The Lindquist's

Karlee Turns 1!

2011-08-27T14:39:00.000-07:00

It is crazy to think a whole year has come and gone, and even crazier how little Karlee is getting so big. I wanted to celebrate her birthday with all the family before we left Utah, so thats what we did.

I get crazy ideas in my head for birthdays, and then I just realize how crazy they are when I am in the middle of making my ideas come true. I did a cupcake/sweet shop theme. I made cupcakes like the ones off of that cupcake wars t.v series, made cupcake stands and had little to go boxes for people to take home cupcakes. I also wanted a candy bar where all the kids could fill up there own candy bin to take home. It turned out really cute and we all had a great time.

Summer Re-Cap

2011-08-27T14:28:00.001-07:00

Brilee as a flower girl at her Aunt Kelsey's Wedding
I Turned the big 27!!
Brian took me Paragliding for my birthday, it was one of

the funnest things I have ever done!!

Karlee wouldn't let go of this bear from M&M Factory in

Las Vegas, she held it like that for like an hour.

Me and my mom and sisters heading out for a night on the town.

Silly Little Girls!

2011-04-04T14:51:00.000-07:00

Brilee has been doing a ton of art projects lately,

this one is by far her most creative, she was snacking

on cheetos, and she decided to make them a part of her

art, and she glued them on, to cute!
After eating a chocolate cone :)
She thinks she is getting so big!

Brilee climbed in all by herself to talk to Karlee in the

morning, they are such sweet sisters.

This is the first thing Brilee saw at the

Bass Pro Shop, she just loved it.

I love having two girls, they are so stinkin cute and fun. Brilee is such a great big sister, and she is always making sure Karlee has a toy to keep her happy!

Birthday Boy!!

2011-04-04T14:22:00.000-07:00

On our spring break we celebrated my wonderful husbands Birthday, he turned the big 28! He spent half the day fishing, then we went to dinner, and had cake and ice cream. I love my hubby he is such a great man, and so fun to hang out with, and he is a fabulous Daddy!

Spring Break!!

2011-04-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

Brilee absolutely LOVED swimming!
Cute little Bubba Girl :)
Can't get enough of that little face!

SEXY MAN!!
Beautiful Resort we got to enjoy!!

This spring break we decided to go to Branson Missouri for a week, we were able to get a condo at a fabulous resort for a great deal. We had a blast swimming and soaking up the sun. We also got to go to a show in Branson, we went to Acrobats of China, they were amazing.

Visit from my sister!!!

2011-04-04T13:53:00.000-07:00

My sweet sister and her husband were willing to drive all the way to Topeka!! It was so good to see family, we had a great time. We visited the Harley Davidson factory and took a tour of how they made the motorcycles, went to the zoo, the park, and ate at some delicious places! Thanks for visit!

I CAN do Crafts!!

2011-02-25T13:28:00.000-08:00

So my wonderful friend Stephanie helped me learn how to make these cute little hair clips. It was so much fun, and I think they turned out super cute, and Brilee loves wearing them. Now I have confidence that I might be able to do more crafty things :)

Beautiful Girls!

2011-02-25T13:20:00.001-08:00

Eating solids, yummy!

Two thumb suckers!! Oh no!!
Pretty Blue Eyes!!
I couldn't resist putting her in this little toy stroller.

WARNING: Do not try this at home!!

I am so blessed to have two beautiful little girls. They are so much fun, and they interact together so well. It is so crazy to see how fast time goes by.

Valentines Day!

2011-02-25T13:14:00.000-08:00

This year for valentines I had Brilee help me pick out decorations and help decorate, and we ordered food and had a little family party. It was fun to hang out with our little fam. Brian got me some beautiful flowers, what a great hubby I have!!

2011-01-16T14:22:00.000-08:00

Where to begin, I cant believe more than 2 months has passed since I blogged. We got to spend 6 weeks in Utah for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We went out for Thanksgiving because my cute sister Kat got married, it was so fun to be there for that special occasion. We had a great time with the girls this Christmas, they are both at fun ages. I am getting used to having two kids now, and things are getting a little easier to manage.

Brian and I were able to do some fun things while we were there, we went to see movies, we got to go overnight without kids, we also went to the Jazz game and sat on the 8th row, what a difference it makes. We just loved hanging out with family, staying up late, playing games, and eating lots of yummy food!

Sorry the picture is so small, but I just have to say I love these girls!!!!

Picture of our family on Thanksgiving Day. We had a good time with Brians family.

We celebrated Brilee's third birthday in Utah she had a good time with family, especially her little cousins. For some reason when it came to blowing out the candle she go all sad. Thanks to Kats wedding cake, we were able to make a few changes and it made a super cute birthday cake!

Cute little sisters hanging out!!

