Shout outs...

There are several shout outs and I already did one for my mom...but here are two more for now!

First is to Aunt Cindy, we absolutely LOVE this outfit!! She is way to cute in it and it fits perfectly! She wore it on Christmas Eve Day. Just too cute!






Second Shout out is to Aunt Amber, Uncle Cody, and Peanut!! She loves her bear and was giving her some love-a-love!

Christmas

Man has it been crazy at our house with family in town, Christmas, and yes more family in town. The week before Christmas we really enjoyed having my Dad stay with us. It's always fun to spend time with him! We went out, napped, he built a bear for the grand daughters, played games, and just relaxed which is always great in my book. He left on Tuesday.

Wednesday we went to Clark's parents house to deliver Santa's gifts to a family in need. Every year they adopt a family and on Christmas eve they deliver the gifts to the family. The families they pick are usually ones they don't know but this year they picked one from their ward so us kids, the ones this family wouldn't recognize, delivered everything. It was so sweet. There was a 8 year old girl, I think, and another older sister and brother around 11 or 12. The little girl gave me hug and said, "I hope Santa got me a cell phone..." I couldn't help but laugh.

Afterwards Clark and I headed out to my sister's for my families Christmas Eve Traditional dinner. We enjoyed the food and then went around the block looking at Christmas lights which is also a tradition.

We then headed home. We opened Brooklyn's Pajamas from her grandmother (yes another tradition) and she looked too cute, not to mention she was in desperate need of them! So thanks Grandma Muir!


Christmas morning we opened up our gifts and then headed out to the in laws. The rest of the day was enjoyable being with his family. We opened gifts and then had a nice dinner. Like Amber, I too think Christmas is more meaningful with children! I know Brooklyn didn't fully understand everything but just having her sweet spirit there with us made all the difference! I can't wait for many more Christmas's' to come with her.

Well, this weekend my Oldest brother Brenon comes in town and we get to be with him and his family which is always a pleasure! He lives in OK and we don't see much of him. It will be nice to be with him.

Although we love family SOOOOO much, Clark and I are looking forward for next week when we can just chill at home, the three of us!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and were able to think of our Savior's birth and how important that special day was for all of us!

Here's to you mom!!

Here's a video of Brooklyn playing with her doggy, she loves it!! She will crawl across the room for it!

Twilight lovers...

Merry Christmas

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Big Girl

On Wednesday December 17Th Brooklyn got her ears pierced! Nana and Aunt Cindy came with for the special occasion. There was only one "Lady" working so it took forever for her to finally get to us, while waiting I thought I was going to have heart attack! Just a long time to wait and be nervous.

Brooklyn did very well, just like her shots. She cries for about 2 minutes and then is easily comforted and cuddly! We were excited to show Daddy who didn't know about this trip. He told me in MN that I could get her ears done before Christmas and I knew if Clark was there for it it would never ever happen so we kept it our little secret!

She looks too cute and now for sure no one will mistake her for a boy.(Weird lady at home depot) You could say it was one of her Christmas gifts.

Mobile...

So yes its been awhile but Brooklyn has been scooting for about 2.5-3 weeks now. Its super cute, at first she would crawl over her arm and get stuck but now she is fully moving and doing a lot better!

I can't believe my girl is mobile now!! We are still working on sitting up by herself (I know, it's sad she doesn't do this yet) but know she will do it in her own time...Well here's a video of her moving for you. I wasn't looking at her when I was taping but she knew I was watching her so she didn't move as much.

Bonding with my sister in law....

As most of you have read, our family of three went to Minnesota for Thanksgiving to be with my dad, brother Marc, SIL Jen, and nephew Maddsen. I felt like sharing this experience with you... I apologize if its tmi for you!

One night all of us made a trip to the Mall, us girls went by ourselves with the kiddies and the boys went to buy clark a battery charger for his phone. After we met up again, the boys took the kids while Jen and I went into Fredrick's....yes that's right Fredrick's, and the boys didn't complain to much. So here is a conversation in the store with each other....

" Have you ever tried eatable underwear?" Me

"No I haven't" Jen

"I wonder if its any good...I haven't heard anything from other people..."

"Yeah me either..."

" Well there is a sale, buy 2 get one free. If you are willing to experiment I can get one for me, one for you and then whoever wants the other..."

"Yeah I would go in on that with you"

"I am up for trying something different"

As I was saying this I realized how this must be playing out for the lady at the register who could hear our conversation. Us two girls in the store, by ourselves, asking each other to experiment. I quickly realized her eyes on us and stated " Oh its not for us Us, its for our husbands!" "We aren't together or anything..." Both Jen and I are laughing... We then left the store embarrassed and at the same time laughing inside.

Bonding time with my sister in law....

Elder Farmer

I thought I would share this picture with everyone...Its of Elder Darrik Farmer in the CTM in Brazil and he is looking in his mailbox.

Monkey Attack!!

On Thursday Brooklyn and I tagged along with my sister Ashley and her girls to the zoo which was tons of fun. We made our rounds of flamingos, elephants, camels and then to the monkeys. They have this cage where you can walk in with them and they are all around you in trees and ropes. Kaylee loves the monkeys so we go there very time, she even makes monkey sounds...too cute!

