The Milligan Blog: May 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Christmas family photo shoot... kinda..

California to Utah, to California... then back to Utah... then back to California.. So much back and forth I don't know where I am anymore! ;) Flight was leaving for me and the kids in less then 24 hours and OOPS!! forgot to take family pics before the long distance relationship started up again!!! Couldn't take a family picture without daddy!!!!!! So 8 o'clock at night, we threw outfits together and freshened up and BAM!! ..a Christmas family photo shoot was created! These are some of our photos that we whipped together.. and the cute brunette is Makaylee my brother's little girl. She wanted in on some photos too! It was fun and kinda crazy (if you know me and taking pictures!) and thanks Brett for helping us out on such last notice!!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Some random FUN!

I had to do it!!!!! I just had to! Bryce in a "little girl" swim suit!

Lol!!

Madelyn, Brielle and Savanah playing with their beanie babies in the tub..

More cousins! Brielle is trying really hard to get Bryce to cooperate for the picture...

Cant remember where we are here... some restaurant with family and crazy, hyper kids!!!

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Month of November in California...

Thanksgiving at Grandma Hoyal's this year. That would be Nov 2010 of course :)

Loved being with Scott again and with family. Brielle especially loved being with some of her favorite cousins.

Goofing off with Brielle. A daily thing! She's turning in to me by the way with her goofiness!!! Not sure if thats good or bad ;)

...and goofing off with Scotty... and thats a shinning star in the background! :)

Thanksgiving weekend we went to the dessert to ride quads with my sister and her family. Soooooo FUN!!! I somehow forget how fun it is to ride those things. The kids loved it too! Especially Bryce! He didn't want to get off them the whole time we were there!

Scott and me right before we took for an adventuresome ride by ourselves. Seriously so fun! I got stuck on some crazy hills a few times and Scott had to come save me. It was nuts! Fun though still...

Back on the quad.. Bryce wouldn't have it any other way the whole time we were there!

Brielle almost brave enough to ride the baby quads by herself on the mini track... but she just wanted to be with her dad!!! Next time Brielle! Next time!

Bonfire with the family...

inside the RV to watch movies and play games...

Brielle, Savanah, and Madelyn..

Bryce LOVING the quad with Maci, Raegan and Maquel!!!

..and lastly, a random shot of Brielle and Savanah on Domini the horse at grandmas house. Brielle went on her first trail ride by herself this trip! So thankful for my family! Love you guys and Happy Thanksgiving!

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

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