Christmas 2008

Our Christmas fun started on Christmas Eve...with the divorce we have had to plan to share Kaylie so it took some rearranging so that she could see everyone in the family to open presents & spend some time with all the people she loves the most!! So we spent Christmas Eve with Grandpa Brierley, Marilyn, Grandma Barney, Aunt Stacie, Aunt Cara & Trevor...who was visiting home for the holidays on a break from the National Guard!! We ate dinner at Chili's and then did some present opening! We had such a good time & also got to see all of Grandpa's lights!!

Heather, Kaylie & Stacie

Trevor, Cara & Marilyn

Kaylie & Grandpa

Chocolate chip cookies for Santa...Kaylie helped me bake them...no other kind of cookie would do for Santa...Kaylie insists that his favorite kind are chocolate chip!


What a lucky little girl...look at all that stuff!!

Kaylie with her new favorite toy...her Princess Aurora vanity & snuggling with her new webkinz...Sparkles, a blue hippo.

Heather with her new accessories from Stacie!!!

Kaylie with her new blocks that Aunt Stacie is going to paint Kaylie's favorite colors...pink, purple & shiny of course!!!!

Stacie & Grandma with Hale Theater tickets to see Hello Dolly & Phantom of the Opera!! Girl's Night Out!!!!!


It snowed so much on Christmas that we were able make a snowman & have a snowball fight after shoveling snow off of the driveway! Nothing better than snow on Christmas!!

We had a wonderful Christmas....we were able to spend time with our family and remember the true meaning of Christmas..Jesus. How lucky we are to get to celebrate the birth of our Savior. We are truly blessed!! Merry Christmas!

Kaylie Lost her 2nd Tooth

Kaylie lost her 2nd tooth on Saturday, December 20th. She was at her Daddy's house & she had been playing with it. She loosened it and then pulled it out herself. She was so excited that she could do it on her own! The Tooth Fairy brought her 2 shiny gold dollars! Now she got exactly what she wanted for Christmas....Her 2 front teeth since her permanent teeth are already coming in!!

Brierley Christmas Party 2008

Our annual Christmas party was held on Saturday December 20, 2008 at Dad & Marilyn's...Its our yearly get together with food, family & fun! It was definately all that! We had a nice time visiting & getting caught up on each other & what is happening in our lives. This is a fun time that we all look forward to. We did miss Carl this year & all of our other long lost family members! We wish them all the joy this time of year brings!!

Bob, Pam, Sue & Jim

Grandpa & Kaylie

Kim, Stacie & Marilyn
Family Photo


Kaylie requested a funny photo...here it is! Thanks for being such great sports!

We have such a wonderful family and are so grateful to be blessed with each one of them! Merry Christmas!!!

Kaylie's Christmas Program

For Christmas this year, on December 10th, Kaylie's Daycare put on a Christmas program for all of their families. Daddy, Mommy, Grandma Brierley, Aunt Stacie, Grandpa Brierley, Marilyn and Aunt Cara all came to watch. They had each class sing a few songs that they had picked out!

Kaylie is in Miss Heather's Kindergarten class and they chose to sing, "Up on the Housetop", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" and "All I want for Christmas is my 2 Front Teeth." They sang really loud and did their actions so well. We could tell that they put a lot of practice into those songs!

Kaylie's favorite was Rockin Around the Christmas Tree because she gets to play the air guitar. She loves that!! I had to include the picture eventhough its blurry!! She did a great job!


There was a slide show and then Santa even came to wish us all a Merry Christmas while passing out little candy canes. Kaylie didn't want her picture taken with Santa, but she did give him a big hug and he told her "Merry Christmas." It was a fun time and Kaylie, you did a wonderful job!

It's Kringle Time....

Thats right...Its time to get all the Christmas things out, the Christmas tree up and be all festive for the best holiday of the year. Not only do I love this fun, merry & bright season for all of the fun things we get to do, but I also love it because it represents the birth of Jesus. I love the giving part of the season that comes from His special reverence and in knowing that this is the gift we should be sharing all year round...ourselves. With that said....lets get this thing called Christmas started!!

These are the Mr & Mrs Santa that Grandma Brierley made & some of her snowman collection. With our 2 little trees to make upstairs Merry & Bright!

This is part of Heather's village. I love building this town! Kaylie likes to play with the little people & the horses!! We had a few new things to put up...a Casino with flashing lights & the country store!!


Here is our big tree! It has to go downstairs because its so big! It has a little train that really moves on the track & blows smoke. Its is Kaylie's favorite part of the tree! Ask Aunt Stacie how much she really likes it!!!! Grandma went crazy with the lights, but there is nothing I enjoy better than this bright Christmas tree!

We hope that each of you has a wonderful Christmas and that the true spirit of the season touches your heart. I have been so blessed this year and I want to give special thanks to all of the people who have touched my life and have given me the courage to take the next step in my life. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family who bring the best out of me when I feel there is nothing more to give. Thank you for sharing yourselves with me and showing me what its like to be Christlike!! Merry Christmas!

Kaylie Lost her 1st Tooth!!!

