Valentine's Day

Brailyn is a lucky girl to have a birthday so close to Valentine's Day. She truly is my sweetheart, and I love celebrating my beautiful girl during the month of February!

This year she got a fancy purse for her sunglasses, The Princess and the Frog DVD, and of course the Special plate for her heart-shaped pancakes:)

Brailyn's Birthday Party

This year we decided to try something new, so we had a swimming party, IN FEBRUARY! We heated up the pool (tried to at least-didn't start soon enough, but the jacuzzi was warm!), made s'mores, and had fun in the sun. Brailyn loved being with her friends and family and the wonderful gifts, of course!

Pillow Pet!



Build-a-Bear cake by Larissa

Brailyn is 5 Years Old!

Holy cow! My little girl is a 5 year old now! She's going to start kindergarten in the fall, and she has started reading in preschool. Whew! She is growing up fast. Brailyn continues to be a light in the lives of those around her. She is kind, sweet, happy, friendly, excited to live and learn, and she loves so freely. She is a superstar in school and primary. She is memorizing the 13 Articles of Faith (already knows #1-3), recites poems every month in school, zips through her new reading books every week, is getting better at her bridge and cartwheels in tumbling, loves ballet class, and her Let's Play Music class is so much fun! At home she loves to play with her Princesses and Barbies, her Playmobile sets, dress up with Parker and Emmie, and she loves to jump on Jaxon's trampoline. I can't describe how much I love this little girl. She is my everything, and I am so proud of her and the girl she is growing into. I am humbled and amazed at all she can do, and I hope to help her become the virtuous, loving, beautiful daughter of God that she is. I love you Brailyn!

Favorite color- chocolate brown
Favorite number- a google
Favorite food- watermelon, spaghetti, oatmeal raisin cookies, bean burritos
Worst food- spicy peppers and onions; i only liked cooked onions and sweet bell peppers
Favorite Drink- fuzzy water
Favorite breakfast- pancakes
Favorite thing to do- play with my Playmobile people
Best Friend- Emmie and Ainsley
Favorite thing to do with Momma- play
Favorite thing to do with Daddy- do 'Wha do'
My Chores- put clothes away, get dressed, make my bed, put away silverware, pick up toys
Wost chore- the silverware
What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor and a momma
What is your favorite scripture story? Alma the Younger when he falls asleep for a long time
Why do we go to church? Because it's the Sabbath day
Where do you want to go on a mission? Annapolis, MD
What do you like to learn about? I like to learn about everything (that's my girl!)
Favorite Movie- Robin Hood, Little Mermaid and Tangled
Favorite Aunt/Uncle- Ben
What is Daddy's job? To work
What is Momma's job? To take care of me
Favorite treat- ice cream, and I still like candy
Favorite Song- On top of Spaghetti
What do you want to tell me about yourself? I want to tell you that I love cartoons!What do you like about being 5? It's my birthday and I get presents.

Pediatrician stats:
height- 44.25" (75th percentile)
weight- 37.2 lbs (48th percentile)

For her birthday Momma and Daddy took her to Build-a-Bear to get Hello Kitty. She's been waiting for her for a very long time!

Fun in the Fall

Daddy and Brailyn went to the park the other day, and there were a TON of leaves on the ground. So Daddy ran to the house to get his rake and made a leaf pile for Brailyn to play in. Let's just say she had fun:)

On the Way to Preschool...

This is a conversation that Brailyn and her buddy Jaxon had in the car on the way to preschool (Ashley and I carpool, and she told me about this).

(THE SCENE: Jaxon showing Brailyn his missing tooth....)

Jaxon: "I lost my tooth!"

Brailyn: (sadly) "WOW! I never even lost one tooth!"

J: "Has anyone ever knocked one out? That's what happened to me. My cousin knocked it out."

B: (sadly) "No...no one has ever knocked one of my teeth out."

J: " Well...maybe my cousin would knock one of your teeth out for you!"

B: "Maybe....that would be so so great!"

Kids are just too funny sometimes:)

Halloween 2010

Well, guess what? We went to Disneyland for Halloween! We got tickets for the special Halloween Party, where Brailyn got to trick or treat around the park, dressed as her favorite princess Ariel, we saw the villains of Disney classics (Queen of Hearts, Jafar, Wicked Queen from Snow White), and ride the rides with few lines:) Brailyn's favorite (and mine) was Big Thunder Mountain at night- the fog machines really made it a cool ride. The best part of all- Grammie and Paca and Lala came too!



After the Halloween celebration, Momma, Daddy and Brailyn stayed for a whole week at Disneyland. We used the time share and enjoyed seeing EVERYTHING at Disneyland and taking it easy. We also got to see the park begin the Christmas time transformation.


Best part of no lines- riding Splash Mountain over and over and over and over...

Can't wait for 'Tangled' to hit theaters! SO excited to meet Rapunzel and Flynn:)

We watched the live Aladdin show 3 times, we loved it so much!

Playing in the Brother Bear playground


Believe it or not, we were excited for our NEXT trip to Disneyland. It is such a fun family vacation!

At Preschool, Miss Arlene had a Halloween party and all the kids got to wear their cosutmes to school.

Primary Program

I have to write this down so I can remember how she makes me smile:)

Brailyn loves to sing in Primary. As soon as she got into Sunbeams, she blew all of the Primary teachers away with how well she knew all the songs (we listen to them a lot in the car) and how clearly and loudly she sang. On her first Sunday visiting Primary from Nursery, she was belting out the songs so much that I had to hide behind the piano because I was laughing so hard. Tears were coming down. She makes me laugh, and I'm so proud of her confidence. So now is her first Primary Program, and she is doing such a great job. She has her part memorized, says it loud and clear in the microphone, and she's singing a solo with 2 other girls during one of the songs ('If I listen with My Heart'). She is the loudest of the trio, and has no qualms about getting right up in front of the congregation. Everyone was coming up to me after the practice to tell me how cute she is and what a great job she does. I love my little precocious girl!