Monday, July 29, 2013

May, in a nut shell

 Oh gosh, I just love Brennar's little smirk in this picture! He is such a sweet little man! I also love how they both want to sit next to each other and eat their snacks every day, hope that never changes!
 Serioulsy, could he be any sweeter!
 We celebrated Mother's Day with Clint's family - here is me and my littles before brunch!
Brennar asked to take our picture, not too bad for one of his firsts


Brilee with her favorite toys, stuffed animals, she always has one under each arm.

Clint and I took our first little trip away from the kids in mid-May. The dealership won a trip to Santa Barbara, so they offered it to us, I was terrified to leave them, but we never get to go on the trips so we jumped on the opportunity.  We were gone for 4 days, it was one night too many for me, but we all survived and Clint and I used it as our anniversary celebration.  We met some really fun people, went on a winery tour, walked around the city and just relaxed at the resort, it was really nice!

The last weekend of May, my parents came down to buy a new car, so we had a wonderful time with them.  I love when they are here, I just wish they could stay longer, Brennar always has so much he wants to do with them, the time just flies by!  On Memorial Day, I ran my first 10K and my first race since high school.  It was a lot of fun and I was so happy I did it.  My goal was to be under an hour, but I came in at 1:01:11, so close! But, I also used my phone to track my pace and it said I ran 6.55 miles instead of the 6.21 it was supposed to be, so I tell myself I would have made my time if not for that:)  There were thousands of people running, it was insane, the entire time I had to weave in and out of people so I think that is what made the race longer than it should have. But, I had so much fun, I will do my best to run it next year too!

Where do I even begin???

 Well, I suppose I should take you back to April...it thankfully came and went with out any major issues:) That's always good at our house!  So, to start here are my most favorite kiddos

She is getting pretty good and doing some cheesy poses, but I guess what do I expect when I tell her to say cheese:)
 Brennar had a playdate with the boy across the street, he is into the Octonauts too, so after he left, B asked for a picture with 2 of his Gups, I believe these are the Gup A and the Gup C to be exact:)
 She loves everything her brother does!!
 We had one final snowstorm - or what we thought would be the last one - so as soon as Brennar got home from school, out to the pirate ship we went.  He even made me save some snow because he was so distraught that it wouldn't snow again for quite a few months.  Still have that snow out in the freezer
 Brilee and I went shopping while Brennar was at school one day and she picked him out a pair of sunglasses, so like the great big brother he is, he put them on for her as soon as we got home:)
 Yep, Brilee is a Stapp in case anyone was questioning it...she loves her some pasta!
 My dad had a meeting in Denver at the end of April, so he decided to stay with us all weekend. The kids were in heaven!!! It was the first time grampa was here without grama, and the kids took full advantage of every minute they had with him
 Our little Kula girl, about 4 months old here



 The last few hours before he went to the airport to go home - they didn't have to nap so they could hang out with him:)

 It is so wonderful to see how much they love each other!

Cheese!!