Brittyn's 1st birthday

I can't believe my baby girl has turned a whole year old!!! I can't believe a whole year has gone by already, she is getting so grown up and learning so many things, I can hardly keep up!!! I can't believe she will only get bigger and do more amazing things from here on out!!! We had a great time at her "British Invasion" party, complete with fish and chips and scones!!! Britt was decked out in her designer party dress, thanks to grandma and she looked like a doll!!! We enjoyed all the party food and favors and all things celebrating Great Britain and the Union Jack flag!!! Thanks to all those who came and helped us celebrate Brittyn's special day, we are already gearing up for next year!!!

Just a swingin'...

I finally decided that I wasn't going to melt if I stayed outside longer than 3 minutes. That being said, I took the girls to the park after work. They mostly love to swing and we did that for 20 minutes before I made them run around for another 20 minutes. They loved it, I'm glad we went. After all, Ryan did wear her sneakers yesterday, and that basically means she gets to go to the park. Good day, love my girls.

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Family home evening...

I love Joe for helping our family have FHE. Even if it is basically unplanned until he messages me at 6:30 and says "I'm on my way home, let's do family home evening tonight." Either way, I'm glad we have it. We all got to color pics of the prophet last night and talk about the upcoming sessions of General Conference. The girls had a good time coloring and attempting to snack on the crayons.









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Just a taste...

This video is a couple months old but still a good one. Brittyn is getting a taste of a soda for the first time (or so Joe thinks, haha!!!) and we had to get it on video. I love how her face wrinkles and gets that sour look once she tastes that carbonation. Too funny!!!

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Little Mommy...

Ryan is getting to be such a big girl. She is a very grown up THREE years old now, after all. She's loving being a big sister to Brittyn and is getting into the groove of playing "mommy" to Britt and all the baby dolls in the house. We went out a while back to run some errand and Ryan had to take her baby. And not only did she have to take her baby, she had to take the baby stroller too. So our whole trip was about loading and unloading the baby and the stroller and loading it back again. We had a good time, we met up with Kylia and had dinner at Tropical Smoothie. Ryan had a blast playing "mommy" to her baby and we had a great night.















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Too much money...

Of all the toys we buy our children, of all the toys and books and games that have been given to them by friends and family, you'd think that my kids could find something to play with other than a door stopper. Next time I'm not gonna bother with expensive gifts, I'm gonna bring her to the laundry room and set her up to play with the door stop!!! Ryan played with them and tore a couple of the off the wall when she was this age and now it's Britt's turn. She loves the sound the door stop makes when she bounces it back and forth. And yes, she's broken this particular door stop and another one as well. It's just too funny not to share, even though it was taken about four months ago. I love this baby girl!!!

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Divas in training...

My girls may look like their dad but they are gonna be total girly divas one day!!! Brittyn is a huge fan of brushing her hair, she hates getting dressed after her bath but if I show her the hairbrush, her face lights up and she automatically reaches for it!!! Keeps her still for a few minutes at least, so I can finish putting diaper and pjs on her. She does love it but she still needs a few lessons before she can master the hairbrush.









Ryan, on the other hand, is doing great in diva training. She loves for me to do her hair, she loves asking for two pony tails and let's me attempt to learn French braiding on her head. I've got a long way to go on that. She even got her first pedicure recently and loved it!!! She did great, loved picking out her favorite color and sat as still as she could for the technician. She couldn't wait to show off her toes to her daddy and anyone else who would look!!!