Monday, December 28, 2009

Merry Christmas

Brinley was so much fun on Christmas this year. We woke her up at about 8:00 and actually didn't finish opening presents at my Mom's house until about 8:00 that night.









Sunday, December 27, 2009

Cookies for Santa


On Wednesday night Brinley stayed up until about 10:00 making cookies for Santa.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

The true meaning of Christmas

Just a few minutes ago a little voice said to me, "Sit down, let's talk."  So, I sat down and said, "What do you want to talk about?"  The little voice said, "Baby Jesus, the son.  He slept on the hay huh?"  So, we talked about baby Jesus and Mary riding the donkey and the little voice said, "That was berry (very) fun huh?  I want to ride it."

Brinley, thanks for helping me remember the true meaning of Christmas!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Celebrating Life



A different kind of Christmas

The other night I bent down to plug our tree lights in and noticed something well... different.  Two purple heart shaped bracelets were hanging from my tree.  I left them there.  So cute!



Time out for Dinner

The other day I was making my bed when Brinley came up to me and said, "Mom, let's have dinner."  I turned around to see that she had been busy setting a table for two.  So, I stopped making the bed and sat down to have "dinner" with my little girl.  As for the menu we had goldfish, fruit snack and a side of skittles.



Brinley's First Snowman


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Life is better this way

Before I had Brinley I was really picky about how I did things.  All of the presents under my tree were wrapped perfectly and I made sure all of the wrapping paper matched.  I'm kind of embarrassed to say this, but at one point I thought all of the wrapping paper had to match my tree ornaments and my tree ornaments had to mach my living room.  Things are a little different this year.  Here is a present I placed in the very front of my tree for everyone to see, it's a very special present wrapped by Brinley herself to her dad.  I must say, life really is better this way. 


It's Winter


Our little family had so much fun playing in the snow this weekend.  We got the 4-wheeler out and pulled each other on the sled. 



Monday, December 14, 2009

Baby it's Cold Outside

Three times a week I wake up somewhere in the 5:00 hour and go running with my friend Chelsea.  As most of you know, last week was WELL below freezing, especially that early in the morning.  We got about a mile or so into our run, looked at each other and realized or eyelashes were completly frosted over (mine melted when I ran inside to get the camera).  Does this mean we're crazy?  I think so.