Good Morning Brooklee!!

Each morning I put Brinley right by her sister to help speed the process of waking her up. So, here is the greeting Brooklee gets from Brinley. Slobbers and all!!!

5th Anniversary

Couple of weeks ago Nic and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We were able to spend two nights in Greer (alone!!) Thanks Mom and Dad for taking the girls for us. Nic and I had a blast. Ate some really good food and went on a sleigh ride. The sleigh ride was a first for both of us. The sleigh was pulled by two BIG Belgium horses named Pat and Jill. We were able to see a herd of elk while we were whisping through the snow. It was so romantic and such a fun relaxing weekend. Happy #5 Nic!! I love you more and more everyday!!!

Annual FHE's at Gma & Gpa Finch's

For the past couple of years Nic's mom and dad host our family and Aaron and Jane's family for family home evenings around Christmas time. This years theme was "No empty chairs at our eternal table." We were given gifts to open for 12 days of Christmas. Each gift being something that we can bring to our eternal table. Such as knowledge, friendship, togetherness, etc. Its been alot of fun going over there for these activities as well as opening up a present each day for the last 10 days. They put alot of time and energy into these gifts and we sure appreciate them and love them very much.

Also, every year Nic's mom makes the grandkids new Christmas outfits. This year me, my sister in law Jane decided we would like skirts that matched the girls'. Once again, Mom completely outdid herself!! She sewed mine in seconds! I swear. These dresses are beautiful. Brooklee, Brinley and Nellie looked so beautiful. Brodey and Jax had new Christmas sweaters. They looked handsome as well.

i LOVE food!!!!

Brinley as you can see loves food. She is quite the little chunk these days. Brooklee was snacking on some cereal one morning and Brinley decided she had to try some too.

SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE TROJANS AND THE SUN DEVILS

(Nic with Joe McKnight)

(Nic with Allen Bradford)

(not by best pic!! I was so nervous.)

Nic and I were able to once again get tickets for a USC game this season. This year the Boys of Troy were playing at the Sun Devil Stadium. We had some amazing seats and some fun company (Jordan and Megan). We were behind the USC bench on the 20 yard line. FRONT ROW!!! Best $150 I have ever spent!!! The game was definetly a nail bitter. But nothing could top what happened to us after the game. We decided to stick around and wait for the Trojans to come out of the locker room. We waited for about an hour. AND IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT. Players started to come out and sign autographs and take pictures. The coaches started to come out. We were both so excited. But there was one person we both wanted to see. Mr. Pete Carroll himself. Nic had the chance to shake his hand last year at U of A but this year.. I wanted the chance. AND I GOT IT!!! Pete came out and shook both of our hands and then before he got on the bus he came back and took a picture with me and signed my shirt. Nic was able to have his picture taken with Joe McKnight and Allen Bradford (both are running backs for USC). We truly had a FABULOUS time. I can't wait for next year. Because its back to U of A to watch the boys again.

She just works so hard....

Nic and I were outside looking at something for a couple of minutes and when he came back inside.....THIS IS WHAT HE FOUND!!! She just works so hard. Doesn't she? Sweet baby.

First Halloween

This was Brinleys first trick or treat. Lets just say...she didn't enjoy it. Suprised anyone??? Brooklee picked out her costume. She was dead set on that particular outfit. Brinley is wearing what Brooklee wore for her first Halloween. They both looked cute. I just wish Brooklees hair was ALOT curlier. We had a bit of drama with the curling iron that night. So, after that...she had enough.