What we do when...

This is what we do when Daddy is working late...

....show off our muscles

....jump on the couch

....and "pillow dive"

oops Daddy- we kind of forgot the "no jumping on the furniture rule!"

Up Do

"Seriously Mom?  A Faux Hawk?"

Swamich

Sometimes I wonder why I do what I do.  Really, why do I take the time of putting together a sandwich when she just takes it apart to eat it?  I think I could save myself a lot of time!  I love the way she eats her "SWAMICH!"

The other day when I made her lunch, I put some grapes (that I had just washed) on the plate next to her crackers.  A few minutes later, I heard her whining, "Mom, I don't want any grape soup!" 

Apparently, it is not cool if the water from your grapes gets on any of your cracker crumbs!

My Sunshine!

Isn't this such an angel face?  I love this kid.  You know the song, "you are my sunshine?"  Well, this guy is my sunshine for sure, especially on dreary days like today.  I especially love the little string of drool down his chin!

Being Silly! Whenever he sees me on the floor he dashes (well, as much as you can dash when you're not walking yet) over to me and climbs up on my lap.

Yeah, you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl and she will put her baby in Wranglers to prove it. Really, who doesn't love a Wrangler butt?

 Sometimes we end up with things that we don't need, are just in the way, look really messy and I can't wait to throw them away. This balloon from ToysRUs was one of those things. However, once it lost enough air that I could throw it away without my oldest throwing a fit, my youngest found it and played and played and played with it. So, lucky for the balloon, he got to stick around for another week before finding his final resting place in the trash.

Landon's Birthday celebration

Poor child number 3, I realize I never posted your birthday pictures...so here goes...

As you can see you had lots of help opening your presents...

It took you a while, but you slowly started getting the hang of opening them up...

You were very nice and shared your toys with your siblings and cousins...

One, two, three BLOW! or just look at the candle and try to grab it while your brother and sister blow it out for you....

One thing you do know how to do is EAT!!!

More Christmas

I knew I had some other Christmas pictures, but apparently I saved them in the wrong folder. So without further adieu...Christmas: take 2

Okay, how ridiculous is this? ...and at the same time ridiculously cute. I love how his ears are pushed forward by the hat so he has little elf ears...okay, maybe he has the tiny Bramwell ears to boot, but still!

Interesting- This picture was taken while the big dinner preparations were being made. Yes, I am in the background with my back in the picture, but I think I was taking Brayden's temperature, as you'll see below, he was sick on Christmas Eve. I think we ended up making the guys clean up dinner. Poor little guy...at least he felt better on Christmas. Grandma and her boys...and if you like to look in the backgrounds of pictures like I do- that is just sparkling cider that Mindy won in our annual card tournament. Dad reading the Christmas story... ...with baby Dallin listening intently.
I know this is a horrible picture and I shouldn't post it, but isn't it just hilarious how my mom and Brooklyn have the exact same expression?!!!
And just one more ridiculously cute picture.....

Twister

Perhaps the only time Brooklyn lets Brayden tell her what to do!