November 29, 2011

Christmas Advent Calendars

The U-create craft blog is my favorite blog to follow. It's like every good craft blog in one spot. Love it.
Today they listed advent calendars. I have been looking for some fun ones for bree so I printed off 2 of them. I really like the RACK'ed one but I think it's for a little bit older kids than Bree. Just wanted to share!

http://www.ucreatewithkids.com/2011/11/christmas-advent-calendars.html

November 27, 2011

Bree's Santa Mail

http://magicsanta.ca/gateway.html?code=JS7Y92

November 18, 2011

Bradley's 1st Birthday Party!

I'm a little behind. Here are some pictures from Bradley's 1st Birthday party the Friday after his Birthday! We did it at McDonald's so Bree and Tristan and even the little guys could move around. Thanks for coming and supporting Bradley on his 1st Birthday!
This kid definitely knows what to do with cake!

The cousin triplets

Blowing out the candles!

Brad's Winnie the Pooh cake!

November 17, 2011

4th Anniversary

For our 4th Anniversary we went to Idaho Falls and did Sealings at the temple. It was really neat because we had the Temple Sealer who married us do sealings with us exactly 4 years later! Van Orden. It was fun we went to dinner and then Destinations Inn. Beautiful room! 

4th Anniversary 11/17/11



1. Who is your man? Brandon Allen Riebeek

2. How long have you been together? 4 years married!

3. How long did you date? Where did you meet? May 06 - Nov. 07. I had gone to church with a roommate the week before since our church building was closed so we didn't have church. My roommate  Amber wanted to go with me after I told her it was a really great ward! His Branch really was pretty amazing. We were going to their FHE since we still did not have ours open yet. We got to their opening exercises and were leaving to the activity when Brandon opened the door for us stuck out his hand and said "Hi, I'm Brandon." I quickly shook his hand and went out the door. Then Amber was called into work so I went with Michelle and Drake alone. We talked after the activity then kept running into each other at Institute activities and da, da,da. Here we are.

4. How old is your man? 28. May 31.

5. Who eats more? Depends what kind of food it is.

6. Who said "I love you" first? I did. In fact I asked Him out. Which is really not like me and definitely not my      personality.

7. Who is taller? Brandon. It was one of my "requirements" 6 ft was the minimum. He just made it. :)

8. Who sings better? Brandon! He really loves to sing and I know if he could have any talent in the world singing is what he would choose.

9. Who is smarter? Brandon. Crazy smart in every thing, I've always called him a human sponge and he just says, I'm not as smart as my Dad. Which is probably why he is so smart. Good genes.

10. Whose temper is worse? I don't think we really have tempers I am easily moody and annoyed, though.

11. Who does the laundry? Neither of us :) (well neither of us like to do it anyway). Depends on the day. :)

12. Who does the dishes? Neither of us again :) J/K It's a mutual effort.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on the night, I like to change it up so it's whatever side I want to sleep on, he takes the other and doesn't care.

14. Who pays the bills? Brandon. Though he does offer to show me stuff and tries to get me more involved.

15. Who is better at the computer? Him. But I do consider myself computer savvy.

16. Who mows the lawn? Him. I do a few lines here and there, i'm not very neat though, I think it takes practice. It's actually pretty fun but with two older brothers and a Dad who likes to use his riding lawn mower I never had to.

17. Who cooks dinner? It's a mutual effort. I like to bake and make soup. We grill probably 10 months out of the year and he is awesome but I'm getting pretty good at it.

18. Who drives when you are together? It depends who feels like it. I like to drive so unless we just get in without thinking it's me. And I prefer not to do the driving when were in Utah since he knows where he is going. While I have to keep saying is it this exit or the next one.

19. Who pays when you go out? Brandon. My Debit card is usually lost in a pant pocket or other diaper bag. My Dad always told me I need a wallet or a purse when I was younger and Brandon tells me now.

20. Who is more stubborn? Hmmm... Both of us and neither of us.

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? He thinks he's never wrong but really I am always right, honestly.

