Happy Birthday Bretty!

Brett turned 32 on Tuesday the 24th! I made him his favorite dessert which he calls the chocolate dessert. He was out of town all day and when he got home he was completely exhausted so he went to bed for few hours. I think he finally woke up around 8:00PM and we had dinner. I love my Bretty so much he is such a great man and the best Dad. I'm just so thankful that he is my Bretty and I'm so thankful for all that he does for our family. He really is my best friend we have so much fun just hanging out and doing nothing together. I am thankful that 32 years ago he was born in Vernal Utah and that we met for the first time when we were both 13. Ahhh!! I don't usually get so mushy in public but I felt the need to tell my man how much I love and appreciate him and that I'm glad that he was born 32 years ago. The other reason for writing this is to tell everyone that Brett is 32 and he says he isn't having anymore birthday's and will be 29 forever. What a silly willy! Happy Birthday Bretty!

Brett at 2 years old. Now you see where Madilynn gets her curly hair. He'll probably be so embarrassed that I put the baby photo of him up but I couldn't help myself it's just so cute!

You know it's hot when...

You know it's hot when...

• You turn on the faucet to get cold water and all you get is boiling hot water.
• You open your front door and it feels like a convection oven.
• You walk bare foot on the cement and your feet feel like they are going to burst into flames.
• After being outside for a few minutes you nearly have sun stroke.
• The air conditioner is running non stop.
• You can't stop anywhere after you've been to the grocery store because you don't want spoiled milk.
• Planes can't take off at the airport. (I need to ask my brother Boyd why this is.)

Last year Brett and I barely made it through the hot months and this year we look at the temperature when it reads 105 and we say, "Oh it's going to be a nice day!" I guess we are getting used to the temperature down here but boy is it hot..

Big day for Brett

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for Brett and for our family. We aren't counting our chickens before they hatch so I can't say much about what's happening. I just wanted to let everyone know that we need your prayers and thoughts today. Don't worry it's not something bad it's something really good. Sorry to be so vague I'm just digging for prayers. I'll keep you all posted and give you more information in a few days. Tomorrow is also Brett's birthday! Happy birthday Brett!! He says that he stopped having birthday's at 29 because he feels old.. What a silly boy..
Thanks again for all of your love and support!

He's a good man

This morning when Brett arrived home from work Madilynn greeted him so he fed her breakfast. When Brett came into our bedroom and woke me up he told me that he had fed her. In my half awake state I couldn't be sure that he told me that she had eaten so when I saw Madilynn in the living room I asked her if her Dad fed her some breakfast and she said, "He's a good man!" It was so cute I had to run down the hall and tell Brett right away. She is such a sweetie! I am in awe of her and how amazing she is. She does and says things that are so thoughtful she seems so wise for her young years.

Three months old!

Kimber is already three months old! Where does the time go? She is already rolling over and lifting her head! She is a big talker, we have the best conversations with one another. She has such a sweet smile and the cutest dimples. It looks like her eyes are going to stay blue just like Madi's, I don't know how that happened.. When she is angry look out, she has the scream of a banshee. She loves to be on her stomach which is completely different from how Madi was. People ask me if she looks like Madi or who she looks like, I think she is a good mix of Brett and I just like Madi is. On June sixth she had her two month doctor appointment. She weighed 11 pounds 8 ounces and 24 and a half inches tall. She didn't appreciate her shots at all. We explained to her that she had to have them so she wouldn't get sick, I don't think she cared. Kimber loves her big sister. Anytime she sees Madi she smiles really big. Madi loves to be near her little sister too. Sometimes when I've been out of the room when I return I find Madi laying next to Kimber. Madi always makes sure that Kimber has a blanket and toys to snuggle with. They are so cute together I hope that they are always the best of friends.
This last photo is just funny! She totally looks like she is ready for a brawl or something. Maybe she is going to be a boxer like my Dad was. I'll have to get the photo of my Dad it's cute.. Anyway, that's a story for another time.

