Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you!

Happy Birthday to Daddy, who is the best husband and daddy in the whole wide world. Since Scott's birthday fell on a weeknight I was less than prepared and wiped out after work. That's right, my effort was pretty weak this year. I guess I better show up for our anniversary. I ran to get frosting and the pizza he requested while Scott baked his own cake. What a great daddy! All we had in the pantry was a cake mix that expired in 2002. It was totally stale and gross but he baked it anyway just so we could let the kids sing happy birthday to dad. We talked later that we could have put candles on the pizza but we agreed we both prefer our pizza WITHOUT spit. Beckham can't get enough of singing happy birthday and blowing out candles. He is such a funny kid.

Cha, Cha, Cha. Ooh-la-la! Who can be first to blow spit on the cake?

Good Times!!

This always makes me laugh. I know you guys don't have these picture so I thought you might want to see them.

Crackin' yourselves up, aren't ya?!

Brynlee's Big Week

Brynlee is growing up and she has had quite the BIG GIRL week. She got her ears pierced after working very hard for two weeks to prove she is big enough to earn it. She also lost her very first tooth and had a visit from the tooth fairy. She scored two dollars. WOW!

This is a pic of Brynlee at Claire's right before the big moment. I have posted a seperate post with video of the actual piercing.

And isn't it such a lovely tooth? She was so proud of it. She would have showed total strangers if we let her. She actually did show strangers her loose tooth when it was still in her mouth.

And while one kid is loosing teeth the other one is gaining some. Beckham calls his two new teeth his "Vampire teesh." He loves to look at pictures of himself and when he saw this one he said, "Awww cute, Beckham's vampire teesh."

Brynlee's new jack-o lantern smile. And of course her biggest fan is never far away to copy her every move and drive her crazy!

Just because I love this picture I thought I would post it. This is what you get when you ask Beckham for a monkey kiss.

The BIG Moment

This is the video of the actual moment when Brynlee had her ears pierced. She was pretty tough. We were really proud of her. We had just watched an older lady get her ears pierced and she flinched and said OW! These young guys were watching and one of them was thinking about piercing his ears and when he saw the older lady's reaction he backed out and actually left the store. You could tell he was scared. I thought all of that was going to scare Brynlee but she was way too determined. We're pretty proud of how mature she has been behaving since starting first grade. She is really growing up.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

This is what we woke up to today. It has been overcast and raining most of the weekend but we didn't expect this much snow. It's a good thing we went to Frightmares on Friday night or we probably would have missed it this year. It was a lot of fun. I would post some pics but I forgot the camera. It was plenty cold so the best part was probably sharing the hot cocoa we bought on the way out. Since it was such overpriced cocoa we're all probably going to share Scott's cold. Tis the season! We could barely get the kids to go to church they wanted to play so bad. So of course when we got home they bundled up and headed out to the snow. It lasted about 15 minutes and then they we're both wet and cold. Especially Beckham, he just doesn't understand you have to keep the gloves ON to stay dry.

We'll be in sunny California next week and snow covered lawns will be far from our minds for at least six days. I can hardly wait. Maybe we can build a sandman at the beach to remember the snowmen at home.

Beckham broke his arm.........again

Yes, that's right, AGAIN. On Sunday September 21st Beckham decided he didn't want to go to bed. He had never attempted to get out of his crib before then. He decided to get himself out of there and broke his arm. We assume it broke when he landed on the floor. We just heard the loud thud and lots of screaming. He has a cute little blue cast that we just found out can come off on Oct. 17th which is awesome because we leave for California on the 18th. Yeah!! We're so excited that Beckham can swim at the pool and play at the beach with his cousins.

Prior to arm breaking mishaps and other busy-ness we visited the state fair earlier in September with the Jensen's and the Harp's, and Aunt Keri. It was a good time. We parked in a trailer park close to the fair grounds. As we were leaving I had to tell Brynlee to hush (she's super loud) because people are sleeping in these houses and she says "These are houses?" You have to imagine her little nose wrinkle that went along with it. It was HILARIOUS!! Our kiddo is a total snob. She has no idea her mom comes from a trailer park. Too funny!