Well, I was holding Brooklyn and trying to get her to see them. There was a lot of them out and at close range. There was a rope above us that they can move along and 4 of them did. The first one stopped and looked at us and it looked like he was going to jump at us. Luckily it didn't and moved across. So, 3 more go by and they do the exact same thing! The Zoo keeper ran over and covered Brooklyn's hair bow and said flowers are a source of food for them!!! I don't have the zoo pictures but I wanted to show you what bow she was wearing.

Can you say the biggest and brightest flower?!
As soon as she said that I ripped off the bow and put it in my pocket. I can't believe my daughter almost got mauled by monkeys!!

Note to self: no flower bows in the monkey cage!!

Shout out...

Had to make a quick shout out to Jen...Have you worn your special buy in MN??

Pictures from trip....

Jen and I out at bowling...she's a pretty lady huh!!


Dad bowling


Dad's place...Its a nice home and the neighborhood is really nice. Good pick Dad, love what you have done so far with it! Looking forward to another visit!


Maddsen and Marc at Red Lobster, gotta love Maddsen's hair

Maddsen playing with a crab leg...isn't he adorable!! I loved kissing his cheeks!Oh yeah but good luck changing this guys diaper! He wouldn't have it...I hope Brooklyn didn't learn it from him...still love him! How can you not??

We went for a walk around the block, we wrapped blankets around Brooklyn and she looked like a Mini Chimi! The gloves were so big on her the thumb part just stuck out! Clark is crazy, was 35 degrees out and he went in his t-shirt!

Our Thanksgiving feast...not included all the pies which there was about 6 or so. Thanks again Jen and Clark!!

My adorable nephew, which yes I have many! It was so nice to be with him and for him to realize who his favorite aunt is and will be...hehehe. I made sure to give him some ice cream and eggnog and that was a big hit with him!!

Big Girl

On Wednesday December 17th Brooklyn got her ears pierced!! Nana and Aunt Cindy came with for moral support. There was only one "lady" (I do this because she wasn't really a she if you get what I mean...) working and she took forever to get to us. I thought I was going to have a heart attack because I was so nervous and had too much time to be so.

Brooklyn did a great job, like her shots she cried for nearly 2 minutes and then is easily comforted which I love! I felt like I had to holder like she was a crazy child. I had to take my right arm across her shoulders and chest to hold her still and with the left arm I had to hold her forehead still so she couldn't move. I just kept telling myself she wont remember, she won't remember. She looks super cute and we couldn't wait to show Daddy...He didn't know about it. When we were in MN he said I could get her ears done before Christmas so I knew if he was there they would never get done. We came home, Daddy liked them but took a while to get use to. He thought his little girl was innocent but really?!? She is adorable...

Home sick...

For Thanksgiving Clark, Brooklyn and I went up to Minnesota to be with my Dad, brother Marc, his wife Jen, and our nephew Maddsen. We had an enjoyable time even though it was freezing...ok maybe not too cold but colder than I am use to or have been in in a long time!
Thanksgiving meal was great thanks to Clark and Jen! I know I know I am spoiled and I LOVE it! We spent the day walking, eating, resting, and relaxing, best way to spend a holiday I might add.


Dad treated us to dinner to Red Lobster, Muffelettas (ha Meagan, I have had it!!) and Outback! Our last night there Dad got a baby sitter for our little ones and we went to Outback then went bowling! It was a lot of fun. At bowling we were messing around and trying to come up with wacky ways to bowl. Jen would do left hand, Marc would bowl from as far back as he could, Clark would chuck a 6 lb ball, and I...yes I put the ball between my legs and went down into the splits and wait for it......wait for it..... I got a STRIKE!! It was great. There was little kids next to us who kept saying "Hey Person, Hey Person, do it again" they kept calling me person and giving me 2 thumbs up!



On Saturday Brooklyn and I went back to my home town Champlin to make some stop-bys with High School Friends and visit special places to me. We first drove by my high school. Oh good times! Don't want to go back but still good to have experienced it. Then we stopped by my friend Erica's house by unfortunately she had already gone back to school. We then made our way to Jill's house. Luckily she was home and we caught up on some time together. Jill is still energetic and sweet. Unfortunately I didn't remember to pull out the camera...stinky.

Then we drove by my high school job Culvers. I worked there for about 3 years, part time. They have really good food and I need to go to the one in Mesa because really enjoy what they serve!


Next stop was Jamie Vortherms. She was one of my best friends in High school. Her Dad answered the door with Kelsey Farmer?? It was great! I remembered to take a picture. I hope to keep in touch with her more now that I have her info.




My old house was also on the list. Good memories here! I wouldn't trade my time there at all, it made me who I am today and I am truly thankful for that! I hope the people living in it now are enjoying it as much as I did.


Last we made a stop by another friend Allie who was also in cheerleading with me. Her close friend, another cheerleader of our time, Vickie stopped by and we caught up on our last 4 years of life. Can you believe it??? 4 YEARS!! All of the girls I saw are graduating college this May and have big plans for the future, if not I know they will! It was great seeing them. Although it was kinda weird for me to be married, have a kid and be a stay at home mom while they are off at college! After making our trip around the city I kinda got homesick. Nostalgic really....


Well all in all our family of three enjoyed our time in cold old MN and are looking forward to spending more time there in the future! Thank you Dad for giving us a great Thanksgiving!! We love you much. We enjoyed time with Marc, Jen, and Maddsen!!