::Happy 7th Birthday Bryson::

Happy birthday to Bryson!!! Today little Bryson turns 7. It is so weird to think that I met Bryson when he was 1 and a half years old. I can't believe that I have been part of his life for that long and watched him grow up to this wonderful little person that he is today!

He came running into our room this morning and yelled "I am 7 today ... I am 7 today" he is so excited to be 7, it's like he has reached some kind of mile stone that he has been waiting for his whole life!

Here are 7 things that we love about Little Scooby

1. He is the greatest big brother any little sister can ask for, he always takes such good care of his sister Kira and always makes sure she is having fun with whatever they are doing.
2. He is always so helpful and so willing to help out whenever he is asked.
3. He is the funniest kid ever you just have to look at him and laugh.
4. The stories he tells us keep us laughing for days.
5. He is very sensitive to the needs of other's.
6. The way he acts as the man of the house and takes care of his mom and sister.

7. We love the little man that he is growing into.

Here we are celebrating Bryson's birthday dinner at La Luna and yes he picked.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYSON WE HOPE YOUR DAY WAS EVERYTHING YOU COULD HAVE HOPED FOR!

::Christmas 2008::

Even though my previous post would reflect that we were so busy that our Christmas sucked, it really was one of, if not the best Christmas I have ever had. It was so much fun having Bryson with us on Christmas eve night and waking up with him Christmas morning. I took so many pictures and finally figured out how to make a slide show with them that I will attach to this post when they all upload (yes I took that many pics!)

From the previous post you pretty much get the idea of how our Christmas went. It was busy but so much fun and we all got SO spoiled by our Friends and Family. My parents gave us a new stove and tons of fun new camping stuff, Jeremy's mom gave us the food saver and a super cute front door decoration along with some fabulous jam's and jelly's.

Bryson pretty much hit the mother load and got EVERYTHING that he asked for. He got the Nintendo DS he wanted so bad from Santa at his mom's house. He got the D-Rex and a real Bow and Arrow and target from Santa at my parents house. He got his Night vision goggles from Santa at our house ... and SO SO SO much more from everyone that loves that little guy!

We had some great food with great people and got the best presents ever. Our Christmas was awesome and we hope your's was too.

::Busy busy day::

I will post about Christmas day fully later when I get all my pics in a slide I was just wondering if anyone's Christmas is as busy as ours so I am going to lay out a little Christmas time line of our day:

11:30 pm (Dec. 24th) Santa comes to town
5:00 am: Bryson is awake and ready for presents
5:15 am: Doug and Lou come to open presents at our house
6:30 am: Our power goes out (luckily we were all done with presents)
7:15 am: Take Bryson to his mom's (power still out)
7:30 am: Open presents with my family
10:00 am: Breakfast at Aunt Cindey's with the Rodda Clan
11:30 am: Pick up Bryson from his mom's
11:45 am: Back at our house (with power) to get ready for the day
12:45 pm: Leaving house to head to Grandma Bowles'
2:00 pm: Leaving Grandma Bowles' on our way to the Sutherland's (have to make a stop at home b/c we forgot our food assignment for Christmas dinner)
2:30-6 pm: Hanging out with the Sutherland's opening presents and eating dinner (finally relaxing a little bit)
6:45 pm: Up to Aunt Kimm's house (on South Mountain in the snow) to do presents and dessert.
8:00 pm: Back to my parents for Bryson to open his Christmas there
10:00 pm: FINALLY BACK TO OUR HOUSE
11:00 pm: Waiting for our sheets to dry b/c forgot about them all day!

And if you all remember correctly what the weather looked like on Christmas day we pretty much spent the whole day driving around the valley!!! We got loads of stuff, had tons of fun, and are SOOOOOOO EXHAUSTED!

We hope all of you had a very merry christmas (and a less busy one than ours)!!!

::Thank you Chandra::

I just want to take a moment on Christmas eve to say thank you to Bryson's mom Chandra. This year for Christmas she let us have Bryson at our house on Christmas eve night so that we can wake up early with him on Christmas morning.
This is the best gift she could have ever given us and we want her to know how grateful we are for her and for the mother that she is to both her children. I just wanted her to know that we think she is great and wouldn't change anything in our relationship for the world. Most people in our situation don't get along with each other but we have a great relationship.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO CHANDRA AND THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!!!

::Girls Night In::

Hey ladies ... mark your calendars now and tell off of your friends and family member's ... I am having a purse/shoe party on Saturday February 28th from 7-9 pm. The website for the shoes is www.4theloveofshoes.com. There is no website for the purses but the lady has designer purses like Coach, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Chanel, Burbury, etc. etc for GREAT GREAT prices. So mark the calendar for a night of fun, food, friends, and shopping, what more could you ask for!

I will post lots of reminders so that no one forgets!

::Gingerbread house::

This year we decided to make a gingerbread house. It was a lot of fun. Bryson and I were laughing and having a great time! It didn't turn out super pretty but we sure loved to make it and I think it will be something we will do every year!

He dropped some candy and was laughing so hard while trying to pick it all up.

On a side note I pulled out the video camera to get ready for Christmas morning and Jeremy wanted to see what video was in there. Well turns out it was a video of Christmas and Bryson's birthday party in 2005. WOW ... he sure was little at that time. I can't believe how small he was. I am going to load it to a DVD and hopefully I will be able to get it posted on this blog for you all to see b/c it is so cute and so funny. Jeremy had gotten 2 packs of brownies in his Christmas stocking and Bryson picked them both up and says "Look daddy one for you and one for me!" It was so cute. Just thought I would share this with you all b/c it was so fun to look back and remember that Christmas and birthday party.

::Shoveling the driveway::

On Friday when we got home before our family party Bryson and I needed to shovel the drive way and Bryson wanted to help out so bad. He was so good at shoveling the driveway that I told him he can do it all the time!