13 months

Actually....Brielle turned 13 months on the 15th...but hey better late than never. I know we always say this but seriously...where has time gone, my baby girl is now 13 months! She is walking, throwing mega tantrums, screaming all night, is a terrible eater and is a major drama queen.....what can I say, she is all GIRL! This little girl keeps me on my toes 24 hours a day and I think at least once a day I would like to rip my hair out, but even through all that I adore this little girl more than anything! I think I can finally say I know what its like to be a mom now, because lets face it, with Daniel I was spoiled rotten, he was the golden child, slept all night, is an excellent eater, never threw tantrums, never caused a scene when we went out, and well the list could go on, but even with all the differences of my two kids, I love that I love them both equally and adore them both and there little quirks. Despite losing my sanity some days, I would never change a thing. So Brielle, even though you are extremely stubborn, I love you so much and I love watching the little girl you are becoming!

overwhelmed is an understatement!

well.....a lot of you probably read on Facebook that we got our first assignment, and if you haven't heard, well........lets just say yesterday I got the shock of my life. We are going to Korea! All I can really say at this point is WOW.....we were totally not expecting this at all! Right now we still don't know the details or know the conditions of me and the kids coming out with him, we were told that we can come out, but there is a lot that needs to be done before that can happen, and well for the short version, we have to get pre-screened medically to make sure we are all healthy enough to live in Korea, as well as that they have housing for us, and they don't have an exact duty station for Jason yet, so with that comes the possiblitly that we won't be able to join him. So there are a lot of things still left in the dark for us, but one thing for sure is, Jason is headed to Korea in December with or without us! SCARY! So please pray and keep your fingers crossed for us that we will be able to join him! We have also heard alot from friends and family that they don't allow families in Korea, but a lot of that has changed and they are starting to let more and more families accompany there soldier on these tours. Which I hope is the case for us. SO with that, its a waiting game now and I am so anxious to find out what happens!

enjoying some time outside with the hose....I love how the simpliest things make these two happy. what more could you ask for...playing outside in the water, followed by a nice 2 hour nap! I just love summertime!

these two had so much fun spraying each other with the hose and I swear they each drank like a gallon of water!

For the 24th of July we decided to head on down to Bountiful for Handcart Days and join up with some friends for the parade....I was very hesitant about going, for any of you from the Bountiful area you know what I mean.....parade people are just CRAZY, and it can be complete chaos, plus the fact that is was like 100 degrees outside, but I decided to put that all aside and take the kids, because after all isn't that why we go to parades?? Well, I'm glad we went, the kids had a blast and even though it was completely crazy and crowded we had a lot of fun, and of course the company was great....Thanks Viv for convincing me to go, we had a blast with you guys! So of course...I again was terrible with taking pictures...but here are a few I did take...and of course I had to take a picture of the Army guys as they walked by....(can you tell I'm proud of my hubby??)

my attempt to get a pictures with the kids.....we take what we can get!


before I even pulled out of my parking spot...she was out like a light!

so after the parade I'm walking to my car with both kids...chairs, strollers, diaper bags, and whole bunch of other stuff and by myself may I add and I find this when I get to my car.....the car in front of me and behind me parked inches from my bumper....literally inches! Seriously people.....I was even parked by a driveway..so the person behind me was blocking half of someones driveway and blocked me in....I was just fuming....I had no idea what I was going to do...I couldn't even walk behind my car to get the stroller and all my other stuff in the trunk....so as I sat there pacing back and forth wondering what on earth I was going to do and how I was going to get my car out...and may I add that at this point I had 2 screaming kids, and of course me a 27 year adult throwing a tantrum because I just wanted to get home and feel the comfort of air conditioning! Honestly people....has all common sense gone out the door? But I think I was being watched over because just when I was about to call the police or Bountiful City to get these people parked behind me towed or something the "wonderful" people parked in front of me came strolling to there car....and of course they give me this dumb founded look like "what", seriously I wanted to strangle them. But I kept my cool, and handled it like an adult, although I really didn't want to, I kept my mouth shut and just preceded to get my kids in the car and shimmy my stroller in the trunk and then finally got on my way.....now that I look back I know its probably not that big of a deal, but after being in 100 degree weather for hours and sitting through a parade with a 3 year old and 1 year old and walking to and from the car with all our stuff by myself, I just was not in any mood to find myself stuck....and not being able to go home! But thankfully those "wonderful" people came that parked in front of me....because I don't know what would have happended if they didn't.......lets just say it wouldn't have been a pleasant sight.

Last weekend me and the kids met up with my good friend Viv and her cute little family up at Lagoon.....oh my gosh...we had a blast! I was shocked at how much fun we actually had....I was very skeptical about taking the kids, but once again to my surprise it was a great day and Daniel had a blast riding the rides! Thanks Van Leeuwens for a GREAT day!

yes.....it was a VERY HOT day! But they were almost perfect....I honestly couldn't ask for better kids! I'm probably a little bias on this...but I got pretty lucky with these two and how well behaved they are...and plus the fact that they are so stinkin cute! I just adore these 2!!

okay...funny story about this picture....so for most of the rides the parents can go and help there kids get on and off the ride and get them buckled in and such...well I decided I would help Daniel get in his little boat instead of the person working the ride....well, that was a mistake, as I was going to lift Daniel in the boat I lost my footing and ended up dropping Daniel in the water......ooops, so part of his body is in the water and his torso and up are hanging over the boat, needless to say I felt terrible! Yes, I know I deserve mom of the year award....but really, who drops there kid in the water??? I don't know if you can tell, but his shorts were soaked and luckily we had waterproof shoes on and lucky for me this boy loves water, so he really could cared less about it...he just wanted to ride the ride. What can I say he's a trooper!

and once again...asleep before we even left the parking lot!

and even after a long day at Lagoon and no nap.....still smiling!