Brilee had her first haircut while we were in Utah, thanks to her wonderful Aunt Ashlie.

The boys off on their annual rabbit hunt, they always have a good time!!!

Enjoying our date to the Jazz game

I also love these girls, it was so fun getting together will quite a few of my college running girls, it is so fun to remember the college days, and to see where everyone is now, and we enjoyed delicious food thanks to Stacie!!

Before I left Utah I chopped my hair off, and went a little darker, so far I am loving the change.

Also when we got back to Topeka we took the family to Kansas City for a night where we went to an indoor swimming park, we had a great time, and little Karlee experienced swimming for the first time, she loved it!!

2010-11-07T17:03:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went and got the girls pictures done, they turned out pretty cute! Here are a few that I really liked.

Where does the time go?

2010-10-16T07:43:00.000-07:00

Wow, sorry it has been so long since I have posted. I have been trying to adjust to having to kids, and oh boy has it been an adjustment! I went out to Utah 3 weeks after I had Karlee, I needed a little extra help to get me through the tired/recovery period. We had a great time with family, and it was nice for everyone to be able to see Karlee while she was still really little.

Now we are back in Topeka and we are adjusting well. Karlee is such a good baby, which is such a blessing! She sleeps from 8:30/9:00 p.m to 6:00/7:00a.m. So I feel like I have enough energy during the day to function, I also have been able to start running and working out which makes me feel good. Karlee is growing so fast, she is starting to smile alot and baby talk, so fun! Brilee is a great big sister and loves her little sis. It will be fun to watch them grow up together. Brian is such a great daddy, he loves his little girls. He is doing well in school, and has started a part time job at a local law firm. Life is busy, but Life is good!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

2010-08-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce we have another beautiful baby girl. She arrived at 11:50a.m on August 17, 2010, weighing in at 7lbs. 7oz. and 20 and 3/4 inches. She has dark hair and just so cute!

I was induced on the 17th, I went to the hospital at 7a.m, so early especially when Brilee decided to pull an all nighter. At 7:20 the doctor broke my water, and then they started the petocin at 8:30 it wasn't to bad at first, because the nurse gradually increased the petocin every 20 minutes so it was easier to get used to the contractions. It was also nice because I was able to walk the halls which helped ease the pain of the contractions. At about 10:30 my contractions were getting pretty strong so I went and got checked and I was dilated to a 5, which coming into the hospital I was at a 2. Then at 11:30 I got checked again because I was feeling more pressure, and I was dilated to a 7. The nurse figured it would be really soon after, and within 15 minutes I new it was time, I felt like I had to push and sure enough I was at a 10. They had to yell for the doctor to get in there now! Within two-three minutes of pushing are sweet little girl was here. Brian and I were both pretty surprised that it was a girl.

We had a hard time naming her, and it wasn't till the last day that we were in the hospital that we decided on Karlee Marie Lindquist. She is such a good baby and so fun to have in our home, Brilee is getting used to being a big sister each day. My recovery is going much smoother than last time, thank goodness! We also have had my family out her for the past week, and they have been such a great help. I am going to miss them!

Back in Topeka

2010-07-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

Brian went on a fishing trip on the Green River

with his Dad and brother-in-law Jason. They

had a great time!

We got to go to Brian's grandmothers 90th

birthday party, it was pretty fancy.
I turned 26 while we were there!
Getting ready for fireworks!
Brilee watching the parade, she loved it.
Brilee got to ride with Brian on Pa Pa's tractor

in the little church parade my parents ward did.

We have been back now for a couple of weeks, we miss family, but it has been nice to be in our own home. We have gotten a ton of organizing done, and putting together the baby's room. I am getting more and more excited to see what we are having. I have been to the doctors a couple of times, but no progress yet. We are staying busy and having fun while Brian is still out of school. I have posted some of the pictures from our trip to Utah.

Anniversary Part 2!

2010-06-23T17:56:00.000-07:00

So we were able to go for our overnighter this last week. Brian wouldn't tell me where we were staying. To start off our day we went and did a session at the Bountiful temple, which is where we got married. It was a great way to start off our getaway. He then took me to Salt Lake, and he made me close my eyes just like the day we got married, and when I opened them we were at the Grand America Hotel. We had a great room with two balconies. We were able to go to a movie and dinner, and the next day we relaxed by the pool and went to the spa, I am now a fan of facials, and I am convinced that one of these days I am going to have to stay a whole day at the spa and get all the treatments! It was fabulous! Thanks Brian, your the BEST!

Wonderful Husband!

