my kids, braydon with Tom, pool time, Brielle with "liya" (aliya) and brielle jumping to brett

MICHIGAN!

we are enjoying our trip..here are a few pics!
we just enjoyed a week of the Bolt Family.....which means (Four Families, Grandpa and Grandma...with a total of 9 granchildren (the majority being 5 and under.)
what a blast we have had..a chaotic week, but so much fun to watch these kids play and explore. Braydon is an absolute nut in the water, where as Brielle prefers to play in the sand.
I will try to post more later in teh month...we have taken so many pics (close to 400)...so, i will spare you the majority.

the boys getting rinsed off by grandpa after a day at the beach...
braydon and mommy
my kids!
trying out the boogee board
see dad...i can carry it.
2008, Bolt Family Picture
Brielle and Kim

posing on the beach
in motion
all the cousins taking turns to pray before dinner.
eating a little lunch
eating some lunch at the bar in grandma's kitchen

And we are off....to Michigan!

well...the time has come for our annual trip to Michigan for the 4th holiday....with family, friends, cousins, the beach, and more....we are very excited and about to embark on our 12 hour drive with these two kids! it should be a lot of fun!

i will attempt to post while on vacation...but, if not..you will get lots to look at when the kids and I return in August...(yes, I did say August.....we are going for 4 weeks!)....Brett will be with us for 2 of those weeks, and then.....we will be on our own!

Braydon is so excited to see his cousins, and Brielle....well, she will probably talk everyone's ear off.....

Happy 4th of July!

eating cereal outside...."cheese"
has to wear her bike helmet..just like her brother..
there are the moments of laughter....
cool girl on her "first" scooter
trying out brielle's dora bike
a play-doh nose....
all camo (his idea) and mommy's motorcycle boots..
caught in the act of standing on the window ledge...
and then caught on the act of hanging from the oven handles...
out little girl is getting so Big!

Good Morning!

this is how we found her in the morning..not sure what she did...but, she obviously wanted that shirt off in the middle of the night....(check out the hair too. :))

2 weeks and counting.....

enjoy the new pics!
we have been enjoying the weather, lots of time at the pool and outside.
we are counting the days until our trip to Michigan....we leave here on July 3rd!
braydon is so excited to see family and friends....
i have decided to stay a full 4 weeks this year.....so, it should be a fun month!

Randoms...and meeting Finnley Chambers....

brielle wanted to hold finn, so we let her...and she just smiled....
and then she gave her a hug! :) ahhhh....
and then...she wanted to give her back. :) but, overall, brielle was very interested in Finn.
first set of pig-tails!!!!!!
loving the hair!
what's a boy to do...at some point, he has to try on his sister's stuff...just to be goofy!
braydon had his first dentist appointment..such a big boy, went back all by himself! (i, of course..shed a little tear that my little boy is growing so fast!)
our little brie-brie...crown and all...

Gamber Firehouse Fair.....

family pic at the fair..
josh & brielle on the boat ride
brett and brielle on the giant slide
melissa and brielle just a giggling...
josh and braydon riding the bumblebee ride..

fake crying.....

you never really realize how much your kids listen to you until they say something that you have said at some point during their lives....

we were eating dinner the other night, and as things have been going lately...brielle is not fond of sitting at the table and would much rather eat on a come and go basis (meaning...get down, come back for food, get down again..run around, come back again...etc)...well...i was trying to keep her at the table and she was doing that sorda fake, whine type of cry..nothing real. out of nowhere..without looking up from his own food, braydon says, "thats a fake cry brielle, really..that's a fake cry" brielle looked at her brother and did stop the whining.....for about 30 seconds...

brett and i smiled at each other and just chuckled...

June is here!

What a month...i have slacked a long time...so lots of pics added!
we have been busy and it is so nice that it is finally warm out...we spend a ton of our time outside!
Braydon is mister imagination and spends his days acting out his superhero adventures, and most of the time my name is "alicia (from diego), or "bat girl". He is a ton of fun right now, and has really taken to riding his bike everywhere!!!!
Brielle has finally started to talk...and she talks non-stop! whether she is rambling, or stating very specific words...she wants to be heard and she lets us know..we have a feeling she is going to be louder than her brother...oh boy!

lots of stuff coming up..i promise to post more soon....

Same Picture...2 years apart...they are siblings and they think alike!

brielle in the cat cage (05/2008)
braydon in the cat cage (10/2006)

kids with be kids....

need i say more....we are trying desperately to slow the cars down in the neighborhood..
hey there
gotta get that last drop out of the glass...
why not help myself to more...:)
hmmm, the bucket is not quite big enough

so..it poured on Sunday...it was warm out, no lightning or thunder..so the kids played in the rain.
had a great time...
and just got really wet!
nice rain water hug!
and then it cleared up, so they washed bikes (both daddy bikes and kid bikes)

he loves brett's motorcycle helmet...rode his bike around for a long time with it on. :)
brielle's first time in a bathing suit this year..
spiderman is soooo tired!
playing with the batmobile and barbie's volkswagon..