Brielle's birthday

Brielle turned 2 last week! She is getting so big and her vocabulary increases exponentially every day. She uses words I don't even use. She is a very sweet girl who loves Minnie Mouse and she loves to pester her "broder". Her and Raegan often team up against him, but Logan seems to hold his own still. We are happy she is part of our family! We were in Savannah for her birthday.

We went to a very southern restaurant and they came out to sing "Happy Birthday" and she just lit up like a light. She loved every minute of the attention they gave her.

She wore a Minnie dress and when ever someone commented on it she always said very accusingly "It's my birday!" She carried a mickey balloon around most of the day because she told me that is what she wanted. Easy to please!

The Big 6!

Our little Raegan isn't so little any more. She turned SIX!!! Has it been six years since I met her for the first time? I feel like I have never been without her. She is a wonderful little adult who is a great artist, loves to sing and dance and LOVES school! She is just like a sponge and soaks up everything.

She had a birthday party with a few friends

She wanted to see "How to train your Dragon" It was a great movie! Thanks everyone for sharing her birthday with us!

Jake's birthday

Jake turned the big 33! We had a little party with his friends and ate way too much cake and ice cream. We had a very competetive volleyball tournament where I think the kids won. In case you all didn't know, I have the best husband in the world! I know it is cheesy, but there is no one better out there.

I was lucky enough to get a chance to visit with one of my old roommates from Ricks. She was in Florida visiting her brother so we met in the middle and our kids had a chance to meet each other and play. Andrea is a great person who I am so glad I have been able to stay in touch. We met at a historical park and the kids had a great time playing in all the old houses with all the old farm equipment. This was an old school house where they all tried to be the teacher.

This last picture was fun because when we were at Ricks we had the same car, color and all. When I pulled up in the van we discovered we had the same van, color and all. Hers was just in Indiana so we had to take a picture like the one below with our twin cars.

This was us 13 years ago!

Grandma's and Disney

My mom and grandma came to visit and it was wonderful! They helped out so much so that Jake and I could repaint the rooms in our house. It is amazing how much Jake and I can get done with no kids running under our feet! We did fit some time in to play! We had wonderful weather and enjoyed ourselves immensely!

Birthday's came a little early for the kids with grandmas here!

Happy Birthday......

....Dr Suess! To celebrate his birthday Jake made green eggs and sausage (it's still a pork product!) We read the book and ate breakfast of green eggs. They looked pretty nasty, but still tasted like eggs. After reading and loving the book, Logan didn't even try the green eggs and ham. He must not have learned from Sam-I-am .

Hide and go seek

One of our favorite games is hide and go seek. We have been playing in the dark which makes many more hiding spots. This particular time we couldn't find Jake and were looking and looking and lo and behold, I look up and there he is in the ceiling shelf. Very impressive since there were no chairs around the wall and I couldn't figure how he got up there. He finally told me his secret of climbing up the kitchen cabinets over the ledge, and 'jumping' over the entryway to get up there. All in the time it took us to count to 20! Who says I don't have a talented husband?! Now I don't have to dust up there ;)

Time Square----here we come!

Logan's career aspirations..... Brielle had to join in the fun also!!!

Mardi Gras

Universal has Mardi Gras celebration the next few months. They have a great parade where they throw out tons of beads. The kids love it and Brielle wears as many as she can as much as she can! It was freezing that night and the kids were good sports. Heart also played that night and it was amazing how well the sister can sing. She has some pipes on her!

Wearing the mask and beads in true mardi gras spirit. I guess i need to introduce them to a king cake....yum!~

Race Day

Jake and I ran a 5K and Raegan got to run in the kids run. Here are the kids waiting for Raegan's race to start.

Here is her ribbon and bracelot. She did a great job!

Can you see her peaking her head through.....

We finished our in 24 minutes, 18 seconds. Amy is proud to say she kept up with Jake right to the finish line. We crossed at the same time!!!

Here are some friends from the YMCA that ran with us.

Just a video of cute little Brielle

The many faces of Brielle....

Her first pig tails

Towel head

Grandma McGhies earrings

Her first roller coaster ride (again, again???)

Diva

Raegan's glasses with bed head

Need I say more?

We love our Brielle!!!

Tubing

Christmas post

Yes, I am finally getting around to posting Christmas pictures. We had a great time in Utah freezing our buns off but worth every minute to play in snow and see our family! We miss them already!!! This is what Brielle thought of coming back to Florida without her grandmas....

Tubing in Park City

Some good food after lots of tubing

Raegan wrote this on the white board by herself. I thought it was really sweet!

4-wheeling and sledding in the white stuff.

Morgan and Brittany's dog had puppies and they were so cute. They were definetly the highlight of the kids Christmas. Raegan still asks if we can have one.

The Zundel Clan

Bike riding

Many tears and tantrums have led to this day!