Bricen is 3

I can't believe that Brice is 3 already! He is such a big boy and doing so many big boy things. This year we had a small birthday party on his birthday. Brian took him to a Beaver Basketball game and Brianna and I got the house all set up and ready. My parents, Brian's parents and sister all came over and we hid to surprise him. My plan worked great and he was very surprised and I think felt really special. We opened presents and had fun.

A few weeks later we celebrated his and cousin Everett's birthday with my extended family. We had a magician come over to our house and do magic for the kids and adults. He was great! I had little magic tricks for the kids and it was all a big hit. The 4 kids had a blast and the magician even was entertaining for the adults.

We re-did Brice's room (will have to post pictures sometime). We got rid of the Pooh paint and popcorn ceiling. We re-textured the walls and painted blue. He got a loft bed with a ladder and a slide and absolutely loves it! He still loves motorcycles, dirt bikes and dinousaurs. He is very smart and articulate. Now that he is 3 he can be by himself in the water at the pool with a teacher. He is in the pre 1 swim class and loves it. He recognizes most shapes and colors and can count pretty high. I am so proud of my little man!

Halloween

We had a lot of fun this year at Halloween! We went to the pumpkin patch to ride the wagon and pick out the perfect pumpkins. It was especially fun this year because my brother and sister-in-law, mom and grandma joined us. When we got to the patch, our good friends were there with their 3 kids. Lots of fun! Here are some of the things we did...

Brice and Brianna had a good time taking all the guts out of the pumpkins!

I decided it would be fun to have a Halloween party at our house. It turned out to be a blast. The kids and adults dressed up! Brice, Brianna and I worked on a spider pinata almost all month and it turned out great. We had good food, good friends and family, good spooky music and fun games and crafts for the kids.

Family portrait! Dog, two female cops and a convict - not disfunctional at all!
My mom and dad

The kids

I just love Brian's hair

Countertops!

When we bought our house in 2007, there were many things that we wanted to do to update and make it our own. Countertops were one of those things on the list and I finally decided what I wanted. For over a year now, I have been looking at different companies and granite, quartz, corian, etc. I finally made up my mind and decided to go with the granite. It was quite an ordeal! But I am very happy with the final product. I love looking at my kitchen and just touching the smooth, shiny, cold granite. Here are the before and after...We had the bread board taken out and a towel bar taken down. I got a new undermount sink and a new faucet! Love the sink and faucet!!!

Still Catching Up!

Back in October we went to Disney On Ice. It was so much fun! The kids were amazed when they saw Mickey and Minnie and all thier Disney friend's skating around. Brice's favorite part was when all the Cars came out. Brianna loved the Little Mermaid scene and the Tinkerbell scene. I have wanted to take the kids for a long time and am so glad we all got to go. Brian was even entertained for most of it!

Brice is always a character!