6 Easter Trip Miracles!

We said out goodbyes to Taylor because he had to stay and work poor guy, and headed to AF to pick up Kenny and Andrea. We made it half way across the salt flats when the van said we only had 39 miles of gas left, this was a problem because the next gas station was 65 miles away. We thought for sure Kenny was going to do some hitch hiking but Easter trip miracle #1 we made it to the gas station somehow! We were so relieved!

Then we hit quite the snow storm on Donner pass and didnt slide off the road, Easter trip miracle #2. Then we were about 2 miles away from my parents house when we got a extremely flat tire at 4:00 a.m. Easter trip miracle #3 my dad was able to come save us and help change the tire.

We had a great time in CA! We went to the park, went to the Oakland Zoo, had easter egg hunts, ate alot of halibut from my dads fishing trip, visited the Broughton side in Lodi, had a BBQ, Brynne got to have her first sleep over with her cousins at Erica and Riley's house, we played Tennis, and most important to Brynne fed the Chickens.

On our drive home Easter trip miracle #4 happened. I left my wallet on top of the van (heaven help Taylor and I when we are old) the next day I got a text from a random number staying there ex-sister in law had found my wallet! Apparently this sister in law found my wallet and saw that I was mormon because of my temple reccomend, and called her sister who lived in Sandy. Apperntly she thought that because I lived in Utah and was mormon her sister in law might know me...cute! So the sister in law looked me up on Facebook and saw he had a friend in common. So she called my friend I used to work with at TGPD and got my number, and then I text her my address and my wallet came in the mail yesterday obviously run over but with all my cards. Easter trip miracle #5 I had taken most of the cash out and given it to andrea to hold for gas right before I left it. Easter trip miracle #6 that Kenny and Andrea (Andra) helped me out SOOOO much on that trip, I could have never done it by myself! Thanks so much guys, we will miss you while your selling for the summer!

Grandma Broughton with Brynne and Natalie.
Easter Morning with Maddi and Brooke, Brynne already in a dress up dress! I sure loved seeing my brother and sister in laws, nieces and nephew. (I guess I didn't get a pic of Jack..dang, he was so cute and knowledgeable about all his body parts ;)
Grandpa B and Dane playing a fun game.
Grandma M letting Dane be a boy and get dirty!
Uncle Kenny and Dane having a Tea party.
Brynne and Todd couldn't get enough of these swings, Brynne ran right for the swings at the Easter egg hunt instead of trying to get the plastic eggs...
Matchy
These two have so much fun together!



My mom bought Brynne dress up clothes when she was only a couple months old...now Brynne is finally able to enjoy them. Wow she LOVED being a princess!
Checkin out the Baboons at the zoo.


Brynne collected eggs with grandpa in the morning...one day my dad let Brynne carry two eggs in, she promply threw them on the ground, then looked at grandpa and said "I soo sorry gampa." After that every hard boiled egg she found she would throw and the say, "I so sorry." Not sure she understands the sorry concept yet.
No words...
Brynnes new hobby, photography...I found over a hundred pics like this she had taken of herself with out me knowing.

Insomnia.

I am a lover of sleep. I don't ever remember being one of those kids who begged to stay up late, and there was only a short period of time I wanted to wake up early to watch cartoons on Saturday mornings. I was probably 14 before I could actually stay up till midnight on New Years Eve. I wore earplugs and tried avoiding roomates who snored in college at all costs! When I was pregnant it was not uncommon for me to go to bed at 7:30pm!

The last few weeks I have NOT been able to sleep at night, it is the wierdest feeling to be up at 3:00 a.m. not wanting to sleep, knowing so many nights when I have been awake with the kids I would have loved the opportunity to go back to sleep!

I am exhausted until about 10:00 and then I have a sudden burst of energy and decide to wash all my cupboards, organize the bathroom, learn a song on the piano, lay in bed and jump at every noise (despite the fact I probably live in the safest neighborhood in the world, I am always sure someone is trying to steal my babies), watch five episodes of biggest loser, try to will my herb plants to grow, and worry about everything. Has anyone had this problem, any drug free solutions?

