Rivalry . . .

You know how when we lived in Denver we went to all these cool games; like the Nuggets and the Rockies, etc. Well, this is what we do now: SKYLINE VS. IDAHO FALLS. The Skyline/IF Rivalry is one of the biggest in the nation (see here) and as a former Skyline Grizzly, I had to show some Grizzly Pride. I even dragged Ben and Brooklyn, and my parents along for the fun. As you can see, it was pretty intense:

Here is little Brooklyn plugging her ears . . .

Skyline's section "Our future's so bright, we gotta wear WHITE!"

I.F.'s section when the Skyline players were introduced: they were reading the paper. Rude . . .

And, it wouldn't be a IF/Skyline game without the one and only IF SUPERFAN!

Eat your heart out people, especially you Coloradans. : ) And, just for the record Skyline POUNDED IF! Go Grizz!

Brooklyn's Counting . . .

We have been teaching Brooklyn to count to 10, she does it so good! And, she is only 20 months. What a smartie pants! This isn't the best she does, but the only I was able to catch on video so far . . . And, yes, she can now climb in and out of the tub. : )

Josh's Birthday . . .

Last Friday, it was Josh's (Ben's cousin) birthday! Ben and Josh went to breakfast at Denny's, yum - yum! And then later that night, we met up with the family to have a little birthday celebration at Texas Roadhouse. The plan was to go to Red Robin, but there was an hour and a half wait, I mean honestly people, it's just a new restaurant in town. : ) We had a fun dinner at Texas Roadhouse, minus Brooklyn, thanks to my mom. Happy Birthday Josh! And to the single ladies out there, he is available! : )

Birthday brownie . . .
Aunt Loretta and Amber . . .

Uncle Dennis and Aunt Loretta . . .

Weston and Josh . . .

Josh and Benny . . .

Best buddies . . .

Brooklyn has a new best bud - Tatum. Brooklyn calls her "Tay" and always says "blocks" afterwards. I guess she likes to play blocks with her. We had a playdate yesterday, and Brooklyn and Tatum had a blast playing dolls, dogs, making music : ), watching "Mo", and all sorts of fun. Amber and I had fun too; making bows and just hanging out. It is so fun to have friends, and getting together breaks up the sometimes long and boring days. Here are some cute pics. Sorry about B's hair, she had just woken up. Good thing she has some new, cute bows. : )

I love how they are holding hands!

So cute!

Brooklyn loves to hug her. : )

Brooklyn's Dancing Skills . . .

If it seems like all we have to post about is Brooklyn, and that is the case. She is our world and hopefully our lives will get more exciting in other ways too, once we get more settled in, a house maybe? Then you can see exciting before and after pictures. : ) Until then, here is our little dancer, with some mad skills. Everytime certain songs come on Sesame Street, Brooklyn gets up and busts a move. Check her out . . .

A much needed haircut . . .

While we were in Denver, I took Little Miss Brooklyn in for another haircut. It was time, she was starting to rock a mullet. : ) She looks so cute and so grownup with her new little bob. What a cutie, even though she screamed the whole time! And, now she screams everytime she sees scissors now. It was a very traumatic experience, but very much needed. Little Miss B is stylin'!!!

Before:
After:

Christmas 2008 . . .

I am so sorry that it has taken me SO long to get around to posting pictures from our Christmas festivities this year! It will be worth the wait! : ) As mentioned before, we spent our Christmas in Colorado with Ben's family. We had a blast playing games, visiting, shopping (my personal favorite), eating WAY too much, watching the entire first season of Prison Break, enjoying the beautiful weather, and so much more! We had a wonderful time, and we miss everyone already, and the sunshine! Brooklyn had so much fun opening presents this year, she would get so excited with one, that it was hard to get her to open another. She was spoiled again with clothes, musical instruments (thank you : ), a doll stroller, doll swing, and doll bed, new books, coloring books,more ELMO stuff than you can imagine, new "MO" movies, and so much more. Ben got clothes, cologne, season 1 of Prison Break, Home Depot gift cards, a DeWalt power tool set, and money. I got clothes, perfume, a new makeup bag, shoes, season 8 of Friends, two beautiful pictures of the IF temple, and money! Thanks to everyone for the wonderful presents! We are so spoiled! After we got back to Idaho, we were able to spend some time with my sister Erica and her husband Andy, before they and Zane left for Arizona on Saturday! We went to Ruby River for dinner, delicious!!! Here are some pictures, one of my new year's resolutions - to take MORE pictures!!!







Brooklyn built this all by herself - she even found these in the cupboard.