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Braily's 2nd Birthday Bash

Braily had her 2nd Birthday party last Saturday, amazing how the time flies by! Seems like yesterday she was keeping us up all night. Thanks to all our family and friends that came, it was great to see you and Braily says thank you for all her little gifts, and her big gift from Grandma Collard.

Kate did a great job organizing and setting everything up for the party, it really looked fun! Kate decided that since it was going to be so hot, that we would have a pool party for all the kids, so we had 3 pools set up that all the kids loved. We set up Braily's b-day swing in the very back of the yard in our huge tree, that Braily now loves to swing in, you can see it in the last few pictures. We had a little corn hole tournament for the gentleman and ladies, and a great bonfire at the end of the night with some of our closest friends.

Katie also made a homemade Elmo cake that she designed herself using cupcakes and a round cake/ she is quite amazing in the kitchen!

Here are some shots of the birthday girl and the party!

This little rascal snuck into the party, put on a party hat to fit in, jumped in the pools, ate some cake, and we never saw him again?

Braily update

Braily will be 2 years old in August! Wow has the time flew by. Not to brag but this is seriously the smartest/cutest little girl I have ever seen. As you can see by the pictures below, I already have her swinging the golf clubs. We have been in potty training for the past 2 weeks, and Braily is already going to the potty all by herself! Thanks Braily for being such a good little girl.

What a cutie! with her Princess Leia hair do. Look at all the flower stamps Katie puts on her every time she goes potty.

YEAH!

P.S. I love saying potty 1000 times a day!

Jayla Update

Here are some recent pictures of Jayla for ya. She is now just over 8months old, and coudn't be a happier baby. She loves her big sister and loves to jump in her johnny jummper (i'll have to upload that video on here also). As you can see she looks completely different from Braily, everyone says shes a daddy's clone. Funny that these two girls are so close in age and look so different from one another.

Wedding Bells

So out of the last 3 weekends we have attended two of our friends weddings. Congrats again to Josh and Lisa Moss, and Erika and Jack Irvin! Your weddings were awesome, you all looked great and we hope you have a great time on those honeymoons! Boom Chick A Waah Wahh! Seriously though, you all have been great friends to us and we wish you guys and gals nothing but the best.

Here are some shots of the brides and grooms and when we were in Detroit for Erika and Jacks wedding during Kate's Birthday.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner for the birthday girl!

New Underwear is the Best!

Doesn't everyone love new underwear! Here is a little video of Braily dancing in her new underwear. Not sure where she is learning these moves (probably her mom) but its pretty funny. She gets so excited to wear them and dance around the house all day, and I'm not kidding! She is jumping bean that doesn't stop. Potty training is just a few days away, any advise?

Wish us luck.

BLINK 182 IS BACK BABY!!!

Really excited to see Blink 182 back together and touring this summer with Weezer and Taking Back Sunday! I'll for sure have tickets to this show when the come to Blossom Sept 2nd.

The Spanish Kid

So, as everyone knows Kate speaks amazing Spanish. None of that "Yeah I speak Spanish too", and then can't even hold a conversation with someone that really speaks it. She speaks it like she was born in Puerto Rico, growing up in the cafes and hanging at the topless beaches all day! Not sure if all that was necessary to say, but I'm just gonna keep on rollin. She has been working with Braily to learn the language, and Kate shot a little video with my phone in the car one afternoon of her progress. Not only does she look like her Mamma, but now shes gonna talk like her too! Amazing how this little girl absorbs all that into her little head.
I love these girls!

Do you have an iPhone?

Thought this was pretty cool. Go check this guy out if you have a second, he's awesome!

Fire Pit

So, last year I tore out a tree in our backyard that was planted too close to our garage. Since I already had this huge hole from ripping it out, I decided to build a fire pit in that same hole. I got some fire bricks from Katie's grandfather, and bought some decorative retaining wall bricks to finish it off. Its about 41/2' in diameter. Really only took a day to build it! Now we are ready to cook up some Hot Dogs and Smores for those chilly spring nights! Her is a pic from my phone.

Starvation Diet

So, today starts another try at dieting. This is crap! I know it always seems to get pushed aside, but not this time! Its too easy to get side tracked and then one thing leads to another and I'm eating mint chocolate chip ice cream out of the container! Umm... that sounds really good right now.

So somethings gotta be different than the last try at this dieting thing, or I'll fail again.

So here are a few goals I'm striving for

-Drinking more water, "i never drink water"

-Eat 4-5 small portions of food a day "no more late night 4th meal"

-Start hitting the treadmill. "or running on it"

-Use my iron gym "to get muscles like Arnold"

-Sign up and commit myself to run in a few local races this spring.

I'll keep you updated on how things are progressing. Right now it just feels like I'm starving myself. Haha

Any tips you can think of for me? post a comment below!

Where The Wild Things Are...!

Does everyone remember how great this book was?

Well check out the trailer to the movie!