And a few more.

Chandlers second first day of preschool.David and his 10K victory.
Christmas.
There is no rhyme or reason to these last posts, but please enjoy anyway.

Some pictures.

I ain't chicken.

We are not animal people. I am not a bird person, remember this post? But David thought that we should try out chickens.

So like most people do we drove down to the local cal-ranch and purchased ourselves 10 baby chicks. 4 were for eating and 6 for eggs. Long story short....we raised the roasting birds and butchered them in our garage (it was humane, but I don't think we will be doing this next year). While at Jill's wedding 3 of our egg hens died, it was very sad. Poor Sheila. I forgot to tell you, we name our chickens. Our three surviving chickens Sally, Jessie, and Raphael(white) continued growing and thriving. Until that morning mom woke to a very loud rooster crow. Poor Raphael was dinner that night, it was an interesting dinner to say the least.

So now we are down to just Sally and Jessie. I have to say they are the best pets a small family could ask for. They pretty much take care of themselves. They roam the backyard and go into their coup at sundown. The kids love them, in fact they go out and pet them every morning. They give us two eggs a day and only chase you because they love you.

We are alive! I know you were worried.

My dear friend Amy did a cute year in review on her blog. And since I am not creative nor do I want to figure out some awesome way of doing this I will steal her idea.

Brinlee Rae

(aka: Brinner brinner chicken dinner, coco butter, stinky, binny and of couse princess)

At 2 Brinlee:

• Loves Tangled. Sometimes I catch her spinning in circles singing "When will my life begin!"
• Loves nursery. From the moment we enter the church she is wanting to know when she can go.
• Loves the chickens. I bet you didn't know we have chickens.
• Wants to potty train.
• "Shut the front door" is her saying of choice.
• Loves cousin Christian and always talks about him.
• Wants to kiss daddy all sacrament meeting and makes it known to all of the congregation(more on that later).
• We have had our share of coloring on the walls, emptied tubes of toothpaste and diaper rash cream, bite marks on various parts of our bodies(Chandler has had them on his bum), spilled or throw drinks at the dinner table, destroyed toys, destroyed DVDs , destroyed important paper work, emptied filling cabinets. Needless to say she is extremely busy and we love her very much; I think it is just a phase, well hopefully.

Chandler

(aka: Chancho, bubba, buggaboo,)

At four Chandler:

• Is loving his second year of the Busy Bee Preschool.
• Can recognize all letters and their sounds.
• Writes his name.
• Loves to play outside.
• Is the official egg collector.
• Is not a fan of church and loves to talk about how much he HATES it in his loud voice during the sacrament.
• Can beat the star wars Lego and Lego pirates wii games.
• Is the official dishwasher unloader
• Wants to play at Briggy's house everyday.
• Loves his army guys.
• Could possibly be an angel. This kid is so helpful and content to do just about anything. He doesn't like it when he hurts peoples feelings and is very sensitive to others.

David

(aka: Daverino, Dave, Dad, and sexy Dave but only by his wife)

David at 29 1/2:

• Is busy! Between work and his new calling as 1st counselor in the bishopric he is on the go.
• He took first place in the 25-29 age range for the Onion Days 10K.
• Went deer hunting for the first time since being married.
• Is training for a half marathon.
• Pumped the iron at Golds all summer.
• Went golfing all summer. Including some memorable moments with Ronni.
• Loving his chickens Sally and Jessie
• Raised 4 Cornish Hens and then butchered them in the garage with his true love. They were delicious.
• Is currently on vacation enjoying life.

Ronni

(aka: Mom, mommy, Ronster, Ronni Brin )

Ronni at 26:

• Grew a killer garden this year. Bottled 30 quarts of pickles, 30 pints of tomatoes, apple sauce, grape juice, salsa, and peaches.
• Pumped the iron all summer with Daverino.
• Is on her fourth class in the primary, and they are perfect angels.
• Might not be so afraid of chickens anymore.
• Plays on a ladies volleyball team and hopes she can move the next day and not pee her pants while jumping.
• Cooks, cleans and does all of her motherly duties with a smile (haha).

In 2012 we hope to:

• Grow another garden.
• Install new flooring in our home.
• Go to Easterfest with the Van Ausdal family.
• Visit Scott and Kelly in San Diego.
• Expand our family (chickens or children).
• Go Camping.
• Love each other.
• Be more service oriented.
• Live at the park all summer

One for Lori.

It has been a while, six months plus! I am here though ready to fill the void that my blog-less blog has put into your lives. My dear sister in law Lori had to have a minor surgery and now is in bed blog-stalking (according to her hubby). So Lori this is for you, blog-stalk away!

Love

On May 6th David and I celebrated 6 years. I love this guy. Somehow I was lucky enough to find him. Somehow I was lucky enough to be chosen to be his forever. I love you Daver!

Let there be light!

