A Sizzlin' Summer

Our cute little Brielle! She is growing so fast and has such a fun personality. She loves asking everyone their names no matter where we are. We will soon need to teach her "stranger danger." We are having such a fun summer with her and she already has a better tan than me-not a huge accomplishment, but she has her daddy's nice olive skin. Lucky girl! 

The 4th of July & my Grandma Greenhalgh's birthday!

We celebrated with a dinner at my grandparents home in Nephi a few days before the actual holiday.

I was in charge of the desserts and especially her cake. I duplicated the cake I made for the YW Luau auction.  My Grandma loved the cake. I asked her if she ever gets tired of having her birthdays always in red, white and blue with stars and stripes. She proudly said no.

4th of July weekend fishing with the family. Brielle loved using her new Barbie fishing pole & it actually was quite successful. Jeremy even kept using it after Brielle was all fished out. The other guys loved teasing Jer about his pink pole.  

Brielle was a little afraid at first, but soon got over the fear and wanted to touch each catch!

Sharron, Brielle and I stayed cool under the large umbrella. It has been one hot summer with being pregnant and all.

We had our own tailgate picnic after fishing. Brielle had to be on the back with Papa.

Freedom Festival 2011

Jeremy took Brielle on a horse ride. She loves to ride horses but they are usually a lot smaller or ponies.

Hot days spent at Seven Peaks

This year our family got great deals on season passports to Seven Peaks of Salt Lake.

We usually go as a family once a week after Jeremy is off work, but Brielle and I couldn't wait to go during the day after our weekend in Manti. We had such a fun day-just us girls! 

Prego face never looks good on camera.

The many faces of Brielle

Brielle looks so grown up in this picture!

You always know when she is silent that she is getting into things.

This day it was just her sippy of chocolate milk. But look at that smile. She was so happy and had lots of fun! Thankfully she was still in her chair & it cleaned up easily. 

The boys first stitches.

This is the results of heads colliding during a rough game of basketbell.

6 stitches, a little bruising, and hopefully only a little scar.

And the other guy got nothing. He must have a hard head!

Jeremy sure got razzed the next day at work. Everyone had a story of how it probably happened.



Brielle and Baby Updates

Thought I would give you a little update on Brielle. I know I am a prideful mother for saying so, but she is just so stinking Cute! I love being home with her every day and learning with her all the new things about life!Her favorite show right now is Annie. She has lines and songs quoted and even the actions that Annie does in the show. She quizes Jeremy and I on different parts of the movie too. She is such a bright little girl with a very sharp memory! Which also means I have to keep my promises and watch what I say. She has loved playing outside until the last day or so when she has discovered spider webs in doorways and flies everywhere which she thinks is bees. Sometimes it is bees. I am not sure how to rid her of this new phobia so we can enjoy the outdoors now that it is Summer weather.

And on that note, can I just say "baby it is hot out here!!!!" This little boy is sure cookin because I can't stay cool enough! It will be a long hot summer and last 2 months of pregnancy now that Summer weather has arrived. I am not really complaining too much. I love summer! & the news that we are getting an A/C within the next week or two~ yahoo!!I think this pregnancy has gone by very quickly, even though I have still 10 weeks to go. The only thing that will make it last even longer is I am now one of the lucky prego women that get gallstones!!! The pain in my uppder abdomen and back are nothing short of miserable! This makes it hard to work doing hair and doing really anything everyday like, but I am hanging in there and hoping 10 weeks comes quickly! The only thing I get to do for the gallstones is cut out the fat in my diet! Easier said than done when it is summer. What isn't summer without BBQs, ice cream, popsicles, & all the favorite foods! Don't get me wrong I love healthy food!! I really do and you don't have to convince me to eat it, but the best homemade remedy for gallstones is a half cup of raw beets two times a day! Beets are the only thing I hate! Again I am hoping 10 weeks flies by! 

Fantastic Way to Celebrate a Birthday!

