Goodbye 2011

Overall 2011 was a good year.Yes it had it's bad parts but overall it was good.

In January my sweet Jake turned 3.It was the first time he really got into celebrating his birthday.

February was pretty uneventful though I did finally get my boys tattoo:)

On March 1st I turned 26.YAY!But I was sick with an earache and stuck in bed:(.

In April my baby girl had her tonsils taken out and we found out very quickly that she had a bleeding disorder.One of the worse parent moments ever!BUT on that same day we were also blessed with the birth of my niece Chloe Rylian,who has brought so much joy and love to our lives.

In May my daughter graduated from 8th grade and became a high schooler!!

In June my beautiful daughter turned 15.I can't believe she will be 16 in a little over half a year!

In July my handsome Kade turned 7.He is growing up so fast:(

In August and Sept we moved....twice.It was a rough time and not something I wish to repeat.But in the end we have a beautiful home with enough room for everyone and where everyone is comfortable.So it was pretty worth it(though I didn't think so at the time).

October brought fall-time which I love and Halloween which my kids love.They love to dress up and have the witch fairy come visit.

November and December was spent with family and celebrating the holidays.It was a blast!

Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year!!!

Hugs and Love,
Brandi

Friday Favorites-Christmas Edition:)

Spending time with my family at the church Christmas Train

The excitement on my kids faces when they see all the lights and decorations.

All the time with the family just snuggling and being together.

All the cute gingerbread men.

Cold windy days with hot chocolate and movies.

Life.

Friday Favorites

This beautiful face

Christmas pictures of my boys and sweet Chloe

Tom and the boys spending guy-time together.

Being done with Christmas shopping.

Having my kids home the next couple weeks.

Life.

I'm Back...again

So we moved at the end of September.It was rough for me because I was so sick.Fever and all.But we got through it.So after getting settled in I call up my internet to get it transferred here.They tell me they don't service my area.I was like ok there are other providers.I called every internet provider to be told the same thing,they don't service we live.Really??Nobody services this area?It took me two months and several fits but I finally found a provider and have my internet back.Finally!Super happy that is done and I am back up and running.I missed blogging and reading everyone's blog.Since I am two months behind and have so many I read I think I am just going to have to skip catch up and go from here.I just don't have the time.

Anyways!

So Jake is finally POTTY TRAINED!!!Oh my I am so glad that is done.We are still working on night time but that is ok.I just couldn't do it anymore.The boy is turning 4 at the end of January!We tried everything to no avail.So I just told him no more diapers,put some underwear on him and told him to use the toilet.And he did!A few accidents later and he was done.No more diapers!It is so nice.Sad in the my baby is no longer a baby way but nice in the I don't have to buy or change them anymore way.Now to just to get him talking more and we would be good.

That is all for now.I have to go do some wifey/mommy chores.Just wanted to stop in and let everyone know I am back:)

Hugs and Love,
Brandi

MIA.

I know I haven't written in forever. We moved into a new house and I'm still trying to get internet access. I hope to have it soon. I just wanted to post really quick to let all of you know I'm still blogging and I hope you're all still here when I return.

Friday Favorites

-The love between these two precious little people

-This sweet face and the fact that Miss Chloe is sitting up by herself(almost)

 -The way Kade gives me a hug and says he loves me every morning when I drop him off at school

-My sweet hubby giving me love just because(can never get tired of that)

-Mercedes helping me out because it has been such a long and crazy week and she knows I need it.What did I do to get such a wonderful,sweet daughter like her?

-and last this sweet picture of Jack with his entourage...yes it is just two little people but they sure to adore him.What is better than that?

Have an awesome weekend!
Hugs and Love,
Brandi

Writer's Club

The prompt I choose this week is:
#1 Your favorite things to do with your husband/spouse.

This one was a lot harder than I thought it would be.Tom is my best friend so I love doing everything with him.So I have been thinking all week what my favorite things were though.I came to the conclusion everything we do together is my favorite.Maybe that is lame,maybe it is crazy.But it is what it is.I love my spouse.I love doing stuff with him.I love just sitting there talking about nonsense.I love his jokes and how he can make me laugh even when I am mad.I love watching movies with him.I love cooking with him.I love riding around with him.I love the family stuff we do together.I love planning parties and holidays with him.The list goes on and on and on...

I guess I have a favorite thing to do with him if you want to narrow it down to one.My favorite would be just to be with him.Spending our days and lives together.Yeah,that would be my favorite.And honestly I just don't care how lame that sounds. 

Friday Favorite Things

I have been reading this linkup on my friend's blog the last couple weeks and love the idea!So this week I decided to link up myself.Head over to my friend's blog Our House of Pink
I absolutely love her blog!


  *Spending time with just Jake when the kids are at school and Chloe is napping.

*Sweet Chloe smiling every time she sees me(amazing feeling).

          

*Kade eating better.They even talked their dad into to eating with them

*My sweet hubby bringing me roses last weekend just because.I sure love that man!

*All my daughter's crazy stories from school.

*Hanging out with my hubby at the end of the day outside.It's nice to have those few moments together.

Please go over and visit Finding Joy 
Awesome blog!Everyone have a safe and fun holiday weekend!

Hugs and Love,
Brandi