We live in an old house. 60 years old to be exact. We have no lights in our front room. Well except for a big weird light box that only shown light on the floor directly below it. So what did we do? We tore out that hideous light box. Installed 16 next can lights and repainted the kitchen.

Ya.....we are awesome.

Easter weekend.

David had Easter weekend off this year! So we packed up the kids and headed to Santaquin to see my side of the family. There was egg coloring.

Chandler's very first dentist appointment. He did great.

And a tour of Santaquin. First we headed to the museum. Chandler loved the military doll display. Had burgers at the Santaqueen and got some delicious treats at the red barn. It was a perfect little vacation.

Chandler's Pirate Party!

Chandler has been talking about having a pirate party for a year now. So we threw him one. Luckily for us we were able to spend it with a lot of our family! David was our leader on the treasure hunt. Chandler kept saying how "scary" pirate daddy was.

Some of the decor. Pictures courtesy of Grandma Marcia.

He loved all of his gifts. He even got a big boy bike.

Our cute little pirate!

The treasure hunt.

We love our little Chandler and were so glad a lot of our family was able to celebrate his birthday with us.

Chandler its your birthday. Happy Birthday Chander!

Happy Birthday Chandler! We Love you!

Brinlee vs. Iverson

Brinlee is now 18 months and guess what? I can get her hair into braided pigtails! Now that is saying something considering some children are completely bald until they are 2. I love having a little girl. I love making her hair fancy. It took some time to get this little hair do perfect. When I was done I rushed Brinlee out to the garage to show daddy how adorable she was. I was so excited and told David to look how pretty our little princess was. David said "Oh she is adorable, our little Iverson baby." What?!? Brinlee does not look like Allen Iverson. The only thing they have in common is that they are both really good at throwing fits.

Oh well. I still think she is a pretty little princess no matter what. Iverson hair or not!

Craft, food and much more.

I just started a craft, food and much more blog. It is called Ronni's blog (boring name). You can link to it from my facebook page or the sidebar of this blog. Don't be too shocked if I ask some of you to be a guest blogger!
Check it out: http://ronniscrafts.blogspot.com/

Brinner

Why is it that your second child becomes a toddler so much faster than your first? Where has my baby gone? I just love this little Brinner! She is so much fun and we love having her running around our home.
A few things to know:

*She loves to swing. While we were in Blanding last week Grandma took the kids to the park (she is brave). Brinlee just loved swinging, she even pumps her little legs.

*She loves her baby doll. A few weeks ago she was sick with a double ear infection and strep throat. She was a VERY sick little girl. She wanted her baby by her the entire time. Mommy got her baby a towel for her head to and Brinlee was very happy to see her baby was getting better with her. Her baby is very loved and knows how to say mama (well brin says it for her). There is not a day that Brins doesn't have her baby in her arms. She is a very good mom.

*She loves to cheese it up. Just look at the picture, this kid really loves to have her picture taken. Anytime a camera is out she puts on her cheese face and is ready.

Brinlee will be 18 months on the 20Th. I just can't believe she is ready to go to nursery! We love our Brinner.

Down on Aunt Kim's Farm.....

There are happy little babies!
Goats eating cookies.

A turkey that will let you pet it.

And little boys feeding chickens.

Auntie Kim and Uncle Clayton have quite the set up at their new home. A place for their horses and lots of fun farm animals. The kids had a great time being around the animals. I now want chickens, yes I want chickens. Thanks for the fun day Kim and Clayton!

Sister for Sale!

Brinlee is my sweetie. She hardly cries and has always been a very happy little girl. That is until recently. She is teething and it is extremely miserable around our house. You know the routine: up in the middle of the night, never wanting anything to eat, short fuse(baby and mommy), and all the whining. Pray for me!

Now you know that let me tell you a little story.....

Today while the kids were playing in the playroom I heard a CRASH and then Chandler crying. That's right Chandler, normally it is Brin and I was a little freaked out. I got up to go see what had happened. Chandler met me half way and told me the whole terrible story. Short Version: Brinlee was stealing his toys and he told her no so she pulled his hair and then hit him in the face (according to Chandler). He also said "She is extra mean to me today!"

I got after Brin and put her to bed then had a talk with Chandler. I told him that little sisters don't know how to share and so big brothers need to be a good example. Plus, she a super sad so no matter what you do she isn't going to be happy. At the end of our talk Chandler looked at me and said "I think we could sell her. Is that a good idea?" Hahahahahahaha! I couldn't stop laughing. Kids. I told him no and he was very unhappy that I didn't agree. Afterwards I thought about a poem I use to love in elementary school.

FOR SALE

by: Shel Siverstien

One sister for sale!

One sister for sale!

One crying and spying young sister for sale!

I'm really not kidding.

So who'll start the bidding?

Do I hear a dollar?

A nickel?

A penny?

Oh, isn't there, isn't there, isn't there any

One kid that will buy this old sister for sale?

This crying and spying young sister for sale?

It's funny but I think we all at times have wanted to sell our sisters. I know I did!