State Senate Swearing In

First of all a late congratulations to dad. We are all so proud of him and still are in awe at how he does it all and still has all the time in the world for us. In January we made our first trip to the capital to see dad get sworn in. It was a great experience and the kids were so excited. BrinLee has been grandpa's number one fan. She has decided she is going to be the state senator when she grows up or should I say she pretty much thinks she already is since grandpa is. During his election she would call people and tell them to vote grandpa for the senate. Her and Easton loved helping grandpa with his campaigning especially throwing candy in the parades and taking pictures with him for his brochures. Unfortunatley our camera battery died so we didn't get to take as many pictures on the day dad was sworn in. The kids are slowly adjusting having grandpa gone all week. The day we got home from the swearing in BrinLee had a melt down that she just wanted grandpa. Then the next day we got in the car to take her to preschool and she was in back sobbing that she missed and wanted grandpa. Luckily we had a picture in the car that she carried to school with her that made her feel a little better. Easton is constantly asking to call pa. Thanks dad for taking the time for all of their phone calls and always coming to see them. Grandma of course is wonderful and is my life saver always helping me with the kids and store whenever I need her. The kids have missed having her leave every week too, but luckily she isn't gone the whole week so they have their mid week sleep over usually. Thanks for being the greatest parents and grandparents in the world.

Oh, what fun we have

These are just some random pictures of the kids having fun. BrinLee loves to pose and show her attitude at times and Easton likes to be busy and into everything. They also love to have cousin Kaden come play. He is such a sport to play dress up with BrinLee since her brother won't. I feel so blessed to be home with them. Honestly, there is never a dull moment.

Christmas 08

We had a wonderful Christmas! We loved being with our families and sharing this time with them. It was a lot of fun having Bridi and her family here. We miss them a lot and not a day goes by that one of the kids talk about them and are planning for the next time they visit. We love my parents tradition of the Christmas pj's in fact BrinLee keeps saying that she wants pj's for Easter. I guess we may have to start a new tradition.

Braxton's Blessing

For those of you who don't know I absolutely love pictures and have the hardest time picking just one. I really need to learn how to do the slide shows I guess. Here is our precious baby Braxton. He was blessed in Decemeber and we had lots of family and friends there. Thank you for the support and for sharing the special day. Braxton is the best baby. It is a good thing that he is so calm and happy all the time he is truly heaven sent. We all have so much fun with him. BrinLee insists she can carry him around and Easton has his moments of loving him and getting a little jealous, but he always says soddy (sorry) Brack and gives him a kiss. They are all so sweet.

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. Our little pumpkin is a week and a half old. BrinLee was so excited to be a kitty with a pink tail, and thinks that Easton is the funniest thing she has seen when Easton is in his monkey suit. Easton loved dressing up because BrinLee just laughed. Thanks to Meran and Megan for being such sweethearts and taking Brin and East trick or treating. They loved every minute of it.

It's a Boy!

Braxton Ethan arrived on October 20th. He was 8lbs 13ounces and 20 1/2 inches. We are so excited to have him here and healthy. Easton's face says it all about how he feels. He loves his baby Brax. BrinLee is just as thrilled and loves being the biggest. They are both wonderful helpers and are learning to take turns with the new brother. They are constantly either kissing or holding him. Ethan was excited to have a boy that he actually went shopping so that Braxton could come home in camo. He is such a joy and heaven here on earth along with BrinLee and Easton. We love them all so much. Thank you for all of the visits and calls. We feel so blessed to have such great family and friends.

Girls Trip

We had our annual girls weekend on my side of the family for grandma Elda's birthday. We went October 17 & 18. We had a great time. BrinLee loved hanging out with all of her girl cousins. We went and got pedicures together. This was a first for Grandma Lane, BrinLee, & I. We shopped a lot, went to dinner at the crab place (red lobster, BrinLee's favorite), and we stayed at a hotel. It was a great get away, but we missed the girls in the family a lot that weren't able to come, and hope to see them on the trip next year. Thanks to Megan and Meran they had the little girls hair all beautiful the next morning.