Friday, November 30, 2007

Jackson the Academic

As some of you know Jackson got glasses! I had been thinking for quite some time that I needed to get his eyes checked due to some things I had noticed when we would read and hooray for Mother's Instinct cause sure enough, his eyes needed some help. So here he is. The little "Academic"

BEFORE


AFTER


Turkey Day Weedend

So over a week later here I am doing a quick update about our Thanksgiving! We had such a fabulous time with the Christofferson's (my sister Marilee's family). They arrived late Tuesday night and on Wednesday we woke up, had yummy breakfast casserole and then Mar and I took off to run some errands. We then met the guys and the kids for bowling and then we went and had authentic Chicago deep dish pizza at a place called Lou Malnati's! It was delish! Then Thursday our friends Chad and Alaina and their 2 girls came over and we had a fun day of cooking, playing, chatting and finally EATING!!!! The dinner was so yummers and we had a great time. Friday we were gonna go downtown but figured it would be a zoo so we went and saw Enchanted instead. It was such a super good movie. Then we went to Red Robin for dinner (of course we did) We had good intentions to go into the city on Saturday but after we polled the kids it was decided that we wouldn't go. Instead we took the kids to Benihana's, which they absolutely LOVED, and to a super nice mall to walk around. The mall didn't last too long due to cranky children but we had fun anyways. That night TJ and Adam headed out to see a crappy horror flick, and Mar, Alaina and I headed out to see a fantastic chick flick...Dan in Real Life. If you haven't seen it I HIGHLY recommend it! Sunday we went to church and came home to watch the Bronco's game. They played the Bears and since we dislike all things Chicago the loss to the Bears stung that much more. Monday mornig Mar and Adam left super early and we were all left feeling very melancholy and blue that our fun weekend was over. We will see them at Christmas though, so we can't feel too bad.


Annie and Jack before Thanksgiving Dinner

Don't ask


Logan and Reecey having a snuggle.


G-Man and Reecey. Her patience was up, however, due to her lengthy snuggle with Logan

Me and Brady at Benihana's

The bigger kids at Benihana's. They all felt very cool cause they got their own table.

The tree at the mall with all the kids, except Reece,

G-man and Brady. Handsome boys!

My kids before Church. They all looked so nice!

So that's about it. I just realized I have no pictures of Spencer. Sorry about that. Its not cause I don't love him!
Thanks to the Christofferson's for making the trek out here. It was very much appreciated and we miss you soooooooooooooooooooo much!

Monday, November 19, 2007

TAG

This one's about me and my hubby!



What is his name? Torrey Jay Nelson Brinkerhoff, Jr. Hence going by TJ
How long have you been married? going on 10 years May 29th! WTH??? How did that happen?
How long did you date? Tough question since we didn't really date. We were long distance and the most consecutive days we spent together before our wedding was 10. We kept joking that we knew we loved each other and we really hoped we LIKED each other. Turns out we did! But to answer the question we started "dating" in January, got engaged in March and married in May so that's 5 months. I'd known him for a year prior to that though.
How old is he? 31 Hehehe. He's getting old.
Who eats more? I probably could but I try not to so we'll go with him.
Who said I love you first? TJ
Who is taller? TJ
Who sings better? I'd say him but he'd say me. He auditioned for American Idol a few years ago if that's any indication.
Who is smarter? TJ all the way!
Whose temper is worse? Probably me
Who does the laundry? Ummm for sure me. He's willing but my OCD doesn't allow it. He might shrink the clothes
Who does the dishes? Both of us.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If we're laying in bed he's on the right.
Who pays the bills? Mostly me, except we discuss credit card bills together.
Who mows the lawn? TJ for sure. Our lawn is huge. He needs a ride on mower.
Who cooks dinner? Me...TJ acts like a fool idiot in the kitchen.
Who drives when you are together? Mostly TJ. I feel weird when we're all together and I'm driving.
Who is more stubborn? TJ all the way.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Probably me. TJ will admit eventually, but it usually takes a few days for him to admit it!
Whose parents do you see the most? Mine.
Who proposed? TJ did in the Denver airport with a huge audience!
Who has more friends? We're probably even but I actually keep in touch with my friends.
Who has more siblings? I do if you include my non-biological sibs. TJ does if you don't include my non-biologicals.
Who wears the pants in the family? I'd say him, he'd say me, which is probably an indication that its pretty even.

Tag: Lindsay, Heather E, Heather W, Mar, Libby and Jeni

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Jackson's 8 and our Weekend in Denver

This past weekend we went to Denver where we had a FABULOUS time with family and friends. We went there so Jackson could get baptized with his cousin Annie and so we could bless Reecey poo. It really was such a special weekend and I felt so blessed to be surrounded by so many family memebers. We appreciate the effort every one made to be there to share those special events in our lives and in the lives of our children. It felt so wonderful to "escape" for a few days and to feel some peace. My life lately has felt so noisy, cluttered, chaotic and worriesome, that it was great to be immersed in gospel ordinances, family and fun!
I did one extended montage but seperated Jackson's birthday portion from that of our Halloween and weekend fun. I know you all have seen some of the pictures in Jack's montage before but my favorite posts to do and to look at are the birthday montages. They always bring a little tear to my eye!
ENJOY!