Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

35 Wonderful Things...

In honor of Dan's 35th birthday, here are 35 things you didn't know about him...

1. He would eat, sleep, and drink FISHING if I would let him.


2. He hates carrots. But will eat them so his little princesses will eat them too. He tells them they give them princess eyes.


3. He pulled out his first grey hair and 2 grew back in its place. He's decided that touch-of-grey is sexy.


4. He WON'T wear pink. He gets enough of it being around his girls.


5. He has vanilla ice cream every night before bed in some interesting way. He's always coming up with new ice cream float ideas. Everything goes with vanilla.


6. He reads every morning before starting the day.


7. He talks in his sleep. We've had some fun conversations while he's been sleeping away.


8. He was born in California but grew up in Utah.


9. He won't let me mow the lawn. He's very particular about his yard!


10. He can't clap on beat. He took me to a concert on our first date and tried to clap on beat but it just didn't happen. I giggled the entire time.


11. He has more shoes and coats than I do. He loves the shoes!


12. He'll eat anything I put in front of him and say that he likes it even if he doesn't.


13. He tells his family he loves them every time he talks with them.


14. He graduated with high honors from dental school and received many awards in dentistry.


15. He loves sports! He always has time to watch the sports segment of the news.


16. He never wants to own a mini van.


17. All of his pants (besides his Levi's) are brown, just in different shades. I never knew there were so many shades of brown!


18. He brushes his teeth SEVERAL times a day and flosses too. I guess dentistry is a good job for him.


19. He loves being surrounded by his little girls.


20. U2 is his favorite band, with John Mayer and Jack Johnson right behind them.


21. A Utah Man is he! He loves the University of Utah. Go Utes!!


22. He always has to be doing something or he'll fall asleep. Even watching TV he has to be moving or eating something.


23. He doesn't like his picture taken. We only get family pictures every few years. It's his worst nightmare to get them done.


24. He speaks Hungarian.


25. He only likes one person to cut his hair--me.


26. He doesn't use any product or brush or comb to do his hair. It's all with the hand.


27. He only likes to eat one thing at a time off his dinner plate. He doesn't like to mix food.


28. He thinks eating celery is like eating dental floss. He doesn't like it at all.


29. He doesn't worry about what others think.


30. He dug all the trenches in our yard for the sprinklers by hand. He wouldn't spend the money to rent a trencher. He had some help from family but you would still find him outside at 11:30 in the dark with a flash light digging.


31. He loves to explore and find new things. Or learn about something new.


32. He likes to take me on a walk up and down our street after the kids are in bed asleep and tell me about his day and ask about mine while we eat Popsicles.


33. He likes to get a deal on things. He'll never buy the first thing he sees, he'll have to shop around to make sure he's getting the best thing for his money.


34. He loves when he gets home from work and the girls run to the door yelling Daddy, Daddy. It always puts a big smile on his face.


35. He is out numbered at our house, but I think he likes that. He is a wonderful daddy and husband and we love him!!


Happy 35th Birthday!

Thanks Kelsie for the fun birthday list idea!

*November 30, 2009*

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Princess for the Day!

So Rylee's birthday celebration didn't end at Red Robin, it continued on to the next day (which was her actual birthday). She was the Princess for the Day (although in her mind she is THE Princess everyday). She has on her new birthday outfit. Her skirt has sparkles on it and really sparkles when you are outside. Dan said it reminded him of Edward and asked if I bought that particular skirt on purpose, I really hadn't thought of it that way but now it is my favorite skirt on her. He calls this skirt her Edward skirt and thinks I should take it back to the store. I wasn't surprised when I asked Rylee what kind of cake she wanted for her big day and she answered with "pink cuk cakes". It seems to be the favorite birthday dessert with my girls. If you look close you can see that Rylee put her finger in 2 of the cupcakes marking them for her. She wanted one with sprinkles and one without. She blew out her candles and quickly had her 2 cupcakes gone. She didn't waste anytime because she new presents were next.
We told her she had to go sit on the birthday chair and be good and we would open presents. She quickly got there and folded her arms and waited patiently.
She got some fun presents...money, baby dolls, Christmas dolls, a princess crown, Sleeping Beauty dress, glitter ball, really cute clothes, and some magnet letters. Can you say spoiled?!?! She loved it all!!
We had our family over for pizza and cupcakes which made for a fun filled day for her. She was the Princess for the Day and she knew it. We love you our little Princess Rylee. Happy Birthday!
**November 8, 2009**

