Brinagh Family

Sweet Baby Girls

We just got the girls pictures done a few weeks ago by a friend Amber S. She has a business call A Blue Iris. She did an amazing job as always!! I love this one of the girls. Nelyana is now 2 and a busy 2 yr old she is. She loves to sing and dance and play ball with her daddy. She loves playing with her baby dolls and playing outside. She always brings a smile to our face, she has quiet the personality, and can be very bossy at times. Zaniyah is 2 mons. and loves to smile and coo and goo. She loves playing with her sister and enjoys her time in the swing. Man time fly's by and I love every moment with the girls.

The cutest girls in the world and I am the luckiest Mommy in the world. I didnt think having 2 kids was going to be that hard. Which it isnt if you dont have to worry about anything else in the world. Like cleaning the house and keeping up with the laundry and washing the dishes and giving baths, feeding them, trying to figure out what to cook for dinner and working and keeping a smile on your face when your husband walks in the door. Then being a Mommy of 2 wouldnt be so hard. But its the best thing in the world when your 2 yr old gives you a big squeeze and says love you, or when your baby looks up at you and smiles at you and trys to tell you everything she can. Its the best thing when you sit back and look at what an amazing thing heavenly father has trusted you with. Two of his most precious girls, and the most amazing husband. Our little family is growing everyday and we could not do it without the help and love of our family and friends.

Happy Halloween

Happy belated Halloween. We had a fun full night of Trick er Treating. Nelyana loved the fact that people were giving her candy. She would knock on the door and they would open the door and come down to her level and then she would reach in the bowl and grab some candy and then say Tiker teet and then start to walk away and say Thank you! Chris was quite the trooper in this year. We went to stalie farms and went to the pumpkin patch and got two pumpkins (we didnt get to carving them), but they look good on my front porch. The girls looked so cute this year. Nelyana was Minnie mouse and she was so excited to be Minnie. My best friend Alison her mom is like my second mom she is amazing. She made this costume for her. Thank you Bonnie!!! Zaniyah didnt care what she was as long as she was warm. I love the top two pictures cause it looks like nelyana did something to her to make her cry and the next one nelyana is looking away like I didnt do it.

Hate/Love Relationship

As you can tell from the pictures these girls love each other. Nelyana more than Zaniyah right now. Neylana wants the baby to be as big as her and play catch with a ball, jump, sing and give big squeezes!!!

These are just some random pictures of the girls. The picture of nelyana cheesing it, she took a late bath so we had to dry her hair before bed.

Zaniyah Lynn

Hello family and friends!!! I am here and my family is so excited to have me here. Mostly my mom cuz she not pregnant any more!!! LOL I was born 09/13/09 at 3:07am and I was 8 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. My big sister is way excited to have me here. She says "MY BABY" Still working on having her say her name.

Family time at the Hospital. Nelyana was so excited to see her when she walked in the door. My mom and sister bethany were able to fly out and spend time with us. It has made the whole process alot easier. SO thank you a million times a million. We also are lucky to have my Uncle Todd and Aunt Donna down they are visiting there grand kids. So it has been nice spending time with family.

The bottom R Picture is of Bethany and Nelyana sitting on her dresser looking out the window. Nelyana loves just sitting there and looking out the window at the flowers and birds and clouds and also looking for the moon. So this morning she said "Bee come sit with me" I thought it was so cute. Nelyana has loves spending time with her Auntie Bee and Grandma.

SISTERS FOR LIFE AND FRIENDS FOREVER!

Football Season

Football season is here and Chris is gone!
He is coaching and loves every minute. The good ones and the bad ones. He is coaching for Pine View High School "GO PANTHERS" its the same school I graduated from 10 1/2 years ago. WOW thats crazy how time flys. I have gone to more games now then when I was in school. They are doing pretty good they are 3 and 1 and it's been fun going to the games. Nelyana loves running around with her little friend Levi and also standing in the stands and yelling "GO! GO! GO!"

Nelyana Time

When ever the camera comes out and you tell Nelyana to Smile. We end up getting these funny faces!! She is one funny girl and such a joy in our life. There is never a boring moment.

Summer Update

This Summer has been busy with lots of fun things. Chris was busy at the first of the summer with football camps and more football and spending time with Nelyana. I have been busy with working more full time through the summer, so Its been good for them to have there bonding time. Most mornings that Nelyana woke up and I was at work she would go and grab her PS2 remote and get Chris's and then she would want to play college football with daddy. She enjoyed it yelling "GO GO GO" and "TOUCHDOWN" and throw her hands up. It was so funny to see her get so excited. Other things in our life we are getting very eager for our new little addition to our family. We know for sure that its a girl. Her arrival to the family with be a challenge and a blessing. Nelyana is going to have a rude awaking when she realizes she has to share mommy and daddy, but at the same time she will have fun with a baby. I don't think she gets the hole concept yet but she will soon. The name we have picked out is Zaniyah Lynn for those that look at that name and say how do you say that here goes my attempt to help you Za-ni-yah. We only have 6 more hot fun filled weeks to go(less would be good for me). So between School starting the second week of August and Football season starting and a new arrival we will be a busy little family. We are excited for what the future holds.



My first Hair cut. She did so well sitting there while she got a hair cut. It was only 1 1/2 inches and you cant really tell it was done, but it just needed to be evened out.



