Kaylee's 3rd Birthday!

We got up Sunday morning, Kaylee's Birthday, and enjoyed some Monkey Bread and Hot Chocolate. Then we had Kaylee open up just a few gifts that she could use while we waited to go to church at 1.
She got some paint, markers, and some paper that kept both the kids entertained most of the morning. Then we got ready for church and she got to wear her new Birthday Dress.

After Church, we got ready for her Birthday Dinner and got out the balloons and even a Dora Party Decoration!!! It was bigger than Kaylee!

We had some family over to have dinner with us and celebrate Kaylee's Birthday. Here she is with Grandma Karen.

We enjoyed a speghetti and meatball dinner. It is one of Kaylee's favorite dinners and she even had two servings of it herself.

Then it was present time!!! She got spoiled and we had so much fun watching her open her presents! She got a collection of Princess Barbies, baby doll blankets, more art supplies, a new pink tutu, clothes, a Tinkerbell barbie, Dora puzzle, and princess games.

Then it was cake & ice cream time! Every time I asked her what kind of cake she wanted she would change her mind from Dora to Princess themed cakes. So she ended up getting a cute little Dora cake for her and we made Princess cup cakes for everyone else to eat! It worked great!

The cupcakes, according to Uncle Matt, were "divine"!!!

We have such great family that came to help us celebrate!! They included Matt, Nat & Hallie, Randall, Virginia, Saran, & Janelle (our adopted family we have had for years!), G&G Brower, Unlce Ryan and Grandma Karen. We love you guys!!!

We had a fun day and Kaylee had a blast!!! Before we went to bed, we had a good friend come over and fit Nick and the kids for some skiis so we could go skiing the next day. I think that made the kids super excited to go....the didn't want to take the ski boots off to go to bed!

I still can't believe my little princess is 3!!!! She is such a joy to have in our family and we love her so much. Here are a few things you should know about her:

*She loves to sing....after we read books and say prayers, I can hear her singing to herself before she goes to bed.

*She is super smart! She can sing abc's and count almost to 20. She has a great memory and is learning so much at preschool.

*She is a climber! She can climb up the cupboards and pantry and get into almost anything, but she isn't a big mess maker, just very good at getting to things!!!

*She loves dance class. She has never fussed once about going and on Friday mornings is always excited to get in her dance clothes to go to dance!

*She weighs 28 lbs 8 oz (27%) and is 36 3/4" tall (44%).

*She loves nursery, which is good since she gets to be there the rest of the year!

*She loves dolls, pink, art stuff, Dora, Princesses, and Curious George.

*She is totally potty trained, day & night! Finally!!!

*She is the most amazing three year old I know right now!

We love you Kaylee!

Sunday Sampler

This morning before church the kids helped me in the kitchen. I was making knot rolls for Natalie's birthday dinner and the kids kept busy with dough of their own. They love playing with (and eating) the dough. They had a blast and it kept them busy while Nick was at meetings.
That is the nice thing about 1 PM church. We have time to do things like that in the morning and just enjoy getting ready for the day in not too big of a rush. After we got home from church, Kaylee and I headed up to Ogden to celebrate Aunt Natalie's birthday . The boys headed to Holden so they can go Ice Fishing tomorrow. It is Human Right's Day and in Nick's own words "I'm exercising my right to Fish!". It was sad to not have Nick and Carson with us tonight, but we had fun with Matt & Nat and their friends. Here are some pictures from the fun.

Natalie turns 27 tomorrow! We hope she has a great birthday! We love her tons and we are so glad she is part of our family!!!

Happy New Year!

We have been pretty busy this past week working in the basement trying to clean out the storage room and organize all of the totes so we could get started on finishing the final downstairs bedroom and laundry room. Nick, with Matt's help, spent Thursday & Friday working on the basement, framing and sheet rocking, but did take a break to come with us to Tremonton to ring in the New Year on Friday afternoon. When we got there the kids were making hats and noise makers for the party that night. Even Kaylee made her own.
Mom & Marisa.

Mayci & Justin, just hanging out!

Cute Aunt Natalie.

Kaylee & Hallie.

Marisa, Matt, and Natalie.

Grandpa Brower.

Both preggo's....Brittany & Marisa.

I am 28 weeks in this picture and Marisa is 24 weeks. I am having a girl and she is having a boy. It is so fun to be pregnant together! This is the 2nd time around we have done it at the same time!

Grandma made yummy potato soup and scones for dinner. It was delish!!!Justin & Marisa.

Cute Carson!

Getting ready to eat!!!

Grandma & Hallie. We played a really fun candy bar game that night with everyone. Before we got started, Hallie was so cute playing with and in the pile of candy!

We each got a turn to roll and if we rolled a 7, 11, or doubles, we got to pick a candy bar. But if someone else won a turn, they could take our candy bar or one out of the pile. The Sourpatch warheads seemed to be the item of choice between the younger kids and it got switched around quite a bit.

It came down to Kenzie & Austin. She had them, and Austin had one more roll to try and take them back from her.

Luckily for Kenzie, Austin didn't succeed and she got to keep them! She was just a little excited about it!

Carson enjoyed his Reases PB Cups. I was hoping he would share with me!

Then Braydon got out his toy helicopter, which kept most everyone entertained for awhile, especially the boys.

Kaylee & Mayci had gotten cute pj's from Grandma for Christmas, so it was fun to see them matching.

Of course, after the photo shoot, they wanted to check out how they looked!

After we all got our comfy pj's on, we played some cards, ate more food, and then we headed downstairs and did pedicures for everyone. The kids LOVED it!

It was a GREAT way to pass the time while we waited for the countdown to midnight. Even the kids gave us moms and grandma a pedicure.

As it got closer to Midnight (EST), the kids got all ready for the big celebration.

We counted down with Carson Daly LIVE in New York and watched the ball drop. Then the kids made plenty of noise to celebrate!

After the party, it didn't take us long to all get to bed (by 10:45 MST). We stayed the night at my parents then drove home early in the morning. It was a fun night with my family and I am so glad we were able to spend time with them! Here's to 2011, let's make it a good one!!!