Tonight at about 6:50pm, Kaylie lost her very first tooth! She was playing with it with her tongue & she pushed it forward & then it began to bleed. I told her we needed to pull it out so that she didn't swallow it in the night. She reluctantly let me tug on it & it came right out..pain free! Her permanent tooth is just poking above the gum behind the hole in her cute little smile! She was so excited & now can't wait till the Tooth Fairy comes. She is going to try to stay awake to catch a glimpse of the beloved fairy! All she wants is a shiny new quarter left under her pillow!

Congrats Kaylie on losing your first tooth!!!

NKOTB 2008

Sooooo....this all came about when my cute little sister Stacie emailed me that The New Kids were back & they were going to be touring. Since we went to their 1st concert on September 1, 1990 at the Marriott Center in Provo, we had to go to this concert too!! Aprille decided that she wanted to go too! She was only 4 the last time they came & her mom wouldn't let her go, but this time she was 24 & could go if she wanted! Cut to Saturday November 15, 2008...The E Center...NKOTB!!!! Again!! This is one of the best concerts I have been too! I mean, I know its a boy band, but they rocked!! It was so much fun!!!

Stacie, Heather & Aprille

LADY GAGA

She was a little raunchy...but she had some decent music

Natasha Bedingfield

She was really good. We all loved her music & she was a really good entertainer. There was this boy in the row in front of us that started crying when she came out...he was our entertainment! And yes....there were many boys there...and not all of them were gay....just keep looking at this blog!!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!

The first song they sang was "Single"....they sounded sooooo good!


This picture is for Eric...."Grown Man"...you missed out!

They moved the stage on us mid way through the show & sang with the piano at the back of the arena....of course the 2 songs I wanted to hear...."2 in the Morning " and "Dirty Dancing" At least they sang them...right????
Aprille, Stacie & Heather during 2 in the Morning!

Steve, Heather & Jesse
See what I mean about not being gay...Cute Huh??? These were the guys next to us...turns out that Jesse worked with Aprille's dad & also is a friend of Stacie's BFF Rikki!! Small world. These guys kept us laughing all night & really can Move It!!!

"Twisted"
These guys still know how to dance!!

"I'll Be Loving You Forever"
They can still hit all those high notes too!

"Step By Step"
This was the first encore

Bet you can't guess what this song is...."Hangin' Tough" Never thought you would see this many people waving their arms at one time huh...We thought this was a great picture!!!

"Hangin' Tough" was their last song & they had Paul Pierce & Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics on the screen before they came out telling everyone to scream! Then they came out in Boston's finest garb!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!

Then came the end of the show....when they jumped, all the fireworks & confetti exploded. It was a great way to end the show! Glad that they reunited & came back to town...it was a great concert! See you the next time around!!!!

Disney on Ice

For her 5th Birthday, Aunt Stacie got Kaylie a ticket to see Disney on Ice....of course Grandma & Mommy had to get tickets to go too!! So heres the big night....Friday, November 14, 2008. Kaylie dressed up as Princess Aurora (thanks for the suggestion Grandma) and we curled her hair & the finishing touch was her crown!!

Doesn't she look beautiful!! There were so many little girls & boys all dressed up in their Disney garb! What a sight to see!!

Heather, Stacie & Kaylie waiting for the show to begin! Kaylie got a Princess light stick to light up during the show! Lucky girl!!! Aunt Stacie got us great seats on the 7th row!!! Thanks Stac!

"Say Princess".....Grandma & Kaylie posing for the picture! We had a great time!!

Heather & Kaylie in front of the ice....the stage was a castle! It wasn't even that cold! Kaylie was afraid that it was going to be freezing cold, but she didn't even use her jacket!

Heres the big finale...you can see that there were so many characters to be seen.....All of the Princesses, except for Kaylie's favorite...Aurora, The Incredibles, Buzz & Woody, Simba, Timon & Pumba, Stitch, Donald & Daisy, Goofy, Chip & Dale, Pinnochio & Gepetto, Jimny Cricket & The Blue Fairy....So many of our favorite Disney stories right before our eyes!

Even Mickey Mouses' marching band made an appearance & we got to sing with them & march to their beat!
And what a perfect close to the show....A Farewell from Minnie & Mickey. It was an exciting night. Kaylie's favorite part was when the princesses danced together & she also loved the Incredibles, but her favorite character was Minnie! What a great night spent at Disney on Ice!!

Halloween 2008

This Halloween we went to the pumpkin patch with Bailey, Luke & Dylan to pick out our pumpkins. It was fun, but a hard thing to do because we had to walk so much...we found our pumpkins though! A picture says a thousand words!!

Kaylie was of course Princess Aurora this year for Halloween...Doesn't she look Fabulous!

But she also wanted to hand out candy to all of the trick or treaters visiting our house. So she dressed up in some of Grandma's witchy things & gave out candy!

This is Kaylie at our Trunk or Treat at our church. She is finding her way through the maze to find some candy, BUT this time she got tricked & there wasn't any candy!!

Happy Halloween! Have a spooky night!! BOO!

Kaylie found her Prince Phillip....her daddy. She told him that she wouldn't go trick or treating unless he dressed up too!!!

This year, Halloween was spooktacular! We had a great time & got lots of candy!!! Lets do it again next year!!