So you think you can.....

We had a So you think you can dance party at our house.

Couples tried to win the Title of the Best Dancing Couple.

The contestants were:

Matt & Janet Dustin

90's Medley rock - Improvisation

Holding out for a hero
Kim & Travis Seyboldt

Hip Hop

Tik Tok - Ke$ha

Bryce & Sarah Lindsey
Contemporary

Baby Baby Baby - Celine Deon


Steve & Courtney Quilter

Hip Hop

You Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

AND the winner was......

ta ta ta tum!

We took home a real trophey, it was like a golden globe!

If you want to see some small video clips of the magical night go HERE.

The competition was Extremely competative... lots of bruises, pulled groins, sweat, muscle soreness, etc etc. But, everybody pulled through.

The moves/skills/choreography/passion/ determination was unlike I've ever seen!

Was the funnest night EVER!!!
Hopefully we can recruite some more willing and competative couples and make it a semi-anual event.

What a year!

Our little Briggsie has turned 1 year old!!!!For his Birthday he received a special homemade gluten-free, dairy-free, & sugar-free cake!

Which was De-lish!

I was more excited about letting him dive into his cake than I was about anything else.
The kid knows how to stuff his face!
I loved it!

We planned a special day for him full of chucky cheese...which was SO LAME!

It was WAY trashy and only about 2 rides worked.

However, Bryce disappeared for awhile, only to be found winning the game, Deal or NO Deal.

He proceeded to win 2 more times and you'd think those large amounts of tickets he scored would have bought us a large stuffed teddy bear...on no. no no. A small plastic lizard is more like it. Although, we did score this awesome picture taken by Chuck E. Cheese himself.

Anyway, after being un-impressed with that place, we found
ourselves at "Jumpin," a kids inflated playground area.

A couple days later we had a birthday party for Briggs with 16 kids and 10 adults!

It was a PARTAY!

Unfortunately my pictures didn't turn out from the party, but it was fun and crazy!

Immediately, overnight, Briggs has changed. This is no joke.

He's developed this little attitude. I'm not sure what to do about it.

Is it to early to put a child that just turned 1 in timeout? if not, how do you discipline when he's a bad boy?

This picture is where I found him yesterday after 2 seconds of taking my eyes off him.

His mischievousness isn't the problem, it's his sassyness.

It's fun to see him develop and change. He's just doing it too fast!

My little baby is a little boy now.

He is so loved!

Guys Weekend

My awesome sis-in-law, Sam, secretly planned a surprise trip for Bryce's Brother, Eric, to come out and visit us from California! They were able to talk their father, Papa Lindsey, to come also for a guys get-away. Sam made it possible for them to go snowboarding for the weekend at a nice resort. They also had a tennis competition and indulged in shaved-ice. Bryce was SO HAPPY to have his family taste his favorite treat.

I was really impressed with how many Papa could put down.

Sneaky Papa was trying to give Briggsie a suger- high

Briggsie was so excited to be part of the Manly weekend.
I wish a got more pictures of the fun!
We were so happy to have Eric and Tom come visit us.
Thank you Sammie!

Welcome to our House

Hurray! We moved into our NEW home.

For those Fam Members that have requested pictures of the house...

Whalla! I will give you a tour.

Walking in the front door you are greeted by the FRONT ROOM
Behind the front room is my Fav....THE KITCHEN!
It has all the space a girl could want. Love the Island and the Pantry. Our DINING ROOM is to die for with sunset views and a walk out deck.

Moving on to the FAMILY ROOM

Could it get any better with this couch? I say No.

It's nice and big. Plenty of room for toys and games.

It also walks out onto our back deck.

Sitting area

My favorite part of this Fam room is the Pellet stove.

A woman's BEST FRIEND! This is the MAIN BATHROOM which is located right off the fam room.

It's great for a quick relief

The LAUNDRY ROOM is in a perfect spot located right off the mudroom.

