The Girls

For the most part, Brooklyn does pretty good with Brynlee. She loves to hold her and is always concerned where she is.

 Hugs and kisses:

Play-doh

I haven't gotten the play-doh out for a while, so I thought it would be the perfect activity for the kids to do while I was working on the master bedroom. They loved it, of course.

 Brayden's snake:

 This was what I was doing:

Sleeping Beauties

It was so cute when I came upstairs from putting Brooklyn to bed to find these 3 snuggling on the couch. Josh can put Brynlee to sleep within seconds of holding her.

Festival of Trees (Catch Up Post)

It has become a tradition to go to the Festival of Trees with my college roommate, Monica, and her daughter Elise. We look forward to going every year and the kids really enjoy it. Here's Brayden in front of his favorite tree...Superheroes!

We always get sweetrolls and milk:

Brayden loved this Santa:

Brooklyn, Brayden, and Elise:

On our way out, I turned around to Brayden telling me to take a picture. Definitely can't pass up that opportunity!

Thanksgiving!

This year we had Thanksgiving with my family. Josh and Brayden went to our old Holladay ward and played basketball early in the morning, then we headed off to the church by my parent's house. We decided it would be better to reserve the church since all my family would be in town (except Rachelle and Sean...we missed you!) The church turned out to be SO much fun. We ate a wonderful turkey dinner, then played basketball and volleyball while taking turns watching the kids in the nursery. We had 11 kids, 8 of which are under 4. Here is the kids table:

 Like always we brought Brayden's hoop so the kids could shoot while we were playing Lightening.

 Hannah and Sadie with Brynlee:

 After we finished playing with my family we quickly stopped by the Ericson's to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving. Here is the closest thing I got to a family picture:

 Cute little Brynlee:

Brayden's Birthday

I still can't believe my little boy is 4!!! It seems like yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital. We decided to do his birthday party at Jungle Jim's again this year since he loved it so much last year. We got there in the morning and all the kids played all morning. Here are a few of the pics that I took of the kids riding all the rides.

Notice Brayden sitting in the swing. He gets car sick pretty easily, so I'm surprised he made it without getting sick. He did, however, get a little woozy in the ride on the top left picture. I'm not sure who thought it would be a good idea for him to go on that ride.

Here we are eating and opening presents:

 Playing more games, also a picture of Rachael holding my brother's twins and their big sister Paige. 

 Jada and Brynlee - best friends already!

 Our growing family!

 Brayden was SO excited for the bumper cars. The line was way long, so we were pretty bummed when the car we put them in didn't work. We waited for their group to finish and hopped in a working car. This is what happened the first time someone hit them. He wasn't a fan of this ride.

We finally got the kids home and put them down for a nap. We had planned on going to see Toy Story 3 in the evening, but when Brayden woke up he wasn't feeling good. So we played some games, had Arby's for dinner (Brayden's choice), and played Brayden's new Toy Story game on the Wii. Since there was no time to do his cake at his party, we went ahead and lit the candles and had some cake. Overall we had a fantastic day. We love you so much Brayden! Thanks for being such a sweet boy and helping out so much at home. Happy Birthday!

Brayden's Special Day at School

Brayden got to be the special leader at his school 2 days before his birthday. I was able to go and spend about 15 minutes with his class to spotlight him. It was a lot of fun and really made Brayden feel special. And of course, we took his hoop so he could show his class how well he can dribble and shoot. We let all the kids take turns shooting. Here's Brayden shooting:

 Brayden and Brooklyn with his class (2 kids are missing.)