Brynley's 4th Birthday

I can't believe my baby girl is 4!!
We had a really fun birthday day!
She did not want a friend birthday party! She just wanted her cousins to come over!
So they came over and we had a family birthday party!!

Brynley...after opening her presents.
All dressed for the event!


For the last four months, all she wanted for her birthday was a princess castle birthday cake!
So that is what I did for her. It took over 4 hours, but she loved it!!!

In the beginning stages!

A little more progress!

The final product!

After we dug into it!

What a fun day it was for Brynley!

She also got a pink scooter (just like brother's, but pink)

A princess basket for the front of her bike (so I don't have to carry all her trinkets, and snacks)

A dress from Grandma. Thanks Grandma!!

A musical ballerina jewelry box and necklace/bracelet from her cousins!

And glitter toes with mom! What fun we had!

I love you Brynley!

Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle

So........ this is the first time I have ever made a trifle.
It was totally not as hard as I thought It would be.
I'm kind of proud of myself!
Not the prettiest, without all the garnish on top.........but who needs that!
It's the taste that counts!!

Ingredients:

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened (I used Nuefachel)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream (I used light)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 tub (12 oz) Cool Whip, thawed (I used light)
4 tablespoons sugar
1 angel food cake, torn into bite-size pieces
2 bags frozen strawberries (I used 3 tubs fresh)

Method:
1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until fluffy; add sour cream, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and the almond extract; set aside.
2. Fold the cool whip into the cream cheese mixture.
3. Gently stir in cake pieces; set aside.
4. Combine strawberries and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
5. Layer in a large glass bowl, with strawberries on the bottom, and end with cream cheese mix.

6. Top with thin layer of cool whip.
7. Cover with plastic wrap; and chill several hours.

Braden's First Scout Blue and Gold Banquet

We had fun making Braden's cake for his first Blue and Gold Banquet!

The theme was to be about any state in the U.S.

We did a beehive, of course, because we live in the beehive state.

Isn't he handsome!!

Fun!

Princess Trio

Have I ever said that we live with a princess?
Well, this is total proof!
Brynley had two of her good friends come over to play.....you guessed it
PRINCESS!
Such cute princesses...don't you think?

Princess Girl playing Power Rangers

I was going through older photo files and found this little video clip of Brynley. This is from August 2008, so it's not too old.

I just thought it was cute.

She first comes in and wants me to put Braden's power ranger mask on, then goes in the hall, and says..........

Super Why to the rescue...and

power to read...and

save the day....and

cowboy girl.

and then runs down the hall.

She was doing it over and over again. It was pretty funny!

Some Photos

So I thought that maybe I should post since a I recently changed the look of my site!

So, here are some photos.............

In December, Scott had a little fender bender on his way home from work.

It was his fault, not being able to stop in time, but thankfully everyone was O.K.

The best part of the story is the car he rear ended was a 2007 Porche. Nice, huh?

Here is the damage. Not too bad!

Braden's encounter with Santa!

Here is Brynley with apparently the same love of shoes that I do!

Brynley's Pre-School Christmas Program was so cute!

I was actually surprised she performed because she pretends to be so shy, so I was very proud of her.

And her singing was so good!!

Braden's Baptism on November 1st, 2008

Braden was so excited to be baptized!

Scott baptized and confirmed him on November 1, 2008.

What a neat day it was!!

I just loved watching Braden's excitement.

I love my Braden buddy!

We had a lot of the family come from St. George, and had such a good time!