Tire Swing!

Taylor loves to plan and think things out, I'm pretty sure he has been planing how he would make this work since last year. He wanted Brynne to earn the swing so he could start teaching her not to feel entitled to things, and the value of things that have been worked for. We made her a chore chart and she had to do all of her chores for a month to earn the swing.  She was happy to clean up her room, brush her teeth and get her hair done with the thought of her very own swing (most of the time). 

So ever since it warmed up this spring, Taylor has been on the lookout for a free perfect tire, nothing else would do. One day he was driving to do his PA shadowing for the week, and saw this beauty in someone's yard.  Naturally he decided to knock on the door and ask if he could have it :)  He came home so excited to show us this treasure!  Then he spend a couple hours, climbing the monstrous tree, and figuring out how to get it hung and tied with perfect eagle scout knots.

 I love the way it makes the backyard look, kind of all American yard or something.  I also love my great husband and the sweet daddy he is!

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Side story, Brynne was coloring the other day and when I came back into the kitchen she had glued these little eyes all over her body, it looked hilarious, but she didn't like me laughing at her!

What We Do When Mommy's Gone...

A sunny Easter!

We had a great Easter this year! We had a Easter egg hunt at Alex and Megan's, it was a gorgeous day and the kids had so much fun! Ann was out from Lodi, so it was great spending time with her. We had fun decorating eggs, Dane has been hanging out with me and Brynne too much and every time he would pull a died egg out of the water he would yell cute (toot)! Brynne was VERY concerned that the Easter bunny would come in the house and wanted us to be sure he would leave her candy and toys outside because the idea of a giant bunny lurking around the house was "freakin" her out...huh I guess she's right! She is in love with her "gumbrellaaa" she got in her basket and was sad her kite lasted less that 5 mins, but they were excited to get Dane kite up a few times! (side note: I remember always getting kites in my Easter basket so i'm excited to pass on this tradition.) Both Brynne and Dane ate their choc. bunnies in one sitting. Dane's favorite part of his easter basket was throwing the plastic grass around :) We had ham and funeral potatoes with Ann and Grandma walker, it was a great weekend!

Highlights

Brynne just finished up her ballet class, she adored it! Anytime she hears music from a passing car, and toy, the t.v., we find her practicing 1st position, or her spins. These pictures are from her last day, I loved the lighting!

Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit last week, we had a ton of fun with them, the kids adore grandma and grandpa and want their constant attention!
We had fun at the mens Volleyball game and playing in the snow :)

A few weeks ago Erica and Riley came out from Ca and so we got most of the Broughton cousins together, they had so much fun playing and all the girls fell asleep watching Tangled. It was sooo fun to watch them play :)

3 years old!!

Happy Valentines Day!


Brynne Turns 3!!!

Taylor took the whole weekend off for Brynnes birthday, so it was fun to have a lot of time to spend together. We went to the aquarium in Sandy, I love this place.
It is so fun seeing the excitement on the kids faces.

Brynne is in the middle of her Ballet classes and still very obsessed with it,
so it is no surprise that she wanted a ballet cake.

Brynne got alot of fun presents for her birthday and had a great day.
We love you Brynne Liz!

Christmas 2011

We made a bon fire in our backyard and roasted hot dogs...um sorry Brynne is hitting you in the face Andrea haha.
Dane must be a boy because he was especially fascinated with the fire.
We made some awesome gingerbread houses, Brynne had fun sneaking the candy any chance she got.


The finished products!
Dane helping with the houses...or just eating some marshmallows.
Taylor had to work on Christmas day so Santa didn't make it to our house until he got home about 3:30. It was kinda fun waiting because Christmas lasted the whole day. We went to Church wich was great because I usually go to church by myself because Taylor works, I didn't have to leave sacrament meeting once, but my dad had to go out twice with Dane, Kenny once with Dane, and Andrea once to take Brynne to the bathroom...can they come with me every week?! We didnt end up having dinner until 8:00, but it was amazing, we had bbq tri-tip, funeral potatoes, my dads rolls, salad, and carrot pudding that I tried to learn to make this year.

Dane started getting the hang of present opening after a few presents and was loving it, by FAR his favorite part was eating as many candy canes as possible.
The kids loved having all the attention from both of their grandmas and grandpas!
Brynnes Bike she had been wanting for months! We actually found this at D.I. and cleaned it up, painted it, and put on the training wheels. Dane didn't know what to think of Mr. Potato head at first, but now he loves him.


Notice Brynnes wardrobe change..
Who said boys don't like getting clothes for Christmas, he was actually really happy with the shirts he got.
We went swimming one night over Christmas break, both kids are such fish and would swim everyday if they could.
We were pet sitters for my uncles bunny and beagle, it was really fun the kids loved them. Dane adored the dog and would chase it around barking, it was pretty cute!


Andreas Birthday party, we also went to Aurlisas birthday party.

We were going to go skiing but there wasnt any snow, so we got a babysitter and went to a place called jump on it, a big building full of trampolines and a climbing wall, we had so much fun just playing with out any kids, it was a blast and we were all sore the next day. We also went to mission impossible four, it was really good.

I really missed my little brothers this year, but we got to skype with Chad for about 3 hours, and we got to talk to Todd a few times.

Anyways we had a blast being able to spend so much time with our families, it was a great Christmas!