22. Whose parents do you see most? Brandon's. I feel like we are always mooching on them even though that is not our intention his mom is just super nice about feeding us. Between Brandon's homework and Breelyn's daily request to go see Grandma and Baxter we are there often.

23. What made you want to be with them? He is the total opposite of me from personality, looks, brains. But we both have the same priorities and goals. It just came natural and easy. Which is saying a lot because I do not flow easily and naturally with anyone, !

24. Who asked who out? I think it was me to play volleyball with some friends. Brandon never officially asked me out. I don't even think he asked me to marry him it just happened. In fact our first "date" I don't even know if it was really a date. He invited me to go to city of rocks with some of his friends. When he picked me up it was Nate and Bethany who were obviously a couple and then the two of us. So I didn't really know for sure if it was a date or if he just invited me along so he wasn't a third wheel. :) I would let him answer that.
Here is a picture of our first date. His friend Nate had Brandon's camera so we didn't get any pictures of us. But Nate took a picture of us on top of this Moutain (Thank you Nate! I am so happy to have it!). If you look close there is a little dot of yellow that is my shirt. We are sitting there together. The first time he held my hand. Our first "date" probably the 2nd time we were together just us. 














25. Who holds the remote? Neither of us. Breelyn does. :)

26. Who is more sensitive? ME.

27. Who has more friends? Brandon. I think it's really neat how he grew up so close to all the "guys" and they all still are friends. I wish he did more with them to stay closer.

28. Who has more siblings? We are even, though he is the only boy in his family.
His family: Holli, Michelle, Brandon, Ashley
My family: Devan, Tyler, Ashley, Michelle.

29. Who wears the pants in the family? Him. I'm happy to let him. He takes good care of us. :)

30. How did he propose? It was my Birthday weekend. 2 weeks before we got married. He took my parent's to Dinner and asked my Dad. Dad trying to be funny said something like, "If she'll have you." or "Why don't you ask her." I'll have to ask Brandon. Then he took me to the same place we went on her first "date-ish" time together. Before City of Rocks. Chink's Peak? Above Arbon. He told me to get the Box out of the back seat. Yellow roses with peach tips. For my Birthday I figured. Then I came back and he proposed. I cried.. with relief!  Finally! 2 weeks to go and still no ring wasn't sure if I he was even going to ask before the day wedding day arrived! :)

Now a Dad and Mom. 2 kids. Breelyn 3. Bradley 1. 4 Years later... 

Happy 4th Anniversary, Brandon!

Manti Pageant June 06 with Nate and Bethany. After one very long cramped car ride :) Manti 2011
My hair kind of looked the same in this one so I wanted to see. Maybe not.
(We got a flat tire. Like 2 feet out of Manti.) 





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November 16, 2011

Happy Birthday Bradley!

Our little baby boy is not a baby anymore!
Bradley turned 1 today!
Happy Birthday Bradley you are loved so much!
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Bradley's 1st Birthday!

Breelyn and I made Brad some Birthday pancakes!

He looks pretty content. The start of a really good birthday for Brad!

Brandon's mom made him a yummy birthday cake he really LOVED it!
Especially all the little m&m's.  He reached over and dug in all by himself. 

He conquered!

Bradley's family gift was a blue puppy that sings the ABC's. He loves it.


We got home kind of late but Brad couldn't sleep so while Dad and Bree went to bed Mom and Brad got out his train and played with for a while. It's a really neat train that recognizes when it will run into something and turn. It was fun to watch Brad try to get in and ride or pull it and instead it would drag him along.


Can't believe my little guy is 1 year old! What an awesome 1st year!

