Our Little Ones!

So since Mal and I married brothers we always say our kids feel more like siblings than cousins. We call the double-first cousins...we aren't really sure if thats a thing but we like to believe it is. There has to be a word for all the shared DNA.

anyway..... We have a few analogies of how the kids interact with eachother. Mal likes to go with Robin Hood; see the following:

Ryleigh (aka Sissy)

Carter (aka Skippy!)

Brytie (aka Tagalong)

Oh so true!!!!

However I prefer the Rugrats analogy; see the following:

Ryleigh (Angelica) aka. The DIVA, boss and ring-leader!

Carter and Bryton (Phil and Lil) aka. The twins, best buds, attatched at the hip, the troublemakers!

Parker (Tommy Pickles) aka. The youngest, sweetest, most adventerous!

If you have spent time with the kiddos you probably understand these parallels!! Ry is def a diva and ring leader, Carter and Bryton can't get enough of eachother and cause all kinds of trouble. And little baby Parker is just a bundle of energy, spunk and sugar. And even though he is so little he rolls and scoots and crawls all over the place (including under the couch!)

Peace, Love and CHRISTMAS TIME!!!

I HAVE GREAT NEWS!!!!!

I have been cast as an Angel in this year's Easter Pageant!!!!!!!!

Make sure you come out and see me! I have wanted this since I can remember, I am absolutely ecstatic!

Just to flatter myself...

...im going to imagine you have been wondering why I haven't posted in a while. 2 words. STOMACH FLU. It started with Ryleigh, then Bryton (who always throws up any way), then Ben. Their's all lasted about 18-24 hours and they were totally fine. So when I started to feel mine coming on my first thought was, "okay just about 24 hours and this will be over..."

It is now day 4.

I definitely feel much much better than day 2 but COME ON! just get out of my system already! I can't eat because it makes me naseous and I feel naseaous becasue I can't eat. This definitely is not in my top 10 ways to spend the start of the Holidays.

Im sorry but when I think Holidays I think Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. I even started blaring Christmas Music November 1st.

Okay so that was more than 2 words.

On the brighter side, I have been thanking my Dear Father in Heaven that this all started the day after the Easter pageant and New Testament auditions. I auditioned for An Angel for the Easter pageant and will find out December 1st whether or not I got it! Ill let you know :)

As for the New Testament Movie auditions...it seems to be just like any other audition I have been to. "We will let you know! BIG SMILE!!" Im used to that so I have fingers crossed in the back of my mind and a "if it be thou's will" in my prayers. Besides that, I just kind of have to forget about it and move on. Then down the line, if through some magical power, I do get a call I will be pleasently surprised.

FINALLY.... American Spirit Pageant Nationals is in 15 days.... Im kind of freaking out because this is crunch time and I am stuck in bed.

"Really? It's for Paris, I'm on this new diet. Well, I don't eat anything and when I feel like I'm about to faint I eat a cube of cheese. I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight."

name that movie!!!

It sort of applies here. I mean I wasn't trying to lose any weight but just get my butt in shape; like toned I guess. Except I can't because of my previously mentioned condition.

So long story short; Pray for me in 3 ways

1) I will get to be an Angel for the Easter Pageant

2) I will get some sort of call-back for the New Testament Movie

3) I will get better so I can get my butt out of bed.

This would be greatly appreciated :)

And look how cute my hubby is! After my New Testament Auditions, when I started to feel sick, he brought me this home. He said, "It looks like you." Okay honey you are the sweetest but I don't get what you mean by that :-/

PEACE LOVE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

Passing through Our Trials

"As we pass through the trials of life, let us keep an eternal perspective, let us not complain, let us become even more prayerful, let us serve others, and let us forgive one another. As we do this, 'all things [will] work together for good to [us] that love God' (Romans 8:28)."

James B. Martino, "All Things Work Together for Good," Ensign, May 2010, 103

MrsArizonaAmericanSpirit.blogspot,com

Attn: All those interested in Sponsorship for Mrs. Arizona American Spirit. THE DEADLINE FOR SPONSORSHIP IS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12th!!!!!!

please consider donation for fundraising or sponsorship!!! YOU WOULD REALLY BE HELPING ME OUT!!!

Thought for the day!

" 'Men are that tye might have joy' (2 Nephi 2:25) and 'for it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things' (2 Nephi 2:11) are not contradictory; they are complementary."

Donald L. Hallstrom "Turn to the Lord" Ensign May 2010

VISIT: MrsArizonaAmericanSpirit.blogspot.com

xoxox

Britt

CHECK OUT MY NEW BLOG AND HELP UNDERPRIVLEDEGED KIDS IN AZ!

MrsArizonaAmericanSpirit.blogspot.com

Please visit my new blog to learn more about my new title and help me with my goal for Nationals!!!! They are Dec 2-4 so make it quick people!!!! :)

visit it or else...

xoxoox

Peace Love and American Spirit!

CLASSY CLUTTER GIVEAWAY!!! IT ROCKS DONT MISS IT!