I guess I will enjoy a cleaner that normal house, being able to follow the conversation at bunco night revolving around everyone's week night shows, and hopefully keep that dang cilantro alive.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom!! I hope that you had a fabulous day, you deserve it so much!
Thank you for being a great confidant, mother, grandmother, boggle player, gardener, Volleyball player, biker (not a Harley), teacher, advice giver, listener, funeral potato maker, example, strong testimonied, organ and piano player, nurse, psychiatrist, cleaner and organizer, best shopping buddy, sewer, etc, etc...

My mom can pretty much do everything! She is the one person who I can talk to about anything and she always gives me the most encouragement and best advice, and knowledge that she believes that I'm amazing and makes me feel like I could do anything! She also thinks every little thing I tell her about the kids is amazing and that they must be proteges! I love having someone in my life who is truly excited about all of our little families accomplishments! She is a truly positive person, despite all of the hard things she is juggling in life right now!

One of the moments in my life I treasure the most is when my mom got to the hospital about a hour after Brynne was born, and as a very new mother I was able to understand a part of how much she loved me, and had gone through for me, because of how I felt for my new baby. Love you mom! Happy Birthday, cant wait to see you at the end of the month!

Brynne's new look

Brynne is starting to act so grown up, so she needed a big girl haircut! (This is the only picture I could get her to smile in roughly 200 tries)
little miss attitude!
After we put her down to bed, she woke back up after a couple hours, so Taylor went in and found her in Dane's crib. (He was in the pack and play in our room luckily)He decided to just let her stay in there and gave her a kiss on the forehead. What he got was not only a kiss, it was a mouth full of vasaline. This girl has vasalinedar or something, she ALWAYS finds it and puts it in her hair. This time was the worst of all, though it probably took 15 washes with dish soap and clarifying shampoo to get it all out, and its still looking a little greasy! Hopefully soon her haircut will have the no grease look again.

What a weekend!!

Last weekend my amazing husband took time off work to watch the kids so I could go to St. George with my awesome friends from Vernal!! I left all guilt for leaving Taylor with the kids and had such a great weekend! These girls are so fun, and I have known some of them for 14 years and some for 22 years! Its so great being with girls who have know you at your most awkward perm and big bangs stage of life and still love you, there is nothing that bonds quite like having your most embarrassing moment in Junior high together, or being there with you when you first get pulled over by a "scary" cop for the first time, and not to forget my first group date, yup you guessed these girls were there! What a blessing that we are still able to get together and talk about everything :)

Typical Dynelle hiding our Olive garden device thing in the bushes so we could go shopping while waiting a hour for our turn to be seated, haha! "Dione, why would I put it in the car when I can put it in the bushes??"
We had so much fun going out to dinner, shopping, chatting, doing face masks and pedicures, hanging out at the pool, eating lots of junk food, staying up until 3:00 a.m....sleeping in until 9:00, well at least I slept in :) Thanks to Chalices husband for getting his works condo for us!


Meanwhile taylor was dealing with this....
and this....
and this .....
Just in case I wasnt a spoiled enough lady, when I got home Taylor had a surprise for me! A portable dishwasher, are you kidding me!!!??? Its been 2 1/2 years without one and I guess Taylor couldnt take the complaining any more, haha! What a FABULOUS husband I have, I am one happy girl :)

One year older and wiser too...

Happy Birthday to you (DAD/GRANDPA!) We hope you have a fabulous day!

One story about my dad that will help you know how great he is: I was in Chicago for a internship when I was 22. I drove there by myself from Rexburg in September. Four months later, I was going to drive home by myself also, but since the weather was bad, my dad flew out to Chicago, just to turn around and drive three days back to California with me.

I have NEVER been on such terrible roads, there were cars that had slid off the road every few miles. It was a three day drive home and I was sooo grateful that he would come and get me, keep me safe, and listen to the Harry Potter books on CD with me and be so selfless!

At one point we stopped at a store, and it was snowing so my dad dropped me off at the door while he went and parked. This didn't surprise me because he is the most considerate person you have ever met! I was used to him doing this sort of thing all growing up, but this considerate action was in stark contrast to how I had been treated by a guy I dated in Chicago. From that moment on in my dating life I looked for the type of guy who would do things like drop off others at the door while they went and parked!

I have many stories like this about my dad, he is amazing!! (And a fabulous grandpa)

Love ya Dad!!

Spring Fever!

What a gorgeous week it was!! We went on walks everyday, and to the park three days in a row...heaven? Yes! Please stay sun :)