Pool time in the back yard. She loves going and playing in the water. Not a big fan of the bigger part of the pool, but loves the whale side. She's happy as long as you don't splash her in the face or as Chris would do stick her in the big part and she screams like someone is hurting her.



Happy Late 4th of July. We had a fun day with friends Amber and Hilary and Clifford and there little girl Lilly. We did a BBQ at our house and then went to Snow Park and watched the fire works. (Thanks to my mom many of years ago found the best spot with not alot of people!!!) We bought some fireworks and Nelyana enjoyed them except for the ones Chris bought when you light them it makes a loud high pitched screaming sound. Nelyana did not like them at all. Over all it was a great day.

Country Fun

Here at Grandma and Papa's house there is so much fun stuff to do. From playing with the puppy's Sally and Tootsie (they are nice enough to put up with me) swinging on the bee swing, being pulled in the wagon, wondering in the Fields to go and see the horses and sheep and the cow. My papa found a baby dear with no mommy so he is taking care of it. Its name is "Oh" like "oh dear" LOL. It is just my size and I enjoy playing with it. I like to pick the dandelion's and"try" and blow them they usually just end up stuck to my lips. I think they look like bubbles when float away.

As you can tell Nelyana has had a blast at Grandma and Papa's house. It has been fun to see here learn new things and finally see the animal that make the sounds she has been learning. She loves playing with her Uncle Josh she calls him "Joshie" it is the cutest thing in the world. She is enjoying her time with her cousins even though it is hard to share and be nice at times she is learning. Poor Adella is having to be the test baby for Nelyana but to my surprise she has done really well. It gives me at least some hope.

Bethany's Graduation

So she did it!! Congrates on your big day Bee!! We are so proud of you!!

Happy Easter

Nelyana's 2nd Easter. I was looking back at last easter and it is crazy how much she as grown. Time sure does fly by. We went to the temple and took these pictures. It was such a beautiful day here. Love St. George weather.

Easter Morning

Easter Morning was fun. As you can tell Nelyana enjoyed her basket. She got lots of candy why I don't know cause we are the ones that are going to eat it not her. She also got her first pair of Air Jordan Shoes. When we bought it Chris had a tear in his eye it was a sweet moment for him. :) She also got Bubbles which you cant go wrong there she loves them. She got a basket from Grandma and Grandpa Braman and Mimi so she made out like a bandit. We had some friends up from AZ so the night before we stayed up late. So we slept in and then I made breakfast.

Spring Break

We had to go up north for spring break for a follow up visit with the cardiologist for Nelyana's heart murmur. The visit went good. It is still there but she can lead a normal life and be active. So while we were there we decided to have some fun. We stayed with my friend Alison and her family, and enjoyed seeing her kids Strech which I think is 8 yrs and Liberty 7 or 8 months. Alison and I are tying to make it so they grow up being best friends also!! Alison and I have been friends for 24 years. WOW that is along time!!
We also went to the Zoo!! Nelyana had a lot of fun seeing different kinds of animals. She learned what an elephant says and it was fun to reminisce the times that my mom took us as kids to the zoo! We went to a park and had lunch and had fun swinging as you can tell and then went to dinner with Chris's friend Neesha and her Husband D'mitt(I think that is how you spell it sorry). Which is always fun, we Love hanging out with them they are a great couple!! So as you can tell spring break was busy and lots of fun.

Yeah it was Nelyana's first day at nursery. She still has a month till she is 18 months but hey whatever!! At first she wasn't to sure about it, but then she started to play and that is when I left. She did great the hole time and was so excited when daddy picked her up. I think mom and dad were more worried about it than she was. Between chris and me we went and checked on her every now and then. And every time she was happy playing with the other girls. She is such an easy going baby!! We got lucky!!

These pictures were just taken the first part of December!! Thanks to Amber S. (A Blue Iris) she does an amazing job!! It was funny Amber would wissle to get her attention and then nelyana would try and do the samething. It was so funny!!

NELYANA TIME!!
This little girls is one funny girl!! We are sure lucky parents to have her!! It is so fun to see her grow and get her own personality. She is now 17 months and it has gone by fast. There is never a duel moment with her. Today we making breakfast and she was taking all the magnets of the fridge and chucking them and screaming it was so funny so then Chris then said to her "nelyana what is wrong with you?" She then sat down by the fridge and put her hands in her lap and looked up at chris and HUMM??? Like she was trying to figure that out her self it was so funny!!!

So moving on from Thanksgiving to Christmas. We went to Minnesota for Christmas and had alot of fun. everyone was there and let me tell you 14 people in one house, and with our family history of loving one another it went really well. I think this was the first Christmas we have ever had were there was no fighting. It was amazing!!!!! Props to all my family!! It was really cold there and we enjoyed staying inside and having family fun!!! Nelyana enjoyed playing with all the animals at Grandma's and Grandpa's!!! Just along in the house we has 1 big bird, 1 squirrel, 2 dogs (every night cause it was cold outside) and 1 other dog harmony(this is Heidi and Caleb's dog and she was fun and full of to much energy can we say Prozac) love you!!! Nelyana had fun Christmas morning! She was more interested in playing with the toys than opening.

This was all taken during Thanksgiving. Chris's dad (Chris Brinagh SR) came out and visited with us for a week. We really enjoyed the time we had with him while he was here. Nelyana had a great time with him and I think that made his visit that much more enjoyable.