2010-06-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

SO I have the most wonderful husband in the world. I told him this year that he needed to plan our 5th year anniversary, and I told it would be wise if we celebrated early while we are here in Utah so we have babysitters. Today he planned a trip to Salt Lake City and didn't tell me where we were going, our destination was a big music/instrument store. He had done his homework and found this place, made an appointment with a lady there for me to come in and get a new violin. I have had my other one since I was eleven, and really needed a better quality one. I have also been wanting to pick back up on this talent so I won't lose it. The lady was very nice she gave us our own little room for me to test like 7 violins, and Brian sat there and listened to me play, which I might say I am kind of rusty, and he would tell me his opinion. He was really excited for me and really helpful. I ended up getting a beautiful violin and picked out a bunch of music to work on. I am so thankful for a loving, supporting, caring, and thoughtful husband! Thanks for the most wonderful 5 years!!!

Back in Utah

2010-06-09T09:09:00.000-07:00

We are here in Utah for most of the summer. I brought my camera, but didn't bring the piece to download, it was just one more thing to pack and one more thing to lose:). We have been here for a few weeks now, we made the 16ish hour trek in our car, good thing Brilee is a good at traveling! I am not looking forward to the drive home, when I am 35+ weeks. My belly is growing quickly, and the baby is pretty active, not quite as active as Brilee was. It is so interesting to see the differences between the pregnancies.

We were able to take a trip up to Park City which was fun, especially shopping!! We have been hanging out with family and just chillin. Brian is enjoying his internship with the Ogden City Prosecutor, and he is already more than half-way through his hours, yea, I am excited for him to be done so we can play more.

We are also trying to potty train Brilee, wow, not much fun! I guess it will be worth it when she is good to go all by herself.

So thats a little update of what we have bee up to.

Utah Trip!!

2010-05-08T10:03:00.000-07:00

My sweet Grandma and I.
Brilee and Great Grandma, Brilee didn't like the camera this trip!

Brilee love playing with her little cousin Max!

Brilee and I were able to go to Utah for a couple of weeks. We had a good despite a few bumps along the way. I had sinus problems the whole trip which made life a little miserable. My Grandma from England was supposed to come in the day after I did, but due to the volcano in Iceland she wasn't able to come for over a week after that. So I only got to see her for a few days, but I was so glad that I did get to see her. Brilee loved hanging out with Great Grandma. It was fun to see everyone, family is great.

Poor Little Brilee!

2010-04-07T07:13:00.001-07:00

I had a meeting at the church last night leaving Brian in charge of bath and bedtime. This is the outfit my little child was wearing to bed! Brian didn't bother to look in the dryer for the clean clothes, so this is the outfit he came up with. I guess I should of set out pajamas poor little girl, good thing she doesn't really care. I thought is was pretty funny though Brilee had a great time with her daddy!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-05T06:25:00.000-07:00

We had a beautiful Easter Weekend, the sun was out for all of it. I loved how Conference fell on Easter weekend. I feel spiritually recharged. Many of the talks helped me reflect on our Savior and His sacrifice for me, and how blessed I am to have the knowledge that He lives and we can return to live with Him again. We were able to do plenty of egg hunting which was so fun with Brilee, when the Easter bunny left a bunch of eggs out back all across the lawn, Brilee was so excited, and she would say, "This is amazing", and "Oh my goodness" She such a great blessing in our lives and I love being a mom.

Halfway through my pregnancy!

2010-03-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

So I am officially halfway through my pregnancy and I am feeling great. I love feeling the baby move and you can definitely tell that I am pregnant.We got to go for our one and only ultrasound today, and the plan was to not find out what the sex of the baby is, and.............. we didn't find out! It was so fun to finally see the baby growing inside of me, everything looks good and we got lots of cute pictures.

27 Candles!!

2010-03-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

As you can see there is a little smoke and Brian is

still blowing, there may have been a few trick candles!

Brian turned 27 yesterday, I think he had a pretty good day. He got to hear from all of his family, open presents, and eat some yummy cake. We had some of his friends from law school over to help celebrate, we had a good time.

Hot Little Momma!

2010-03-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

Little Brilee loves wearing my high heels, this time she got her stroller, and a little gift bag that she used for her purse. Too Cute!!

Spring Break in Arkansas

2010-03-18T19:33:00.000-07:00

We had a great time on our little Spring Break Vacation! Brian and I are so blessed to have the best little girl ever, she truly is a great traveler, she doesn't complain much. She even spent 8 hours or so at a track meet! We stayed in a nice hotel and got to do some swimming, Brilee loved it! We also attended the National Indoor track meet, talk about athletes, these people were truly amazing to watch. We watched a girl run the 400m in 50.54 seconds which broke the national meet, and that time currently puts her the fastest in the world. Brilee was so friendly to everyone around asking them what their names were, what they were doing, and even asked some if she could have candy. She asked the Florida coach what he was doing, and he said scoring points, she isn't shy at all! We also went to a couple of State Parks that were really fun, they had beautiful lakes and we went on some really great hikes. We also headed back a little earlier than we had scheduled so we decided to go check out Springfield MO, which made it so we took a different route home and in doing that we were able to stop by and visit our good friends Heidi and Dan Pugmire, so glad we did! Family trips are so Fun!!

