The Milligan Blog

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Valentine's Day in April?

No, of course not!! You all know how I like to blog though right?? Everything's about 2 months late! So Valentine's Day in April would be about right :) (I'm laughing) Soooo, we had some fun events take place on V-day. Let me share them with you....

Yay!! Emily and Steven got engaged!!! And in the most sweetest, cutest way ever! Emily loves, I mean LOVES bulldogs, so why not propose with a bulldog puppy?? Well, Steven was thinking on the right track cause thats what he did and Emily loved it!! He tied the ring with a bow around the puppy's neck and when Emily came home from work, little puppy bulldog came running into her arms and Steven proposed!!! It was so dang cute and I am glad they did it at our house cause I got to take some pictures of their moment!!! Congrats you two!!

Brielle was getting in on some puppy action too!! She is so in love with Emily's new puppy!!

Emily after being suprised with everything and making her round of phone calls to her family and friends with the good news!!!

Valentines Day get away....

Well you have to start off with good ol' roses :) just kidding, I'm not that nerdy! But Scott was thoughtful and surprised me with roses on V-Day along with another surprise that was really fun...

...a trip to the Anniversary Inn! Since our 4 year anniversary was March 5th and Valentines Day was just weeks before, Scott wanted to do something extra special to celebrate both days. So he booked a room at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake City.

The Anniversary Inn is really cool. It has tons of different themed rooms where you stay for an adventure. We stayed in the "Treasure Island" room, which was supposed to be like you are on a ship at sea...

The room was really cool and we had a great time. There was a hot tub on the bottom floor with a small dinning area, and our actual bedroom was upstairs.

That night we ate dinner at the Blue Iguana (referred to us by Mrs. Baker, thx Britt!!) which was delicious, and then came back to our room for yummy desserts, hot tubing (well, kinda being pregnant and all), movies and a relaxing time together! *Thanks babe for a wonderful surprise :) You're so dang cute, I love it!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

What? Who's having a baby?

Ahhhh yes, Scotty and I are FINALLY on our way to #2!!! We are soooooo very excited and seriously can't wait for this baby to get here!! I don't have a picture of my growing belly just yet, but if you look closely at my Christmas pictures, you can tell I am getting bloated!! :) Just probably the best part of being pregnant huh girls!?! Anyways, we already know the gender but Ill make you guys wait a little longer to know that much... Any guesses?? :)

Monday, February 9, 2009

A "3 in 1" combo

I know the title is super corny but here is the 3 holidays I missed on the blog.. I thought Id backtrack a bit and post some fun pictures I had stashed away. We had a wonderful Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas with our friends and family. Cant believe its already 2009!! My New Year's goal - to update my blog regularly!! (yeah right) :) Hope everyone is doing super and enjoying the new year so far!!

Halloween, like a year ago :)

Scott and me dressed up for Halloween.. I'm something crazy and Scott is Elvis, or something like that :)

Brielle and me right before a night of trick or treating

Brielle and Taeya, the Ladybug and the Witch!!

All of us handing out candy to the little "trick or treaters"

Thanksgiving in a nutshell...

We spent Thanksgiving with Scott's side of the family here in Utah. The food was delicious and I was sooooo full for like 3 days.

Some favorites from Christmas...

The 3 of us at Temple Square...

Family picture at Temple Square

The children enjoying themselves and being goofy!

Cute little Taeya and Brielle about to see Santa Clause

Brielle on Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa Hoyal's house

Brycer and favorites!

One of my favorite phrases, "Heyyyyyyy, I want some!"

(Jan 2012)

We are in the dessert riding quads and Bryce is on the quad all day long with daddy and he ends up falling asleep on the quad. It was time to go anyways and so we then put him in the car to go home and when he wakes up from his nap, the first thing he says is, "where's my helmet" because he had his helmet all day and he never let it go whether it was on his head or in his lap, his helmet was with him. It was awesome!

(December 31, 2011) (2 years old and 5 months)

Sings about 6 primary songs from start to finish.

I am a Child of God, Families Can Be Together Forever, I love to See the Temple, When I am Baptized, Popcorn Popping, Sunbeam song,

(By Jan 2012, 2 yrs and 5 months old)

Can officially sing "I am a Child of God" and is mastering the song "Families Can Be Together Forever" (almost 2)

Loves Firetrucks and sirens...

Swims like a fish. Jumps in all by himself and swims to the side and gets out. Kinda scary for mom!!! :) (7/2011)

Talks a ton! (7/2011)

Bryce man is talking SOOOO much now! Favorite words and sentences are...

dinosaur, horse, Brielle, burrito -- the way he says these words with that tiny little voice is soooo dang cute!

"Lay by me"

"Press play!"

"Brielle night night, Daddy night night"

Starting to sing along ABCs, can do A through G - now thats my favorite! (5/24/11)

Counts 1 through 5 all by himself! (5/24/11)

Jesus - knows him by picture

Tells me when he's "Pooped it!" - not my favorite ;(

Folds arms and says a super basic prayer, w/help of course!!

LOVES his daddy!! Don't know how we lived w/out one for so long cause the kid is obsessed!

LOVES the trash truck! Every Tuesday we are out on the porch early morning to watch the trash man dump everyones trashcans!

Answers yes or no questions pretty well now and the funniest to me is when I ask, "Bryce, want to go to swimming lessons?" Bryce always answers with a BIG smile and says a drawn out "Noooooo!"

18 to 22 months

Brielle's cute, random comments that I love!!

Brielle knows how much her Dad loves long hair.. So when about to get it cut she says, "Daddy would kill me if he knew I was cutting my hair!" I quickly responded saying, "No way would he do that and Daddy will absolutely love your new short hair!! Sorry Scott! Its officially short like Mommys!!!!! And is dang cute! ;) (7/2011)

Grandama just bought a bag of Hershey's Kisses and we had been eating them all morning... later that day Brielle comes up to me and asks, "Mom, can I have some more of those big chocolate chips with the tags?" I laughed so hard!!! ;)

~Nov 2010

So Brielle is riding Grandma Hoyal's horse all by herself for the very first time when all of a sudden, the horse stops to poop. Brielle has a concerned face and drops the reins... My sister then asks, "Brielle, why did you drop the reins?" and Brielle sincerely responds, "Because I don't want to get poop on my hands!" We were dying!! :) Now that was hilarious!

~Feb 2011

Not sure why "poop" is the highlight of Brielle's comments lately but I just have to share another!

So Brielle is trying to go to the bathroom - #2 of course - and as she finishes she says, "Dad, just a little tiny bit came out this time.... (Brielle now thinking really hard about what she is about to say next) ....Like the dot in the "i" in my name" ..It was a well thought out moment and although going to the bathroom is never cute, this was a cute, funny moment! ;)

*Feb 2011