Jeremy spent his birthday fishing at Starvation Lake with his brother Shane, and apparently it was a Great day because they both can't stop talking about it!

This fish is a Walleye (not sure if I spelled that right-Jer will have to edit this post).

It tastes similar to Halibut. I wouldn't know personally because he didn't bring any home due to rushing to get home-I'll get to that later.

Shane with one of the many types of trout also in the lake.

I know this picture looks nothing like fishing and that is because it is the only decent picture I took of his Surprise Birthday Party that I had planned for later that night, which is also what he was rushing home to get to and not bringing home the walleye.

He has been going fishing just about every other weekend and is usually home by 4 or 5pm. I figure that if I planned the party for 6:30 that he would be home in time. I was wrong! Somehow each time he told me Starvation Lake, I thought of Strawberry. Starvation is 2 hrs from home, Strawberry is 1 hr. Not to mention the time for loading and unloading the boat which they hadn't ever used on previous fishing trips. So when I called him at 5:45 and asked how long til he would come home and he said a few hours out still!!!! I was a little concerned for the party guests. I finally clued Jeremy in to him missing his own Birthday party unless he hustled and thankfully he did just that without getting in a wreck or messing up the boat. The guests were very understanding and we hung out and ate until Jeremy arrived at 7:30! I invited his work buddies and a few neighbor friends and we BBQ'd brauts & hot dogs. I also made his favorite cake Tres Leches!! Yum! Although, I don't recommend cleaning, weeding, mowing lawns, decorating, baking, & shopping for two days straight while you are 7 months prego with a 3 yr old! Thankfully he is worth it! Thanks to all the friends & family that came & helped make the party a great success!

Updated Photos and Events

Coloring eggs with Grandma Greenhalgh

Our pretty eggs!

It is tradition in our family to roll our Easter eggs down a hill until there is nothing left. This is usually done in the mountains with carved trails and hills, but we had to make do here in the city. Brielle loved the ongoing tradition though she threw them instead of rolling them.

Brielle in the Flower Girl dress from Syndey and Weston's wedding that we also used for her Easter dress this year.
So cute!!!

Getting ready for church

Never a dull moment with Brielle and her many silly faces! 

This is the cake I made for the YW Annual Cake Auction & Luau.
I got the highest bid at $95!! I was very excited!!

Our cute little bunny in a basket

The beginning of the remodel

My handy husband @work!!

This is the look he gives when he doesn't want to pause for a picture.

Yeah for Summer!!!

It has been one of the longest Spring's we have ever had. I know I should not be complaining, but I am tired of rain. Yes, my lawn is green and I have yet to turn on our sprinklers and should be counting my blessings, but I am too excited about the warm weather! Of course in another month or so I will be complaining about how hot it is being 8 mos pregnant and no A/C. (I am looking into getting that changed-the A/C of course, I still have til end of August maybe into September before the pregnant thing is over). I know it has been forever since I posted. It is the busy life we lead unfortunately & thankfully! I am 27 weeks pregnant and due Sept 7th (two days after Labor Day, how ironic). But since I am one of those lucky ladies that have cesarean deliveries (I say this sarcastically of course, even though there are some pros to it) I may deliver the end of August. I am staying very busy with my hair clients which has started to wear on my feet, hips & ligaments holding up this child, but I am taking it slow and day to day. Our little man is now around 13 inches long and kicks all day long! Though he is shy to kick or push when anyone else tries to feel it. He does seem to kick more when he hears Brielle and I singing and playing during the day. He loves his big Sis already!
Jeremy is busy playing and doing a little work also. A few weeks ago he went on a mancation with friends to Moab to do some mountain biking and had a great time! They all came home sunburned, tired, & bike/road rashed a day early even! Apparently they all had a really good time though! A week later he was fishing with his brother at Strawberry Res. & has plans to go up there again with the boat and brother this weekend for his Birthday. Sometime this weekend maybe Brielle and I will be able to celebrate him getting older and wiser too!
Brielle is growing up so fast!! She talks your ear off any chance she can get. Some of her favorite sayings are, "I want to show you something." "I do it myself, stay right there." "So...." which is said at the end of every sentence. "I just need to do this." "In a minute." "That's ok Mom," which is said right after she does something naughty and knows it. "You want to come to my house?" "Hi, what's your name?" which is said to every person she sees walking by or at the stores. I have yet to teach her Stranger Danger. I don't think she will quite grasp the concept. The other day I interviewed her of her favorites of the following: 
Movie: Tagled & Annie
Food: carrots
Animal: "Bullafo & bunnies"   (buffalos)
TV Show: Super Why & Sesame Street
Play in the sun or snow: Snow!!
Play in the puddles of rain or swim: Swimming!!! though she loves them both!
Best Friend: Camryn
Song: Make Me Feel -Rhianna or "Temple Song" -wow what complete opposites!!!HaHaHa!!!
Jeremy and I are in the process of redoing the spare bedroom which was also my old bedroom to be Brielle's new room. She is very excited to have a big bed! I am excited to move her over so we can get the nursery ready.

