Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so much that I'm thankful for, I wouldn't even know where to begin or where to end.  I'm most grateful for my family - my husband and daughter and baby boy, and also my vast extended family!  I'm also grateful for the gospel and the stability and peace it brings to my life. I'm thankful for the knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father and his Son, our Savior.  And today, I'm especially grateful for friends, new and old, who make being away from loved ones easier.  Thank you Father for blessing me with so many wonderful people in my life.

Happy Birthday Brighton!

I'll write more about Brighton turning two later, but I wanted to get some birthday pictures up for the grandparents.

Opening presents with Grandma & Grandpa Nelson

Eating her favorite meal - chicken taco!

Decorating her birthday cake - the orange sprinkles came out A LOT faster than the pink and green ones.

She pretended to be shy for a second, but was really happy to be sung to!

We didn't think she'd get the candles blown out - but she got one on the first try!!  We then of course had to re-light the candles 5 times and even then she wasn't happy when we took them out of the cake and put them away!

HALLOWEEN

Brighton & her pal Macey

Who needs to Trick or Treat when there's candy all over the ground?

Our new favorite hobby - jumping!

True love: Mickey & Minnie

I know it's a week overdue, but we've been a lil busy!  Brighton was Minnie Mouse for Halloween this year and absolutely LOVED Trick or Treating!!

Carving Pumpkins

Again, not exactly something that a 2 year old is into, but we had to carve pumpkins this year.  Brighton helped for a little bit, but soon lost interest.  It was okay though, Daddy took over and carved the pumpkin for us.

A Kind of Pumpkin Patch

There aren't Pumpkin Patches here like there are in the States - which makes sense since they don't really celebrate Halloween here.  But, there is a lady who sells pumpkins in the month of October.  Now, if you go at the beginning of October, there are hundreds of pumpkins.  But, if you wait until the end of the month, like Amber, Jill and I did, then you're stuck with about 10.  Oh well, we went, we got a picture and we'll remember next year to go earlier!

Halloween Crafts

Seeing as Brighton is still only 2, she wasn't too into doing any Halloween crafts this year.  But, I did get her to color a pumpkin with her two friends.

My Big Little Girl

Brighton's gotten really good at eating at the table in her booster seat.  She loves drinking out of a big girl cup, eating dinner with a big girl spoon and getting to eat at the table with Mommy & Daddy.  I have to say that dinner time is a lot better now that she eats with us and we don't have to coax her to swallo every single bite!  We still have fun dinners where she's not too into eating, but it's gotten a lot better.

Gavin's Birthday

A couple weekends ago we went to Gavin Naylor's 3rd birthday party. Brighton loved having all the big kids around to play with. She wasn't sure about the pinata at first, but once she saw what the other kids were doing - swinging a light saber and hitting something - she was all over it! Giving Baby Brynn kisses

The birthday boy Gavin

The GREAT cake Corby made!

Camping

We took Brighton camping this weekend for the second time ever. She selpt in her own sleeping bag and pretty much slept through the night. She woke up around 4 and I moved her into our sleeping bag cause I didn't want her crying to wake up our friends. She had a ton of fun walking around the fire, playing with sticks, drinking hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows. Tom & I were even able to have some fun!

Trying to pawn carrots off of Gavin. He wasn't thrown off by her cute looks.
Sitting with Miss "Apwil"