My birthday weekend away...

For my birthday, my family made a plan to meet us in Lava Hot Springs and celebrate this past Friday night to Saturday afternoon. It was a great weekend and I will just share a few photos from it. (We took like 158 or something.)




We stayed in a house with 3 bedrooms that had 3 queen beds and a set of double sized bunkbeds. It was so fun. We had access to a pool and it was a little warmer than bathtub water...It was pretty warm but I loved it!






The extra person in the pics is Kristin...She is my brother Andy's girlie friend and they are getting married--although it is not "official" yet! She is a great addition to our family (although she may be thinking not so much of us) and we were excited to get to know her better...


This was my birthday cake. It was just a lot of different kinds of cupcakes that Andy and Kristin brought from a place called "So Cupcake". They were delicious and perfect!!


We found a park that was really fun and it had these little "memorial" benches that were donated by families. We couldn't resist taking more pics...








P.S. My dad was in attendance...however, he hides from cameras!

Another Brinlee tale...

I honestly do not know what I am going to do with this child...She may just be the death of me. Anyway, I just had to share the latest sassy comment. Today before she got on the bus I asked her to get the broom and dustpan out for me and she said: "I don't want to get it for you. You're a mean mom! All you say is "Get this Brin, get that Brin" and I don't like it. You have arms and legs, so you should get it!" This did not end well for our little blonde girl. Seriously. What am I going to do?

A little of this...a little of that...

Here are some updates on our crew:
Cambree: Is starting a Ballroom Dance class on Thursdays. She is so excited because they will get to dance with some boys :) and because they are going to learn the Cha-Cha. Honestly, I think this girl would be happy with ANYTHING in life.
Brinlee: Is a girl FULL of attitude and spunk. Yesterday when I told her to stop playing the Wii and get ready for school she told me that I was a stupid mom that gets to do whatever I want, whenever I want. She is a 13 year old trapped in a 5year old body. I wonder what the teen years will bring our way?? *Side note, while we continue to work with Brin and her outbursts, she is a WONDERFUL girl in our family and we love her very, very much!!
Aidan: For a couple of months now, he has folded his arms when we say prayers and blessings on the food. It is darling to watch babies fold their arms and has brought a lot of joy to our family. Another habit that this child has picked up is shaking his finger at me and yelling in baby language just what he thinks of me. When he is in trouble and I tell him "no", he points his finger and me and just starts screaming. (He is led by example I guess...) It isn't super great, but it is pretty funny. And the last thing to report is that we watch too much junk in our home I have decided. Aidan LOVES the opening part to SpongeBob SquarePants...The girls favorite TV show...He will actually yell "Aye, Aye Captain" when they say it in the beginning...It sounds something like this "Iii Iii Yaayaa". What an awesome thing for a 14 month old to know. *Side note: I am trying to wean him from the bottle...I just can't remember how I did it with the other two!