Our Growing Girls

Today we took both girls to the doctor for checkups and shots. Three shots for the little one and one shot for the big sister. What a day! Both girls are growing healthy and strong. Brooklee is weighing in at 38 lbs and is 40 1/8 inches tall and Brinley is weighing in at 14 lbs 6 oz and is 23 1/2 inches long. We need to get Brooklee in to an eye dr for an exam. Hopefully that appointment will be a good one. Other than this, everything went fabulous. Thank goodness.

Party for a Princess

Brooklee had a wonderful birthday. (So I think!) She got to eat lunch with her best friend Sariah at Speedy B's and then have a yummy dinner with family and friends. She had alot of fun and enjoyed all the goodies everyone brought her. It seriously looked like Santa came and not the birthday fairy.

Happy 4th B-day Brooklee!!

Four years ago, this sweet little girl came into our lives and I can't believe how fast she grown up. She has a heart of gold. Anytime anyone comes to our house to visit she runs into her room and makes them something with her papers, crayons and stickers. Always thinking of others. She is once again doing dance this year and we anxiously are waiting for her first performance. She has turned into being a FABULOUS big sister. She is always right on top of getting me anything Brinley needs. We are truly blessed to have her in our home. She brightens the room everytime she enters it. We love you sis. You are the apple of both your mommy and daddys eye. We can't wait for what this next year of your life will bring.

Prepardness

Who would have thought that I would have turned out to become a domestic housewife? NOT ME! Honestly I have thoroughly enjoyed learning how to can and now I am completely addicted. Nic and I have been super busy the last few days canning some veggies and fruits. I thought we could toot our own horn for a bit and tell everyone everything that we have either canned or that we have freezed.

52 pints of strawberry freezer jam
13 pints of tomatoe sauce (from our garden & from the Decker Familys garden in Snowflake)
23 pints of pasta sauce
14 quarts of chicken
8 quarts size bags of sugary peaches
4 quarts of carrots (from our garden)
1 quart size bag of dehydrated onions
10 quart size bags of corn (from G & G Deckers garden in Snowflake) Thanks again!!!
7 quart size bags of summer squash
26 quarts of apple pie filling

What a satisfaction it is to know we have food in our storage if we ever need it. We still have some more items in the future to can or freeze, but for the most part we are done for now.

Two Months Old..where has the time gone.

I can't believe our baby is two months old already. It seems like yesterday she came into our family. As you can see she is pretty chunky. She loves her food. When we take the bottle out of her mouth...she gets real upset. We tell her when she burps she can have more! Doesn't matter to her though...she wants her food and she wants her food NOW! Brooklee loves reading to her, talking to her, feeding her and just touching her. She is such a sweetheart and we love this chunky monkey very very much.

Golfing in Gods Country

Brinley stayed very warm and very asleep (except when I took this pic) while we were golfing.


She wanted to drive this bad ride the whole time. Poor Brook!!! She did have fun with Grandma looking for golfballs along the fairways. By the way Grandma found 15 golfballs while we were there!!! She rocks!



Not much of a golfer (i think i will stick to softball) but I had awesome coaches. Thanks Nic and Dad!!

Breathtaking. The whole course. Elk poop and all.

Golfing isn't the same without some snacks!!!

This past Saturday we packed up the girls and went up to Alpine with Nics mom, dad and brother Ammon. We had a blast. Besides Nic and I being awful parents and leaving Brinleys diaper bag in St. Johns. Its not cheap buying baby stuff in Alpine at their country store. I will tell ya that. I have never been to the golf course up in Alpine. Oh my goodness. BEAUTIFUL! The weather was perfect. A little chilly. But well well worth it. It was a blast and I hope we can do it more often.

Onions Anyone???

I was awful at taking pictures of the garden we planted this year. This is honestly the only one I have. Oops!! Nic said we planted over 200 onions this year. Crazy huh? I honestly had no idea. We decided to start harvesting our garden recently and once we started to pull these babies out...there was no stopping. Brooklee enjoyed spraying the dirt off them before they were allowed to come into the house. (Don't look to close to her outfit. She is in the stage of dressing herself!) The garden definetly would not have been possible this year without Nic. He is an awesome gardener. He truly loves it and is so good at it. Thanks babe.