It's Official- Bryn Kaitrin is one!!


We celebrated Bryn's actual birthday this weekend. She turned one on Saturday April 10th (a birthday that she shares with her "birthday twin" my fabulous friend Tiffany.) Brynnie partied hard this weekend.

She got an early birthday present from Mother Nature ...somehow she received curly hair for her birthday. In the past two weeks her hair in the back is starting to get curly and I couldn't be more thrilled. It looks darling. Kameron, my other curly-haired child, hates his and always wants his hair cut short. I hope Bryn's stays curly. Fun.

Bryn celebrated her special day by shopping and going out to lunch with her mom and Grandma...and then headed to Pizza Hut where she chowed down on some cheese pizza which she loved with the rest of the family.

Mom and Dad were in on the celebration too

She had a pink party with a pink cake at home with our family because she is truly our Pinkalicious girl.

The birthday girl patiently waiting for her party to begin.

Bryn doing her funny face

Bryn's cake is the same design as the cake that I had for my first birthday and that Reilly and Ailey also had. It's a tradition. It was a delicious triple layer homemade vanilla cake with homemade cherry buttercream frosting. It was so good!!

Look at that cute girl!! How is she already one? Where has the past year gone?

Look at that sweet face. Don't you just want to kiss it?

What 1st birthday is complete without rubbing a little birthday cake in your hair?

After all her celebrating this party girl was pooped.

Happy Birthday Brynnie Buttercup!! We love you!!

Easter Extravaganza 2010


What a fun week/weekend. We have just come off of Spring break; it was Conference Weekend; and Easter Weekend. The weather was horrible basically all week...but on Easter Morning the sun came out. Perfect timing.

Brynnie had a great first Easter. She loved the plastic eggs.

Bryn and Ailey got matching Easter dresses...Reilly is too big for the matching dresses...sniff

Kameron looking thrilled...was he blinded by the sunshine that he hadn't seen for so long? :) All Kameron wanted for his Easter outfit was a nice tie from Nordstrom. Very easy to please.

Reilly

We had a great Easter morning, watched the first session of Sunday General Conference (What a great conference we had!!), and then headed out to the lake to gather as a family for a wonderful Easter Dinner and Easter Egg Hunt.

My Aunt Marji and Uncle Dennis and several of their children and their families were all in town and we had a great time visiting with them. It really was such a great reminder on Easter of the eternal nature of families and the great gift of the Atonement that allows that to occur.

Bryn ready for the hunt and waiting patiently while the dads and teens hid the eggs. Then the madness began.

Daddy and Bryn hunting those eggs

Ailey, Reilly and Zeke

Dane

Kameron

Bryn loved hunting eggs. She had so much fun with those plastic eggs...who cares about the candy inside?

Such a cutie!!

It was impossible to get everyone to look at the camera and someone was always crying.

The best of the bunch!! From left on the bench: Ashlun, River, Dane, Gabe, Ailey, Reilly, Baby Lola, Daxton, Breckley and baby Kesli. On the front row: Kameron, Bryn, Elle, and Zeke. Do note that by this time both Bryn and Elle were howling.

Ken, Mom, my uncle Steve and my cousin Kellen

River and Ailey

Elle and Bryn

Gabe

John, Dane and River

Tyler, Mom, Elle and my cousin Jaymon

Elle

Jaymon and Kelley...the original Ailey and Dane

Dax and Kam

Zeke and Gabe

Reilly, Granny and Maklun...when did these little girls grow up!?!

Fixing dinner

Kellen (the daddy...crazy) and his darling baby girl Lola

Ashlun and Ailey...these girls had the best time together!!

Ailey the crazy boiled egg girl. She LOVES hard boiled eggs. When I was boiling our 4 dozen eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt our house smelled disgusting. Ailey walked into the house, took a big whiff and said "Oh my mouth is WATERING!!" Only Ailey.

Cousin pyramid

Bottom Row: Maklun, Reilly, Zeke and Gabe

Middle: Breckley, Dane, and Kameron

Top: Jaymon

And they all fell down

Then some adults got in on the action:

Bottom: Jessi, Uncle Dennis, Jaymon, Gabe
Middle: Reilly, Maklun, Gabe, Kameron
Top: Breckley, Ailey, Ashlun

Many of you have waited for this video and here it is...Elle can crawl but she likes to get around this way because she can go so much faster...for your viewing enjoyment:

Then out came the dress-ups:

It wouldn't be a family gathering without dressing up. Lookin' good guys!!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!!