Oh my...

Found this on my sister-in-laws's blog. This is Oak at my niece's birthday party. It was minnie mouse theme and least bit said, the black frosting got the best of my sweetheart. ha ha Lovely huh!?

Dear Grandma...

Dear Grandma,

Per your request, here are some pictures of our everyday activities. Aaron took a vacation day so that I could take a vacation day and re-coop from a chaotic two weeks of on-going no sleep, mind rattling drama, messy house, never ending laundry, and did I mention on-going no sleep. Life for the Brady clan is busy but thank heavens because I would rather have days filled with scattered toys and insanely loud children than days filled with an empty house and silence although silence is nice sometimes. We woke this morning and cleaned the house, bathed the children, started a load of laundry and now we begin the cool down period; a movie, some lunch, and a nap. Oaklee has found a new fascination with slow dancing. I am guessing it is from her pri-say(princess) barbie movies that are full of love, adventure, and characters that sing, dance, and even dip while they dance. So Oak was slow dancing with daddy and having him dip her as well. ha ha Oh my is she a girl and our little princess. Sweet Maisy had shots yesterday so sleep as not come very easy to her. She was restless last night and has spent most of this morning caching up on her sleep. She is fat, fat, fat and the most precious thing I have ever seen. She has daddy's calm temperament and if she isn't eating, sleeping, or pooping, she is smiling her little wide mouth scrunch nose smile. My kids are so funny. Even with their giant Brady Blues they seem bound and determined to smile with grandpa's little squint eyes and my scrunch nose. Maisy is in the 75 percentile for height and weight. Can't say the same for Oak as she has got her mommy's tiny frame and her daddy's lanky limbs. So here ya go. Pictures accompanied with a personal letter for you. I think this will be a new weekly tradition. We love you and can't wait to see you in a week.

Love, your granddaughter, Rotten Rach

me...

Saw this on Whitney's blog and it looked fun...

i am:tired and dreading changing the explosion that is waiting for me in maisy's diaper

i know:how much my incredible husband loves me

i want:a fluffy bed and good night sleep

i have:way to many clothes

i hate:the sound of crackling ice

i miss:my mom

i smell:my yummy sensual amber body spray

i feel:worn out from drama

i hear:oaklee in the kitchen getting into something she isn't supposed to

i crave:a run in the rain

i search:for matching socks

i love:my sexy hubby and sweet babies

i care:about everything way to much

i always:kiss my sweethearts goodnight

i believe:in my Savior Jesus Christ

i sing:pop corn popping a million and two times a day

i write:love letters to my hubby and girls in their special notebooks

i lose:my senses when i walk into a fabric store

i win:"because i win" big daddy hehe

i never:put the milk back in the same place

i listen:to the loud neighbor upstairs, annoying!!!

i am scared: of those giant wind fans at the bottom of spanish fork canyon oh and spiders

i need:a neck rub

i am happy:about my life and the journey the Lord has taken me on

i tag:everyone who reads this also

Our Story...

I just feel incredibly inspired right now to tell you all our story. Do I know how long this post will be, uhh no, but I feel I need to do this for my sweetheart and also to bare testimony that the rose colored glasses I have viewed my life through since I was a little girl watching Cinderella are real and are possible for any who truly search for their own glasses in the right place.

I first met my sweetheart in October of 2005. I had just recently graduated that June and a year previous had ended a year and half relationship with a guy who was great but not great for me. Least bit said, my confidence took a beating, and for anyone who really knows me, confidence in who I am, where I came from, and where I am going had never been an issue until the breakup. I spent my senior year of high school trying to find myself again. Full confidence did not return until I started going to the singles ward after graduation. I had sworn that I would never go to the ward because it was full of people that I thought of at the time as weird. The first time I went, I knew I was home. My ego took a beating as I found that these people were actually my soul mates. Friends that I recognized from a previous life. I lost myself in missionary work, but found my spirit in it as well. Leaving my comfort zone to befriend an investigator became my new comfort zone. I have constantly been craving change and learning experiences ever since.

I saw that blue eyed Brady boy in the investigator class and the rest is history. My spiritual eyes were open and this man was my Best Friend in the previous life and would be my Best Friend for the rest of eternity. First Date-October 31. First second I knew I was going to marry him-1 hour into the first date. First Kiss-Three weeks later. First I Love You-month and 1/2 after the kiss. Proposal-March 13,2006. Eternity-June 17,2006.

Five years later, he is still the one I can hardly bare to be an hour without. The one who makes me pee my pants from laughter over the silliest, smallest things. The one I don't want to fall asleep next to because it postpones a 3 am conversation about nothing and everything but also the one I can't bare to fall asleep without because it means a restless sleep without my comfort blanket. The one who when he winks at me with his little side smile gives me butterflies and takes my breath away. The one and only person ever in existence that I don't want to be a second without. The one who has further enriched my life by blessing me with his precious children and given me treasures that because of covenants we have made to and with the Lord, I never have to live without.

I know that in the eternal perspective my life and my feelings are nothing except the blink of an eye and have the impact of a pin prick but I know that the love I feel for this man is the kind of love that will ripple through the lives of our progeny and they will believe in a pure and eternal love because of mine and my sweetheart's example of such.

So to the world, happiness is real, all deserve it, and all are worthy of it if you open your spiritual eyes, put on those rose colored glasses and recognize your part in the Lord's plan and follow the map He has laid out for you. Your love is infectious and it will echo the eternities if you but let it.

My sweet Brady, I love you. Happy early 5th Anniversary.

Sleep over...

This is what I found tonight when I went to check on Oak. Every night she has a little line of toys that are perfectly tucked under the bed spread while she is either shoved up against the wall or just about to roll off the bed. Sometimes we see this and two Barbies, one tucked under each arm, hugged to her chest. She is so dang cute and I can't wait to show her boyfriends all of these funny pictures we take of her.

Strength...

In this day there are demons, and horrors of all kind trying to rip apart the sacred institution of marriage and family. Trying to shred all happiness that may exist with in someones person. I am baring testimony and true witness that the only thing that gives me strength to endure these adversaries and these adversities is the knowledge that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has en graven me and my sadness, frustration, sickness, doubt, pain, everything from my inner most being on his palms. He knows me. Because of this knowledge I am never alone. I am never single in anything. Because of His sacrifice I have the freedom to be happy, to love my family completely, to be whole spiritually, emotionally, physically. I have the freedom to let go. He is my strength.

A Brady Easter Story Part 2

After a spiritually fed soul and a food filled belly comes the games. An easter egg hunt. Oak made out like a bandit! 8 eggs all of which mommy and daddy enjoyed on the way home;) Thanks Oak. Bubbles and candy galore. We all enjoy some good bubble and trampoline fun with the cousins. Daddy even had fun with bubbles. Once the bubbles are gone and the kids are worn out, now comes the time for them to reap some of the rewards of the day. Thank you Oma and Ky and Cole for the yummy lunch, eggs, and fun-filled Easter weekend. P.S. Maisy slept throughout the festivities, sorry for the lack of her picture.