Annual Family Movie Night!

Just starting to watch the movie!

Daddy had the popcorn so Brynlee quickly changed seats!!

The blankets are out and Brynlee is no longer into the movie.........shock!

Just about ready to fall asleep.

And she's out!!!!!

Daddy's out too but the boys and I made it to the end! The three of us are a little die hard when it comes to Christmas movies!

We had our annual watching of The National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation tonight. We turned all the lights off except for the Christmas lights, popped some popcorn and we were set. This is one of our favorite Christmas movies. We all snuggled up and had MANY good laughs. I think we could probably recite most of the movie!! Tomorrow night we plan on watching The Polar Express! I love Christmas time!!

Christmas Break!!!!!!!!!!

This is what it looks like outside.....ICE and lots of it.
We had an early start to Christmas break thanks to Mother Nature!!!!!!!

Our first batch of cookies.

Brock decorating his own cookie, because his mom is too picky to let him do all of them.

Brynlee loved eating the frosting off the beaters.So much that she stole her brothers and NEVER gave it back!

She found the Santa hat and tried it on.........

Looks pretty cuteBrock with his deer in the headlights look.

Bryson came out from the kitchen and Brock leaped over them! (I know I know it is a little dangerous but no one has got hurt yet and I'm having a blast watching them!)

The boys have been pushing Brynlee in her doll stroller all over the house. She thinks it is hilarious along with the rest of us. They are having a blast. They are now Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke running around the house and the stroller is the gereral lee..........hhhmmmm I am thinking that would be a cute Halloween costume for next year!!

A Proud Momma??!!

I have always dreamed of having a little girl. A princess, a sweet precious princess. Dresses, Tea Parties, and bows in her hair. You know how the poem goes Sugar and Spice and Everything nice that's what Little Girls are made of, well they had not met my daughter.........................................

One might notice there is NO bow in the hair why..............because it is pulled out the second it is put in! One might also notice the food all over her face and hair from eating. Such a lady isn't she. If that were not bad enough....................

I should be proud this is the one thing she does do on command. Saying hi, counting to 2, and waving bye bye all when the mood strikes.....picking her nose EVERY TIME she is asked!

She blew all my dreams out of the water tonight when she did the double picking!

Anyone care to guess who taught her this trick................the proudest big brother ever!

So I have changed the poem to.........Hair of Macaroni and Bananas and fingers up noses, That is what my little girl is made of! What more could a mother want I ask...........NOTHING!!!

Basketball Time

#31 Getting ready to go in.

Austin, Ashton, and Bryson

Bryson is playing basketball this year for the Prairieland Titans. It is a traveling team with kids from the Olympia District. He has a great group of boys in the league. They have a lot of fun together. Almost all of his close friends play so he is really enjoying it. These are a few shots from the game last weekend. He is a lot of fun to watch!

Visit with Santa

Brynlee and Santa 2008

Brynlee had her first visit with Santa last night. Brock said he was "too old" to sit on Santa's lap so he just watched from the side. I guess Santa will not be bringing him anything this year!! Brynlee didn't cry but she didn't smile either. She just kept looking at him and then looking at us!

Sunday Afternoon

Getting a good picture of all three is about impossible.

Doesn't she look rotten!

I am sure if you look by the word sweet in the dictionary, this is what you would see.
Bryson being a dork because he was tired of me taking pictures.

Ready for the ISU game.

Got a new camera and wanted to try it out!

Playing Around the House

Brynlee woke up in a really good mood. She was a little crazy with laughter. So Brock started playing a game and chasing her around the house. She would run one way and he would go the other and come around the corner and scare her. She would squeal with excitment and then run back in the living room as he chased her. She would run to Bryson and he would "protect" her from Brock. They had a great time.

Ha Ha I have Bryson and my baby you can't get me now!
Bryson, Bryson quick he's coming!!!!!!!!

You want a piece of ME?

I love my brothers!!!

All this running makes me thirsty!

Thanksgiving

The shirt says it all!

Brock taking a break from Wii

Playing Wii

Brandon, Brynlee, and Maggie

Brynlee and Jake

Riley in his 3-D glasses.

Gee Gee and Gee Pa! Who knew Gee Pa looked so good in shades!

Brynlee and Tim getting ready for the movie to start.

Grandma C and Bryson

Baby Kinley's first family movie.

Thanksgiving...........good food, family, and a movie does life get any better? We started with the traditional watching of the Macy's parade and then went to lunch at Tim's sisters house. It was delicious and she did it all. The boys played Wii and Bryn well she climbed the steps all day or tried to anyways. She knew as soon as we were not paying attention and she would be on the steps or in the office. We played some cards, shopped through the adds, and others caught a "nap" on the couch. Brynlee was in heaven when Aunt Kristy let Maggie in, that was until Maggie stood up and looked her in the eye. Then she was in Bryson's lap in two seconds flat!! Then in the evening we went and met my family for our traditional Thanksgiving night movie. I was a little bummed there was not a good Christmas movie for the family this year but we saw Bolt 3-D and it was pretty good.........what Tim and I saw of it. Brynlee did pretty good but when she was done she was done. Tim took her out, then I felt bad so I went out, then had the crazy idea we could bring her in and let her run between us on the floor in the isle. There wasn't that many people in the theater so we thought we would give it a shot. Well the second her feet hit the ground she had another idea and it was to get to that BIG screen she had been watching all night. Tim swooped her up and took her back out. She protested immediately when we tried to stop her from getting to the screen. So we got her back out in the hallway to notice she had pooped so I started to change her and Tim went back in to retrieve the diaper bag. Lesson learned with this little trip........Brynlee is NOT READY for movies in the theater yet. Good news Loni knows ahead of time for next year! Thanksgiving day was a huge hit all around. We have so much to be thankful about and we spent the day enjoying it with the people we are most thankful for.