Brigham's Birthday

I've been behind on my blogging for a while, but rather than post once a day to catch up, I've decided to try and post once a week to catch up. So, as long as nothing exciting happens more than once a week, I'm sure I'll catch up in no time. That's the plan. But since I'm posting about Brigham's birthday a month late I might have to reconsider the effectiveness of my plan.

Brigham turned 5 a month ago yesterday and it was a great birthday. We took him to the planetarium the day before to see Secret of the Cardboard Rocket, the best show about planets ever, but they had stopped playing it. So we had to settle for Attack of the Space Pirates which is kind of really boring. The kids had fun anyway though, hopefully we'll be able to see our favorite show again someday.

So for Brigham's present, we decided to get him something that I've been meaning to get him for at least a year. For whatever reason, I never did.



Crayons! Well, not really, that was just part one.


A drawing easel! Seriously, I've been wanting to get him one forever, and it's finally happened.


He loves it. He's really been into drawing lately so maybe it's just as well that we didn't get this sooner. And can I just say how awesome these crayons are? They're dry erase crayons and I really just grabbed them when we bought the easel so he would have something to unwrap(I wasn't about to wrap the easel) but they turned out to be awesome. I don't have to worry about them drying up or keeping the caps on or anything. Just awesome.


They even came with this eraser mitt. It's so cute to see him erase with it.


It also has a chalkboard on the other side. Brigham's present was a favorite with everyone. We decided to keep it in his room instead of the toy room and almost every morning when I come a get him up I find him drawing. I'm so glad he likes it.


Afterwords Brigham blew out his candles and we all had tasty Cookie Brownies. Sorry if the picture is grainy. I grabbed it from the video because it was so cute.

We also celebrated his birthday with my family earlier in the month and Grandma Bonnie gave him an awesome bubble blower.


The boys loved it. Unfortunately, they loved it so much my floor started to get really sticky(what was I thinking) so they had to take it outside.

Happy Birthday Brigham! You are such a sweetheart and we love you.

2010 Yearbook

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Summer Music Jam Camp

I signed Nathaniel up to do the Summer Music Jam Camp at Summerhays Music again this year. He did it last year and it was a lot of fun. I'm excited for him to play with a group of kids and play music that is a little more exciting than "Lightly Row".

It takes about 15 minutes to get there and so it's just a little bit too much work to go home in between dropping him off and picking him up. So I found a park not too far away and the other two boys and I would go there while Nathaniel was at practice.


It's a great park and it was usually empty since it was only 10:00 or so.


It always felt really nice. There are big trees on the east side of the park so the playground was half shaded. That was usually a good thing, unless it had rained overnight. Then it was frustrating because everything was still wet and the sun hadn't dried it off yet.

After six weeks Nathaniel had his concert. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go because I was having unexpected minor surgery. I really hate it that I wasn't there. That was almost more upsetting to me than the surgery itself. Luckily, I have an awesome dad and he was able to go and take some video.


He forgot to take still pictures, but I figured out how to grab some images from the video.


I love getting Nathaniel out of his comfort zone -he might disagree with that- but he always has fun and does really well. Good job, Nathaniel!

Nathaniel's Birthday

This is almost four weeks late, but here is a run-down of Nathaniel's 11th birthday. We started off the celebration with a movie the day before his birthday. We had originally planned to see Cars 2 but it turns out it isn't very good. I don't like paying that much money for a movie I have to tolerate, so we convinced Nathaniel that it would be much better to see Kung Fu Panda 2. I think we made the right decision, it was a great movie.

Since his birthday fell on a Tuesday, we had to wait until after Nathaniel's Kyuki Do class was over which isn't until nine. It was worth the wait, though, when we got to the treats and present.


Peanut Butter Chip Brownies!


After we all had some tasty brownies, it was time for the present.


What is it?


A camera! It takes regular pictures and videos! The boys both thought this was pretty cool. It even has an HDMI cord so they can watch their videos on the tv. Pretty sweet. Nathaniel had a lot of fun with this and even has a few posts about it on his blog.

Happy Birthday, Nathaniel! I'm so glad you are a part of our family.