Baby dinosaur look alike!

Doesn't she bear a striking resemblance to the baby dinosaur from the 1980's sitcom "Dinosaurs"?   My Dad pointed this out and it is so true!!  Love this chubby big eyed girl!!

Tate

 Tate is such a handsome little man!!  He gives the best hugs ever!!! He is my snuggle bunny and believe me I am taking advantage now because I know someday he will decide he is to cool for that!   He loves kindergarten and is doing really well!  He is always saying the funniest things and making us laugh!  He also tends to sleep walk when he goes to bed with a full bladder which can be very entertaining as long as we get him to the toilet quickly!   He loves his daddy and they are best buddies! 

 We had a lot of fun up at Mueller Park building a camfire and roasting hot dogs and making smores!

                            "Look at me Mom!  I can cross my eyes and lick my nose!"  Silly kid!

                                        He loves his baby sister and is a wonderful big brother!!

Brindy

 Brindy will be 7 in just a few short weeks!!!  I can hardly believe it!!!  She is such a big helper and a sweetheart when she wants to be :)!  She likes to play with Paislee, as you can see, and loves being a big sister!

 She insisted on being a "Vampire Queen" for Halloween and her favorite part (besides all the candy of course!) was having teeth and fake blood painted on her face!  I had fun dressing her up and doing her hair, this is one of the few times she was happy to let me do her hair!

                        She is very creative and finds ways to enjoy herself even when she is doing her chores!  We really love our Nin Nin!!

Paislee is now 8 months old!!

" Just look at those eyes!!!"  Is pretty much the first thing anyone says when they see our little Paisers!  She is so much fun and has a really sweet little personality!!  She is just a chubby little round ball and Chris has taken to calling her "Chubba the Hut"!  I think someone knew she would need some extra padding to survive Hanley!  She jabbers a lot now and sleeps through the night!!!  She is a really happy and playful little thing!  She loves to splash in the bathtub and giggle at herself in the mirror.  Just today she started shaking her head back at me when I would do it to her, she thought that was pretty funny!  I absolutely adore this big eyed little bug!!

                                                              Whatcha doin' Paislee? :)

                                                                       Happy girl!!

Hanley is potty training!!!

 So despite the fact that Hanley has been quite the little terror the past few months she is making up for it by potty training herself!!!  She is really doing awesome and I am starting to see a day beyond diapers!!!  What a great belated birthday present from my little "Handfully"!  :) (The above is a picture of her trying to put one of Tate's stuffed animal's costumes!  She was really frustrated! LOL!)



 The other day I had just finished giving Hanley a bath and getting her all ready for the day when she came out of the bathroom with shampoo all over her hair!  Guess she didn't think I washed it well enough!



My Birthday

Chris made my birthday absolutely wonderful this year!  He took me up to Snowbird for a couple nights (he had to go to a military conference up there anyway but he still gets credit for taking me!).  It snowed all day Saturday and was absolutely gorgeous!  It was really nice to get away, thanks to both of our parents for watching our little monsters :)!



Sleepy Hanners

Hanley falls asleep in the weirdest places and in the weirdest positions! She doesn't always take a nap so when she gets tired sometimes she just gives in to sleep wherever she is!

I guess making a mess takes a lot out of a girl!

Halloween

  Our family theme was "Red and Black" this year, I know not very creative but we had fun with it!  If you can't tell Hanley, Paislee and I were lady bugs, Brindy was a Vampire Queen and Tate was a ninja.  Chris wore a UofU shirt and hat and I painted a "U" on his face, never got a picture though :/.

  We had a lot of fun this Halloween!  The kids even carved their own pumpkins, Hanley was the only one that would help get the seeds, I think she was just happy to finally get messy and not get in trouble!  Brindy and Tate don't seem to appreciate the slimy seeds or the smell of the pumpkins yet.  Chris harvested the seeds, as usual, and toasted them for us :).

 Paislee was content to watch this strange event and just have fun playing with her toes!

Her face pretty much says it all!  She loved it!!!

School Days 2011

Brindy and Tate were so excited to start their firs day of school this year!  Tate is in kindergarten and Brindy is in first grade!  I can't believe how big they are getting!  It makes me feel old!!  They love school and so do I!  Don't you love their poses!!

Boating



We have a lot of fun boating with Pops and Grandma B in the summer!  Brindy and Tate even like wakeboarding with Dad!  Hopefully it won't be long until they want to try it on their own!



Tate's First Homework

So, Tate was supposed to draw a self portrait for his homework and he says to me "Look Mom, I drew a picture of me with three heads and a WEENIE!"  Chris made him redraw it after we had a good laugh and scanned it for safe keeping :)!  Too funny!!

Tate Turned 5

Tate had a fun swimming party for his birthday with a bunch of friends.  He picked this cake out at Dick's...yummy!!!

Mueller Park

We have had a lot of fun this summer!  This is Mueller Park in June where we roasted hot dogs and made smores!  Yummy!

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter :) Would have been nice if we could get everyone to pose a bit better, but at least we are all looking at the camera :)

Welcome Paislee Jack Vernon

Paislee at 2 weeks old
Paislee was born Mar. 7 and weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz.
She was 19" long.

She was blessed by her Daddy in April.

She is so precious!

She is also a pretty good sleeper!

Fashion Show at Aunt Mindy's!

Aunt Mindy had all the cousins over for a fashion show :)! They loved it!

Mother's Day at Aunt Michelle's!

Pretty Paislee :)


Me and my Mom and Sisters



Hanley loves sugar! This wasn't even her plate!

Lollipop Kids!