I AM 2 YEARS OLD!!!

I turned two and we had TWO parties and TWO cakes and I got to blow out the candles TWO times at each party! I am one lucky girl!! Mom and Dad decided to wait and celebrate my birthday one week late, so that I could enjoy Halloween separate from my birthday. So, on my real birthday, Dad made me a special cake with a big B 2 for me. I love singing Happy Birthday to you and then blowing out the candles.

We got a HUGE box from California filled with presents from Grammy, Bop, Kelly, Matt, Taylor, Berry, and Paisley. I got a ton of PRINCESS stuff. I got shoes, a crown, necklaces, and bracelets. I also got new books from Chris & Carissa. Mom and dad got me the movie Cinderella, which I love! I also got a new puzzle and Curious George books. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the card, money, books, and the toy cell phone.

Happy Birthday to me!

For my birthday party, we went to a fun place where I can bounce all over. It is my favorite. My two friends were sick, so it was me and the Gages, my favorite people to be with. I get so excited when the Gages are around. I talk really loud and bounce up and down!

Jordan, Ryan, and Kaela all played with me and bounced with me. I had so much fun!

Daddy made me a Cinderella cake for the party. I loved it! He worked so hard on it for me. Thanks so much Dad!

Of course, Aunt Ya-Ya brought in loads and loads of fun presents for me! I got this new car, which is super cool. It has a base that you put the car in and you can rock like a rocking horse. I yell "EEE-AAA" (Yee-Haw).

Aunt Ya-Ya also got me Princess plate, bowl, spoon, fork, and two water bottles. I love them! Oh yeah, and I got my own Princess video camera. I can watch princess movies on it. It is way cool! I am so lucky to have such a sweet aunt and uncle and cousins so close! Thanks Laura, Don, Brent, Jordan, Ryan, and Kaela for all of the fun presents and for celebrating with me!

This is my family! The best part about my party was that the Gages stayed and watched Cinderella with me. I sat and ate popcorn with them and loved. Uncle Don fell asleep, but I jumped up screaming "CASTLE" when I saw the castle in the movie and that woke him right up. I love being 2! I am 26lbs6oz (47%) and 36.5in (70%). Thanks everyone for the fun birthday!

Parade & Halloween

We had so much fun through the month of October. Brenn came with the Activity Days girls to Pumpkin Land! We had a blast with the corn maze, the animals, the bounce machines, and Brenn got to pick out her own pumpkin!

She is my sweetie pie! Isn't she cute! She makes my life so fun!

We got our first snow and Brenn was thrilled. She kept looking out the window and saying "SNOW"!! So of course she wanted to play in it and eat as much as she could.

We got to go to a parade one Saturday morning. Brenn loves them, so we planned to go. She had a blast seeing the bands, the horses, the "princesses", and the balloons. She loved dancing to all the fun music too.

This is Brenn with her two best friends, Grant and Will. We got them dressed up for Story Time at the Library. Brenn loves story time and this was especially fun because her friends came and we got to wear her Halloween costume. Brenn was a butterfly.

This is the whole family dressed up for Halloween. Pat was a hairy security officer. I was an old lady and of course, our precious butterfly. Brenn loved all of the festivities associated with Halloween. We went to the ward party - which was AWESOME! There was dancing, a bounce machine, and a pumpkin catapult! It rocked!

Happy Halloween!!!

Brenn Pictures

Brenn loves to help mom cook! She loves doing everything mom does! Especially the dishes! She would do dishes all day if I would let her.

Isn't she adorable! I am trying her hair different ways so I can see what looks best for her 2year picture! I think she looks so old here. When I did her hair like this, she had a new personality. She kept looking in the mirror. I think she liked it.

Pat took us out to breakfast before conference. I LOVED IT! I love going out for breakfast. Pat was so sweet about it. We loved the food too! Thanks Pat!

We carved pumpkins the other night. Brenn didn't know what to think about the gooey inside. But, she loved seeing the pumpkin 'face'. Everyday she asks to go see the pumpkin.

Brenn helped make Halloween cookies. I love SWEETS!! Happy Halloween!

Not only does he build beds.......

He can build a heck of a cake too!

Let me tell you, this quality that Pat possess was a total bonus in our marriage. He did not advertise how domesticated he was when we were dating. Over the years, little by little, I have seen how amazing Pat is in the kitchen. WOW! Here is some of the evidence of his skills ( in the kitchen):

For Brennley's first birthday we wanted to make a Spot the dog cake. I thought I would be making it, but through the process Pat wanted to do more and more and more. He really got into it. I loved it! And the cake was amazing!

Then for my birthday this past year, he asked what I wanted on the cake. I said polka dots! I thought the cake was so cute. He did a great job. He doesn't use any fancy cake decorating tools either. He is REAL!

So, the most recent cake creation took place yesterday. We were planning our dessert for Sunday dinner and Pat thought it would be fun to have carrot cake. So, here he goes again!

This cake was REALLY tasty! Thanks Pat for being in the kitchen so much! You are awesome!