Brianna facebook pics

Here's the pics I stole from Brianna's facebook that show her friends and what's going on in her life lately.

 

Artwork by Brianna

Brianna's favorite things:

Another famous photo shoot from Clair.  She took Brianna up to Mount Charleston for some snowy winter pics.

 

 

These girls are happy that their final exams are over!!

Chelsea facebook pics

As the kids get older, I'm less a part of their lives and it's harder for me to take pics and blog about them.  I do enjoy seeing the pics they post on facebook because it documents their friends, personalities, and what's going on in their lives. 

 We don't have many pics of Chelsea and her boyfriend, Kelly.  He's in college in Snow College.  They got together a month before he left for College but they still communicate and try to get together on breaks.

Coronado guitar preformed on vegas PBS at Christmas time.  Chelsea was right in front.  Exciting!

Paying compliments

I went to school in the morning and we filled up Cords "feel good bucket". It was fun to hear the students and teachers talk about what they liked about him. They talked about how he was friendly, had a cute laugh, smart, a good friend, and included everyone. I added that he was funny, a good dancer, makes me laugh, and makes our family complete. We talked about his strengths and hobbies as well as how he got his name. Then right before school got out all the kids came to school so they could compliment him too as a fun surprise. It was a good day to be awesome!

Cord is a VIP

Cord was chosen as the VIP at school this week. He was so excited. His dad was asking about what that meant and Cord told him that we were supposed to come to school and "pay him compliments". So I've been preparing. Part of the week also meant that Kitty came home with Cord and we were supposed to document what we did with him. We took lots of fun pictures. We also made a star poster about how special he is. I let Cord do a lot of the poster which was really hard for me. I have a tendency to care more about having it look nice than letting the child have the creative experience.


Chelsea took Cord and Kitty to the park on saturday.

After working hard on his star poster, we took kitty to dinner at McDonalds

One night we set up the tent and introduced Kitty to the other stuffed animals.  We read stories and then Cord had a sleepover with all his friends.

We had made heart cookies for Valentines day so Cord and kitty decorated them.

Mason and Cord played a little video games with kitty.

Cruising around the neighborhood with kitty while trying to walk Chester.

Brianna joined the kitty action by joining Cord on the trampoline.

Here's Cord hard at work on his star poster.  And here's mom showing a lot of restraint to let him do what he wants.  I did get my way on some of it though so it was a colaborative effort.