We had a long cold winter this year, so as soon as it warmed up a little bit we headed outside to play. This was the end of March and we still had a lot of snow in front of our house.


It looks like Brielle is an old pro at walking, but don't let her fool you......she didn't start walking for 3 more months :) (Also these were her first pig tails!)

Brielle's First Birthday

Wow it is almost Christmas again and this little girl is almost 2! I have recently been reminded again the importance of keeping a journal and this blog is part of that for me so here I am again giving it a try. Here is Brielle's Birthday!

We started out the special day by taste testing our frosting! She loved it.
She even shared with Ashton!
Then we got all dressed in her special birthday outfit. I had a lot of fun making this for her! Everything except the skirt, we bought that. Brielle's cake face isn't quite as intense as Dallen's, but once she finally dug into her cake she got pretty messy :)

We try to get our kids balloons for their birthday, but we didn't know that Brielle would be terrified. When we brought the balloon out she started screaming in terror. You will be happy to know she is no longer afraid of balloons.



And here is a shot of her first cake. I have loved using the sillouette that I got for Christmas to make stencils for cake. I think it turned out beautiful! Hey I'm no cake decorator okay ;)

~Christmas 2010~

We were dreaming of a white Christmas...well we had one in Bluebell. This is Jeff's car totally buried the week of Christmas, but when we got to Panguitch there was no snow!

Even without the "White Christmas" Santa came to the Cooper house!

Brielle was so Happy and Fun for here FiRsT Christmas.

When you have Christmas with a big family you have to make sure everyone is ready so we had the kids wrangled down stairs for quite a while.....the anticipation was killing them ;)

My perfect little Autobots :)

Brielle got her first babydoll. It was love at first sight! She kept giving her kisses!

Dallen had to take a break from all the excitement to have some breakfast....he was the only one.

This picture makes me happy!

We had a wonderful visit with Grandma Shirley! But not long after this we stopped at the house before going to Grandma Cooper's house and I fell into a hole,

literally all the way up to my thigh. I was on the couch the rest of the time we were there with a swollen knee and a few scratches. Luckily there were no serious injuries, just some

pain and me feeling stupid for falling in a hole :)

On the way home the boys enjoyed some of their presents. Don't they look so grown up?

Clyde G. Killian: October 14, 1920- December 9, 2010

After a really hard few years and an extremely hard few months my Great Grandfather passed away on December 9, 2010. He was an amazing person. I am so grateful that I was able to visit him often in his last days and sorely regret not visiting him as much in the last 5 years. He always had great things to say about his family. He thought the best thing he ever did was start this family. He was very proud of all of us. He told me that dying was much harder than living, but he was so excited to see his "Honey". He was a true example of selfless service as he took care of her. I loved seeing them together.
It was so nice to have the whole family there to celebrate his life.

My Dad did a wonderful grave dedication and the Military honors are always so moving. I know he was there with all of us and will be looking after us the rest of our lives, looking forward to being with us again.

This was a difficult time for the kids (despite the smiles on their faces). Jeff and I had to explain death to them and Ashton is still worried about getting old. They always brought a smile to Grandpa's face...even when he was in horrible pain.

Here are my parents grandkids!
This is almost the whole Iorg family! My brother Tyson was not able to come due to work. It is bittersweet that we were able to get this picture. I am so glad we have it, but sad about the circumstances that led to it.

Sometimes Meeting Santa Is Hard

This was Brielle's First Christmas and she got to meet Santa a couple of times.....it went the same way everytime! The poor girl was not impressed with me for handing her over to a big stranger in a crazy costume!

Ashton was an old pro! He had an understanding with Santa :) On a side note you can see the start of Dallens story in this picture as well. Notice his stance.....

He really needed to go to the bathroom, but didn't want to miss out on his chance to talk to Santa.
Luckily we made it!!

These guys were so fun and excited during the Christmas Season.

For My Friends and Family who Are Not On Facebook ;)

I got behind...but really who hasn't!!! A lot happened during Fall of 2010! Beginning with my oldest baby going to Preschool. He was so excited to start school and he still loves it and looks forward to going. If he had his way he would go everyday....next year buddy! Is anyone suprised he wore a red shirt his first day of school :)

We went to the homecoming parade! They threw so much candy at this thing...it was awesome. This float was special because it is the 8th grade float and that is Adrianna right there in the front. I also helped coach the junior high volleyball team this year so a lot of the girls were on the float!

They had kids running up and down passing out popsicles too. The boys had a blast.

Brielle thought the icecream sandwich was a little cold though.

We played at the park while it was still warm. We wish we could go outside and play right about now, but it is sooooooo cold out there....and this lovely park is covered in snow :)

We had a Superhero Halloween! I wanted a theme for the family so the only way to go with the boys was superheroes so Baby girl had to be super too! We had Dallen as Ironman....his favorite!



I felt very safe with these two protecting me.

Brielle was the cutest WonderWoman I have ever seen!

Ashton as Batman with an action pose! They were so funny!

We went to the Bluebell corn Maze and it was fun as usual! The kids really loved it this year! Well that is once Dallen got done looking over his shoulder ;) He didn't know what could come out of that corn...(there was a slight breeze so the corn kept rustling)