They're Here!!!

I almost spilled the beans several times in the past few weeks - almost blogged about it, almost made comments on other blogs about it.... my brother, Ronnie, and his wife, KaLee, and their baby, Easton, came to surprise our mom for her 55th birthday. I'm so glad they were able to come and that the party went off without a hitch today! Thank you to everyone who helped make the party a great success today.

Brookie's Christmas

I came home last night to the girls up in their respective rooms, punished for fighting with each other - common when they are hungry and Brooke decides to try to rile Kara up (which she did by sneaking into Kara's room and then refusing to get out). When they found out I was home, they came down and continued fighting in the kitchen.

Constant "Stop yelling, Kara!" and "Stop pestering her, Brooke!" coming from both Jeff and me, I finally said, "That's it! If you don't stop you'll each get two less Christmas presents!" As if I've even picked any out for them let alone buy them yet. This got quiet from the room.

Brooke came up to me a few minutes later, her eyes swimming with tears and her chin dimpling and said, "Mommy, my actions to my sister have made it so I don't deserve any presents for Christmas." My heart melted. I told her to tell Daddy. Once she did, he scooped her up and said, "Of course you deserve Christmas presents!" Brooke instantly smiled, snuggled into her Daddy, and didn't seem to give it a second thought.

Either she really meant it, or she knows how to play us... you decide.

Crazy 8's Tag

8 Favorite TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Heroes
2. The Office
3. Project Runway
4. Top Chef
5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent
6. Monk
7. Law & Order (Original)
8. The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Islands
2. Applebee's
3. Johnny Rockets
4. Lucille's BBQ
5. Joe Morley's
6. BJ's
7. Don Ramon's
8. Sizzler

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Had no traffic driving to or from work
2. Read a good book
3. Answered a call at work where the guy didn't know his name (when I asked his name he said "I'll check and call right back")
4. Laughed with my co-worker about random stuff including the above
5. Listened to music
6. Knit a sweater
7. Read about Nephi building the boat and crossing the sea with Jeff & the girls
8. Watched a movie

8 Things on My Wish List
1. No bills
2. New house with no mortgage
3. New computer
4. Faster transfer of pictures from the camera and uploading onto websites
5. Time to do everything I want to get done in a day
6. Better pay at work (or better yet, better pay for Jeff at work so I don't have to :) )
7. Kids that obey the 1st time they're asked
8. New cell phone

8 People I Tag
1. KaLee
2. Anyone who reads this who hasn't already done one and wants to give it a shot

Brooke Turned 6!

I am behind on this post - Brooke turned 6 on October 20th - where did these years go? My baby is 6!!! I had to sneak a copy of these photos on my thumb drive from my parents so I could make this post (I was bad and didn't take any of my own pictures). And who wanted a post about Brooke turning 6 without any pictures anyway?

Our happy 6 year old:




















Striking a pose:




















Blowing out the candles:















Brooke's birthday is the 'worst day' of Kara's life. The same is true for Brooke on Kara's birthday.