Bows bows bows!!!

So, a ways back there was a Relief Society Super Saturday that they taught how to make hair bows. I didn't know about it in time to sign up so I missed out on how to learn. Well a few friends from church learned and taught me how. That totally got me on the kick of making bows. Since then I've found a bunch of new ways to make bows. Here are a few of what I've made already. So fun and Madi loves them!

Cute baby!

So this is a video of Madi when she was three months old. I was looking at her baby pictures today and this is just so cute so I had to post it. I just love how she has so much expression in her face. What a doll!

Time for a checkup!

Madilynn went to have her six month checkup at the dentist today and she was, in her own words, "A big gurl!"

Here she is wearing her special dentist shirt that they gave her on her first visit.

She gets to wear sunglasses so the bright light doesn't hurt her eyes.

The dentist office is so fun! They have TV monitors on the ceiling so she could watch Alvin and the chipmunks while having her teeth tickled. On previous visits to the dentist there have been many tears but she didn't cry at all on this visit! She is growing up so fast..

Here she is at her first visit at one and a half years old. She wasn't crying at this point I just had to show how little she was.

Since she was so good she got to pick some prizes. She picked two bracelets and a note pad. She also got a pink balloon.
She has eighteen teeth and they are all perfect. No cavities for this girl! Good job Madilynn!

This dentist visit went really well. I guess all of the talking about the dentist and how they were going to look at her teeth paid off!!

Aren't garages for cars?

Tonight as I was out walking I noticed how many people don't use their garages for their cars. I don't get it especially with the heat here. Some of the garages that I noticed were full of boxes and other stuff but I have seen some that are empty. One of the reasons this bugs me is that these people usually have a bunch of cars and so to fit them all they are parking on the street. So imagine this, you are driving down the road and you come to a bottle neck because there are cars parked on both sides of the street and there is a car coming from the other direction and you end up waiting for the car to pass.. So annoying! Another reason this bugs me is that you go to back out of your driveway and have to be careful you don't back into a car parked out in the street. Ok now that I got that out I'll go back to talking about things that really matter.

Hubby Tag!

My friend Sally tagged me with this Hubby Tag so hopefully I do it right. Enjoy!

1. What is his name? Clyde Brett Barnes

2. Who eats more? Brett

3. Who said I love you first? Brett says that he did...

4. Who is taller? Brett by 4 inches

5. Who is smarter? Brett but I am smarter when it comes to the TV. Should it be the other way around?

6. Who is more sensitive? I am but Brett has his moments but if we are talking about crying then it's totally me.

7.Who does the laundry? I do.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do but we have switched a few times. Pretty much every time he has gone away with the military I've taken his side.

9. Who pays the bills? I do

10. Who cooks more? I do but Brett makes really good eggs

11. What meals do you cook together? BBQ Pizza (or as our friends call it, Mormon Pizza) and biscuits and gravy

12. Who is more stubborn? Ummm... Probably me but we both are.

13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Brett

14. Who has more siblings? I have six brothers and six sisters. Brett has one brother and two sisters. I win!

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Brett always calls me the boss but I think we are fifty fifty

16. What do you like to do together? Everything except Brett doesn't like to go to the store with me.

17. Who eats more sweets? I do

18. Guilty pleasures? Brett says, "Nsync, I want you back." Mine would be chocolate

19. How did you meet? We were in the same ward in Junior High. We met again after Brett's mission when he moved to Salt Lake and we lived together... Not like you're thinking...

20. Who asked who out first? Brett asked me.

21. Who kissed who first? Brett kissed me first

22. Who proposed? Brett did at Temple Square in Salt Lake

23. His best features? His grey green eyes, his crooked smile.... I love all of his features the best.

24. What is his greatest quality? He has a lot of greatest qualities so a few of them would be his great sense of humor, he is the best Dad, he writes really great songs and he works long hours at a job he doesn't love to provide for his family. He really couldn't be a better husband, I'm very blessed to have him... Ahhh!!