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Thriving Threes

Where does the time go? I can't believe my little baby Rylee is 3. She's not much of a baby anymore. She definitely does not act like one, she acts like she's 17 with an attitude. Attitude or not we still love this funny little girl!!Red Robin was the choice for her birthday dinner. She loves, loves, loves the mac-n-cheese and chocolate milk there. She was being silly at dinner and loving all the attention.
They brought us some ice cream for her birthday. It was bigger than her, but she didn't have any problem eating the entire thing with a little help from her older sisters.
Since Brinley's birthday back in August, we have been telling Rylee that she has the next birthday in our family. So for the few months before her birthday she kept telling us that "her birthday was next year". Everyday we would hear her say "My bird day next yeear". We would try to correct her and say that it was next, not next year and she would get mad at us and say next year. So we just went along with her until the big day. Then on the big day she kept saying "my bird day all da time". Happy 3rd Birthday you crazy little monkey!! Our family would be pretty boring without you!
**Celebrated the day before on Saturday, November 7, 2009**

Friday, September 18, 2009

Build-A-Bear Fun!!

After a fun birthday week of presents, presents and more presents and parties, parties, and more parties, Brinley ended it with some Build-A-Bear fun. My girls love BAB (so do I--where was it when I was their ages???). We gathered Brin's best buddies and off we went...
They started out picking their bear (or animal) and decided on a name...
Then it was time to march around the store with their animal on their heads-singing...
Time to bring their friend to life at the stuffing machine...
Give it a heart and make the BAB promise to love, dress, cuddle and play with your bear...
Time for a bath before we dress them...
Way too many clothes to choose from, but I want this one and that one, and over there that one too, oh and the shoes...
Finally they are all dressed and everyone is happy! Don't forget to sign the Birthday Bear for Brinley
Did we have fun??
YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!!!
We love our new friends! And Brinley loves her friends...Jane, Lillie, Easton, Brinley, Maddi, and Kaden
How cute!
Seriously more presents?? This girl is so loved (and spoiled)
Cake time (or should I say cupcake time)!!
Cupcakes are so yummy! Brinley had so much fun with her cute little friends.
What a birthday!! Turning 5 is so fun.
Happy Birthday Brinley Bear!!!
**August 28, 2009**

Fun To Be 5

Happy 5th Birthday Brinley Bear!!
Wow where does the time go. I can't believe that Brin is 5. This girl loves to be in the spotlight. She had everything for her birthday planned out exactly how she wanted it. First on the list--PRESENTS! She loves presents and who doesn't? So many fun things--money, Barbies, a new alarm clock for kindergarten, HSM dolls, and clothes--everything she wanted!!
She had plenty of helpers there to open her gifts with her. Her "boyfriend" Easton and his brother Canon came over to bring us some cinnamon rolls and stayed to help open presents. They're like the sons we never had. We love the Carter boys!!! Of course Baylee and Rylee were right in there too.
Her birthday was the same day as the Oquirrh Mtn. Temple dedication. So it made for an extra special day for her. We had a quiet and relaxing Sunday. Most of our family was out of town so we just celebrated with our own little fam. Brinley ordered fish sticks and homemade mac-n-cheese for her birthday dinner (yum I guess?!?). And she wanted chocolate cake puffs for her cake (last year for her b-day all she wanted was the Pancake Puff you see on TV--and that's what she got. She loves it!). So we made chocolate puffs and filled them with hot fudge and sprinkled them with powdered sugar. They were yummy!
She loved her day. Everything was how she wanted it except for one thing. I decorate their door to their bedroom on their big day. This year I bought big stars to stick on the door (like a movie star). I put a silver star on her door and she wanted pink because that is what Sharpay from High School Musical would have!! Oops! I'll have to get it right next year!
So much fun, so little time! The fun didn't end on her birthday though, we celebrated for a week. More birthday fun to come...
**August 23, 2009**

