Thanksgiving

We had a good Thanksgiving. We spent it down in Cedar with my family. It was nice because all my brothers and sisters were there and it had been a few years since we have all been together for Thanksgiving. Being the smarty I am I forgot to take my camera to the actually Thanksgiving dinner. But the day was full of delicious food, lots of laughs and some fun crafts.

This picture is so precious to me. This is Brinlee and Grandma Smith reading books. They sat down there for a be an hour laughing and reading. It was such a cute moment.

Brinlee had pretty much been begging to play in the snow the moment it started to snow so she loved to get out and play in it.

This is a picture of us playing skip bo and me freezing to death :) My grandma has a snuggy and let me borrow it :)

And finally a picture of Brinlee cheeto fied :) She was really good this trip. Only woke up a few times during the night and was an angel on the ride home.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

The Party

Sorry it has taken me awhile to post the pictures but I was having some computer problems, and thanks to Ashlee for taking the pictures. She does a great job.

Brinlee had a Pink Poodle party this year. I can't take all the credit for it because I saw the cupcakes in my parents magazine last year and knew that is what I wanted to do for her birthday. On Saturday we had my family over for a little party, then on Sunday we went to the Gainers to celebrate.

Here are some of the decorations

Here are the cupcakes, I think they turned out super cute. Only problems was finding pink circus peanuts. I ended up having to order a big bag off the internet

Some meringue dog bones

Each kid got there own dog bowl, we also used them for a game

The cute little Birthday girl

The first game we play they had to dig to find the stuffed dog. It was really fun, got a little crazy :) but was fun

Then they had to eat dog food (coco puffs) out of there dogs bowls with out hands.

Then she opened her presents. She was spoiled rotten this year

Then we had cake and ice cream. She even blew the candles out all by herself

Then everyone got there own doggie bag to take home

These are pictures from her party at the Gainers. She has always been a show off but usually only around small groups, but lately it doesn't matter. She thought she was pretty cool getting to open her presents in front of Dave's family

Thanks to everyone who helped me with the parties and for all the fun stuff she got. She is definitely loved.

Happy Birthday Brinlee!

I honestly don't know how in 2 years we went from this to this, but what a wonderful 2 years it has been. This morning while I was looking through baby pictures to post, I watched the video clip of when I first held her. I don't think I have seen it since I had her, and I was overwhelmed with those feelings again of how lucky and blessed I was to be her mom and what a miracle she is. I couldn't ask for a sweeter little girl. I love her so much and she has changed my life for the better. I am so thankful Heavenly Father sent her to us. Happy Birthday Brinlee!!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. Brinlee was Minnie Mouse (I figured it would work out well since we would be there and I could get part of her costume) She absolutely loved it this year. It is crazy to think how little she was for last year, she couldn't even walk yet. She learned to say trick or treat, even said it to the people. She ran from house to house, nearly pulling Dave's arm off. I don't think she knew exactly what she was doing but she knew it was fun :)

I was Tinker Bell and Dave was Rambo.
I had to post this picture because it is so cute. Brinlee has always loved her Uncle Josh. In fact the 2 names she says with out being asked is Josh and Noah. But her love has grown this month when Ashlee and Josh watched her overnight. I was nervous maybe she would hate them after that since we had never left her before overnight but now they are inseparable :)