2010-03-18T19:18:00.000-07:00

We had a blast hiking and enjoying the outdoors!

Spring Break!!!

2010-03-11T11:18:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to have a whole week off with no school! We are headed to Fayetteville Arkansas. I know, I know everyone just says why there? Well I have done quite a bit of research on the place and there is a ton of outdoor activities to do there. Plenty of Lakes, State Parks, the Ozark National Forest. And to top it off the Razorbacks are hosting the National indoor track and field meet! So I have found my charger for our camera, and I will be taking a bunch of pictures, and then everyone will be saying, Lets go to Fayetteville Arkansas!

Valentines Date

2010-02-21T09:32:00.000-08:00

Well I haven't been taking any pictures lately I probably should. Life is good, I am feeling lots better now the first trimester is over. Now I just wish the weather would get warm so I could take Brilee outside, it's getting pretty lame indoors. Since its snowing today and church got cancelled it doesn't look like that will be happening anytime soon.

Brian finished his brief on Friday, and that was so nice for all of us, he had to spend a lot more time at school to get that done. Since he got finished we got to celebrate valentines a week late. We got a babysitter for the day, and we headed out to Kansas City. We stopped at the Legends the shopping outlet, and I picked out some pretty cute maternity clothes, my pants are just getting to tight and uncomfortable. Then we stopped off at Cabelas where Brian got to spend his gift cards, and yes he bought another knife :) Then we went on into Kansas City and went to a really nice Brazillian Steakhouse named Fogo de Chao, it was a really neat experience most of the servers and the managers were actually from Brazil, brian liked the authentic experience, and got to use his Portuguese. It was just to be able to sit down and relax and enjoy each other without little interruptions from a little one. I didn't even worry to much about Brilee since she has been so clingy lately, and she did just fine. It was a great date!

So..........

2010-01-31T13:55:00.000-08:00

For the last 3 months I haven't felt to good

Symptoms include:

Extreme Tiredness

Nausea

Throwing up

Increased body weight

irritable

Sad

Happy

More throwing up

Hate eating meats/vegetables

Very sensitive to smells

So I went to the doctor and he said it should all go away in about 6 months!

Yes Brian and I are pregnant with our second baby, we are so excited. The last 3 months have been rough, but knowing that a baby is the end product makes it all worth it. We aren't going to find out what sex the baby is, which hopefully will be easier to do out here because we only get one ultrasound at 20 weeks. Brian says he is going to look, and I just told him if he can't promise not to find out then I will schedule the appointment when he is at school:) My due date is around August 15, 2010, and I am so excited!!

Utah Trip!!

2010-01-05T13:46:00.000-08:00

Picture Overload, sorry, but hopefully you will enjoy!

Mom, Brilee, and me
Brilee and Papa coloring, so cute.
Brilee dressed in Papas police hat.
Baking with Aunt Jen.
Brilee pushing her little cousin Max

in her toy stroller, so cute.
Aunt Anne, Brilee, and Uncle Ken.
Grandma and Brilee
Brian getting ready to go rabbit hunting
The boys squashed in the back seat.

Little blondies on New Years Eve watching

Lion King.
Aunt Jen, Brilee, and Aunt Anne, Group Hug!
Brilee in her snow clothes, she lasted

5 minutes outside :)
Brilee with all her Christmas Gifts.
Brilee on Christmas Eve in her new

pajamas.
Brian at temple square.
A picture of the SLC Temple, which

was our view from the Roof Restaraunt

that Brian and I got to do on our date!
My parents bought us a night stay in SLC for Christmas

it was a well needed night away from little Brilee. We go

to go to dinner, and a movie, which hasn't happened in

a very long time!!
Brilee not wanting to sit on Santas lap.
Jen dress as Sugar Plum Princess.

Brilee and I went to Utah to visit friends and family on November 30th, and just got back on January 4th. Brian met up with us on December 19th. We had a great time it was fun to see everyone, and just chill!

Birthday Girl!!

2010-01-05T13:34:00.000-08:00

Brilee and her Birthday Cake!!
All the little cousins, so cute!
I am a little proud of my cake, it was huge, and

took a little more time then I anticipated, but

I was pleased with the end product.
Aunt Anne and Brilee on her actual b-day.
I don't know why it ended up sideways, but

this is Brilee driving her cousin Max on the

school bus.
Grandma Jackson and Brilee.
Brilee at Build a Bear, where she

had a giraffe built for her birthday.

