Rachel gets her ears pierced!

I can't even tell you how excited Rachel was when she got an empty box for Christmas from her Grandma....with a note saying she was going to take her to get her ears pierced (of course she got permission from me first).  So, the whole Braithwaite Gang met at the mall a few days after Christmas to get it done.

She kept saying that she couldn't wait to "look like a princess"!

Finally it was her turn!

Marking the right spot

I think she's a little nervous, who wouldn't be with a gun to their ear!

And Done!!!!

Okay, not done.  About an hour after we got home she came up to me and her right earring was sticking half way out and the back had come off.  I tried to gently push it back through the hole but the sucker had already closed up.  I couldn't believe it!!!!  So, I called the next morning to see how long we had to wait to get it re-pierced and they said they could do it that day (OUCH!!!)  Rachel was so distraught because now she didn't look like a princess anymore with just ONE earring that I decided to just do it that morning.

She's still smiling even though she knows what is to come....

AND DONE!!!!!

Love, Peace, Disco

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Fam-Damily Pictures

We got the whole Braithwaite gang together (Blaine, Diane, Brain, Jason, Me, Alex, Rachel and Cole) at Wheeler Farm at the end of May for some family pictures.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE that even though JoRae quit doing photography as a business I can always count on her to snap a few family photos and put her magic touches to them to make them look like this:








Thanks JoRae for capturing these moments of our family!!!

Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife!!!!

Maybe I'm the only one out there that hadn't seen this yet, I dunno.....if you haven't seen this one yet, be prepared to laugh!!!!

How does that reporter keep her face straight?

Then, let's just follow it up with a fun little music video:

Have a great day!!!

How About a little Halloween Action?

Yes yes, I know. I seem to disappear for months at a time but so goes the life of a working mother. So, much has happened since I blogged last. We moved, Alex started 2nd grade, Rachel started Kindergarten, Cole fell off the fireplace and got stitches, Alex turned 8 and got baptized, Rachel turned 6, the list goes on and on. I thought I'd start out my updating with a little bit of Halloween...

Cole is obsessed with Cars. I usually don't go for costumes with cartoon characters on them, but the little dude gets what the little dude wants....

Rach really wanted to be a witch this year (soooo much better than another princess, might I add)

Alex wanted to be a robber....easiest costume EVER....plus he can wear all these clothes year round (just not together)

Alex seems to think that since he's a robber he needs to steal Rachel's hat....ugh!

Believe it or not, this is NOT a costume....the man actually smiles from time to time.

Stay tuned for more updates!

These two boys are so alike! Cole will get his blankie, sit on Jason's lap, point at the TV and say "bike" when he wants to watch motocross with his daddy! Good thing we always have at least 10 races tapped on the DVR. Quality father/son time for sure!

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Cole turns 2.....and moving AGAIN!!!!

First of all, I am so disappointed my myself for not blogging more.  I was on a roll there for about a month but then we found out we had to move again and I've been a frantic mess ever since.  The people we're renting from are moving back and want their house back (jerks!).  Just Kidding!  We were already looking at houses to buy but this just made us hurry up.  So, as it is now, we will be moving the last week of July.  We found a house in Riverton that should work well for us.  I'm trying to be excited about it...I'm just dreading moving again.

Since I'm way behind on blogging, I decided to just pick up where I left off and try to get caught up as I can.  Sooooo, Mr. Cole turned 2 on May 27th.  Poor little stinker was sick on his birthday.  I knew something was wrong when I pulled me into his room and pointed to his PJ's and insisted I put them on him at 1:00 in the afternoon.  By the time everyone got to our house for the party his temp was 103 degrees and he wasn't really in the mood to do anything....

At the party was Grandpa & Grandma Braithwaite, Uncle Brian, Mommy, Daddy, Alex, and Rachel

I wanted to make him a 4-wheeler cake for his birthday, but I couldn't find a dang 4-wheeler toy at the store.  So, a motocross cake had to do.  He LOVED it so I guess it was worth all the effort it took me to make it.

This picture is blurry, but it shows the squirrel that I made (my favorite part).

Cole couldn't wait to get the "bike" with the "guy" off and play with them.  I ended up having to hide the cake from him in my laundry room until the party because he was throwing such a fit over it.

Cole wasn't too exited to sit around and open presents either....

...until he got this 4-wheeler w/ a "guy" from Uncle Brian (where the heck did he find that toy?)

If you ask him how old he is, he sticks up his pointer fingers on both hands and says "doo".  It's so cute!  He's pretty good most of the time.  He really doesn't throw tantrums too often (yet) but he's got a scream that will drive you to drink (hence, my addiction to Diet Coke)!  He loves to play with "guys" on "bikes" and LOVES LOVES LOVES to be outside.  From the time he wakes up till the time he goes to bed he begs to have his "shoesh" on and stands at the door to go outside.  He loves to ride his little battery operated 4-wheeler around the circle and play with balls.  He gives the best kisses and is my best little buddy!  I just love this little guy and I can't believe he's already 2!