November 15, 2011

Letter to Santa

Here is Breelyn's Letter to Santa though it's really just a Christmas List :) She's so fun.
So she is freaking awesome at writing her letters! I've been pushing her a lot lately to not trace my letters anymore but to do them on her own and I am so proud of her. Except for her name I spell the words for her while she writes. It says Dear Santa. The Dear isn't in correct letter order since she did the D first and it was a little big so she put the other letters in where they could fit. The pen was pretty much out of ink so it didn't show up in someplace. I really just posted this because of the funny things she wants for Christmas. I had her write out her Thank You's for her birthday gifts and i'm sorry I didn't have any stamps and kept forgetting so it just kind of got pushed off. Thank You for your B-day gifts, We love you! We will be better from now on. :)


Breelyn's Christmas List:
(I'm sure this will change hourly I was just curious what she would say last night and it was an excuse to get her to write something. I have to come up with fun reasons to write or she knows i'm trying to get her to practice and then she won't she just says "I'll just do bumpy letters" and then does the up and down line thing.)

-Butterfly (don't know if she wants a real or fake one)
-Happy Napper - Unicorn. (I explained she had a pillow pet already. Her reply is "But it's not a pillow pet it's a happy napper." So it is.  She sings the song all the time. "Happy... Happy Napper... And they love to play with you...)
-Dog - White with Brown polka dots.
-Snowglobe - With Santa's house and reindeer (where when you shake it you can go to Santa's house and meet him.) Anyone know what movie that's from? We just watched it once and it must have stuck with her as a pretty neat thing. The Santa Claus with Tim Allen.
-Animals - tigers, sharks, Giraffe and Elephant.
-A picture of Heavenly Father and Jesus. (Both in one picture... all I can think of is the Joseph Smith one. Any others? This request is one Santa will happily get her!)
-An Exit - An EXIT? I know she means Exit Sign. Who wants that! We laughed though and will find a way to do this one! If just for fun.
-Shapes

Toy story
-Rex, Buzz, Lots-O, BullsEye, Jesse, Evil Dr. Porkchop, Woody's "special" friends (Bo-peep and Binoculars)
AND THE SPECIALIST ONE OF ALL!! WOODY!
-Disney Princesses - all of them her favorite is Little Mermaid and the pink one (aurora)

November 10, 2011

Poster Child

Bradley on a poster in the Library! For Halloween story time Bradley was the only one in a costume, besides the teacher, everyone else forgot or something else so the lady used him for a poster! Too cute. 

November 9, 2011

Happy Halloween!

One Tigger and One Tiger and One Uncle Tyler.

Bree and Andrew were so happy to find each other at the Trun-or-Treat!

The cousins at the Ward Halloween Party

Our Family

Our little Tiger. Rawrr... He wouldn't growl, though. :)

Breelyn ran to the leaves as soon as we got there to fill her bucket with leaves. 

Our little Pirate!

Brad and ches making a mess!

Some Random Pictures.

Bree and Grandpa Haskell building a snowman with the first snow of the season!
We have been ready for Christmas ever since! 
Breelyn likes to wake Bradley up in the morning when she wants me to wake up, since she knows that is the only way I get up. I can hear her in the morning crawling in his crib and she says "Bruds, Bruds, get up, come on... come on Buds!" I can hear him protest, he takes after his mama. But then he will get excited Bree is playing with him and then she comes in my room and says, "Mom, come see this cute little smile, he's standing up all by himself!"

Payback... He always gets her back :)

She also likes to do funny stuff to him, harmless thank goodness. Coloring on him is a big one though.  This was with Elmo color fizzes though. The time before Bradley ate them since she knows where they are and can open them. I was scared to death! Bitterguard doesn't deter Brad when he wants to eat! :)

Bowling!

For Gabby's 3rd Birthday she invited Breelyn bowling! They had so much fun and are so funny to watch. They are both 3 now a few months apart and both have pesky little brothers who they love to play with. They are both bossy, opinionated, stinking smart and sweet little girls. It is so interesting to watch them have conversations because they are so similar in their thinking and attitudes. 
Gabby is much more shy than Bree so she didn't want to take a picture. 

They are so sweet. Happy Birthday Gabby!

Bradley loved the bowling balls. He was going everywhere.

Waiting for the bowling ball.

Strong little girl!

Breelyn was so fun. She spent most of the time cheering for herself or cheering on Gabby!

Watching the ball. It really couldn't go any slower. They didn't have any slope things at ISU.