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

More Birthday Fun

In our house we seem to celebrate birthday's all month long. Here is more birthday fun for Baylee...
First it was off to Chipotle for dinner. This was one of our favorite places to eat while living in Oregon. We were so excited when they finally came to Utah! Yummy chicken tacos...
Then it was back to our house for PRESENTS!! Aunt Krista gave Baylee this Hannah Montana wig. It made her look so different with long, blonde hair. Baylee got a new Madam Alexander Birthday doll to go in her new room, lots of money, clothes, and some toys. She also got her new scripture bag and scriptures, and her CTR ring.
It was a busy but very fun Birthday for her! Happy 8th Birthday Baylee Rose!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

It's Party Time!!

That's right it's PARTY TIME!! Baylee has been planning her High School Musical Party since last year. We didn't let the girls have parties last year because they got their swing set instead (although they really didn't get it until a couple of months ago because we were trying to get the backyard finished). So since March Baylee has been planning the food, games, prizes, friends to invite, and even the PJ's.
We found a great deal on these cute HSM PJ's--$2.00 a set, can't beat that! We had 11 girls running around in their cute PJ's.
We started the night making little pizza's and playing in the backyard. About a half an hour into the party I started wondering what was I thinking letting Baylee have 11 friends over for a sleepover. It was total craziness. Pizza sauce EVERYWHERE and lots of high pitched giggles and screams. Dan and I looked at each other and said it's going to be a long night. These girls were so excited for the sleepover. You could just feel the energy in the air. I just wanted a cute "normal" picture of them but it took a few shots to get one. It was hard to get them to smile for a normal picture, they wanted to be silly.
After cleaning up pizza sauce, we managed to get them to settle down a bit and play some HSM games. Baylee planned all the games and even helped me put them together. We played Wildcats Basketball (throwing paper balls into a laundry basket), High School Musical Walk (like a cake walk), Wildcats Bingo, and HSM Trivia. Again lots of giggles and screams. They ended up having a screaming contest to see who could scream the loudest. The dogs in the neighborhood all started barking because they were so high pitched and loud. They wanted to stay outside all night, finally at 10:00 we made them come in.
Then it was Baylee's favorite time-time to open presents. She got some fun gifts. Her friends spoil her!
You can't have a party without cake, however my girls like donut cakes better, especially when the donuts are from Dunford Donuts. Yummy!!
We finally sent them upstairs to make their beds and to try to settle them down (it was almost midnight). I turned on HSM 1 for them to watch. Some of them watched while others played in the toy room. As soon as HSM 1 was over they quickly put in the 2nd one. At 2:00 AM I went back upstairs to tuck them all in bed and turn the lights out and told them they had to go to sleep. Lets just say I ended up going back upstairs 4 more times before most of them were asleep.
Morning quickly came and I thought they would at least sleep in a little, but no they were wide awake by 7:00 AM and watching HSM 3. It was High School Musical marathon here. We had blueberry pancakes, eggs and bacon with Sharpay Smoothies for breakfast. It was finally 10:00 AM and time to go home. Baylee said her party went by too fast, for me not fast enough. We had fun but I don't think we will have anymore sleepovers until Brinley turns 8. That gives me a few years to prepare!
**June 19, 2009**

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

It's Great To Be 8

My sweet little Baylee Rose turned 8 on June 24th. Here are the top 8 things I love about her...
**She has the biggest heart**
**She is always happy**
**She always puts others first**
**She is a great helper**
**She is a wonderful example to those around her**
**She is a peace maker**
**She is very smart**
**She is very talented**