Brilee turned two, it is totally crazy that I have a two year old. Brilee is so sweet, and smart and I love watching her grow into a little girl. Brilee was completely spoiled, she had like three birthday parties, one with Brian before we left, a small one on her birthday, and then a big one with all the family.

Thanksgiving!

2010-01-05T13:25:00.000-08:00

Roasting Marshmallows out back.

Well this year's Thanksgiving was a little different this year. We didn't go visit any family, we had our friends Dan and Tori come visit us from St. Louis. Although it was a short visit, we had a blast. Tori, Brian, and I made the whole dinner, wow it really does take like all day, but it was well worth it. Every bite was delicious.

UTAH!!

2009-12-14T12:18:00.000-08:00

So we are in Utah now going on our third week, Brilee and I are having a blast with family, but we are super excited to have Brian come out to be with us. We have done plenty of shopping, visited, and stayed up late. We also went to the tabernacle Christmas Concert which was fabulous! Singer Natalie Cole performed and author David Mccullough did a narration. My two younger sisters begin their annual Christmas Nutcracker Ballet performances this week. Brian get here Saturday, yea!!! Merry Christmas to Everyone, and Happy Holidays!

I will post pictures when I get home :)

FaLL SeAsoN!

2009-10-23T20:17:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy the fall, the weather is usually mild, and the colors are beautiful. I was wondering when the leaves were going to change, and this las week they really changed. These trees are at Brian's school, and I thought the colors were just beautiful. Fall is the gate to all the holidays, I love it!!

Cutest Witch of the Midwest!

2009-10-23T20:14:00.000-07:00

This year Brilee is a little witch for Halloween, and I must say she is the cutest little thing, pictures don't do her justice!

Halloween Party!

2009-10-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

We kicked off the Halloween season with our first party with the JRC. We had a good time. We did a chili/soup cook off, costume contest, doughnut eating contest(I took second, and felt so sick after), and a game where you see how many marshmellows you can stick in your mouth, and be able to say "Chubby Bunny", Brian won the guys. It was a great night, and we had lots of fun, and ate way to much!

Pumpkin Patch!

2009-10-23T19:59:00.000-07:00

Although she looks really cold, she had

a great time!

We had a playgroup where we went to a local pumpkin patch. It was a super cold day, but not cold enough that I would miss a chance to go out and do something. They also had hay rides, which Brilee loved, she like that we got pulled by a tractor. We had a good time!

St. Louis Trip!

2009-10-07T13:04:00.000-07:00

This was at the childrens museum she was being a

judge! So cute.
Tori and her little baby Alexis at the apple

orchard.
Brilee and Tori looking at the animals at the zoo.

So I finally found my adapter for my camera to download pictures, so I had a ton of catching up to do. My dear friend Tori and her family live in St. Louis which only a 5 hour drive from Topeka, so I went and stayed for a few days. We enjoyed staying up late and chatting and hanging out. We went to the zoo, which was huge and fabulous, and absolutely FREE!! We enjoyed picking apples at a local orchid, and went to an amazing childrens museum. We had a great time, thanks Tori for letting us come and visit.

Random Pictures in Kansas!

2009-10-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

Brilee loving the train at the water park we enjoyed

going to.
SEXY! need I say more....
Brilee hanging out in her bike trailer. We have been

able to go on a few rides since we've moved and she

enjoys them.
Brilee helped me make lasagne, she loved sprinkling

the cheese on. She also likes to wear her little apron,

I love that little face.
Brilee and Grandma Lindquist. Dianna was able to

come out and visit us for a few days.
The biggest shuttlecock ever. We went to an art

museum in Kansas City and they had a few of these

on the grass out front. We love badmitton, so we just

had to take a picture.
Family picture by a huge water fountain at a big outlet

mall.

Nauvoo

2009-10-07T12:39:00.000-07:00

Mrs. John A. Lindquist is Brian's Grandma, this plaque was inside the gunsmith shop in Nauvoo.
Brian and Brilee standing in front of the gunshop. John Browning is Brian's Great grandfather, very cool!
Brilee and Pa Pa.
Me and sister Jen! Our hair is a little wild from the rain and

humidity!

When we moved out my family came with us and we were able to make it up to Nauvoo. We had a good time touring the sites. We were also able to do a session in the temple, it was such a beautiful temple. It is neat how it is built in the way it would have looked back then, with the hardwood floors and grand staircases. he are some pictures from the trip.

Hogle Zoo

2009-10-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

I found this picture from right before we left Utah when we went to Hogle Zoo with my family. I thought it was so cute.

Fun Filled Day!

2009-09-13T15:25:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't found my adapter to the camera, but we switched to Verizon and got new phones. So luckily the phone takes pretty good pictures, and now I can share some pictures of what we are up to. ENJOY!