25. Tag? Nicole Bender, Jaimie Haley, Cheryl Wellman, Jen Moon, Brooke Jenkins and Beth McGaha. If you've done this one, pick another one to do. Have fun!

Don't mess with Shorty!

Last night the girls and I went for a walk to the park. I usually won't take Madi if there are any big kids playing just so she won't get pushed or something... When we first arrived at the park Madi had it all to herself, but pretty soon three bigger kids showed up, two boys and a little girl. The little girl was probably five or six. Madi started following the little girl around and trying to get the girl to play with her. They all seemed to be getting along pretty well. A short time later I saw our good friend and neighbor Holly walking to the park with her two girls, Brinna who is three and Laci who is nine months. Madi and Brinna were very excited to see each other and went right to playing. Holly and I were talking while the girls ran around and played on the slides. All of the sudden we heard Brinna screaming! She had gone down the slide and the older girl had bumped into her knocking her down. Brinna was pretty upset but Holly got her to calm down. Holly told Brinna that she was sure that the girl didn't mean to do it so Brinna went back to play. At the top of the slide Brinna met up with Madi and she told Madi about what had happened. The older girl was right near them and Madi walked up to the girl and poked her in the chest and said, "You neber eber push Brinna! Eber!" I immediately yelled, "Madi you do not push! You tell her that you are sorry!" I had to say something quick so my little shorty didn't get her butt kicked. I also apologized to the girl explaining that Madi is just little. Holly and I got a kick out of how Madi was so quick to stand up for her friend that is older and taller than she is. A few moments later all the girls were friends and playing together. When I told Brett the story he said, "She's a little pistol." Next to the older girl at the park Madi was pretty small and she had no fear at all telling that girl that she was naughty. Somehow I need to help Madi realize that she's not ten feet tall and bullet proof.

This is a photo of Madi and Brinna that I took just before Christmas last year.

Stop talking!

One day I must of told Madi to stop talking so that I could explain something to her, well now I hear that all of the time... She points at me or Brett, tilts her head to the side and says, "Shhhh.. Stop talking!" It's pretty funny and it's so hard to control the laughter especially when she isn't doing it to me. She is such a repeater, if she hears something new on TV or hears us say something she starts saying it. For example she has always liked the University of Phoenix Stadium because of the big cardinal head on the front. One day we were driving past and Madi started saying that she wanted to go see Birdie Bird. What? Where did that come from? A few days later watching TV with Madi I heard Wow Wow Wubbzi say Birdie Bird. One day Brett was working on something and said dang it and Madi right away starts saying dang it. I'm just lucky that she hasn't heard some of the naughty words we sometimes let slip.. Oops! Kids are great in so many ways and especially in the way that they make you better. I don't want Madi to become a potty mouth so we will make it a habit to use nice words all of the time.

Rolling over!

Kimber is almost three months old and today she rolled over from her stomach to her back!! The first time she did it I wasn't looking, when I noticed that she was on her back I couldn't remember if I had put her there that way or if she had rolled over. I turned her back over to her stomach and then got busy doing something and missed her rolling over again!! I can't believe that she is already old enough to do that.. The time goes by so fast and before you know it they are big. It's so easy to get busy and miss all of these firsts because I'm trying to rush through life. It's a reminder to me to slow down and enjoy my girls.

Kimber's two month doctor appointment

At Kimber's two month doctor's visit she weighed 11 lbs. 8 oz which is 2 pounds more than at her one month appointment. She has also grown in height by two inches. She is going to be our tall girl. Madilynn and Kimber look a lot alike but we've decided that Madilynn takes after Brett more and Kimber takes after me more.

