Bedtime for Brycen

This was my converstation with Brycen as I was putting him to bed tonight:

Brycen: I love you forever

Me: Do I get to keep you forever?

Brycen: Yeah

me: But what about when you go on your mission?

Brycen: (with a don't you know sort of voice) I'm not going all by myself!

Me: So I'm going too?

Brycen: Yeah and you know where I'm going on my mission--to Disneyland! But remember we have to get to the hotel when it is already dark.

Cute PJ Picture?

Take two overly exicted, exhausted boys on Christmas Eve, add another brother who doesn't want anyone sitting next to him and a mom who bought cute Christmas jammies and really wants a picture before sending her sweet children off to dream of sugarplums and what do you get: HORRIBLE PICTURES!

A Christmas Show

The preschool that Brycen goes to is owned by the man who produced Legacy and The Testaments. There is a large emphasis placed on performing. Because of our trip to Disneyland we were going to miss Brycen's Christmas show. The teacher let us come for a "rough dress rehearsal" before we left. At the Thanksgiving show in front of all the families Brycen was one of the loudest singers, but for our private show he was very quite--go figure!

A Mickey Vacation

We just spent four very fun days at Disneyland. It always takes Zac awhile to feel comfortable there since he is still deathly afraid of characters. But once we convinced him that the characters were all away on vacation he did great. Luckily we saw most of the characters before him so the fib worked. Both Zac and Brycen have moved on from Fantasyland and prefer rides like Big Thunder Railroad, Star Tours, the Matahorn, and the Buzz Lightyear ride. Of course the Dumbo ride, the tea cups and the rockets are still cool too. Zac also discovered the Jungle Cruise this time I think he went on it at least ten times. The new Nemo submarine ride is very cool, but we only went on it twice because the line was always so long. I can't decide is Disneyland or BYU and Aspen Grove are the happiest places on earth--maybe it's a tie! It was really funny to watch people reaction to Brycen in Scott's old wheelchair stroller. We got lots of sympathetic smiles and he got lots of attention. I figure it is just one of the perks of having two brothers with disabilities.

New Blog

We have started a new blog that will be linked to our adoption profile--we hope. Please check it out. If you know of anyone who is thinking of placing a baby please tell them about us and invite them to check out the blog. Feel free to comment, just don't include any last names our names of cities. I'm not sure if I 'm going to keep posting on both blogs or just the new one.
hopefulfamily.blogspot.com

Zac's award

Zachary received an award at his school's first trimester award ceremony for being so kind and being such a good friend to everyone. He may not have all his math facts down, but he sure knows how to show love!