The Bramhalls

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Logan's Special Day

Dave gave Logan a blessing on August 7th. We were so excited to have family join us, and to be a part of Logan's special day. Dave's parents were here, my parents were here, my sister Nikki and her family, and Dave's brother Mike and his family. Logan is and was a great baby during the blessing. Afterwards he gave Sierra a hard time. She was holding him after he was blessed and he released everything. Luckily Dave told her to put the blanket in between them for protection because it got everywhere. He ruined his nice white outfit. As soon as we got home we had to wash it so we could take pictures. Here are the great pictures. He was so smiley. Love it!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Yearly Triathlon

Dave did his yearly triathlon on the 24th of July and it was hot hot hot! I don't know why it was decided to do this triathlon. He did it last year and it was miserably hot then and it was the same this year. I put in my vote that we don't do that one again. I just love to go and watch but taking 4 kids when it is 100 degrees is very difficult. With that said, I tried to put the heat behind me and enjoy watching Dave.

Dave's brother Mike did the triathlon again with him. So, it was fun having Alison and the kids with us. I think the kids enjoyed it and they loved watching their dad race.

Great job Dave! We love watching you.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Oh Drew!

Drew is the comedian in our house. He is always doing the funniest things and he is the loudest child. He screams loud, he cries loud, and he laughs loud. We are potty training the twins right now and every time someone, including me, goes in the toilet, Drew screams at the top of his lungs, YEAHHHHHH! GOOD JOB! He is so proud of that person. It makes me always want to go to the bathroom in front of him. I feel like I am doing something so special and so amazing. I just wish he would cheer that loud when I do the dishes.

One other thing about Drew, I believe, he has bad allergies and he wakes up with swollen eyes and a itching nose. These two pictures are Drew with allergies.

Gotta love the hair!

New Tire Swing

So our neighbors believed that the two swings we had hanging from our trees, were on their land and they cut them down. That was a sad day at our house because the kids loved them, but lets be honest, they were horribly built swings. After letting our neighbors know it was our land, Dave put up a new swing and the kids are loving it.

No Mom, Not the Shark!

Can you see the tears in Taylor's eyes? He did not want us to clean the shark off. I remember feeling the same way when I was a kid. So, to ease his pain we took pictures of the shark. The kids got to have face painting done at Dave's work party. Taylor wasn't sure about some lady painting his face so she did it on his arm instead.

I wish we had a picture of Drew's face painting. Drew had his whole face painted like a tiger, it was so cute. He had such a good time running up to everyone, roaring and runing away laughing. Lana also had a rose painted on her arm.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Jersey Shore

Over the 4th of July we went with the Bramhall group to Ocean City, NJ. We spent a wonderful week relaxing and enjoying the ocean. My children loved it and begged to go back for days afterwards.

We all packed up and headed on Saturday the 2nd of July. We made sure to follow the new map that Aunt Cindy made, the children had to see all the sights along the back roads.

As soon as we got settled in we headed straight to the beach. The twins really struggled walking the two blocks to the beach cause they just didn't know what they were going to. After that first day they didn't have a problem walking to the beach, walking home was a different story.

That first night we headed to the boardwalk, the kids were exhausted and cried a lot but they had a lot of fun riding carnival rides. Taylor was so excited and decided that he would be really picky about which rides he decided to get on, he did not want to waste the tickets Grandpa was giving him on rides he didn't like.

On Sunday they threw me a great birthday party and we enjoyed the beach and trying to feed the birds. The best part of my birthday was watching Dave and Mike almost get struck by lightning. They decided to fly a kite and let all the string out, around 1000 ft when a storm came rushing in and there was lightning all over the place. All the kids ran and screamed while Mike tried to run back to the beach house holding the kite and Dave was trying his hardest to pull down the kite. It was fun to laugh about after we were all safe at the house but in the middle of it we were sure someone was going to be struck by lightgning.

On the 4th we hit the beach, went to Cars 2(Taylor was in heaven), made 4th of July hats and painted toe nails and fingernails to celebrate. That night we got to enjoyed the fireworks over the ocean, it was amazing.

The rest of the week was beach and boardwalk. There are a few other things I want to remember...

Logan loved the beach, he slept so peacefully
The worst rainstorm that I have had to drive in and run to shelter in
The stingray and jellyfish
My lack of clothing after riding waves
The talent show, Dave&Mike (tastycake, water and bananas), Isabel(singing), Cecily(artwork), Bentley(fast speed and tickling), Ali(singing), Taylor(cherrios and magic) and myself(cherrios)
MaryAnn forgetting about Logan
Taylors favorite rides-the swings and rollercoaster Taylor cried over leaving the holes that Dave would dig everyday at the beach
The frog
Cars 2
Drew's face on the rollercoaster
Lana crying over not being able to ride all the big rides
Drew calling the beach "waer" (interpretation "water")
Lana's wide eyes on each carnival ride

Thank you, thank you, thank you to my in-laws for the wonderful trip.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Fun with Grandma D!

Logan's first time at HarryBrooke Park with the geese. We had a good time just getting out of the house and getting a little exercise.

We also took a trip to NYC and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. First we had lunch in a park and then took off across the bridge. It was beautiful and the kids had a good time. Lana loved laying on the bridge and looking through the slats at the water and boats, Drew loved the mango we bought on the bridge and Taylor loved the pushing the stollers on the bridge. It was a lot of fun and afterwards we made sure to end the day with some ice cream.