Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Here are my latest pages from October 2007

In my opinion every man needs at least one daughter, if for nothing more, than this reason alone.... (Kliff Bramwell, father to 5 girls and one 1 boy) And look Dad, I blogged about it- just as I promised! I love you!

Another fun week in Lewisville, Idaho! My sister Angie, and I decided to take the kids to see Grandma and Grandpa at the Bramwell Farm for Spring Break. We had a good time even though we almost got blown away! I forget how windy it is there- although my mom said it was warm... We went to the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls and saw the Egyption exhibit. It was neat to see thing from thousands of years ago...even a mummified kitten, although it looked like a ball of dirty rags, but still cool. They had a fun exhibit for the kids with a log cabin and everything. Brooklyn especially liked the dolls and dishes. The kids had a fun time going out with Grandpa or Grandma to do chores (feeding cows and horses). I remember hating doing chores as kid, but for some reason my city kids think it is pretty neat. It is starting to warm up there, so everything was super muddy. Brooklyn fell one time and got yucky wet hay and dirt all over- even on her head, so into the bath she went. Brooklyn and Maren ...

I think I'm one of the last people to post their Easter pics, so here they are. It was a great Easter with tons of eggs, full baskets, and lots of hunting. Billy was a little upset that I didn't buy much chocolate candy- only a chocolate bunny for Brayden. All of the chocolate said it might contain trace amounts of peanuts and I didn't want to run Brooklyn to the ER on Easter because of her nut allergies. Luckily, he got his fill at his parents' house when we went there for Easter dinner. I made my adorable bread bunny again this year. It is so funny and huge- and delicious! Brayden got a bike. I told him that was a pretty generous Easter bunny present, but since we were going to have to buy a bigger bike this summer anyway, it was nice that the Easter bunny took care of it for us. So, that was our Easter 2008. I haven't checked the calendar for next year, but am hoping that it will come a bit later in 2009. This one just snuck up on us! We hope you all...

We are so proud of Brayden. Today he told me that he wanted to take off his training wheels. When Daddy got home, they took them off and headed to the basketball court. He learned so fast. He never even crashed unless he rode off into the grass, which seemed to be a favorite thing to do! This movie is of the 2nd time Billy let go- and off he went! Congratulations Brayden!

We went to the Ann Morrison Park Easter Egg Scramble this morning. We met up with our friends down there, and it was so much fun. I read they had 50,000 eggs/candy/toys there, and I sooo believe it. Brooklyn and Brayden did great getting eggs as their aunt Angie has been coaching them all month with raisins in eggs! Brayden surrounded by girls! Afterwards we went to the playground. These were my 2 favorite pics. We finished off a great morning by getting lunch and taking it to Daddy's office! What cute little tax "orphans!"

One of my friends Angela wrote an amazing script and even more amazing songs about the sisterhood of our church through the Relief Society Organization . I knew she played the violin and sang, but really, she has Talent with a capital T! Luckily for me, I was asked to participate as one of the speaking roles. I got to play a woman that cannot have children and is considering adoption. Ironic, because I was once at that point after trying to get pregnant for two years. There was something in the play that applied to every woman that was there, things that we all go through or something similar. She showed how the Relief Society is there to offer support to us no matter what the problem or circumstance. The songs that Angela wrote were so beautiful and the women that performed them did a fabulous job. Some of them were sooooo funny and some so sweet and heartwrenching. It was fun to be up on a stage-even a little one. It kind of took me back to my old high school days as a "Troypl...