Fall 2011

Brailyn started the year off (in July) with a bang at her new school, Edu-Prize. She loves her teacher, Mrs. Hallie Brown, made some great new friends, and is a great student.


Some fun things we did:



Visited the Sea Life Aquarium




Dress up, of course

Rode the Merry-Go-Round at the mall for getting all green lights at school

Played with new baby cousin Lincoln (Brailyn is such a good helper and honorary big sister! We love having the boys over every week)



And yes, we went to Disneyland again for Halloween time! It was fun, as usual, and we got to see some villains.

Brailyn has been earning money by doing some additional jobs each week (vacuuming her room and wiping down lights and remotes). She saved up enough money to buy her very own pin at Disneyland- Minnie dressed as Sally from Nightmare before Christmas-She was SO proud of herself, and so were we!

Her class took a field trip to Mother Nature's Farm to celebrate Fall Festival. She had fun decorating a pumpkin, riding the hay ride, and seeing the different farm animals.





With her friend Adam Moon


It was a great semester so far!

Summer Fun

This summer we spent a week at the beach in Del Mar with the Price family. We rented the same house on the beach that we vacationed at when I was 12, so it was fun to be back. It was nicely remodeled, and just so nice to have the beach right out our back door. Lots of fun in the sand, a trip to Sea World, and hanging out with family (Jared and Amanda and girls) and friends.





There was also a lot of crazy, random fun-



Swimming at Grandpa Bill's house for July 4th and Daddy's birthday




Momma-Daughter date to True Food and of course Lululemon! (and getting wet in the fountain at the Scottsdale Quarter)




Brailyn loves to read in the car. She has become such an excellent reader thanks to Miss Arlene's Pre-K program!

We went to Canyon Lake with Uncle Bill and Jen to ride in their new boat




During the summer Brailyn sang in a Broadway Youth Choir run by my friends Melissa Taylor and Donna Gilbert. Since I am the accompanist, I get to see the kids learn the songs and watch the program progress. They do such a great job, and the kids get to perform at a rest home and a formal recital hall for parents. This year's theme was 'Seize the Day'.

Let's Play Music Recital

Both Brailyn and I have absolutely LOVED Miss Melanie and the Let's Play Music program. Brailyn has learned so much about singing, rythm, tone, and even got pretty good at playing her bells and autoharp. We are so excited for the next year!
Her recital was so cute. The kids performed some of their favorite songs, demonstrating all they had learned this year. Great job!



A little blurry, sorry.

Disneyland, one last time!

Since our annual passes were about to expire for the year, we headed over for another trip. Even though it was the 5th trip so far, including a week-long stay in November, we were excited! And lucky for us, Momma had a boot for her stress fracture, so we didn't have to wait in line:)

We finally got Brailyn the little parasol she's been waiting for:) Every girl wants a fancy umbrella!


Momma and Brailyn LOVE the Silly Symphony swings (and they play the Fox Hunt from music class!)


Playing with the blue grass band outside of Brother Bear


Tea Cups!


We LOVE Big Thunder Mountain:)


Listening to the Bootstrap Band

Random Fun

Some fun things we've been up to lately:

Brailyn LOVES her Cinderella pop-up book. It's a very elaborate and beautiful book she got from Barnes and Noble, thanks to Grandpa Bill's gift card:)


Brailyn has a very big family of stuffed animals. She loves them all, and they all get turns being her night time lovies.


Playing in the leaves. Enough said!


I love this picture of my crazy girl! We went with the Price family to Grimaldi's Pizzeria for Amber's 21st birthday. Brailyn sure loves her aunts!


Bathtime fun-