The first "big" thing is that my girls convinced me to cut bangs for them. I was worried because I have a cowlick that makes bangs go weird for me, but I decided they should have the chance to try them for themselves. Morgan was extra lucky to have Aunt Ashley here to curl her hair for her before school one day:
To show off Brynne's bangs, I decided to post a picture of her with her teacher Mrs. Peterson at the end of the school year. Hard to believe Brynne will be a 2nd grader, and Morgan will be a 5th grader!!
On the last day of school before Christmas, Spanish Fork got so much snow that school was actually closed. We made the most of it and went outside to play. Brynne wanted to make a snowman, so she and I made this guy. Then Lee brought out his pilot stuff so we could have a pilot snowman! :)
Since Halloween is so important to kids, I thought I'd post a picture of each of the girls in their costumes. Brynne was a cheerleader:
And Morgan was a witch. This year I even somehow convinced the girls to trade all their candy for a gift. They each chose a $5 gift, and I got their candy to get rid of. One thing I didn't plan on, though, was Lee being home. He was kind enough to take care of ALL the candy for us! :)
A major highlight of the year came when Ashley's little Elise was born. When it was apparent Ashley was in labor, I hopped in the car and drove as fast as I could. Unfortunately, little Elise was born an hour before I arrived. No worries, though, I still got my snuggle time!
Brynne played soccer last fall. She liked playing goalie and liked hanging back waiting for the ball to come to her. I once said to her, "You know, Brynne, it's okay to go right up to the ball and try and get it." Her response was, "No way! That's how you get hurt!" :)
We took a really fun family vacation to California last September. For various reasons, we had free tickets to Disneyland for one day and four free nights of hotels. We went to the beach with Ashley and her family, went to Disneyland, went to a few science centers and museums, and went to SeaWorld. It was lots of fun! The day we planned to go to Disneyland ended up being the hottest recorded temp for LA for that day (117 degrees), so thankfully our plans were flexible and we went to the beach that day instead. Here is our family just after arriving at Disneyland:
Morgan was extra excited that she was picked for Jedi Training. Brynne was not the least bit interested in being in front of people, but we all had fun watching Morgan!
Funny how the temperature in LA can be 117 degrees, and only three days later it can be only 60 degrees in San Diego. The first day we went to SeaWorld was freezing cold and rainy. Once again we were thankful our plans were flexible, and we were thankful SeaWorld was willing to let us return the next day instead. I hadn't been to SeaWorld since I was much younger (12 or so??), and neither Lee nor the girls had ever been there before. It was a really fun vacation!
Lots and lots happened this year: Brynne learned to ride her bike, Lee quit his job flying as an air medical captain in Nevada and got a new job as first officer for SkyWest, Morgan somehow grew up and started being interested in hair and wishing she could wear makeup; but the biggest news of all........is that a new little girl is due to arrive in our family any day now! You never know this kind of thing for sure, but I'm really thinking she'll be here soon. If so, that will be my next post. :) 