GO TO CLASSYCLUTTER.BLOGSPOT.com and you will see:
Giveaway!!!! From Vestige Jewelry
We are doing an amazing giveaway sponsored by
Vestige Jewelry
by Karen Doane 
we could not be more excited about this giveaway...we both have jewelry from vestige jewelry and we both get tons of compliments when ever we where them. Don't miss out on winning this one of a kind jewelry.
Also check out her great Blog!!!!

This Giveaway is this awesome necklace.
Anyone can enter! The winner will be chosen by Random.org and the winner will be announced
Nov 14!


link to post here: http://classyclutter.blogspot.com/2010/10/giveaway.html?showComment=1288859014448_AIe9_BG2Eudx79xgutLw1q9iquRHI8V1-8uR03BJOnyK4s0mrlDhYRsHODQh_Npf0EIL1BWOU9R0FKeTs9HmbDIyHHjB9TNz4xL9Wno6Hm06i_kfRD2GTN_2YbO61PO0QbMN43IP_a1aTZSMiCdZMjBi0d13h5syiebOfKSj4xo2ozrY_0LkMEilGJYgP8oZ9twigC41H2FsYAb3RB3d9g5jZHI81yGO7RbCzQYY--ReHESQHL3Rpbd1HN3zQa7fMbaU9eiav4iN0EAuJoLB7yjg78Zz7o99OY9c3UiCzstMZ4h6dVgubR4cnEyUA5usrIltO7LxhXaxbp4BLbtQqXRRkXRl4I-MFgMrY1pKEaOzvnMemPUiDSNx3UQm7wSOrgzP_pADXtzcjclaGRGVDlvd1LGoJzMqghhnOBemd4A5GZFO5TJPzd4JHOZgQlq-gLt_ReLJJm1U-Uyth6QHRR3qu1WE74MxCJ_SDP3w2bTTSM8r2urGACsf9vnDOkawCfF7K89IDxip6jhEBq6vxYNpOTRudAOEpbtgwfNVchLjL8w0I6olcXXltxb723kvTpGwTETxtpcg2d3NuFgkMfudrB8hWE2d-MF0ofMpzGffjXwAJDJAsqQysj5n0PFB6f7oer6qGH01wM9Xyq2uPlTbpPsbRe_sODlLTE5dUSGSGkWCAk7F-Qo#c875528099308130464

Hallo-freakin-ween!!

Halloween was the bomb.com. I was Isabella Swan, Ben was Edward Cullen. We both wore colored contacts and Ben wore a wig.

Ry was a lady bug because she is the "lady" of the house and would not be convinced otherwise.

Bryton Brooks was a bumble bee...well, because she's BB.

It pretty much rocked. Enjoy the pics!

xoxo

Peace Love and Left-over Halloween Candy!!!

Sedona Trip

Ben and I decided to take a very RANDOM trip to Sedona. Random as in I was sitting in my craft room on Thursday night and was really bored and I knew that Ben had Friday-Sunday off which never happends. So I decided to Priceline a random hotel in Sedona for the weekend, got a smokin' deal, walked into the bedroom where Ben sat and handed him the paper and he said "sweet. when we goin?" and I said "tomorrow morning so u better start packing." It was pretty dang sweet.

We both had never been there. And we both definitely needed some time away from home for some R&R. We had absolutely no idea what we were going to do there but it didn't matter, we were basically stoked.

So for Friday we got there, ordered pizza, rented "how to train a dragon," and just soaked in the 'doing absolutely nothing' on the Sleep Number beds in the room. That was basically what I had had in mind when booking this trip.




The next morning we decided to search around town for a cute little cafe for lunch and Ben decides on some place called "The Red Planet" diner that is UFO themed. Awesome decor, food was the bomb. A+ Benny boy.

Look how much she loves her Daddy, I mean you can just see it in her eyes. She also thought those things looked like floaties The last one is my first Turkey burger, it was AMAZING not sure why I never tried one before...

So we saw a little flyer on the counter that looked kinda touristy and found that the Elementary school was putting on a fundraiser Carnival and it ROCKED.

The pic above was a game where you pumped and pumped until the baloon popped... u can probably imagine how quickly our 2 year old accomplished this. The next pic is of Ry with her Sedona boyfriend Kyle. They met at the diner and found eachother again at the Carnival. How cute is that?

This was the archeological dig game. The girls were NOT happy when they dug up skeletons and bones....they screamed and ran...im not sure why people thought little kids would enjoy that. However they got to pick candy for all the bones they found. AWESOME night. There was a ferris wheel, rock wall climbing and a bungee jump thingy. Ryleigh kept asking the guy to jump her higher...then she did a back-flip. I have a daredevil child.

The next day we went to the Oak Creek Trail. It was gorgeous and just what we needed (despite my tailbone being a little sore...if u dont kno what im talking about just know i broke it last week; refer to facebook for details)

amazing.perfect.blessed.restful.blissful weekend.

PEACE LOVE AND SEDONA

xoxo Brittttttt