephenson

Then Scott had suprised me with a letter and then a Red Rose for me and a Beautiful Pink Rose for Braelyn. They were in the car as we went to dinner.

Braelyn thought it was pretty neat to have her own flower. It was cute watching her smell it. Thanks so much Daddy for thinking of me and being a wonderful Dad.

Then we went to dinner at Brick Oven with Tara and Jeremy Stephenson. They are really great friends and the basket that they had brought over earlier was really thoughtful and nice. It made my day and you guys are just awesome, and have been great friends....................Thanks

Braelyn's Story Time !!!!!!!!

I had to put this up, because I was in another room and I heard this noise, and I started to get after Braelyn and when I went into the living room I saw her doing this. It was so cute, she had her baby and was reading her a story. I felt really bad and realized that Braelyn is not into everything all the time just most of the time. HEE HEE ! I love her so much she just is sooo BUSY all the TIME.


I asked her if she was reading to her baby and she looked up and said WHAA ! That is the babies name. Convienant I know. You ask what her dog's name and it is RUFF. Yes she keeps it simple.

Good thing she is reading the book to her baby, because it is too close for the baby to see anything. Yeah a little close to I told her that the baby couldn't see and so below she fixed it and now the baby can see too.

I just love the things kids do. Braelyn is usually getting into things, but for once she was doing a nice thing and was sitting still. She is a lot of fun though and keeps me busy. So sorry Braelyn for getting after you. I need to find out what is going first before I start getting after her. I learned something after that. Love you Braelyn.....................

Music Time at the Library !!!!

Every Wed. and Thurs. we go to the Library for music and story time. It took Braelyn several times to get involved. So it is fun to see how she has changed and they can sit on this blanket and then they will do the actions to songs, and it has been fun for her and me to have something to do together. I suggest everyone look at there local Library and see what they offer. It has been great for us, especially with only having one child and getting her around other kids, plus it is free, and we do it twice a week.

It is fun to see her stand up and do the actions with the teachers.

I love how she likes to go sit so close to people, but it is good, because she is usually shy.

Five of the kids got picked to help with a sond, where they would count down and grab a stuffed animal off of the table. Braelyn loved that, except for she probably wanted to keep the animal.