Conference get-away to sunny St. George

We were in need of a vacation! And we wanted to go somewhere warm. Brielle really wanted to see Mama & Papa in St. George, so we headed down for the weekend. It was so nice and really paid off!

Brielle was so happy to be in St. George! This pic is a little blurry but it shows her excitement & her new sunglasses.

We hiked on the red rocks above the Dixie sign.

Grandma Greenhalgh is always up for an adventure.

We went swimming at the Washington County Rec Center. Wish we had a pool like it by our house. Not sure what created these looks of surprise but it might have been the bad witch that Brielle says is everywhere. We've watched a little too much Snow White lately.

We flew kites! There was just enough wind outside my parents home to fly Brielle's little Ariel kite. On the last day there we went to the Mountain Meadow Massacre site and flew kites again. There was major wind there!! & the temperatures were in the 40's-very cold to be flying kites, but the site is in the mountains afterall.



Just a family shot of us on the red rocks again. It warmed up fast to around 87. Loved it!

We got home in time for another late winter snow storm and had 5 inches on our lawn. Poopy! We went from wearing shorts to coats again. Very depressing! Nice to know we always have a place to stay in sunny St. George anytime we need a warm up. Thanks Mom & Dad! We had a great time!

Evening out the Odds-It's a Boy!!!

Looks like Brielle is getting a little brother!! I am a few weeks late announcing, so unless you are in our ward and heard my husband (being a proud dad) announcing it over the pulpit during his talk 2 weeks ago, you are just now hearing the news. We are so excited to have a little boy, although it makes me a little nervous. I can handle girls now, but boys are a mystery. We had my friend Kelsey do an early ultrasound at 16 weeks to see what the gender was. It has always been fun having her do them, since she did it when I had Brielle too. & personally I think her pics are much more clear than those I get from my doctor (see below).

Clearly not a girl! & I am thinking he is going to be tall. I am already feeling him kick me on my sides close to my ribs-little early for that! 

These next two were taken at my doctor's office at 18 weeks. Not as clear, but the little guy is a mover. He likes to flip flop back and forth to different positions. They were also able to get profile which wasn't accomplished at Kelsey's. I love seeing his little nose and mouth!

Today Jeremy said, "He is going to be lucky if he looks like me as a kid, because I was one cute little boy." So typical of Jeremy!
Brielle is warming up to the idea of a brother. In the last few days leading up to the ultrasound she was pretty set on a sister. Even the day we found out she said, "Mom, he is a sister." but she has also been telling me there are two babies. I think she will be very happy when he arrives and to have a brother. She won't have to share her toys!! -She'll thank me some day! Her two best friends (besides Camryn of course) are boys, so I think she'll be fine. She will be a cute little 2nd mother.