Never grow up

We got to go to an indoor playground place when Parker and Michelle were visiting. It is called Coconut Cove and it had some pretty fun features. They had a toddler are for kids 2 and under and the rest of the big playground for 3 and above. Brylianna played in the toddler area at first but then ventured out into the rest of the place.
They had an awesome ball machine that you put balls in and it sucked them up into a tube and then they floated into the air before coming back down. Brylianna thought it was so neat. They had lots of stuff to climb, mini trampolines, tunnels, and lots of slides! It was pretty fun. And Pat and I played in it and ran around too. It was pretty funny seeing super tall Pat running around and trying to fit in all of the kid playplaces. But hey we are the type of parents who love to run around and play and be active with our kiddos.
I love that Brylianna is at the age where she actually WANTS mommy and daddy to come play with her and see everything and will still hold our hands and drag us to see something or ask us to come play with her or come see something. It is such a sweet age and I hope to treasure it. It is so fun to see her eyes light up as she explores and see and learns new things and has fun. You can see pure joy in the eyes of children. Adults sometimes get caught up in life and we forget to just find that sweet, simple, pure joy. I need to put my phone down more, put down the dishrag more, let the house be dirty and just find that pure joy more often I have decided. Being a parent is sure busy, but these are also some of the best days of our lives and I want to be more present during them! How are you being present in your children's lives? I would love to hear! :)
So glad that we got to go do this with Pat's family. It was such a fun day. It was a bit of a drive, but it totally worked out great because Brylianna was exhausted and both kiddos slept the whole car ride home!

Corbin didn't know where to look! He was looking everywhere! 

She giggles really cute and then a ball hits her on the head and she says ow lol 

She fell asleep holding a tomato

Christmas 2017

 So grateful that we get to be so close to our families this year for Christmas time. It is so fun with little kids. I love this time of year. And both of our kids are at a really fun age. Brylianna is 2 years and 3 months old and is just old enough to be excited about everything. She loves all the Christmas lights and "helping" wrap presents and staring at the Christmas tree and laying under it too. Corbin is 6 months old and fun to cuddle and dress in cute Christmas jammies and he belly scoots over to the tree to inspect the lights and try to open presents :) I love having a baby to cuddle up with a big blanky and sit on the couch by the fireplace in the winter time, even though we have had a pretty mild winter this year, especially in comparison to last year. ( It dumped a ton of snow and got down to negative 25 degrees in Logan last year)
                Pat's brother Parker and his family got to come visit this year again. We quite like that they have been able to visit the past several years and we could definitely get used to this tradition :) Brylianna learned their names before they visited and she always called Zeke, cousin Zeke the whole time he was here. It was cute. Brylianna also loved seeing her Thomas cousins so much this Christmas. She asked almost everyday if we were going to see them that day. She sure loves her cousins.
               Christmas Eve we spent with my family and some good family friends. We always do a white elephant gift exchange, read the story of the birth of Christ, share testimonies, and sing some Christmas hymns. It was wonderful.
              Corbin slept horrible Christmas Eve night and Pat stayed up with him a lot of the night. We spent Christmas morning with Pat's family and had breakfast and went over to my families a bit later and spent time there opening presents. Brylianna is so lucky to have loving Grandparents and two Christmases :) She got a lot of cute stuff and finally got a toddler bed. A purple one. She had been sleeping in a pack n play still. She was super excited and jumped up and down on her bed to break it in. She also loves playing with all the new toys that Corbin got.
It was so nice to see our families and see the joy in Brylianna's face as she enjoyed the day and presents and famliy and fun and ate entirely way to much chocolate and candy. Holidays are just so much fun with kids. I love my extended family and I love my little family.

Bryliann and Felise

Pat and I went to the temple finally, and saw the temple lights. We had to park way faraway and it was quite the cold adventure. We rode trax to the temple. IT is the first time we have been back to the SLC temple since we were married here 7 and a half years ago and the first time to the temple together since Corbin was born. 

Brylianna was jumping up and down excited to sit on Santa's lap. He asked her what presents she wanted. And she only associates presents with birthdays so far so now she tells everyone that she sat on Santa's lap and told him what birthday presents she wants. 

Aunty Kim was by us in line and asked Brylianna " Are you so excited to sit on Santa's lap?"
Brylianna jumping up and down "Yes!"
Is Santa going to bring you Christmas presents?
Brylianna jumping up and down "Yes!"
Is Santa going to bring baby brother Corbin Christmas presents?
Brylianna shakes her head "No"

Oh kids :) Hahaha

You just can't ever have enough pictures of babies and Christmas trees right?

In some cute (12) month Christmas jammies

Tradition to go to the Forgotten Carols with my mom and sister. I love this tradition and the Forgotten carols. It just doesn't feel like Christmas til we go. It is such a beautiful way to bring the Christmas spirit into our hearts. We had the closest seats to the stage that I have ever had too!

I had never been to zupas before but it is amazing! I love the cauliflower soup it was yummy

A few of my favorite things. Pat was singing sleeping Corbin Christmas hymns and it was adorable. 

Corbin's first Christmas

Pat got some awesome binoculars he had been wanting for a long time. 

She loves her Aunty Paige and Grandma

She got some cute purple snow boots from Aunty Paige and Christmas jammies from Gma Buhr

She just looks so grown up

Cousin Zeke and Bryianna both share a love of movies. 

This Fall and beginning of winter we have been blessed to be close to both of our families. Even though things haven't turned out they way we had planned on and may not have preferred we just need to trust that what is best for our family will happen after we do all that we can do. 

It has been fun for Brylianna to be around both of her Grandparent and close to Pat's sister and be able to play with cousins. It has also been fun to be closer to my siblings too. 

We helped my parents decorate with Christmas lights. It will be Corbin's first Christmas

We bought a kid friendly nativity online and it isn't at all what I was expecting but it is still cute. 

Cute little Christmas helper

Oh I want to snuggle this cute boy all winter

Mommy and Me dresses

How cute are these Mommy and me matching skirt and dress? I am totally one of those moms that loves matching with her daughter and was excited about this every since I found out that I was having a baby girl :) 

There is something that makes these even more special though. I have a good friend named Katie. Here and her husband have an adorable little boy and they would love to have more children but have to do IVF treatments. My dress and Brylianna's skirt are from the shop that Katie created to raise fund for their IVF treatments and from her love of sewing that she inherited from her grandma. 

What better reason to buy cute things than for them to have a wonderful cause to go to as well?! Oh and they also come with adorable matching headbands!

If you would like to check out her stuff find her on Facebook at Coopsie Coo Creations she has a page where she shows and sells dresses and baby items too! 

And this is literally the softest dress I have ever worn! I would wear it every Sunday if I wasn't self conscious about wearing the same thing to church every Sunday lol 

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