Brielle's last day of school and graduation!

Brielle learned SO much at school this year!! We absolutely love Ms Lori and the way she teaches. She is such an incredibly patient and kind person. Brielle was writing her own name when she was 3! She is so smart and has loved learning her letters, numbers, how to color, how to cut and many other fun lessons! 

 Walking out after her last day!

 Then we celebrated at McD's!

 That evening was her graduation party compete with snow cones, popcorn and a bounce house! They put on the cutest program and Bri just giggled and laughed the whole way through. And yep, thats my kid with no shoes at the preschool program!

 The best part was the tooty-tah song when Brielle got to bring up her dad and do the dance with him. hilarious. Bri laughed and laughed!

 Bri getting her hat and school books.

 THAT FACE!!!!!

 And I forgot to take it to her graduation, but I made a candy lei for her that she got the next day. What a cute kid. I'm proud of how she fearlessly attended school every day and was kind and happy and excited to go. She is so smart and loves to learn new things. She's at a very fun question age where she wants to know how everything works. Keeps me very busy!!

 She has such love for life and its rare to find her like this. but she does have a few days where its just too hard to keep up with all the things! But it doesn't last long and her rain has turned into rainbows.

Her and Rylee have the most special bond. I've said it before, but there is no doubt in my mind when I gave birth to Brielle that Rylee was there cheering and urging us on to bring her into the world ASAP! They are the best buddies and I am so glad I captured this tender picture of Rylee curling up on Bri's lap to take her nap. They are so sweet to each other and love to help and take care of one another. I'm sure the fighting stage will come, but for now, I'm basking in their sisterly love!

First ever RECITAL!

These cute girls had their first ever recital in May. They had several opportunities to get all dolled up for pictures and then again for 2 performances! Gosh they are pretty!!

And OOOOOHHH my goodness these girls had a blast getting dressed up! 

 Mollie, Annabelle, Bri, and Brightyn are such good buddies and we have LOTS of posed pictures!!

 Before one of the recitals we got the 3 girls together and got them all ready together at Emilys. It was so fun!

 Pose, and pose!

 The night of the recital was exciting!! The girls did so good! And Bri just smiled as big as she could!

 look at those darling girls!

 Mollie did awesome as well! She is so flexible and it was fun to see how much she grew over the short time she was in gym. She is the last one doing the back bend walk.

 A few flowers for the girls for a great performance!

 G&G Reed even came to watch!!

 The girls with GPA

Had so much fun doing dance and Brielle is looking forward to the next time she can dance!!

Mothers Day

Another Mother's Day has come and gone! I've now been a mother for almost 10 years! I'm still not quite sure I've got it all figured out. And when I think I do, another learning curve ball is sent at me! BUT I'm so grateful that these kids are patient with my learning. And especially when I have to learn the same lesson over and over. They still love me when I make mistakes or get frustrated. 

 They were extra excited to get up and make me breakfast and shower me with some gifts! Chad surprised me with tickets to Pentatonix and I was VERY excited!

 And being a mom of course wouldn't happen without this amazing dad. I'm so grateful that he will come home and be Mr. Mom when I need him to be. He is not afraid to dig in and do the mom work if I need his help. He's such a good guy and teaches me lots of lessons in patience and kindness too. If If I look like I have it together as a mom, alot of it is attributed to this guy. He's my rock.

I recently found out that another sister in law is becoming a mom! And it brought tears to my eyes knowing how rewarding it is and excited that she will soon get to experience that. My successes are my childrens successes and their failures, also mine. I'm glad we have each other to go through this crazy, scary, busy thing we call life! Love you kiddos!

My best friends wedding

 I was over the moon when my BFF from my childhood days all through college called me and told me she was engaged! I was so happy that her time had finally come! She has married off lots of friends, me included, and done so much for each one of them. So I of course said I would be there!!

I was invited to her bridal shower and it was so good to see her and and her mom and sisters and meet her fun new family! It was a lovely day! And it made me happy that people still asked if we were sisters. We got that alot all growing up!

A few weeks later they were married and her wedding was so beautiful and perfect. Her husband, Shawn, is a super nice guy and I was glad we got a chance to meet him before the wedding. 

 Aub looked so stunning! And everything went perfectly. As she walked down the isle I burst into tears! It was surprisingly emotional for me but it was all happy tears!

 we stayed for a taco and ice cream bar and our little girls met the flower girl and became buddies really quick.

 Mollie and Benson who are just a few days apart got to reunite. He is Aubreys nephew and they met when they were babies! Maybe a date in the future guys!?

I am SO happy for these two! I love them both so much and wish them the best!!