Things Brynly did today....

Today Brynly brought me my camera (that she had secretly taken to her room) and said "Mommy I taked lots of great picture with your camera, you must look at them". I was a little ticked that she was playing with the camera because she knows she isn't supposed to, but once I started looking at the pictures she took, I couldn't help but smile. She probably took 25 pictures, she said she told all her stuffed animals to say "cheese", she had put each toy one on top of her toy box and took their picture, then she took pictures of several of her books individually, then she took several of herself. This was a good 20 minutes of fun, I should have known she was up to something...

Earlier today she told me that she needed some paper to write a letter to her friend Katelyn and this is what she asked me to put into an envelope to mail to her:

It says Dear (DER) Katelyn (CATN)

Brynly

Letter (LETR)

Love (LUV) Brynly

I was so amazed that she had sounded out those few words all by herself!! What a girl she is! Yesterday was Brynlys first Primary program in Sacrament meeting and she got right up there by her self and gave her part perfectly! We are so proud of her and love her so much!

How Many of Me??

There are 3,054 SueAnn's and fewer than 366 Dabell's and only one SueAnn Dabell, how many people have your same name??

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There are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Fall is Here!!

Brrrrr...today there was supposed to be a high of only 45 degrees, that is a bummer especially when it was 80 degrees two weeks ago!! Brynly has told me since spring that her favorite season is fall because she can rake leaves and JUMP in them! When we arrived at Grandma Sue & Grandpa Rod's house today all the leaves were in a great big pile...Brynly's eyes got huge and she said "OH WOW"!! The girls had SO much fun playing in the leaves!

OH EMRY!!!

This is a phrase used several times a day in our family. Emry is so very very busy getting into everything and making a mess however she can...she is very curious! Terrible Two's start way earlier than two. When I turn my back for two seconds messes happen! To illustrate I took these pictures...a day in the life of Emry.
We have a wood burning stove in our basement and she got into the ashes and decided to eat them...YUM!
Shoes anyone???
This little one can scale up the cabinets in record time!
Washing dishes...
I cut up cucumbers from our garden to eat with our dinner only to turn around and find only one left! Just look at that sweet angel face, how could you get frustrated at a face like that? The joys of a toddler...and oh how we love her!

Nylons or No Nylons

Last night at our Young Women's Standard's night the stake leaders told the girls that they need to dress more modestly and be in their Sunday Best for church which includes wearing nylons. Since I am a leader I feel like I would not be an example of obedience if I don't follow this counsel, especially since the girls look at how I am dressed each week. My question is this...how many of you wear nylons to church each Sunday???

Random Update

I haven't posted anything is what seems like forever! We have been busy, but nothing really exciting to share I guess. Brynly is LOVING preschool, she wishes she could go all day every day. She is so funny and always coming up with things to make us laugh. Her newest thing is that she wants to be a rock star ever since Alvin and the Chipmunks. She wants her hair like a rock star and make rock star clothes, and be a rock star for Halloween (any ideas on that one?). She was in trouble the other day when I went in her room to talk to her about it and she said "Mom, I said a prayer to Heavenly Father and said for you to not be angry with me anymore"...how on earth could you be angry after that??? She has joined a childrens choir and really likes it so far. Emry is getting so big! She is talking like crazy. She will say anything you ask her to say and it's pretty clear, at least to me. I love that she can actually ask for things and get her point across much more easily with actual words. She adores her older sister and wants to do everything Bryn does. Both our girls are such angels, such blessings! We are headed into the dreaded time of year for me and the much anticipated season for Trent...hunting! Goodbye hubby for the next four months of Saturdays, bummer, I kinda like having him around...anyone else feeling my pain??

A little mommy vacation...

I took a little vacation with my parents and my sisters to Phoenix to visit Jared and Mckenna but most importantly we were able to be at my adorable little niece's baby blessing! It was so nice and warm there, I loved it! We had a great time. Trent stayed home with our girls while I was gone from Friday to Tuesday and did a fantastic job without a single complaint...what a man! Thanks Honey!

McKenna's mom made this amazing blessing dress, as you can see Anna was done smiling for pictures and ready for a nap!
She is ready for her first swimming adventure, isn't she cute! Thanks Mom and Dad for taking me with you, and Jared and Mckenna for all the fun!

1st Day of Preschool

Brynly went to Robyn's Nest Preschool for the first time Tuesday! She was so excited to go to school. She is very disappointed that she doesn't get to ride the bus and asks everyday if she is almost 5 so she can go to the BIG school and ride the bus. She has now gone twice, and absolutely LOVES it!!! (These aren't the best pictures because we were in a hurry.)

