*~ COOKIES ~*

Brogen and I made some great delicious Christmas cookies this year. He was such a big help by putting the cutouts on the sheets, then helping me frost them (although I think he ate most of the frosting) and being the official sprinkle decorator (he wouldn't let anyone else touch the sprinkles)! It was so much fun and we even got into a frosting fight! In the end we took some over to our next door neighbor and sent some home with the girls as well. Aren't the Holidays great!

Day of Sledding!

Today we went out to the park to do some sledding and enjoy the snow! It actually managed to warm up enough so that we couldn't see our breathes anymore and the sun came out for a good part of the day. We took the kids over to the park where they have a few little bunny hills separating the soccer fields and where most of the kids in town come to do their sledding. Brogen jumped right on our little circular sled and flew down the hill with a big grin on his face. But Capriece was a little nervous at first. After a few runs sitting on mommys' lap she finally wanted to go down by herself. Daddy then started a little snow ball fight and Brogen and him had a blast. Capriece doesn't much like the snow touching her skin, so she was content just standing back and watching. We didn't get to build any snowmen though, the snow was still too cold and dry to be able to pack it together, but we still had a ton of fun!

Triming the Tree

Yesterday we got around to putting up or Christmas tree! Brogen and Capriece were so excited and helped out a lot, and it was so neat to see all of our pictures and keepsakes from years past. Capriece just had to point out every Santa and Snowman that she saw, and Brogen helped string the beads and picked great places to hang each decoration. This year will be me and Brandon's 5th Christmas together! We have tried to collect a special little ornament to celebrate each passing year, as well as special ones for the kid's first Christmas's too. Even though its still only a small collection of things its definitely a wonderful way to keep past memories alive! We enjoyed listening to good ol' fashioned Holiday music

Brogen's 3 year old pictures!

Each year the kids turn older I try to get their pictures done on or around their birthdays so that I can have a year-by-year album of them growing up! This year Brogen turned three and his Uncle Don took him out to the red rocks of St. George and took some really nice pictures. He has such a cute cheesy smile, where he scrunches up his eyes until they're almost closed and then bares all his teeth, but he's always smiled like that even when he was a little baby. Its just how he is and I think its totally adorable. The colors turned out really great and he did such a great job sitting still and following directions (he does that a lot more now that he's finally grown out of his terrible two's). All in all it turned out great. Hope you all like them as well!

Just living the every day life!

So since our last post we have just been enjoying the simple life here at home! Brandon has been busy as ever working his long days and the kids and I spend a lot of time playing at the park and around the house! We haven't had any more snow as of yet, but the clouds sure have been threatening us with the idea of it and poor lil Brogen gets excited every time its a stormy day (he really does loves the snow)!  Capriece is just popping out new word after new word and is growing into quite the talkative little girl! She is even getting over her shyness a little bit too! So life is good as of now and we are just looking forward to making another trip down to STG for Thanksgiving and getting to see all the family again! Its going to be a great Holiday season I think! :)

Halloween in St. George

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Wyatt Earp & Princess Capriece

This year we did Halloween with the whole family! It was a little crazy, but loads of fun to see all the little kiddo's dressed up in their cute little costumes! First we did some more pumpkins then we got a big group together and went out just after dark to tackle a few streets up in Santa Clara heights! All of the kids were still pretty young and tired out really fast! I think we only managed to go up one side of a street and then back down the other before they lost interest and wanted to go back! But it was still lots of fun and the kids got a good little bunch of candy!

Brogen's 3rd Birthday Bash

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROGEN

 

Brogen had a great birthday this year! I can't believe that he is already three years old...where in the world have all the years gone??!! He is such a big boy and is so sweet and tender hearted, we couldn't be any prouder of him then we already are! This year we decided to celebrate it on the day of Halloween and threw a big Halloween costume party for him and his twin cousins Zayden & Xevon down in St. George! They were celebrating their very first birthdays and were born on the exact same day as Brogen! It was so much fun and we had so many of our good friends and family there to celebrate with us! Brogen got so many great gifts and we even made special little cakes for each of them to blow out their own candles and dig into. Thanks to everyone that showed up, we had a blast! Here's some pic's of the party!