Yesterday, September 12, was Topeka's 14th annual duck race! There was 10,515 duck in the race, so my chances of winning a prize was pretty slim! The first duck to cross won a ford mustang, they had awesome prizes. They had free activities for the kids, so we mad a day of it. They also had the annual Huff n Puff, where they let tons of hot air ballons off into the sky, we had a great time!

Beautiful Brilee!

2009-09-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

When my mother-in-law came to visit, we did some pretty good shopping! We found the cutest kids store in Lawrence and we found this dress we couldn't pass up!

Royals Game

2009-09-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

The first Friday in September we were able to go to a Kansas City Royals MLB game with a bunch of friends from the JRC. We had a great time! The stadium was huge, and they had tons of huge fountains on the backside of the field. It was also dollar night, so drinks, hot dogs, and peanuts were all one dollar. Brilee had a blast with all the other kids, and she loved to dance to all the music. We stayed to watch fireworks, which turned out to be quite a bummer, it was so humid, and the smoke got so thick from the fireworks, we couldn't see the fireworks, and they would've been something, the poor companies that sponsored the fireworks! It was a great night!

Brilee with her friend Sammy!

UPDATE!

2009-09-01T06:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry to all for the delay in an update. I have not come across the adapter to the camera that allows me to download pictures from the camera! So sorry no pictures yet!

We are settling in our new home! I am pretty much out of boxes, yeah! My family helped us move out here, thank goodness. Our caravan of vehicles took us about 16-17 hours (which we did in two days) to get here to Topeka, and then another 5 hours to unload!

We took a day to chill, and then we went up to Nauvoo, which was another 5 hours, but we had a great time, touring, and attending the temple (BEAUTIFUL!)

We spent a day in Kansas City shopping!

And the sad day came, when the family had to leave, the saddest part about it was Brilee bawling as she watched them all drive away in the car! Not fun at all!!

So anyways, Brilee and I are getting ourselves familiar with Topeka. The people are great! The library is fabulous, Brilee could stay there all day!

There is a group out her called the JRC (Jay Reuban Clarke Society) which is a group for LDS law students and their families. Without them I would have gone crazy, I have made some great friends. The Wives get together for playgroup, and girls night, so that has been good!

Where we live it is very walker/runner friendly, and everyone exercises out here, it's great! So I am trying to keep up with the running, but it's not working out that great, I think I rather just go walking! I like to take Brilee out in the mornings, we went up to a nice neighborhood above where we live and they acutally have decent hills! I am actually kind of sore from going up and down them.

Anyways, that is an update about what's happening, and I will work on finding the adapter so I can post some pictures!!

Key Largo

2009-07-21T17:17:00.000-07:00

Our last night on vacation our waitress was kind enough

to take our picture on the dock. They had the best key

lime pie I have ever tasted!

This is a huge moth, and I mean huge! It was on our

snorkeling boat, and as I got done taking it's picture

it decided to fly and land directly on my head!

We stayed a day after the cruise in Miami, so we rented a car and drove down to the first key, which is Key Largo. We had a great time snorkeling seeing all sorts of fish, and a reef shark, and tons of little annoying jelly fish.

Nassau, Bahamas

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Our last stop on the cruise was Nassau, which is the capital of the Bahamas. They have one of the largest hotel/resorts called Paradise Island. We were able to go interact with dolphins, and see the huge aquarium.

Coco Cay

2009-07-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

Our first stop on the cruise was coco cay a little island in the bahamas, the water was nice and warm, the food was good, and it was fun just to relax.

Happy Vacation/Anniversary!

2009-07-21T16:58:00.000-07:00

So we got talked into going on a tour of Miami's bay, and

you get to see all these famous peoples mansion, the silly things

we do! There was so many of them I could only remember this house

when I was looking through the picture, it is Jackie Chans house!

We did have a good time cruisin the bay in the

evening breeze!

Brian soaking up the sun on South Beach.

So we have been able to earn a few point by using our credit card, and we decided to take one last big trip before we are stuck in law school for a few years, and since our 4th wedding anniversary is coming up in August, we thought we would take a little trip to Miami and the Bahamas, just the two of us! We had a blast, and only missed Brilee the last couple days. We were able to stay in Miami a couple days before our three night cruise that took us to Coco Cay, and Nassau. I recommend a cruise to everybody, just plan on gaining a few pounds!

Yea for Stacie!!!

2009-07-21T16:52:00.000-07:00

All the girlfriends striking a pose, Stacie looked

gorgeous in her dress!
All the tracksters!

My awesome Friend Stacie just got married this month, it was such a wonderful day, and so fun to be with all my good friends. Stacie got married in the Draper temple, and then had a wonderful dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial in Salt Lake. It was good to see everyone again.

