Hot Dog Roast

We are going camping this weekend in White Rocks Canyon, and so this evening we went up to scout out our desired camping spots. We decided to make a night of it and have a hot dog roast. Last minute Jake decided he wanted to come too. I am glad he did... it was a great night! 

They were SO excited to be going to the mountains!!!

When we got on the dirt we let the girls out of the car seats. We saw a cute baby deer, and after Brilee saw it I couldn't get her back in the vehicle. She just hung out the window pointing at all the trees.

Isn't Brilee a lucky baby to have so many sweet cousins who love her?

BUDDY BUDDY! (Things were good with them until Brilee threw dirt at her ALL NIGHT!)

Nothing like a fire roasted hot dog!

Brilee wanted Jens' chair. She tried and tried to get him out of it. 

So finally she tackled him.

When nothing worked (tackling, pulling, screaming, throwing dirt on his hot dog, hitting, and pinching) she decided she could just sit on his lap.

The girls loved this log.

Chazzy is such a little Mama!

Brilee couldn't sit on the blue chair unless it was full of dirt!

All the kids at the camp spot. Brilee was being a knuckle head and wouldn't let anyone hold her.

On our way home we saw these two bucks right by our house!

This one was a dandy for our area.

Birthday Parties

Brilee LOVES: cake, ice cream, cousins, partying, presents, and everything else that involves birthday parties. She is lucky because in our family we have A LOT of fun birthday parties!!!!! Today was Annalee's...

I love when I check on Brilee and this is what I find!

I got rid of all my baby stuff today, and during the process BriBear tried out all of her old baby gear!

Brilee is very spoiled when she is sick. She hasn't slept in her bed since she woke up sick Friday night... Now that she is better she is back in her crib tonight.

Mylee saved the day and took Brilee to the park while we waited for the party to start!

She felt pretty cool on the slides. 

We put Brilee and Marley in the swing together. It was the funniest thing ever! They both belly laughed the whole time. 

It was such a hot day today! Jake thought to bring Gatorade, and I am so glad he did!

Annalee and her cute pig cake.

She loves cupcakes! 

All the kids (well minus one) who came to Annalee's party.

Brilee and Cy in the badest swing ever!

Jake thought it looked fun... so he gave it a shot!

Brilee and Marley really buddied up today! They had a blast.

Elena and Brilee. 

The BEAUTIFUL garden!!!

Kissen' cousins...

The cats still around... it's amazing!

Lazy Saturday

Brilee woke up with croup last night. The poor little thing has been pretty miserable today... But she tried to make the best of it. 

Jake went bear hunting at 0400 and got home at 1230. He wasn't even home five minutes before he and Brilee were asleep. They took a good four hour nap together.

Brilee has gone potty twice this week. I bought her big girl unders, and she feels so proud! She is still to young to potty train, but she is enjoying thinking she is a big girl. (Because of the croup she was a little dehydrated so I trusted her to wear them for a few minutes.)

We enjoyed a quiet afternoon at home. I got all caught up on The Hills... and Jake got caught up on Downunder Horsemanship.

We quizzed Brilee on her body parts... here she is showing us her belly. She knows belly, eye, ear, nose, mouth, chompers, and toes. 

I wanted to go to the Miss Duchesene pageant tonight, but worried about leaving sick little Brilee. I decided things would be fine at home when I walked in the living room five minutes before I had to leave and saw this little snooze taking place!

The pageant was fun, and it was great being able to sit by the BIRTHDAY GIRL!!! Happy Birthday Annalee.

We Have a WATER BABY!!!

My camera broke in Yellowstone, and I have missed it desperately! Finally, Tuesday Josie and I decided we needed a shopping trip in the city! I returned my camera to Costco... they generously replaced it, and now I can get my blogging back on! I am so glad!!!!! 

Brilee and I had a blast with Josie and Addy all day! Our favorite part of the trip was going to Carly's and hanging out with her, Emery, and the ducks. Thanks for such a fun day girls!!!

Tonight I took Brilee swimming at the Roosevelt Pool, and she now competes with Stacia for the water baby prize! She is a crazy loon in the pool! She prefers her face under water, and won't quit trying until she is gagging. I put her in the baby pool first and she immediately went under. I thought "Oh Brilee... what a clutz!" I pull her out and she automatically went diving back under. "Okay"... third time same thing. I realize she is intentionally going under water. Amazingly, she holds her breath some of the time. Whenever I would catch her from falling under she would flip to her back and go into a back bend so she could go under that way. She figured out she could sit in the shallow end of the baby pool, and this was so much fun for her. She then spotted the big pool, and she was off! I let her walk down the ramp, and she was super brave. I then had her jump to me off the side. She LOVED jumping! The first two times were fun, but the third time I wasn't ready for her. She jumped anyway! She went under water for a little while, but came back up happy! I thought that would be the end of her diving career, but she was ready for more. I am glad she loves the water... swim lessons with Grandma start in TWO weeks!!!!

While we waited for the pool to open we played at the park. Brilee had to show Papa how brave she is on the slide.

WAHOO! Thanks to Annalee I wasn't the one going up and down the playground equipment.

We LOVE swimming!

Here is where Brilee jumped and I wasn't paying attention. She is completely submerged at this point... 

It didn't matter though, she was ready to jump again!

And again... 

Queen Brilee.

Here she is trying to sit in the pool.

Coolest Tytan! (I asked him to hold Brilee hand for a picture and he said "No, but I will hold Chloey's.")

BFF's

And we're done! (I was done for sure. Brilee was exhausted and freezing, but she sure thought I was a mean Mom making her get out of the water!)