Bryn's 4th Birthday

We decided to plan a party for Bryn for all her Michigan friends.  

When we were visiting in October we went shopping and decided 

on Strawberry Shortcake.  We were all excited for her big day!

 Not the best picture, but Denise Turmell made shirts for all the kids; strawberries for girls and baseballs for boys.  Bryn left while I decorated because she wanted it to be a surprise.

 We are ready!

 Jenn Cubitt outdid herself on this beautiful cake creation!

 Bryn's favorite part and what she was most excited about - the piñata!

Thanks to Cole, it was broken into!

Present opening

Happy Birthday to my beautiful baby girl!

Thanksgiving Michigan Snow

We were so excited to head to Michigan for Thanksgiving this year because 

the forecast projected SNOW!  When we arrived, we were told that the forecast had 

changed and we weren't going to get any.  So when we woke up to snow one morning,

 we all bundled up to play in the snow.  Bresnan cried throughout the bundling process

 (true Florida boy) until he got out in the snow and then LOVED it!

 All those layers and he still looks cold!

 He was a true character in "A Christmas Story", he would fall over and could not get back up.  I had to grab him and pull him upright and still he would laugh every time!

 Happy Girl!

 Could it get any better than this?

(Yes it can because we are only visiting!)

 He kept sticking his face in the drift to eat it

 Snow slide

 The lake looks COLD

 We built the princesses a snow castle

I dragged the family back out again for a photo shoot.

Come on, we live in Florida and won't see snow for AT LEAST a year...

 not thrilled...

 that' s the spirit!

 I'll take it!

 Beautiful baby girl

 Bryn behind the camera

 The rugged look

up close and personal