The Fourth of July!

2009-07-21T16:35:00.000-07:00

Brilee's first experience with a sparkler, she

really enjoyed it.
Our sweet neighbor Marilyn, and my Mom.
The GIRLS!!!
Cute little cousins, aren't they cute!

It's true everyone really celebrates the fourth of July because it's my birthday! I can't believe one more year has come and gone, I am the big 25 this year. I love having my birthday on the fourth there is always so much to do. We were able to go to the parade in North Ogden, I went shopping with my sisters, and had a wonderful dinner with my husband, and little girl, and then to top off the night We had family over for cake and ice cream, and had our own firework show, It was a blast!!

Camping in the Rain!

2009-07-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

Andrea, Brilee, and Grandma on our little hike,

which was short lived, due to the nasty mosquitos.
Brilee getting packed on Daddy's back!
Don't we look rested from a good night of good

old camping!
She is just so cute!!!

We were able to go camping with my family on July 2nd up on Monte Cristo. Despite all the rain during the evening, and the mosquitos all day and night we had a good time. We had a yummy dutch of dinner with cobbler, yummy!

Totally Insane!

2009-06-23T11:28:00.001-07:00

YEA! The finish line we all got to run in with

our last girl.
Me and Cristina!
Ashley and Stacie in our cute shirts!
All of us before the race posing in our hot outfits, one

of the girls made us sparkly skirts to wear over our spandex!

If you ever want to do something where you are up for 24 hours straight, being smashed into a van full of sweaty girls, and running from Logan to Park City then you should do the Ragnar Relay. It's a race made up of teams of 12 people and you each run 3 different legs and you make the trek from Logan to Park City which is 188 miles! It was a ton of fun to get together with all the former Weber State runners, in my van we had two of the girls pumping, and one girl that is 4 1/2 months pregnant, and with all our girls we probably have like 20-25 kids between us, so I think we did pretty good! We called our team the Blaisdell Beauties in honor of our coach who put up with all of us. It was a blast except that I am so stinkin sore! We also were the first women's team so that was pretty sweet!

It's Official We are moving to.......

2009-06-23T11:19:00.001-07:00

This is our townhouse we will be renting for at least the next

13 months.
This is in Kansas City in front of a cool fountain, they had

a really nice upscale outdoor mall.
This is a picture of Kansas City Skyline.
This is by Topeka Kansas it was actually a lot prettier

then I thought it was going to be. They have lots of bodies of water

lots of trees, and tons of parks, so that will be nice!

Topeka Kansas. Brian will be attending Washburn University Law School. We are pretty excited. We made a trip back there a few weeks ago, and checked everything out, and we even have a townhouse ready for us when we get there. We will be leaving the first week in August!!

Brilee

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Brilee is getting so big, so full of energy, and naughtiness, it is a good thing she is cute!

26.2

2009-05-22T07:11:00.001-07:00

I have the best and most supportive husband in the whole world. Brian helped me with my training, allowing me to take time to run my long runs, he even road his bike along giving me water and food! He was so excited for me to reach my goal of finishing the marathon. He bought me the coolest running outfit for mother's day to wear in the marathon. He was all over the course, cheering me on at mile 11, 13, 23, and the Finish Line!

I LOVE YOU BRIAN!!!
SWEATY, TIRED, AND SO GLAD TO BE DONE!
Mile 23, one step in front of the other is what I am thinking.
Mile 13, I am actually smiling right now, I was feeling pretty good.

The marathon was a great experience and I am so glad that I did it. My goal was 3 hours and 45 minutes, and I ran it in 3 hours and 42 minutes, goal accomplished! So I am happy to say this was my first and last marathon!

Little Brilee

2009-05-22T07:05:00.000-07:00

She was so tired, and couldn't keep her eyes open anymore!
Me and my girl!
She looks like she is really mad and full of attitude, but really she was praying, so cute!

2009-05-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

My sister Jen had her last High School dance Senior Cottilion. The cool thing was that she was up for royalty. She looked beautiful, and I am a little proud, of her hair, it was my best up do yet! I can't believe she is a senior, and she will be graduating, way to go Jen.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

I know it's a little late, but better late then never! We had a great Easter, it was fun to spend lots of time with all our wonderful Family.

Egg Hunt #1

2009-04-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

We barely made it over to the Harrisville Park at 9:00a.m. for the easter egg hunt. At first Brilee wasn't sure what to do, but when she saw us putting things in her basket she thought that was pretty cool, and then she went to town. It was a ton of fun.

