The Puzzle

Eli recieve a puzzle for his birthday, but I think Scott has gotten the most enjoyment out of it. He loves it. He will play with it for hours. And he is so cute when, with his little voice, he tries to say, "Puggle." Well, the other day, I came in the room to find that he had put the puzzle together in a very unusual manner. He can't actually put the thing together without a lot of help, but he had lined the pieces all up in a neat semi circle, and was just having a blast. I just thought it was pretty amazing that for as young as he is, he could line them all up so perfectly and makes such a neat semi circle. He is so cute! He is getting bigger everyday. He is saying more and more, and is constantly amazing me! I want him to progress and get big, and do all the stuff that he should be doing, but at the same time, it is so hard to realize that he isn't going to be a baby for too much longer. What a sweet heart! He is just the cutest kid! My little "Blondie-Blondie!"

Our Beautiful Breanne Girl!

Our little girl is already 5 years old. I can't believe it. I'm looking at all these pictures and I feel like it was just yesturday that I took them. She is growing up to be a beautiful girl. We sure love her! She has a strong will, and many leadership talents. She pushes me harder than any of my other kids, and sometimes, I think she just chooses the opposite of whatever I want her to do. But I know that she is just trying to assert herself, and let her personality shine. She has many talents, and is always reminding me of myself. She if very kind and helpful with her brothers and around the house. She is usually the first to have her chores done, and is always so excited to help mom do whatever she can. Recently she is trying to convince me that she can change Scott's diaper all by herself (that would be awesome, but Mom is still helping for now.) And she is having fun loading the silverware in the dishwasher. She has lots of friends and loves school. She is doing well with begining to read, and write. And is starting to sing a lot. She is always making up her own songs. She has a great imagination, and cracks me up when she plays "house" and Barbies, and all the things I used to play. She is a bright, beautiful girl, and I'm so grateful to be her mother. I know that she is destined for great things! Happy Birthday Breanne...WE LOVE YOU!

And here are some of my favorite pictures of her as a baby.

I love how small she looks in her dad's big hands! Amazing that she was ever that small.

Breanne's blessing dress was really special. It was my grandfathers (yes, grandFATHER....it was the custom back then to bless boys in a dress.) Then my Aunt wore it, (not my dad, because by then, it was NOT the custom to bless your boy in a dress, so my dad didn't wear it.) But then My sister, MYSELF, and my younger sister were all blessed in it. And I thought it would be super cool if she was blessed in it. Thanks to my Aunt Shauna for intrusting it to my care for a while, and letting Breanne wear it. It was so beautiful and special. I loved it!

New babies always make those car seats look so big.

Here she is in the hospital. So fresh from Heaven! Our little "Pinky" in all her pink clothes. That is still her favorite color.

Adam and Christine were married right after we had her, so here she is with her Dad, all dressed up!

Our little Pink Princess! What a cuttie, a sweatheart, daughter, and friend. We love our Breanne Lin.

The WIG!

For Breanne's Birthday, her Grandma Mortensen gave her a Barbie dress up thing. It came with a wig, some barettes, sun glasses, bracelets, a ring, and a phone! Super cute, and she loved it! (especially the sunglasses because after Celeste came to visit and had sunglasses, she wanted some of her own.) Anyway, so the gift was perfect. And then we thought we would have a little fun trying it on the little boys.......................................

Scott looked the best!

Melissa's baby: Aleck

(He hated it!)

Douglas

(Melissa's boy)

Talon

(Melissa's other boy...who also Hated it!)

Eli

He thought it was funny!

Breanne's Birthday!

Happy 5th Birthday Breanne! She started out her day with Mickey Mouse Pancakes! (We always do something we can stick a candle in for their birthday breakfast.)
Here is Breanne behind her Princess cake and butterfly cupcakes.

This is the cake I made. Turnded out pretty good.

This is Breanne opening a present at her "friend" party. We had lots of girls come, and had a really enjoyable party.

We played a game for the present opening. All the girls hid their present then, we took turns playing hot and cold for Breanne to find it. Caroline gave me the idea, and it was great. It helped make it not so "boring" for the kids who aren't opening presents, but just sitting there. Worked great, and took up some time.

Here, Breanne is opening some more presents . I think that was some little thing I got for her to open at the friend party. I think it is a tiara, but I can't really tell.

This is Breanne's "family" pary. Thank you to everyone who came, and for all the lovely gifts! She had a great time!

Her Grandma Jardine made her an apron that came with an invitation to go make cookies at grandma's house. She loves that apron and wears it a lot. Super cute!

Thank you to her Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Eric, who got her a Dora bike! She was really hoping to get her own bike soon, so this was a big surprise!

We got her a Barbie Thumbelina doll that she really wanted! She loved it, and was really excited when she opened it.

And finally, these were the cupcakes that I made for her preschool class a couple days later. They turned out cute. Here they are in the cool "cupcake holder" that Linda gave me. So there are more below those. It made it super easy to take to the school like that.

Happy Birthday Breanne! We love you!

Our Anniversary!

For our anniversary, we went on an all day excursion to places around Salt Lake City. We got a "Connect Pass" from a visit Salt Lake web site. It gives you entry into many different places, for one flat rate. It was a ton of fun. There are many other places you can go with the Connect Pass, but this is where we went:

Tracy Aviary. Our favorite was the bald eagle.



It was cool, they have a lot of varieties of birds there. These three cuties were sitting right in a row, and I thought they were fun.

Flamingo's. They have such amazing balance!

This Is The Place National Monument.

Here I am, in front of the old ZCMI general store (remake).

Jared, in front of the monument.

Red Butte Gardens at the U of U.

This is one of those pictures where we set the timer, and just got what we got. But I think it turned out cute.

Jared liked this.

The Oak Tunnel.

The waterfall.

The crazy Gold Fish! (These were one of our favorite parts of the place.)

Then went into down town, and this is us walking to lunch at:

The Lion House Pantry. Yum!

Then we went down to Sandy and went to the Living Planet Aquarium. It was very good. I really love aquariums! Here, Jared is standing next to some Jelly Fish, but you can't really see them.

They had rays that you could touch!

This is us in front of a mural.

Jared, next to a sculpture of an octupus. They have an octupus there, but you can't take pictures of it.

And finally Thanksgiving point Gardens. We wished that we would have had more time to spend there, but the sun went down, and it was time to pick up the kids. But it was amazing! And we would love to go back!

They have the most amazing waterfalls there! I had no idea that it was so amazing there! You should totally check it out! It was worth it.

Beautiful!

Along with the waterfalls, they have many beautiful gardens.

Well, it was a wonderful day together! I love you Jared! Thanks for the great day! And thank you to my sister, Melissa, who really made this day possible by babysitting the kids! Thank you!