Just A Girl Golfing With Her Grandpa

April Birthday Bonanza

I don't have any pictures of me on my birthday, but I did manage to document my favorite part of the day... the part where Brea decided to pull all the petals off of my birthday tulips.
I also don't have any pictures of my brother Tanner on his big 16th birthday (I know, I've become such a slacker), but I do have a picture of Brea's obsession on his birthday- Brea did not want to leave this beauty our entire time at the Nickelcade.
Brea, Tay Tay, my mom and I had to take advantage of my free birthday meal at Tucano's on a lovely rainy day. Brea can't get enough of her adorable "rella."
Grandma Smart also had a birthday in April. She the cutest and sassiest 92 year old I know!
And finally, I have a picture of the Jordan on his actual birthday. Perhaps there is hope for this blog afterall.

Cute kiddos

Brea and I spent some time at the tulip festival with my friend Natalie and her adorable kids (who I somehow failed to take any pictures of- surprised, aren't you?).
When Jordan and I get tired of being dressed up like princesses, Brea resorts to dressing up Nina, her horse. Notice the big girl undies as Nina's necklace. I guess someone should get some use out of them, because Brea is NOT interested in potty training. We had a blast tending baby Ty, even if we didn't get enough time to enjoy this cute smile Kandis took this adorable picture of all the cousins. Pretty cute, if you ask me!

Chef Brea

My mom made Brea this cutest-ever chef outfit, which was all the motivation we needed to have a cooking party

Her smiley-face pizza was delicious!

And why should Brea have all the fun?

Mini Me

I round-brushed Brea's hair and she looked even more like a mini Krissy. She loved showing off her new 'do, but I love her curls too much to make this style too much of a habit.
I also have to write down a few of the funny things she's said lately:
~When I ask her to do something she doesn't want to do she'll yell at me "you're not my mother." Sorry Brea, look in the mirror. I am your mother. And I am in charge.
~When I push harder and make her do something sometimes she'll say "you crazy make me do that."

~Jordan asked her to do something and she replied "who do you think you are?"
~Just so you don't think she's always argumentative, sometimes I'll ask her to do something and she'll give me two thumbs-up and say "absolutely!" She's also been known to say "yes sir, mommy!"
~The other night she didn't want to go to bed and she told me "mommy, it's so dark, I can't even see the dark."
~I was taking too long to get her out of the tub and she told me "I'm so cold, I'm shaking like a leaf."

~I had to take Brea's shoes off, as she had been jumping in mud puddles. She couldn't stand just having socks on (she hates having only socks on), but was having trouble verbalizing that. She kept saying "I don't have socks on," and I would tell her "you have socks on, but no shoes on." She got frustrated and said "science says I have no socks!" How do you argue with a girl when she has science on her side?

~I had to wake Brea up one day because she loves to sleep-in and we had somewhere to be. When I woke her up, she said "time to wake up? The clock says fourteen?"

A Heavenly Easter

We spent a long Easter weekend in St. George with Lou, Layth, Ty, Erika, Jensen, and a bit of time with Suz. We had a blast golfing, eating, hanging out, eating, and here are the few times I actually pulled the camera out~

during the priesthood session we introduced Brea to the joys of the pedicure. She was in princess heaven.
Er was nice enough to upgrade her to bedazzled flowers on her toes. I think she just knew that plain toes in the cute jellies she bought her just wouldn't be enough. Brea is so spoiled by her aunts!
When the boys got back we colored some eggs and ate delicious take-out. Sorry for the extra spice on the Benja's ladies!

Brea had to play the hot and cold game to find where the Easter Bunny had hid her basket. It was a little over her head, but she found it eventually

PS- we were on vacation, so don't judge us for letting Brea sleep in yesterday's outfit

Here is Brea prep-ing for the big Easter egg hunt

I had to bribe Er to fight Brea for the eggs. It's just no fun when you're the only one looking for eggs. You've got to get knocked around a bit, or it just isn't an egg hunt

Suz made it down in time for the Easter egg hunt...and... her wicked-awesome birthday party. We love Suz!

Once the Easter stuff was out of the way, we were able to par-tay for Suz's big day!

Er and Lou are gourmet chefs. This cake is proof, but don't you worry, we ate like kings and queens all weekend. Thanks for all the tasty goodness!

Brea always has to share the princess love when family is in town. Here she is beautifying Jensen. What a good sport!

And what is a party without some dancing. Just dance might be the coolest Wii game ever. Seriously.

We also made a quick trip out to Zions. Too bad it was freezing cold and Suz, Brea, and I barely got out of the car. We miss our out-of-town family already! Can't wait for Tahoe!!!

The Night She'd Been Waiting For

Disney on Ice!!! She'd been preparing for weeks by watching princess shows in her diaper and heels (who knew she was so proficient at avoiding diaper wedgies?) She also carried around the Hometown Values advertisement for over a month
She was in heaven at the show~ she insisted on wearing her tu-tu and looked adorable!
I looked through my blog and noticed there hadn't been a picture of me posted for a VERY long time. I finally realized why when I saw how the picture turned out that I asked Jordan to take of us... so don't be surprised if you don't see another picture of me on the blog for a while.
This face says it all- Brea hearts Disney on Ice!