Christmas!

Christmas at the Awtrys!

Brinley's Uncle Allen made her a cool motorcycle!

Cute little Rowen!

Best Christmas present ever!!

(According to a Steelers fan)

Brinley trying to escape through the doggy door.

Christmas at the Collins!

All the cousins together again!

Zoom Zoom

After the kids went to bed, it is the adults turn to open their presents!

Out of all the fun Christmas presents Brinley received, this one has been her favorite. Alex and I got her a Kitchen and her favorite part about it is . . . .

the box of course!

Tagged

8 TV shows that I watch
1. Biggest Loser
2. Lost
3. One Tree Hill
The rest are shows that I might be interested in if I had time to sit and watch TV. We are getting DVR tomorrow so that I might be able to start watching more shows!
4. Pushing Daisies
5. The Office
6. A show about a bad day. Alex was watching it last week and I saw about 5 minutes of it and it looked really funny.
7. ummmmmmm....
8. that's about it

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Bravo (Good Pesto dish)
2. Charlestons (Really good salmon)
3. Pei Wei
4. Panara (when I'm in the mood for soup)
5. Runza
6. Red Robin
7. My Mom's Kitchen
8. And of course....Jimmy John's

8 Things that Happened Today
1. Stopped working at 1:30 a.m. to go to bed but couldn't fall asleep
2. Put in a movie to help me fall asleep
3. Got up at 6:45 to get ready and take Brinley to the babysitter
4. Worked for a few hours
5. Left to go get lunch at McDonalds then changed my mind to Wendy's then to Jimmy John's and then ended up at Pei Wei
6. Saw 2 workers using leaf blowers in the Pei Wei parking lot on this windy Oklahoma day.
7. Went home and ate my Honey Seared Chicken.
8. Decided I needed a longer break from looking at cash reconciliations and general ledgers so started looking at blogs

8 Things I Look Forward To
1. Being done with the client I am currently working on and the other one I have left to finish
2. Picking Brinley up from the babysitter
3. Spending time with Alex
4. Someday having more kids
6. A day when I have time to start exercising again
7. When Brinley gets more hair. Then she won't get mistaken for a boy anymore.
8. Heaven!

8 Things I Wish For
1. Safety over the holidays
2. That Brinley does good with all the traveling we are going to be doing in a couple weeks
3. Good health for family and friends
4. That I get to see all my family and friends in Heaven
5. To be a godly wife for Alex
6. To be a godly mother
7. To go to Europe someday
8. For a white Christmas. I'll be in Texas so I'm not getting my hopes up.

8 People I Tag...
Ummm....I think Amy took care of that.

November Pics

Oklahoma City Thunder Game

We went to Nebraska for Thanksgiving and had a great time. My oldest sister from Colorado surprised us by coming for Thanksgiving. It was the first time all the cousins had been together at one time.

The 4 babies 9 months apart. This was the best picture we could get.

Camdyn passing out puffs.

Playing outside.

Alex, Chase and Brinley

Brinley using the walker as a jungle gym.

We had a birthday party for Briley 2 weeks early since we were all together.

My parents have train tracks right behind their backyard. Everytime the kids heard the whistle blow, they had to run, jump on the couch and watch the train go by. It didn't matter what they were doing.

Carter jumping off the stairs (almost all the way up).

Walmart was having free photos with Santa Claus while we were there. It was a good thing they were free.

Pumkin Patch

The petting zoo at the pumkin patch.

Brinley didn't like the lama...

or the pony...

or the goats...

or the bunnies...

Oh, what's that!

Chickens!



We couldn't get her to walk away from them.


Leading the way in the corn maze.

Vacation!

I didn't actually go on vacation, but last week Brinley's babysitter did. So I took the week off and got to spend the week with her! We had a lot of fun. We went on a run everyday (loved it), played outside a lot, and one day we went to the zoo with her cousins. She didn't really get excited about seeing any of the animals but she did watch them. Next time we go she will probably be more interested in them.

We played with chalk a lot when we were outside. Brinley is quite the artist!

Friday, Alex and I went on a couples retreat with our friends to Quartz Mountain Resort. It was nice to get away for a couple days. I think Brinley wanted to come with us, but kids weren't allowed. It was our first time leaving her and she did great (I guess I did too).

This is the resort we stayed at. This picture is taken from the mountain we hiked (an oklahoma mountain anyway).