My favorite part, the shelving! Heading on upstairs.... We have the MASTER BEDROOM

With our....drumroll....NEW KING SIZE BED

aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! And, our new BEAUtiful comforter we received for Christmas
Here we have the MAIN BATHROOM

It contains the best treasure in the house....

A Jetted Tub. So Glorious.

That is the end of the tour today.

I still need to show your 3 more bedrooms, an office, 2 bathrooms, and a deck.

They are still a work in progress. So stay tuned.

If you ever want to see this place in real life, PLEASE COME AND VISIT! We NEED you!

Sledding

The joy of Briggsies 1st sledding trip was experienced with his friends Brennon, Tate, & Savannah.
Cool, Calm, & Collected as he lay in the sled while vrooming down the hill
Little Savannah was a pro-sledder with the win for the longest distance

Then...we have the snow-skate.

Brennon figured it out pretty quickThen we have....OOPS someone, who's name shall remain anonymous, wrecked with hard impact to the stomach region. No internal damage that we know of.

Briggsie received a hardy lunch at the hill.

The white fluff looked so appetizing. A balanced meal of Water, Dirt,& Soot. With maybe a little yellow dessert on the side. That's my boy.

Twinnies

My sister Aleena birthed the 2 most beautiful babies in the world!

I was able to meet them for the first time over Christmas.

Thompson Steed Hill Tavah Marie Hill
Are they NOT the CUTEST little things you've ever seen!

They are perfect too.

His first Christmas

At first Briggsie was scared of our Christmas Tree. Checking it out from all sides, but not daring to go near. After a bit of coaxing, by taking his hand and petting the tree very nicely, he finally felt comfortable enough to help me apply the decorations. He was fascinated by our Manger scene in a globe and when I wasn't looking, broke off the wing of the Angel flying above it.
And of course I told him the story about the nativity. While I was in the depths of my story, and Briggs seemed totally enthralled, baby Jesus suddenly went missing!

Thank goodness Briggsie was keeping him safe in his mouth. So we carefully returned him to his manger and the story ended and the nativity went on a high shelf.

Briggs met Santa Claus Himself!
This particular Santa didn't like Children.
I don't blame Briggsie for crying.

So, a nice Santa came to our Colorado house 3 days before Christmas.

We wanted to have an ugly Christmas Sweater eve, but turns out that we only had cute sweaters.

Although Briggsie received a lot of nice gifts, he was way excited about the wrapping paper this year.

We spent the Real Christmas at Grammy & Poppy Steeds House

The Hill cousins were there with the new twins

Check out the stash!

We went to my favorite place Christmas night, temple square.

It was freezing and beautiful at the same time

Poppy kept little Briggsies hands warm.

Thank goodness for Poppy's!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas!

Merry Christmas to Everyone.

11 Months

Our little Briggsie is getting SO big.

Briggs took his first steps the day before Thanksgiving and hasn't stopped walking since. He shakes and nods his head. He's a pro at going up and down stairs after only one spill.

He hates broccoli and loves blueberries, strawberries, green beans, and peas. His toys are a thing of the past and since we moved into our new house, he's been scaling the new terrain and will play with anything that looks or acts like a stick.

He babbles like crazy and loves wrestling with his mom & Dad

20 Niner

It was Bryce's Birthday and we Paartay'dThe day started out with a vicious bowling game

Briggs was fascinated by the whole process

I dropped a ball on my finger. It's now black. Owwie

Bryce won. He's a seasoned bowler.We got a babysitter for the first time in 11 months and went out by ourselves to dinner and a movie!We had our friends, the Seyboldts, over for cake and icecream. Happy Birthday Bryce!

My boy is getting SO OLD!

Papa Tom

Happy Birthday to my

Papa Tom!

We love you and miss you ALREADY!

Hope you have a special day.

MWAH.

Surgery

Today Briggs went into surgery for his spine.

He has a low-lying conus.

He got to ride into the hospital in his own wagon carrying all his and Mommy's luggage in order to stay a couple nights to recover.

