Quick trip to the NW

Our family took a quick trip to Portland this past weekend. My grandma passed away and so we went up for the funeral.

It was so nice to visit where I grew up with my family and to show them all around. We stayed at some old friends house, saw some old friends and caught up with family.

Here are a few...a few pictures from the event.

Day out with Thomas

{Thomas the Tank Engine} came to the Heber Valley railroad, and if you've ever met Wrigley you know how much this kid {LOVES} Thomas. So we ventured up there with my sister and her 2 kiddies. It was fun to be there and to see Wrigley's excitement over all things Thomas. Here are some highlights!

Introducing Azzy....7 months later! OOPS!

I have no excuse for not posting about the not so new addition to our family I have just been capital L-azy! So here we go.

She was born September 11th at 6:57 am weighing 6 lbs 7 oz and 21.5 inches. The spitting image of her older brother. In fact my first thought was..."oh hi Wrigs"

Holding my little Azlynn Anne right after she was born! What a beauty!

She has been such a joy in our lives..there have been a few bumps with her along the way...she didn't breastfeed and that cause mommy all sorts of guilt...she was so tiny for so long. She wore new born for 3 months and then all the sudden chunked up big time. I still can't get over her chubby thighs!

But we love her and so does her big brother. Wrigley is always kissing her, holding her and trying to play with her...it brings warmth to my heart and a tear to my eye!

Here are some of my favorite pictures over the last 7 months!

We were asked to play the part of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in our Stake Live Nativity. It was such an amazing experience!

{I promise}

Ok I know I'm a serious slacker on the blogging front! I didn't post Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Steve's Birthday, Wrigley's 2nd Birthday or the announcement of baby #2!

I promise to mend my ways and get back on the wagon...I promise!

Barnes & Noble

We are having a big fundraiser tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. We are really excited for this event, and the scholarship money that it'll provide for us.

If you are not in the Sandy are tomorrow you can still have your purchases go toward our organization if you present ID # 10002079 when you check out.

Whew!

It's been a rough couple of weeks for us.

We started off with Wrigs getting the nasty swine flu and being a sick sick boy for a whole week, but luckily he got better in time for {Trick-0r-Treating}.

We moved my 90 yr old Grandma into an assisted living community. She fell the other day and had a small stroke and isn't doing too well.

The worst part of it all is that my darling sister-in-law Shawna's Father passed away last week from H1N1. It has been so sad that his wonderful life was cut so short. He was such a great "Father" for my older brother Robbie. We know that we will see Neil again someday and that he is with his Father again.

***Here's to hoping that these next few weeks are better ones!***

{TrIcK-oR-tReAt}

We went as the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 & Thing 2! It was so much fun! Wrigley was precious! He didn't like having his hair sprayed blue but he was so cute! It was really fun to take him trick or treating and for him to have the whole experience. He was so cute saying "Teak a Teat!" My heart just melted as he (yes he) knocked on the doors and picked out the candy that he wanted! I can't wait for next year!

The "Munkin" patch!

{wRiGlEy 1St CaMpInG tRiP}

We packed up our car and headed south to Mona for a quick camping trip with some friends this Labor Day weekend. This was my 2nd experience camping and number 1 for Wrigley. I wasn't quite sure what to expect...but it went much better than expected.

We got to the site and set up our tent...only then did we realize we had the wrong poles for our tent...oh well what do ya do? We made the best of it, and we were still plenty comfortable for the night. Wrigley was such a good little boy, exploring all through our camp site and following the boys into the wilderness for potty time!
Wrigley getting an exploding fist bump from Jayson! His favorite part of the evening!
There's nothing like a clean face while your enjoying the great outdoors!

It was so much fun that I want to go again over UEA!

Steve had fun going off the rope swing that we found there...it had 3 different levels you could swing off of. Wrigley however wasn't so excited about the water...to cold or something, but that was the first time he ever wanted to get out of the water right after diving in!

Kids Clothes swap

Everyone is invited...I hope it will be fun!

If there is a good turn out maybe we'll make this an annual thing!

Literacy for All ~ 5k

Dyslexia Tutoring of Utah is getting ready to have our 1st annual Literacy for All 5k family fun run/walk. All proceeds will be going to our non-profit to fun some of our scholarships, and other programs that we are doing.

Sign ups end this week if you want the t-shirt (and who does a race and doesn't want the t-shirt? I mean come on!), but you could sign up the day of the race as well.

Please check it out at our website http://dyslexiatutoringofutah.com/

Hope to see you in your running shoes soon!

The Host

OK, so after hearing a BUNCH of mixed reviews I finally decided to read Stephenie Meyer's "The Host"

I really enjoyed this book. Here's the thing people its NOT Twilight! Surprise Surprise its a totally different genre too. I think that we tend to put authors in one category and expect everything to fit into it. That is not the case thank goodness.

I really liked this book and I enjoyed every word that I read. That's my 2 cents on this topic. I definitely recommend this book.

Makin Crayons

On Wednesday we made some fun toddler size crayons outta a crap load of old crayons. It took me FOREVER to peel the paper off all those crayons but the result was well worth it, and even though Wrigs thinks that some of them are cookies they are still fun!

San Diego in July

We just got back from the most GLORIOUS week in San Diego. It was just what I needed, a nice sandy beach to relax at. We rented a house in Mission Beach and split our time between the beach, the Zoo and Sea World. Wrigley had SO much fun all week with his cousins. He especially loved the ocean. He would run in splash and then when a wave would come he would turn around and run the other way.

He tried to drink the sea water (YUCK) and I'm sure that he ate plenty of sand...but

HE LOVED IT! He is doing the sign for fish.

Buried in the sand with Dad. He loved it!

The San Diego Zoo...he wasn't too happy that day, it was especially hot out.

The La Jolla Cave!

Yup. That's a shark!
My new favorite picture! I love these two boys!

The Carousel at Sea Port Village. I used to ride it every summer when we would go as a little girl, so I had to have Wrigs ride it while we were there.

I am sad to be home, but we are looking forward to going back next year!

Family Pics

Lisa, Shawna's little sister took some family pictures before the Brady clan headed back out earlier this month. Lisa is not a professional, but looking at some of these pictures she could be.

Wrigley and Tary look like they are telling secrets up on their Dad's shoulders. That is just they way they are! Best buds!

SO CUTE! I don't think I need to say anything else about this one!

Thanks Lisa! They look great!