Holy Long Time

Ok so this post will be pretty short and sweet but WOW! I can't believe it has seriously been SO long since I have a post. Seriously life isn't that busy, though sometimes it feels like it. I miss writing little stories about my little munchkin, so I better get started on doing it more frequently. Nobody has said anything about it being so long so I'm assuming no one reads it, but I don't care. I need to write down more stories on our lives and than maybe I will share!!

Summer Adventures

So Justin left us at the end of April and since then our lives have never been the same. I've been more tired than ever and extremely bored. Not that Britlee is in any way boring, but when she sleeps and there is no one to cook for, no one to watch movies with, no one to bug, no one to snuggle with....then life gets very boring. So we have tried to do things to keep us entertained and our minds a working. We have increased our walks and our trips away from home. We visited our friends Carol and little Bailey a couple of times which is always great. They always seem to make us feel better. We took a few more shopping trips then normal but I'd say we've been pretty good on not spending much and doing mostly window shopping. We've learned more of Britlee's artistic abilities. I'd say she was a natural.
Our first little trip was to Salmon to hang out with my cousin's while my aunt and her husband went to Boise to watch my cousin Tyler run in the state track meet, in which he did awesome!!! Britlee LOVED being with the boys. I have never seen that girl follow boys/guys around so much. She's always around girls so she's more comfortable but ever since Justin left she has seriously needed manly attention and she follows it. It must be that comfort thing. I get that way too. When I feel sad or upset I just need a man hug and seem to feel much better real quickly.

We then had a second trip to the same place. Salmon was a hot commodity for us. Tyler graduated high school and is headed to Boise State. Tyler was one of his high school Valedictorians! I am SO proud of him. Britlee LOVED all the attention she got. People were wanting to hold her and snuggle her and make her laugh. She followed the kids around everywhere. She is quite the social butterfly. My Uncle Brian's family tried to share a piece of chocolate cake with her and she spit it out. I was pretty proud of her. I mean she's never been much of a sweet tooth, always enjoyed the veggies more than anything and I sure didn't want her to be like me and ALWAYS want something sweet. I must admit though, since then she has turned over a new leaf and now loves chocolate, her momma's daughter I suppose. 

After all of our Idaho adventures we ventured off to Arizona! What an adventure that was. Britlee and I had to catch the bus at 5am to ride to Salt Lake (it didn't show until 5:30am) and my goodness thank goodness for a break because it was hard for Britlee to sit in her seat surrounded by strangers and to take care of her business...yep that's right. I'd say the airport wasn't near as bad as I imagined that it would be. I had to get us all into the airport but once in people were nice and things were easy. We had a bit of a wait at the airport so we did a lot of rounds by the gate we were going out of. She got a little restless in the stroller so I took her out for a bit. That may have been a mistake, but she sure loved it. Britlee decided she wanted to push the stroller all by herself, she is quite the big girl you know; quite helpful. People kept laughing and she loved it even more. 

Britlee was definitely very chatty with the people we sat with. I hoped she would nap, but she wouldn't so it made it for an interesting day. Uncle Ron and Aunt Jeneil were right on time, or actually probably early. I had forgotten how big the Las Vegas airport was, it's a good thing there are signs or we would have been super lost. Arizona was a blast. We spent a few days at the house and then traveled on up to Utah to see Justine, Tyrel, and Chance. Ron and Jeneil's dogs LOVED Britlee and just kept trying to lick her. Of course I think dog licks are so gross but Britlee would usually laugh. She would try and push them away sometimes but she really enjoyed their attention. She would even chase after them. Britlee would also just stare at the fish in the fish tank. In the mornings she would sign fish and work her way over to see them. Such fun adventures. It really was a blast, we can't wait to go back. 

What to say

Below you will find lots and lots of pictures of parts or our summer. I couldn't figure out how to get it to align like I wanted so sorry. I'm a little annoyed but such is life. These pictures consist of our summer at home, at Deanne's, and on our way to other adventures away from home. Eventually I'll do specific posts but for now just pictures with little captions. 

Enjoying the outdoors

Trying to put on her own shoes! Doing pretty
good I'd say

Loving the dino. I think she thinks she is the
coolest kid with that thing

A day at the park

She loves the slide and Zane sure liked helping
her climb up and go back down

Here I am

This is so fun!! Seriously Britlee thought this was the greatest thing that existed.
She wanted to play on it every day we went back

Riding with Zane

Swinging

A masterpiece

Such a beauty

A little tired from all the graduation partying

We are SO proud of Tyler!! 

This is Matthew, Deanne and Brian's nephew and
now Britlee's new best friend. 

Just too cute

"I Love Fishing!!!"

I'll get those fish one way or another

First plane ride!! On our way to see
Aunt Jeneil and Uncle Ron

Who me?

So first off I must apologize to any that care (probably mainly me) that I have not been keeping up on my blog. I am such a slacker! I want to so bad and I have TONS of pictures and stories from this summer but just haven't taken the time to type out clever thoughts. So maybe this week or weekend but in all reality probably not. BUT I do have a short story for today. Just a little story of how funny my little lady is. 
Last night we were putting Britlee to bed and I burped (so gross yes I know and SO unlike me hehe). I looked at Britlee and said Britlee how could you and my comedian of a daughter looks at Justin and points to herself and makes a face like "Who me?" Oh seriously it was a crack up!! She is so funny and just knows when to do something to make it hysterical! 
So that's my story for today. More posts to hopefully follow soon. Some summer photos, anniversary activities, beach fun....the works! Just wait :) Ok it may be months but they'll show themselves eventually!!!

Moo Moo Juice

So I know I have been very bad add keeping up on my blog but maybe someday there will be more hours in a day, but for now there isn't so it probably won't happen much. Even though I want to. But this morning I have a little funny story and so I'm just going to be real fast. I have been trying to introduce whole milk to Britlee a little at a time. Slowly, as I think that is best blah blah. Yes I have my reasons and it may be weird to most but o-well. Anyways...I always ask her if she wants some milk and she says yes so I proceed to give her some but then she won't drink it. She has a taste and won't touch it again. She's probably thinking "silly mom that's not milk." So this morning I thought I should try a different name and see if she would drink it or if she really just doesn't like real milk. Today I called it moo moo juice and my goodness she had some and then wanted more and then some more. So apparently it does taste good, it's just not milk! I guess that's what happens when you nurse and they know what milk is!!! Anyways Britlee is so funny and so dang smart!! 


PS Florida in 5 days!!!!!

Never Enough

This post won't be long, I don't think. I was just thinking as I was sitting here that I need to do a post or two and post pictures of our summer so far but it's getting late and I'm tired so I'll write a little post. Today I have been thinking how sometimes we take things for granted, I'm sure I do it far too often. I wish I could change that and I plan on working at it but something I am realizing is that just because people don't talk about everything they are going through and dealing with doesn't mean they aren't hurting or aren't going through something. Everyone has something that's hard in their life and we all, particularly me need to be more understanding and aware of that. It may not be in my face and they may fake it, but I need to be a little more sweeter and read between the lines.

On a better note I'm feeling extra lucky to be a mom today! Even though I have felt more and more exhausted and feel as though I finally get a nap and then Britlee wakes up, I feel lucky. Not much sleep equals and little extra grumpiness until your child leans over and gives you a big kisses and climbs on your lap just to snuggle. Not only that but she smiles a cheesy smile and giggles and walks all around. I am so proud of my little girl and feel lucky that God has blessed me with such a miracle in my life.

So that's my day!