Rain Rain Go Away

We were teased with several days of super nice, warm, sunny weather... 

and now we're back to chilly rainy days.

We are all anxious to see some more sun

Sweetest Baby Ever

Yes, I had yet another photo session done of Brinlee...

Usually I wait until we are in Boise with the Borups and have one of my favorite family photographers snap some shots.  They always turn out SO good!  But Brin had hit her 10 month mark (GAK!!!) and I was itchin' to get her sweet face photoed before she's a year.  As it turns out a friend of mine over here dabbles in photography and was doing discounted Easter shots.  So, I dolled her up and hauled her over and the other day we got our prints back!  Brin was not in a super smiley mood that day, but we got some pretty dang cute ones anyway.  Seriously, do they come any cuter?!?

Easter 2013

I have always LOVED Easter.  Ever since I was little it has been one of my favorite holidays, for a lot of reasons.  But this year it became even more of a favorite when we added "having a super cute little Easter baby" to my list of reasons why I love Easter!  Seriously... she was darling!!!

The weather was beautiful, church was wonderful, and our family basket was awesome.  The Easter Bunny left donuts and treats for Tim and I, and bubbles and a new book for Brin.  I thought it would be fun to let her see the egg dying stuff, but pictured her busy hands being a huge disaster.  So the eggs took place after baby bedtime instead.  I did do one for her though, bet you can't guess which one it is.

By far Brinlee's favorite part of it all was the dozen or so empty plastic eggs.  She loves those things!  Never mind that Easter won't come around for another year, those things have signed a long term lease and have set up camp in her treasure chest.

How grateful we are for our savior Jesus Christ and for the peace and happiness that comes with a knowledge of the restored Gospel.  Life is good and we are truly blessed.

When the Sun Shines

The spring weather is finally here and we are LOVING IT!  We ventured outdoors the other day, without jackets, and enjoyed an afternoon at the park.  We figured BrinBug would like to play.  Surprisingly, she was less than impressed.  We tried the swings.  She hated it.  We did the slide.  She could take it or leave it.  She stood up to and walked around the stairs like a big girl, but was more excited about trying to eat the dirt...

She did however LOVE the grass.  One success!  And the day did officially wear her out.  She slept awesome.

Despite our best efforts, in the end, Bug's little cheeks and nose ended up a little pink.  Baby's first sunburn... bummer.  Tim told me on the way home that I was probably more excited about the park than Brin was.  That would appear to be true.  I did climb into that swing a little too eagerly... 

But all in all we had a good time.  I'm not willing to give up on my "fun family park day" visions just yet, so I'm sure we will make it a fairly regular thing.  Maybe she'll warm up to it a bit more after a while.

New Look

Goodbye March, hello April, and welcome Spring!!!

Oh blessed warm weather!  It is SO nice to not have to wear so many layers all the time.  Never mind that I did just buy a pair of on-sale-end-of-season boots that were a super good deal that now probably won't see much foot time until next fall, the sunshine is wonderful!

The breeze through the open windows did stir up that pesky little "spring itch" of mine though...
winter tends to make me lazy, and spring tends to make me antsy.  I get overloaded with visions of cleaning/revamping/completely re-doing everything.  So far last weekend fell victim to cleaning, and this blog took a hit when I decided it needed a fresh new look.  I've experimented with backgrounds before and always go back to my old ways.  So far I don't love it... we'll see how long it lasts.

A new haircut is next on my list.

We took Brin to the park the other day and, though she did not seem as thrilled as I thought she'd be, we got some fun photos... and some sunburns... dang.  She was the cutest little Easter baby I have ever seen though!!  :)  More on that to come later.

Happy Sunshiney Days from our warm happy family to yours!

Fort Night

Well, we had to brush a bit of dust off the dating jar already.  

We went a few weeks relying on our own creativity... 

and after counting grocery shopping as a date, we decided to just stick to the pre-printed papers plan.  

Last week our date jar activity pick was build a fort, a personal favorite.

We started construction early so Brin could play for a bit before bedtime.  We thought she would love it....

That was not the case.  We couldn't get one smile out of her!  Inside the fort she was all confused and strictly business and wanted out of there as soon as she could find an opening.

We had a good time though.  Tim considers himself a professional fort builder, and he really does make some pretty awesome ones.  It was super cozy and pretty roomy - perfect for dinner, a movie, and desert! (and falling asleep, which is what Tim did...)