Freeze frame...

Do you ever take a picture and say, "wow...that is the exact millisecond I wanted to capture..."

picture 1: Britt's face after his first bite of grapefruit.



picture 2: He sneezed just as I was pushing the button, so by the time the camera focused he had a lovely little snot bubble...

Our little honey-bunny!

I think Easter is Britt's new favorite holiday... Reason #1 being his never ending love for jellybeans, and the other is his love of bunnies. He really goes nuts for bunnies. Quite often when we are leaving my parents' house, we see a little cottontail in their front yard, and Britt almost runs his little legs off trying to catch the thing. :)
Saturday we went to the town Easter egg hunt, where Britt found several eggs (only to throw them away as soon as we got home...because they were, as he told me, "steeenkeee!") The Easter Bunny left lots of eggs for Britt to find Easter morning, but Britt's favorite thing was that the Easter bunny took a bite out of the cookie Britt left out for him! He couldn't believe it! He told everyone at church about it too. :) Oh, and he snuck a whole pocketful of candy to church! Sneaky little dude...
Well, hope you all had a good Easter too!



Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Justin and Britt show off their frosting moustaches after a fun afternoon of decorating cookies.

Britt at the big Easter egg hunt


Britt's awesome Easter outfit! Thanks again Granny & Grandpa!

Britt was in LOVE with this mask that Justin made for him! He wore it forever! By-the-way, his mouth is full of carrots...he ate almost a whole bag of them while wearing that mask!

Here you go Sandy...

I Got Tagged!

5 things i was doing 10 years ago
1. wishing I was old enough to drive
2. having slumber parties with Cara and Kiri
3. eating potato chips every night with Brooke :)
4. wishing I was old enough to date
5. going to Mesa to see a 3-year-old Jorden (crazy that 10 years ago he was the only one around!)

5 things on my to do list today
1. teach a lesson in YW
2. watch Bee Movie with Britt
3. wash some dishes
4. take Britt to see Grandma-Great in his Easter outfit
5. take a nap

5 Snacks that I enjoy
1. reese's peanut butter cups
2. thin mint girl scout cookies
3. popcorn
4. rice krispy treats
5. grapefruits

5 things i would do if i were a billionaire
1. give our house away, build a new one
2. give lots of money to charity and research centers (cancer, infertility, prematurity, etc.)
3. pay for Justin and I to go to school
4. take the 500 vacations we already have picked out
5. private jet and flying lessons for Justin

3 Bad Habits
1. being overprotective of Britt
2. procrastinating
3. being too much of a germ-freak

5 Jobs that i've had
1. kitchen assistant at a summer camp
2. waitress
3. receptionist
4. preschool teacher
5. pawnbroker

5 Things you probably don't know about me
1. I love to garden and work in my yard
2. I love old Monty Python episodes
3. I want to be a Dental Hygienist someday
4. I am an excellent driver and parallel parker
5. I've hand-washed all of our dishes for the last 5-and-a-half years...

Who needs 'Six Flags?!?'

What do you get when you combine a two-year-old, a cardboard box, a staircase and two Grandparents who hate to say no?? Cardboard-box-stair-sliding! Also known as "Shtair Flonkkerton," for the Office fans out there :) Britt had way too much fun last night at Granny & Grandpa's house! It's a good thing Grandpa kept that box...it's just Britt's size! (by-the-way Brooke, there are two of those boxes...so Ellee and Britt can race!)

I wish the video I took would have worked...you'll just have to imagine Britt's high pitched squeals of joy!





He was heartbroken when it was time to go home! I guess we'll just have to plan a slumber party at Granny & Grandpa's house so he can slide down the stairs all night! Thanks again, Granny and Gramps!

OWW! Cara, you tagged me!

A - Attached or single: Attached... for almost 8 years :)

B - Best friend: Justin (hey Cara, I didn't have to change your answer here!)

C - Cake or pie: I do love cake, but it can't compare to a Trapper's Pie! The Lemon Cream especially!

D - Day of choice: Thursday

E - Essential item: lip gloss, or my cell phone

F - Favorite color: red

G - Gummy bears or worms: I prefer worms, mostly because Britt says, "EWWW! Worm!" before he eats them. :)

H - Hometown: Snowflake

I - Indulgence(s): Oatmeal cookie dough, brownies, and Dreyer's Ice Cream!

J - January or July: July!

K - Kids: one devastatingly handsome son, Britt Garrett Brimhall

L - Life is incomplete without: ...my boys...

