BIG 8 YEAR OLD!

Where oh where has the time gone! It is hard for us to believe that our oldest is eight years old! Yes most of the time he wants be or acts like he is sixteen, but it is truly amazing how quickly the time has gone! Jack is amazing in every way and we are truly blessed to have him. He is such a sweet boy and he loves life to the fullest! The last eight years have flown by so we are going to make sure we take in every moment that we can and yes Mom will be there with her camera! You are a wonderful boy Jack and we look forward to the next years and all they will bring!

Disney Live

We had such a fun night at Disney Live. Lisa and I took the little ones, Samantha and Brody to see the live show. They loved dancing and singing will all the stars. Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy all were there. They watched in amazement as Cindrella danced and Woody and Buzz Lightyear helped out as well. It was fun to do something just for the little ones!

Gymnastics Night for the Girls

The "Big" girls have had season tickets to DU gymnastics now for eight years and it is something we look forward to doing. This year is neat because we get to include Samantha in the girls night and she is loving it! She gets so mesmorized by all the showmanship and she dances to all the music. At the end of the meet they always do the Cowboy Cha Cha and let all the kids come down to the floor. Samantha could not wait to bounce on the springy floor and she had a blast. This night was special because she got to meet and get an autograph from Olympic silver medalist Alicia Sacramone. She also picked out her favorite DU gymnast and got her picture taken with her. Samantha likes Brianna the best because they both have the same colored ponytail :0) At the end of the night Samantha asked, "Mommy when I grow up can I be a gymnast?" It made my heart melt to see her enjoying herself so much! Maybe one day we will be cheering her on at her gymnastics meet!

New Year's Eve

Happy New Years everyone! Man we can't believe it is 2010 already! Where has the time gone. We had a great year in 2009 and we are looking forward to an even better year! It is still very cold here in Colorado and there does not seem to be any change any time soon. The kiddos will be back to school soon and we can all get back on schedule. But before we can do all that we had to share in a little holiday cheer with our friends. Chris and I went and enjoyed the New Year with a group of friends with dinner at Miyama's and then back to the Brassells for some after dinner drinks :0) What a fun night! We haven't seen much of everyone since its been so cold, and we definitely made up for it. Now time to get back to the real world...

Christmas Time

Yeah Christmas time! It has been such a wonderful time being home with the family and watching the kiddos get so excited for Santa. Chris and I have had some time off work so we have had a lot of family time and it was just what we needed! Christmas Eve we went over to my parents house and the kids had a blast with their cousins. My mom has always gotten the kids Christmas jammies and they love to put them on before we open presents. They always look so cute in them and they want to wear them for the next three weeks straight. Then it was back home to get ready for Santa. The kids put out cookies and carrots for Santa and the reindeer and then it was off to bed. On Christmas morning the kids woke to some pretty cool gifts! Samantha got a pink GT Mustang that she can drive herself and she has driven it all over the house. While Jack got a shiny new blue Trek bike. Man were they excited! They played all day with all of their wonderful gifts they received the night before and their Santa presents. On Saturday it was off to Al and Jeanne's to see the other cousins and more presents! All the kids had a lot of fun together and we think our kiddos don't need another thing for a long time! To see the smiles on their faces was all worth it! Hope everyone had a great holiday, I think its going to take me a couple weeks to get the house back in order :0)

One Crazy Week

Man is December flying by! We started the week with making our gingerbread house for the neighborhood Christmas party, always a favorite. It turned out pretty good this year, but man can it be a lot of Mommy work! Then on Wednesday night Samantha had her sleep study and had to sleep over night at Children's hospital. She did very well and slept for them, but Mommy didn't get much sleep :0) We should know the results next week. Next up was the neighborhood Christmas party and book exchange for the kiddos. Such a fun night for everyone, we adopt a family in need and buy Christmas gifts for them. It was neat to see the kids really get into the Christmas spirit for others. Daddy had already had a busy week and then got called into work for a long eleven hours on his day off...we missed him needless to say! Lastly we tried to sqeeze in time to see Santa! The kiddos were so sweet, they climbed up next to Santa and told him what they wanted and Samantha even told him she would start keeping her room clean yeah! Jack has been off school since December first and I think he is done with us! Such great kiddos!

What a Day!

Well what I thought was going to be a quiet fun day with the kiddos turned out to be just a crazy day! We enjoyed the morning with Daddy making us all breakfast and just hanging out and then it was time to get the kiddos cleaned up because we were going to have the kiddos pictures taken later on that night. Jack was going to go to his science class while I got Samantha all beautified. Well that's when our day changed. Jack and Samantha were in the shower together when Samantha started to cry because she had soap in her eyes. When I opened the door to help all I could see was her face covered in blood. Upon further inspection she had a cut on the top of her head from the shaving cream bottle falling on her head. So off to the doctor we went and he decided that she needed stitches. She was such a trooper, only crying a little bit when he gave her a shot to numb her head. I was so proud of her and she even wanted to get her pictures done. So after three stitches in her head, and poor Jack being there the whole time and being a little scared himself they took adorable pictures! This was definitely a day for the memory books :0)