The Christian Crew

Is on the way. Congrats to Brad and Tirza on your 3rd BOY! It's official- I still have no nieces! Yep now, including just my immediate family's kids there are 6 boys and our 2 girls. If you include our step siblings' kids there are 14 boys, 1 step-niece (haven't seen for 4 years and am not likely to get to see) and our 2 girls. We are strongly over-masculinated here! But, it's all good with me! If we have the privilege of adopting a boy- it will be our first and we will have tons of family to support us. If we are blessed enough to have another girl in our family- we'd be ready and It would be just as special, either way! She'd help off-set the number of boy cousins too! Either way- We'd be ecstatic. At the upcoming Adoption Conference , there will be a family and birth mother speaking about their 12 yr. relationship- after placement. This family adopted 3 girls ! Then, the birthmom had 3 girls of her own (one is also named Brielle which makes thi...

I remember as a kid on Valentine's Day... My mom would make us pink pancakes or heart pancakes with berries, when we had them. It seemed as though every detail about that day was centered on how much she loved US! When we got home from school we had treats on our beds and nice card or letter. We often made jello jigglers hearts and mom made us something scrumptious for dinner. we'd watch old musicals or some love story type shows like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or My Funny Valentine or whatever! She always made that day special for us. I never felt unloved by my mother and i don't think i really appreciated how much she really did for us and me until i became a mother! Thanks mom, for being my Valentine my whole young life. You did a great job and sacrificed so much for me to not end up rotten! I may not be a typical model of the perfect LDS/Christian person but, i know where my heart is centered and i know How much God loves me and loves everyone. Christ loves me ...

you have those days where you feel like the life has been sucked out of you by a shop-vac. Every ounce of you is drained and your fingers can barely move to type. I stayed home ALL day today with the Girls b/c B's sick ( cough-nothing major) so, i did laundry, played with the girls, built a blanket fort, kinda did dishes, and did an overhaul on the Navigator and it's sparkling clean now! The leather, floors, mats, windows everything! There's nothing like a clean car! I got to chat with my friend Hales in Scottsdale and SKPYE with my family and my littlest brother, Brent! He's is heading off to Afghanistan in the Marines and that may be the last time we get to do that with him. We shall see. He's a strapping young man and I'm totally proud of him. Also, my friend Jessica is in training in the ARMY to head there in a few weeks too! So, i will have a few cool peeps over there. I wonder how much a box costs to ship there? I'm also rounding out the midpoi...

...here in CO! And we are having such fun with all the snow !!! Except when we are talking about my inexperienced driving skills! Yep, the truth is coming out folks ! I SLID on the ice and my tires hit the curb. It was super scary but, i was going slow enough no major damage happened. I busted our wheel and baring and that's about it and it took 2 weeks to get that all fixed ! I thankfully have many great friends who lent us their extra car while all the repairs were being made. ( em and trev) So, the fun stuff now... We LOVE to sled and make snow angels and anything we can do in the snow! Emily and i even jumped on the tramp with 6 inches of snow on it! It was chilly but, hilarious!!! Today was the 2nd REAL snowfall this winter and now that my Navigator is back, i plan on driving like a granny and keep my 4WD on!!! I love how the snow makes everything so clean and bright. It's so romantic, peaceful, heavenly and freakin' freezing . Everyone tells me ther...

we had such a blast here! the sea creatures were amazing! uncle Todd was such a HAM! And Brielle Loved to size up the big fish ! Nemo even had his own display area! ( looks like a screen saver, right?) And the girls got to pet a real live tiger ( at least that what it looks like) This big kitty loved Aria and wanted to play but, she refused him! The Mermaids put on a great show and the girls were mesmerized ! This shark was really smitten with these 2 girls! I loved the silver metallic fish ( reminded me of all the cute handbags out right now) Aria was instructing Brielle on how to plug her nose in case she wanted to go in! This coral was breath-taking ( again- looks like a screen saver) The big Cat keep staring me down . I have no idea why? Maybe it was b/c i smelled like steak? ( not really) The Bubble dome thing was really cool. Brielle was about ready to jump in this tank . Aria loved the Aquarium and saying Hello to all the creatures. It was fun had by all!