The Brenay Family

Monday, May 10, 2010

Mother's Day Weekend

Jon has been promising the kids a camp out in the back yard for months. So. last Friday was the day. We started by roasting hot dogs and marshmallows for s'mores. Then the kids got in the tent to read some books before bed. Jon and I were inside watching the Suns game with Ron and Sarah. The kids lasted about 30 minutes in the tent before they wanted to come inside because it was too noisy outside! So we put the tent in Emma's room and that lasted about another 30 minutes before they just ended up in their own beds! :) Nice try though!
On Saturday afternoon we went to Tempe Town Lake to let the kids play on the splash pad and let Jon fish. They had fun, but Jon didn't catch anything. Not sure how great the fishing really is there anyway!
On Mother's Day I got to "sleep in". I was still awake at 6:30am but didn't get out of bed until 8am. Jon and the kids had made me my favorite breakfast, potatoes and eggs and they also made cards for me. Jon even wrote a nice poem that brought tears to my eyes! Emma painted a flower pot at school and wrote me a nice letter. On the front of the letter the kids answered questions about their moms. One answer I had to laugh at was that my favorite food was toast! :) Not sure where she got that idea! That night for dinner we fed the missionaries and invited my mom and dad over. We had open face enchiladas...a Brenay favorite! It was delicious! It was a very nice weekend spent with my family who I love dearly! I feel very blessed and privileged to be a mom to 2 amazing kids! I love them more than they will ever know!

Emma's Field Trip

A couple weeks ago Emma took another field trip. This time they went to The Phoenix Children's Museum. It is a fairly new museum and it was a lot of fun for the kids! There were a lot of fun hands on activities. My group was Emma and 2 other girls, Kylie and Hannah. Kylie's aunt was also with us. Each kindergarten class made class t-shirts. I was not thrilled when I saw that Emma's was tangerine orange! But it came in handy to spot the kids in my group in a hurry! :) I told Derrick we would go back when he could go. I think he would really enjoy it too!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Derrick's 4 Year Old Pictures

Happy Easter!

This year Easter was pretty quiet for us. On Saturday the kids and I colored eggs while Jon was at a meeting. We bought a glitter kit which Emma loved and Derrick colored several green eggs! Emma wanted to try an egg but decided she only liked the white part. I talked Derrick into trying an egg and he about lost it! I finally just had him spit it out before he gagged! It made for a good picture though! Sunday was General Conference so we were home all day. The kids got their baskets in the morning and then we had Ron and Sarah over for dinner and the Easter Egg hunt. It was a nice quiet day. The following Sunday I put the kids in their Easter clothes for church. I loved Emma's dress this year. I had my heart set on something purple, but saw this one and had to buy it. I was lucky enough to find Derrick a suit and tie to match!

Ready to color eggs!

Emma enjoying a hard boiled egg

Derrick NOT enjoying a hard boiled egg!

The finished product

Emma wanted to leave a note and an Easter Egg for the Easter Bunny just like she does for Santa. It makes sense!

Easter Baskets!

Ready to hunt eggs!

Easter clothes

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Happy Birthday Derrick!!

Derrick celebrated his 4th birthday on March 23rd. It's hard to believe our baby is 4 years old! He keeps asking if he is still 4! :) We had his all day celebration when we went to Golfland, but he and I still had some fun on his actual birthday. We went to Sweet Tomoatoes for lunch and to Build-A-Bear Workshop. He chose a dog at Build-A-Bear, which he named spot for the spot on his eye. After we got home I made his birthday cake. For those who know Derrick well, you know he LOVES the color green and anything that is green. So, his birthday cake was green! He wanted a green cake with green sprinkles. I say it every time I make a cake, but I really need to learn how to decorate cakes better. But luckily a 4 year old is pretty easy to please. We had the table set for his birthday with the cake on it, then we had to wait for daddy to get home from a work trip he was on. I was in the other room doing something when I came out and caught a glimpse of the cake and noticed little finger prints and holes poked in it. Then I found the culprit. Derrick had a green face and green hands! I was mad , then I laughed, then I took a picture because it was pretty funny. Derrick felt bad (you'll see from his face in the picture). He thought he was in more trouble than he was. Once Jon got home (around 7:30pm which is bedtime) Derrick opened presents and we had green cake and mint ice cream. Emma was so excited to give Derrick the present she picked out for him. It was Stanley the Train from Thomas. In the picture you can see Emma looking more excited than Derrick when he opened it! He got some other small presents and we ate cake and ice cream and called it a night. He said he had a great birthday. We sure love our Bubba!!

Build-A-Bear Workshop...