Goodnight

Well, it's midnight... and although I could continue to add updates, I think it's time for this old girl to get to bed. :-)

More updates are soon to come!

night-night!

TEETH!

Lexie now has seven, yes, seven teeth! And she is very quickly discoving that she can use her teeth for things other than eating... like biting. Ahhhh, the joys of a one year old! :-) But look at that smile!! :-) I LOVE IT!!

A "Mantic" Dinner

When I was little, I loved having romantic dinners... or "mantic dinner" as I called them. Having a mantic dinner simply consisted of ANYTHING to eat with no lights and a lit candle on the table. LOL

So of course I wanted to continue the tradition... and what a better day than Valentine's day.

So... our oh so very romantic dinner was pizza, wings, pepsi & candle. :-)

Happy Valentine's Day!! Sending our love to ya'll!!

The Perfect Sunday!

Last Sunday we had an awesome day... nothing too exciting... just hanging out... but it was the best.

If you've never had the pleasure of Sunday morning breakfast at the Bryant's you're missin' out lemme tell ya. Tony is the BEST chef! So... we were eating breakfast, this particular morning it was homemade blueberry pancakes, thick-cut bacon and apple juice (and coffee) :-) The morning was overcast, which if you live in the desert, you are few in far between, so it was a great change... we were listing to "Hits from the 60's" singing along... ALL of us... Tyler, Tony and I singing words, the twins singing "lalalala' :-)... everyone dancing in their seats. I looked up at Tony... it was one of those perfect moments when you look into each others eyes and for just a moment all is silent... we smile, look at our girls and look back at each other. :-)

I LOVE having those moments... when all is right in the world... when I can step back for a minute and see all that the Lord has blessed me with... who would have know that this is where I would be 15 years ago. :-)

God has truly blessed me with a wonderful family... How lucky am I to have such a super husband and three amazing daughters!!

God is GREAT!!

PRETZELS!!

For Christmas, Grandma Barbie, (as Tyler loving calls her) renewed Tyler's subscription to High Five. She LOVES that magazine.... and I think it's pretty cool too. Each month there is a new recipe... and Tyler LOVES to cook... so it's fun to try out the new snack.

Last week we made pretzels... and they were yummy and SUPER easy to make!

The New Do!

Every few years I get an itch for a new look... I usually get a cut, then let it grow, then get a cut.... Tony is so sweet. I know that he likes it when my hair is long... and I like it long too, but sometimes I just want a change from the ordinary pony tail that I ALWAYS end up doing :-) and he is always so sweet about it.

Just before Christmas I got my hair cut, just even with my shoulders. A cut that I have had before... but a three weeks ago I decided to REALLY do it... thanks to the love and support of Tony and my dear Marissa!!

So... if you haven't seen it yet.. here it is... the new do.. highlights and all! :-)

Science Exploration

A few months ago while Tony was visiting his moms house, they found these very funny looking caterpillers on her lemmon tree.... They looked like bird-poo. Well one afternoon while Tyler and I were checking out our grapefruit tree, we found a HUGE "bird-poop" on one of our leaves... I really did think it was a big poo until it's little antanna poped out. So... we thought (since it was pretty cold outside and getting colder... this was in November, that we would bring her in). Tyler picked fresh grapefruit leaves each day and finally after some time, our beautiful bird-poo caterpiller, papilio polyxenes, or more commonly known as the Black Swallowtail Butterfly transformed from a small caterpiller, to a huge caterpiller, into her chrysalis, and then into our beautiful Jessica. :-) We decided to let her join her other butterfly friends after seeing the amazing transformation!