M - Marriage date: August 23, 2002

N - Number of siblings: 5: 2 sisters and 3 brothers

O - Oranges or apples: Apples

P - Phobias or fears: car accidents, someone breaking into my house, and (as I've confessed before) that if I eat too much peanut butter at once, my mouth will get stuck shut

Q - Quotes: "What other people think of me is none of my business."

R - Reason to smile: In 3 weeks me and Justin are going to a show at The Modified! I love The Modified!

S - Season of choice: Fall, I love the leaves and the pumpkins

T - Tag three friends: Brandi, Reeser and Sandy

U - Unknown fact about me: I never fall asleep during a movie.

V - Very favorite store: IKEA

W - Worst habit: not being on time for things

X - X-ray or ultrasound: I'm going to mix it up and say X-Ray. I feel cool in the super thick vest you have to wear at the dentist's office for x-rays

Y - Your favorite food: right now, it's Mexican food. It goes back and forth from Mexican to Italian.

Z - Zodiac sign: Libra


I can't help but include a picture of Britt. He's too cute! Do you like his haircut?

Spring is Here!

Finally! Although it did snow for a while yesterday, my flowers prove that it is finally warming up! Is anyone else excited for the Vernal Equinox this week?

It's a Boy!

Just an update on the newest member of our family... His name is Martin DX1, and he is finally home, resting comfortably in Justin's studio. He slept through the night last night, but was up bright and early this morning, obviously wanting Justin to play with him. :) He sure is cute, isn't he?

Let's compare it with one of Tele's baby pictures...

Not much resemblance, huh?

This last weekend we went to Phoenix and had a blast! We went to lunch with Cara, Kiri and their Justins (haha), had a barbecue with most of the Corndog Club members, and went to the blessing of Klint and Corinne's new baby, Alex. The weather was fabulous! We could get used to short sleeves again... Thanks again to Cara and Justin for letting us stay with you! It was great! By-the-way, Carly and Brett, we missed you! I hope you guys can come next time!

On a side note, Britt did extremely well the whole trip! Not a single accident! It was nice not having to find a bathroom every time he needed to go, that boy loves to pee-pee on trees!

Happy Birthday G.I. Beau!

Even though he won't see this for a few months (he's in basic training right now), I just want to wish my big brother Beau a happy birthday! I put most of the mushy stuff in the post I did last week about him, so I'll just make this one short. I did have a super cute video of Britt singing happy birthday and saying that Beau "lives in AHH-meee" now, but I couldn't get it to work on here. Oh well... Happy birthday anyway, Beau!


Britt and Uncle Beau...shortly before Britt's first birthday.

Ah, yes...the beard Justin has always wanted to grow... :)

If you want to check it out, Brooke's blog today has some wonderful childhood memories about Beau :)

How To Feed A Toddler

Step 1:
Once child is properly secured in a high chair device, provide child with food (spaghetti and cottage cheese are used in this demonstration). Utensils are not required, because it's likely that the child is not hungry (thanks to Grandpa's generous serving of cookies ten minutes ago) and will not actually eat.



Step 2:
After 80% of the child's dinner has made its way to the floor and Mommy's hair, it's time to wash the child. To do this, simply place child in jacuzzi tub half-full of warm water, add bubbles and turn on the jets. Now sit back as the 'massaging jets' do the hard scrubbing.




Step 3:
Dry child, then clothe. It's now time to start preparing the next meal!

Hide & Seek

Can you see him??

Boo!

Big news from a Little Dude...

Justin will probably make fun of me for posting this, especially since it hasn't even been 12 hours since it happened...but I think it's the cutest thing ever!

Last night we were at Justin's Mom and Dad's house. I was in their room, talking to Jordan's girlfriend, Kaitlynn, and then Jordan and Britt walked in. Jordan said, "Go give it to her, little buddy." (as he sometimes calls Britt 'little buddy'...in a sarcastic undertone) So Britt walked up to Kaitlynn and handed her a note and a box... The note said, "Will you marry my Uncle Jordan?" and, of course, the box had a ring inside. So, Britt proposed to his first lady last night! Well...sort of. Anyway, we're so excited to have Kaitlynn be a Brimhall! :) She already feels like a sister to me! I'm so glad Jordan had Britt do his dirty work, it sure made for a good blog post!

The future Mr. & Mrs. Brimhall...
in a few more years, Dr. & Mrs. Brimhall!

Britt is yelling in my ear, "HEY! Door an Kaykeek!"



Finally, a picture from our Brimhall family vacation last summer...we already considered Kait a part of the gang!