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We were supposed to go to Spokane for an anniversary weekend (with Brookey) but at the last minute my mom got off work to go see my sister in Utah. Kale encouraged me to go, since he had been working a lot but that canceled our Spokane trip. Instead we had a quiet night at home since it turned out that Brooke and I were both sick. We ordered in some BP's, and just hung out with out daughter. Since Brooke and I had been gone for the last week, it was really nice to do that together :)

3 years has gone by so incredibly fast. There have been ups & downs, but so much has happened in 3 years! We moved from Calgary to Edmonton to Cranbrook. We bought a car. We have taken trips. We have had a baby. We have bought a house. Life is progressing.

There are times when I can't believe I am where I am in my life. I can't believe I am old enough to be here. Time has flown by!

I thought i'd post some pictures of our wedding day. I love to look through them. They make me smile :)

Haha - my baby girl looks nothing like this! She's white as can be. Although I think as a little girl my hair resembled this girls hair. Anyways, maybe the next one will come out looking like this...

Well since it's been almost 2 months since Brookey's 1st birthday I thought it was time to write a post about it, complete with pictures of course! It was a lot of fun. We had a Sesame Street party with mini corndogs and fruit, and of course cupcakes! We invited a few of Brookey's little friends, and some family over for the party. The day before Kelsey and I spent hours making cupcakes for the big event!

Okay, so this time my absence was NOT my fault!

My computer has been acting up big time, and then the monitor went. Ugh. Off to Best Buy it went. *sigh* We live in a smaller place, so taking the computer 4 hours to Calgary to get it fixed is a big deal. They take 3 weeks to fix it and then we have to find away to get it back because Best Buy won't ship it to us. So, finally I have it back :)

Anyways, I as per request here is the new ensemble! I LOVE IT!

Here it is!

A NEW TABLE :D

I can't wait until Friday, when it will be delivered! It seats 6 but then comes with a leaf so there is room for growth....not that we need it at this moment but there's potential. Ours will be coming with 4 chairs and a smaller bench then the picture shown. I'm so grateful for boxing week (month?) sales :)

Okay, lets try again.

Really, this time I hope to put forth some kind of effort...it's just that most days I don't have much to blog about.

For a week at the end of November and the beginning

of December Kale, Brooklyn and I went down to the States to visit some family. We stopped in our very first day and visited Kale's sister Shelene, her husband Shaun, and all the cousin

s! It was a lot of fun. We had Thanksgiving dinner with Shaun's family and then hung around and visited for a bit. They are a family that loves puzzles. I love puzzles to, and I hadn't done one forever!

Brookey and some of her cousins!

After dinner we continued on our was to Orem to stay with Kels and Nate! Kel and I discovered the wonderful day that is Black Friday. We started at 11 at the Tanger outlets in Park City. We hit up AE, Carter's, Osh Kosh, Banana, and more. There were a ton of people there but because it was just the 2 of us we were in and out of most stores. I can't believe how many people had strollers and kids. I would never bring my child BF shopping!

After a few hours there we headed back into Orem to drop off our findings and change into our glasses and get some eats. At about 4 am we headed over to the local 24 hour walmart. I've got one word for walmart on BF. WOW. It was INSANE. There was tons of people everywhere and nobody was very nice. When they announced that people could start shopping people went crazy. Kel and I just laughed and laughed because it's amazing the things people say. There was people getting elbowed and nobody cared...haha. Despite the crazy's I walked out of there with some great deals!

After Wally-mart we went to the mall which was suppose to open at 6. The mall opened at 6 but most store didn't open till 7:30 or 8. That was irritating. However Macy's was open and had some excellent deals as well. After Macy's we walked around a few times and finally settled on one of the only open places. The Pretzelmaker. Advice: don't eat The Pretzelmaker at 7:30 in the morning...after being out all night. It was sick. We were sick. After that we decided to go home to bed. On our way out of the mall we passed a store that we were waiting for to open and it was!! I think it was a miracle that both of us felt better...haha. Anyways, at 8:00 we went home. We had our Christmas shopping mostly done, and a few extra's. I will for sure do BF again. It was a really fun time to spend with my sister! I was shocked because Kel doesn't even like to shop ... ever. She gets cranky. :) I'm sure she'll love me when she reads this. Love you Kels!

The rest of the week consisted of finishing up Christmas shopping, lounging, eating, playing with Brookey, and gaming :) We had a ton of fun. Here are a few pics.

Brookey at Jimmy Johns. Great Sandwiches!

She stole her Daddy's cookie while he wasn't looking :) Haha

Brooke & Auntie. They are pretty much the best of friends :)

Oh and one of the best things we did was have a Tim Tam Slam :) It's excellent. If you know what I'm talking about then you've had one and if you don't you should google it and try it.

It's delicious.

I can't sleep AT ALL, so I thought I would blog.

We've been up to a lot lately!

I went golfing for the first time EVER last week. Jonzie, Lorda, Lissa, and I went out for 9 holes while Jamer hung out with Brookey (and Buddy). I had a really good time and I'm not as bad as I had imagined :) I think I would go golfing again for sure.

We pierced Brookey's ears a few weeks ago.

I personally LOVE them. I had been going back and forth for a while on whether or not to do them. I was afraid of her pulling on them and Kale was worried about infection but they have been great and she looks so cute. I think the worst part of it all was having to restrain her. They did both ears at the same time, so it only took a few minutes. There were tears, but they were quickly remedied with a mum-mum.

Brookey - After they pierced her ears!

Eating her Mum-mum

This afternoon Brookey ate her first Mexi-Fry. I usually don't let her eat things like that ... especially that greasy. We were at Taco Time and my mom put her plate of food down while I was putting Brookey in her high chair. Lor sat down and Jonzie, and I went to fill our drinks. When we were on our way back Brookey made a sudden move for the mexi-fries and got one! I figured that if she was smart enough to time it right and get one then she should be allowed to try it. Although, it made me really nervous. She took a little nibble, and decided that she wanted to partake so in 2 swift handfuls she shoved it in her mouth! Yikes! She gagged a little bit but mostly got it all down. What a funny girl she is!