New Names

Aiden and Taylor have decided they want to change their names.  They have request the following names:

Taylor is now Cinderella. She is a princess and wants a princess name.
Aiden is now Hawk.  He is naming himself after Tony Hawk, the skateboarder.

I came home this afternoon and Aiden had written Hawk on all his valentines for school.  Not sure what to do about that yet.

A Present for Papa

A few weeks ago we went Isabella's birthday party.  We had a lot of fun! After the party Aiden wanted to take one of the balloons home.  As soon as we walked outside he let it go saying "Papa Bray, this balloon is a present for you."  It was the only way Aiden knew how to get something to heaven. 

Aiden Michael was named after my Dad, Michael John.  He was only 3 years old when my Dad died.  I am glad that he still remembers him and wants to give him a present.  Aiden remembers my Dad's favorite color. Everytime we see the color purple he reminds me that purple is Papa's favorite color.

We miss our Papa!!

Just for fun!!

 Taylor is so cute.  She loves being a princess.

 I will definitely not get "Mother of Year" award for this.  Austin was starving and I did not have anything but a french fry.  He hated it.  This picture is just after he tried it eating it.  At least I did wipe off all the salt and grease before giving it to him.

 Cousins at one of my favorite restaurants, Spaghetti Factory!

Aiden loves gymnastics. He uses his skills he is learning everywhere he goes.

Sunbeams

This year I get to be Taylor's Sunbeam teacher.  I am so excited to spend every Sunday with her.  In addition, I have the best team teacher.  We decided we wanted to really make this year memorable for the kids.  It is so difficult to go from Nursery, where they play with toys and have snacks, to Sunbeams where they are expected to sit for 2 hours straight. 

We made each kid a backpack with their name embroidered on it.  Inside they received their own Book of Mormon and Crayon Roll. 

The kids have been so cute bringing them every week.  We have 6 adorable little girls and 1 boy. I have never seen a better class. 

Austin's First Swimming Lesson

We wanted to start Austin in swimming early so he would not be afraid of the water.  Both Thad and I took off from work to experience his first lesson.  He was so amazing.  He enjoyed the water and had not problem going under or floating on his back.  Lennie, his teacher, said he was excellent.

Austin is ready for swimming.  He looks so cute in his new swimming suit.

He wanted to eat everything, including the side of the pool.

He would look back at his teacher.  She was only holding his head to help him float.

All three kids are going to be expert swimmers soon.  We love swim kids!!

Family Pictures 2011

We had family pictures this last weekend.  The weather was so cold.  We almost froze at Wheeler Farm.

After just a few shots we decided to find a warmer location and went to Trolley Square.  It was so much better there even with security getting mad at us since we did not fill out the appropriate paperwork before hand.  Here are a few of my favorites.

My two boys!  They love each other so much.

Yes, Austin is flipping us off. At least he is happy.

There were so many excellent pictures.  I could add so many more to the blog.

Austin Likes Rice Cereal

Austin tried rice cereal for the first time in January.  He absolutely loved it and enjoyed the spoon even more.  He likes to take the spoon away from whomever is feeding him.  We have found it best to give him an extra spoon for him to play with. 

Since then he has had peas and sweet potatoes.  He really likes both, but has a hard time switching.  The first time he had sweet potatoes he gave an absolutely disgusted face as he was expecting peas.  After a few bites he is happy again.



We are still working on eating without getting it all over his face.