He knew something was up and was a bit clingy.
He loved the fishies in the fish tank.

Before his surgery he was able to dress in the hospital garb and was extremely curious with all the nobs, buttons, and new things to press and play with in the room.
He figured out that the mattress was bouncy and Luuved jumping on the bed
The wait was quite long and without food or drink all morning, he became silent, still, and somber. Not like him at all. Around 1:30 he finally went into surgery after a long delay.

We were able to go into the operating room with him to watch him go under anesthesia. We had to wear our special hospital uniforms. Briggsie obviously thought we looked weird. He kept staring at us with intense curiosity. It was cute.

We're glad to report that the surgery went perfect.

Briggsie did so well and was extremely brave.

We want to thank you all for your prayers and thoughts for us this day.

We felt your support and love and we want to thank you SO MUCH!

Once upon a time...

There was a Friendly Green Dragon Who went Trick or Treating
With a beautiful ballerina and a nice skeleton from Wyoming

They were his friends
He got lots of candy that Mommy wouldn't let him eat

But He was so happy to hang out with friends
and Daddy and Mommy

The End

We bought a house!

In 12 days we'll be moving into our own home!!!

After lots of searching we found the house that is Perfect for us.

My favorite part is the deck on the back!We can't wait to have our own place!

We are WAY excited.

Life is good.

Favorites...

Favorite Toy: Any utensil in mommy's kitchen drawers

Favorite Hangout: The end table

Favorite Food: Paper.....Paper of any kind.

Pumpkin Patch

Briggsie loved searching for pumpkins. Unfortunately most of them were rotted and smooshy.We found a corn field to play around in

Briggsie finally found the perfect pumpkin

My 1st. Haircut

My hair was grown over my ears so Daddy gave me my first haircut

I look Handsome

Our Little Family

When we visited family in California a couple weeks ago, we had a wonderful photographer take our 1st family pictures. Here are a few of the many.

For Auntie Jessie...

We've had a lot going on lately, and I haven't taken very many pics.

Here's a quick update about our Briggsie.

He received some new toys from his Daddy & Mommy which he LOVES!

His favorite is his stand up interactive table.

It sings songs, which he dances to. Speaks spanish...which he's becoming fluent in. Counts, plays piano, has a computer, and a phone! So, needless to say Briggs is becoming fluent in elecronics.

His second favorite toy is his truck, which he walks behind and rides on. I observed him the other day pushing it over to the coffee table, afterwich he knocked it over, climbed onto it and proceeded to try climbing onto the coffee table. Fortunatley, for me, he couldn't quite make it onto the table. But, he certainly tried.

It's been nice weather and we've gone to the park a couple times...which he loves!

Beware of gross picture below...

He's had a little runny nose lately too. Massive flowage. Makes it hard to breath and sleep.

Sad :(

...He wishes he could give Auntie Jessie snotty kisses

Eight

My Boy is 8 Months Old Today

My Papa Craigie

Surprise!

Papa Craigie I love you SO MUCH!

Have a Happy Birthday!

come visit me!

Dad I love you so much! I hope you have a wonderful Day.

I wish I could be there with you to celebrate 61 years!! Wahoo!

For your birthday I think you should buy a great piece of property in Windsor with a big yard for you to work in and landscape.

Big Boy

Briggs started crawling a couple weeks ago.

He loves the freedom and is constantly on the move.

His favorite terrain is the kitchen floor, cupboards and dishwasher.This morning I caught him getting into my purse and going through my wallet!

No doubt looking for cash!

Moments later he decided to rearrange the books and toys...
and then he tried scaling the bookshelf.
(yes, he actually tried climbing it)
I love watching him try new things and venture into new places.

I may not be so stoked about his new ability in a couple months, but for now I think its adorable.






When he has down time you'll find him watching his favorite show in one of these two positions.
In my basket...

or with his ball

He got me...

So we had one of these...