6 Unspectacular Quirks About Me....

My sister Missy tagged me SEVERAL weeks ago and I forgot to do it so here it goes....hummmm there are so many quirks I don't know where to start!

1. I am really grossed out about eating meat off bones. I just think it is weird and un-natural! See I told you I am quirky...

2. I have to have lotion on my hands and feet to go to sleep at night. If my skin is dry I can't relax or something.

3. I have to clean the kitchen while I am cooking, as I go. I can't sit down and eat a meal with a messy kitchen.

4. When I go to the grocery store I like to put all the dairy together, meat together, canned goods together, produce together on the little conveyor belt...that only makes sense doesn't it???

5. I have to have my house totally clean and vacuumed before I leave on vacation, other wise I will just think about it being out of order while I am gone. Plus, if something happens to me I don't want people going into my house thinking I am unorganized. I love coming home to cleanliness.

Are you thinking I am OCD yet??

6. I LOVE to read, but once I start I have a REALLY REALLY hard time stopping. It would be a great afternoon if I could sit down and read a book in 3-4 hours...I love that, but it rarely happens!

So now you know how weird I am!! It seems like lots of people have done this tag so if you haven't...your it!!

Bear Lake

This past weekend we went on our annual Bear Lake camping trip with our friends. We have a fantastic group of friends that we regularly hang out with, we all went to high school together and we all married people from our same class (except for Jeff who is MUCH older heehee)-- so it's very handy. Anyway, we had a great time this year as usual. Bear Lake is so gorgeous... it is nicknamed the "Caribbean of the Rockies" because that is exactly what is looks like. We went with Cameron & Katie Dennett, Ed & Amberlee Murdock, James & Misty Cooper, and Jeff & Mindy Smith and a couple other Humphries siblings Bryce and Katelyn (the Killians were with us in spirit only--we wish you could have come!!). We spent the day on the beach vegging, playing volleyball, wash-shoes, kayaking, water fights, swimming, and just having a fun time together. We are so lucky to have such good friends!!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Today is our 8th Wedding Anniversary! Trent and I went on our first date September 1995 to Homecoming, Trent was my first date after I turned 16, but we didn't start dating just each other until our senior year. We got married about 2 1/2 months after he returned from his mission...it was a fabulous day! Trent is an amazing man, who is very easy to be married to. I am one lucky girl!

Family Vacation

We just got home from a family vacation, can you call it a family vacation when 1/4 of your family doesn't go? We left this little angel home with Grandma Sue and my sisters, which was hard but sadly it made the vacation a little more of a vacation. She was spoiled and did very well while we were gone. We left Thursday the 24th and stayed with our friends the Kotters in Salt Lake, and then drove 11 hours to Phoenix to visit Jared, McKenna, and their new baby Anna.


We had so much fun with them. We were bummed that Jared had to work, but we were able to spend most of the time with McKenna and Anna touring the city and enjoying the smokin' hot weather of 110 degrees!! Brynly was fascinated with the cactus and Trent found his new favorite store-- we had to go there twice!!

Anna is such a doll and is one lucky girl to have such good loving parents!! While we were there the Miller family joined us and the Gardners for pizza and a swim in the pool. The Miller family consists of Adam and Ashlee(Brynly's birthmom) and their two kids Cameron 3, and Patrick 10 months. We had Pizza and tried to cool off in the pool.
We had a fantastic time in Phoenix thanks guys for your hospitality!!

NEXT STOP--- ONE WEEK AT LAKE POWELL
We left Phoenix for Lake Powell on Sunday, it was a four hour drive to Page, Arizona where we spent the week on this for our yearly Lake Powell trip having a whole lot of fun! We spent the week with our Dabell Family-- Chad, Kathryn, Skyler & Liza Dabell, and Bart and Sheila Davis' Family ( minus Zach & Holly and Josh & Amber who we missed!!) We had a fantastic week of doing nothing but playing! Trent diving off the slide.
What more could a kid want than floating in the Lake having a sucker...
Catching a catfish...
Riding this...
And hanging out with grandma... She had so much fun with her new friend Carter!! They got along so well, it was fun having some one to play with! Brynly was a soooo good the entire time. We couldn't have asked her to be any better. She didn't complain once during the 28 hours of driving except one the way home today when we got to Salt Lake and she said her tummy hurt and then started throwing up...oops! A little car sick maybe???

We had a great time with our family and the Davis Clan, THANKS GUYS!!! After being gone for nine days it is so nice to be home and hug Emry!

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!!