Birthday Pictures

Brynly had a fabulous birthday!! She woke up in the morning to this...
we copied the Murdock's idea of the balloon fairy. Then she had five friends for a birthday party (Anna Celner, Faith Carter, Tanner Hart, Talen Murdock and Cameron Gardner) they decorated cupcakes...
then they played in the water, broke a pinata, and played some games. Brynly had a BALL!!!
Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Dabell's for a BBQ with all of our family. This is her cake, she wanted a GIANT cupcake cake(thanks Janet for the pan!!)with a cherry on top...
and this is all the loot she got from her grandparents and great grandparents (she had 9 of them there) and her aunts and uncles. She got that cute toy box, fish and aquarium, lots of coloring and art things, toys, and cute clothes!!! She was spoiled to say the least!!!!
Little Emry was enjoying herself at the party eatting her corn on the cob with a little dirt mixed in...hummmm interesting combination. We did find out she LOVES corn on the cob and it keeps her still for a few seconds. Brynly hardly stopped smiling all day long....I think it is safe to day she had a wonderful 4th birthday!!

The day we met Brynly...

Today is Brynly's 4th birthday!!!! Today and everything about this day four years ago brings so many emotions to the surface, I can hardly talk/think about it without getting weepy. This is when I have felt the hand of Heavenly Father in my life more than any other. While camping Memorial Weekend 2004, Trent woke up and told me that he had a dream we adopted a baby girl and she had lots of dark hair and looked like him. I felt an urgency to finish our papers and we were approved for adoption June 26. We got a call July 15th from LDS Family Services that our baby girl was born the night before and we needed to pick her up in Twin Falls the following day! We were in shock since our papers had only been in for about 2 1/2 weeks and we were told it would be a minimum of 6 to 12 months or even years! After calling everyone we could think of to share the exciting news we hurried to get everything ready for our new arrival! Our family and friends were ecstatic to say the least...it was a day we had all prayed for!!! We were so excited and nervous we could hardly think straight! The moment that I held my daughter in my arms for the first time I knew that she was mine and the instant incredible feelings of love were indescribable. The placement of Brynly was truly one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. Brynly's birth family are amazing people, we felt an instant connection to them. The gift they have given us was something we could not do for ourselves, there is no way we will ever ever be able to show our true appreciation for this selfless act. I longed to be a mother since....childhood! Girls aways pretend to be mommies and being pregnant and that is what I wanted most, after my amazing husband! Trent was so excited to be a daddy, he wanted to start having kids before I did. We were completely crushed to find out that I may never be pregnant, but I must say that now we wouldn't change a thing...we are so LUCKY! Brynly is literally the daughter of our dreams we love her so much and can't imagine our life without her in it! We are so thankful to our Heavenly Father, and to Ashlee for your faith and the incredible sacrifice you made--- We love you! Happy Birthday sweet Brynly you are nothing short of a miracle to us, we love you sooooo much!
This was Brynly's birthday picture from last year, birthday party pictures from today coming soon....

Our 4th of July Weeked!!!

We went camping for the weekend up Indian Creek (with many many many other campers!) and spent the day on Palisades Lake. It was a gorgeous weekend! I was very sad that we missed Idaho Falls' fireworks, but we had a great weekend with my family!
We LOVE to go tubing! Brynly has loved tubing since she was two, Emry got her first taste of it and really likes it!
Enjoying the sunshine!
Taking a snooze!
Grandpa and Brynly Loungin'
Trent takes his smore making seriously, it is one of the highlights of camping!
Emry and my nephew Kyler bathing in the trailer and loving it!
Best Buddies...dirt and all!!
Brynly Dancing-- what a doll she is!!!

Happy Birthday Angie!!

Happy Birthday sweet sister! We love you so much!!!

A few things we have been doing lately....

For the past several weeks every night when Brynly is going to bed she says, "Tonight I am going to dream about playing T-Ball". So Trent did what every loving sportsaholic father would do...he got together some kids her age (since they are all too young to play on other teams) to play on Wednesday nights for a couple weeks. Tonight was the first night and it was entertaining! We had a lot of fun watching the kids try to figure out how to play. They did a great job! Here are a few of the pictures I got of them playing. If you have a 3-4 year old that wants to come play let me know.

Brynly and Talen

Tanner Hart

What A Cute Baby!!!

If you are wondering if your eyes are deceiving you, they're not, it really is Amberlee. This is the first time in her adult life hitting a baseball and she hit it on the first try! Watch out Idaho Falls Chuckers, here comes Am! We think it would be fun to get a group of friends together and play, anyone interested?

Trying to get these two girls sitting, holding still, and looking at the camera is a serious challenge! This is as close as we could get! These are their matching red, white and blue dresses.


Cameron and Katie Dennett have a volleyball net set up in their back yard during the summer so we love to go have a BBQ and play volleyball. Some of us are better than others, some of us were not born with athletic abilities, I try. Here are what the cute kids are doing after they got tired of playing in the water! We had so much fun!


WE LOVE SUMMER!! Happy 4th of July!!