Unlocking the door

This morning I heard Madi yelling, "Daddy!! Daddy!!" She had heard the garage door open at 7:30 this morning and decided to go greet her Daddy who was coming home from work. I knew that she could operate the door lock and I was pretty sure that she couldn't work the dead bolt yet... This morning she figured out the dead bolt. Brett said that she had opened the door to the garage and was waiting for him to get out of the car. It's time to beef up our security.. I try to keep Madi away from the outside doors so she doesn't try to get outside without my knowing it. Anyone that has been to our house has seen our child safety gates and how we can totally contain Madi in the family room away from any danger. I'm probably over cautious but it's nice to know that if I do need to go in the other room she can't get into any trouble or get outside.

My stroller

It's so silly to blog about my stroller but I have to because I like it so much. This stroller really is so cool I'm so excited about it. The seats come off and they can turn to face each other or face away from each other or face forward or backwards. When I go walking Madi usually somewhere in the middle asks me to turn her around so she can look in the other direction, keeping her entertained longer. Love this stroller! When I first purchased the stroller I talked about it all the time to Brett. I kept on telling him how cool it was and all about the neat features it has. I just wanted him to know what a great purchase it was. One night Brett went walking with me and the girls and he pushed the stroller and decided that it really was that cool. I'm so glad that we finally went and bought a double stroller. I had mentioned to Brett that I would like to have one but we decided that we didn't really need it. Well, to go walking with both girls was hard to do if I wanted to go very far and when I go walking for my workout I walk five miles. So before the double stroller I would carry Kimber in a snugly and push Madi in an umbrella stroller. It would out ok but my back was starting to complain. So to sum it all up if you are ever looking for a double stroller I would recommend this one. Did I say how cool it is and that I love it so much?

Daddy has an ouchy!

The night before last Brett got a small cut on his finger at work. Madilynn is very sensitive to when you have a hurt, so when she found out that her Dad had an ouchy she wanted to make sure he was ok. She looked Brett in the face and said, “You got ouchy?” He told her yes and that it needed a kiss. When Brett showed her his finger she stepped back, put her hand over her mouth and said, “Eew! Yucky!” Brett laughed really hard and asked her again and she shook her head no. From the way she reacted you would have thought that his finger was falling off. She really keeps us in stitches.. Ha ha ha!! Oh and the cut wasn't very bad just so you aren't wondering.

Madilynn

The other day I took a bunch of photo's of the girls trying to get some cute ones for a father's day gift. The girls weren't cooperating so I was worried that I didn't get anything cute. I did end up with a bunch that were pretty cute and then today I was doing some editing to the photo's and ended up with something so precious of Madi. I just had to put it up to share. This photo really shows what a sweetie she is.. Man I love my girls!

Kimber a.k.a Boo Boo

Madilynn a.k.a Moo Moo

Dust storms

So I purchased this really cool stroller so I could go on walks with the girls. Well, the heat wasn't so terrible tonight so I decided to try to go walking. I could hear that the wind was blowing but I didn't think it was that bad. Pretty much from the very first step it was so windy and dusty that we couldn't go very far. In Arizona when the wind starts blowing you get really nasty dust storms. Next time we have a dust storm I'll take a picture of the sky it's just yucky and brown.. Ewww!!

Madilynn and her shoes

Our daughter Madilynn like any other little girl loves shoes. Any chance she gets she picks a new pair from our closet to wear around the house. She has a favorite pair of navy blue Mary Janes that we had to hide because she would get so frustrated when she couldn't put them on by herself. Don't get me wrong we always offered to help her but she wouldn't have it so to save us all frustration we put them away. We aren't really sure where she picked it up but she calls all shoes dancing shoes. Anyway, she really loves shoes. One day on a trip to the grocery store she had on a really cute pair of brown sandals with a butterfly on them. We were just about to get loaded into the cart when I heard Madilynn crying. When I looked to see what was wrong out came the vomit all over the place. As I was cleaning her off she cried out, "My shoes!" Some of her throw up had gotten on her sandals and that's all she was worried about. She is such a girly girl and we love it!

Universal Joint

Brett's music website is up and running. Go to http://www.yellowhillsmusic.com/ and check it out.