Bracken's Journal

I try to help Bracken "write" in his journal every once in a while.  It's just a fun time for me to ask him a random question, or about what he's been doing, and he'll just talk to me. A lot of the time he gets super excited and talks much faster than I write, but we get the main points in there.

Sometimes he likes to draw pictures too.  He's been learning to write a few letters (His favorite is "B"). He's started drawing potato head/alien people too, and I LOVE them.  Who would think a mom would get so proud of these adorable little squiggly lines?  In case you can't read the journal entry, Bracken told me that was a picture of him and Chandra walking to church together holding hands.  He's such a good little boy and such a protective, kind big brother!

I love you Bracken, and I love our "journal  story time" together.

Dressing Up

Chandra loves dressing up and feeling beautiful.  She'll put every necklace she can find on, then come to Brian or me and bounce on her tip toes waiting for us to tell her how beautiful she looks.  She is such a girl, and we love it!  

She also loves dancing.  Whenever she hears music (a cell phone starts ringing, a car drives by, or during a movie) she starts bouncing and dancing.  She loves when I give her my cell phone to hold and dance to while it plays "B-I-N-G-O." It's so cute.  

She also thinks its so fun to pull all the dirty laundry out and get dressed in it.  I haven't taken a picture of that because she usually ends up with several pairs of our underwear on her arms and over her head before I find her.  Memo to me: I need to find a new spot for our laundry. Yesterday she found this hat and it's her newest accessory.  

What I've Been up to: Photo Editing Class

Bracken and Chandra spent a lot of time at my parents in Richfield this last month so they could be loved and cared for while Brian was working and my collarbone was healing.  I appreciate my parents and siblings so much for taking care of our kiddos!  I was in Richfield some of the time too, but I had a lot more "down time" on my hands than normal.  I took an awesome online class on Lightroom (image editing software), and learned a lot about what to look for and how to edit my pictures.  I feel like I have so much more control over my editing now! Anyway, just sharing a little of what I've been up to. (SOOC is straight out of camera, without any editing.)

Puddles

They love rainstorms, puddles, and just being together.  I'm so glad our kiddos are friends.

My Superhero

"Bracken, you need to get your pajamas on and brush your teeth before your babysitter gets here."

He ran off to get ready for the night.  After a while I realized it was very quiet in the bathroom.  I went to investigate and found a Superhero in sunglasses and cape, who smelled like his dad's cologne, styling his hair with a generous amount of gel.  "Whoo-hoo-hoo! I look cool, huh mom?! I'm gonna protect you and Chandra from the bad guys."

Totally made my night!

Her Typical Expression