Egg Hunt #2

2009-04-24T11:28:00.000-07:00

Our sweet neighbor Marilyn, whom is like another mother to us invited us to lunch with her family, and then she wanted Brilee to participate in the egg hunt she puts on for her grandkids. There were so many eggs, and the eggs even had money in them, Brilee got $5.75, we put it in her piggy bank. It was lots of fun, and the other kids liked to help Brilee find the eggs.

Egg Hunt #3

2009-04-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

This was the egg hunt Brian and I put on for her, or should I say just me. I hid eggs for Brian to find as well, he never did egg hunts when he was growing up so I introduced him to them. Lots of fun!!

Egg Hunt #4

2009-04-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Brilee hanging out with Pa Pa Jackson, I think she was tuckered out.
Eating some candy while finding more eggs!

This was her fourth egg hunt over at grandma and grandpa Jackson's, she loved finding eggs. Sometimes when we go outside now she still says egg, like every day is supposed to be Easter, she loves the candy!

Best Shopping Trip Yet!!

2009-04-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

So I have been trying to do this pinching your penny coupon shopping, and I think I am finally getting the hang of it. I have a little more work to do, but I was so excited when I got my total grocery bill, I bought 5 boxes of cereal, 3 Kraft salad dressings, 2 Fiber one Pop Tarts, 1 frosting, 1 betty crocker dessert, 1 10lb. bag of potatoes, broccoli, 2 grill mates seasoning, 2 boxes of wheat thins, 2 boxes of fruit snacks, 10 yoplait yogurt, 2 frozen vegetables, and a 1 2lb. Tillamook cheese. For a grand total of 24.99, that is like a 66% savings! I just had to make a post because I was so excited!! I know call me lame!

Happy Birthday Brian!

2009-03-23T07:47:00.000-07:00

Sporting all his Presents!

It was Brian's birthday on Saturday March 21, and he turned 26. He loves having birthday's, he loves getting presents. We started the day off with breakfast, then he went on a bike ride, then got his hair cut. We ended the day with a barbecue with all our family, we all had a great time, and I hope Brian did, I love you!

Brilee at the Park

2009-03-23T07:44:00.000-07:00

Down in Kanab they have a really nice park, and instead of bark chips around the slide, they have rubber stamps, it makes the landing and jumping so much softer. Brilee loved the park, she went down the slide for the first time, she loved the swing, and she like picking up pieces of stamps and carrying them around.

St. George

2009-03-23T07:38:00.000-07:00

The whole crew, sorry it's sideways.

The face says it all!

On the Saturday down in Southern Utah we met up with Brian's sister and family over in St. George. We went biking, which wasn't very successful, Brilee absolutely hated the bike trailer, we lasted about a mile. We then went on a nice hike that everyone enjoyed! We had a great time, and I even got burnt!

Four Wheeling!!

2009-03-23T07:31:00.000-07:00

Indian Paintings.
My Dad on the wheeler, he's pretty crazy!
My Uncle Lance, me and my dad up on one

of the beehive rocks.

I actually was able to go on a four wheeling trip this time down in Kanab. Last time I was 8 months pregnant. My sweet sister said she would watch Brilee for me while we went on out 3-4 hour ride, which turned into 5-6 hours, oops! The views were spectacular, we saw the beehives (rocks that look like beehives), Indian paintings, and Hells Dive, which is a straight down cliff, yikes! It was so much fun to go see all the sights, especially on a four wheeler.

I'm a Big Girl Now!

2009-03-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

Brilee finally decided that it was time to walk. Now she won't wear out all the knees in her pants!

It was the day we went for her 15 month check up, and the doctor asked me if she was walking . I said, no, and the doctor said it was o.k as long as she was showing sign of walking. Then Brilee waited for her dad to come home, and we were sitting in the front room, and she stood up and took off! Maybe the doctor's visit motivated her to start walking. It is kind of sad that she really is walking, but she is so stinkin cute when she does.

Daddy's Girl!

2009-03-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

It's fun to see Brilee love her dad so much. They enjoy playing together, and she likes getting piggy backs from dad.

Celebrate!

2009-02-18T11:38:00.000-08:00

We got to celebrate Brian's mom and dad's 30th wedding anniversary by having a wonderful dinner at Sonora Grill. We had a good time!

Jennifer turns 18!

2009-02-18T11:26:00.000-08:00

My little sister turned 18 this month, I can't believe it she is little jen!

Brilee enjoys her food!

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Family!

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Brilee with Grandma and Pa Pa! I have to

remember to take picutures, because she grows

up so fast.
My Grandma and Grandpa came up for a weekend, so

Brilee got visit with them.
Grandma and Brilee in her stylin glasses!
Brilee enjoys wearing her sunglasses. She even wanted to

wear them to church.

The Treehouse!

2009-02-18T10:48:00.000-08:00

Brilee and I met up with Katy and Sienna at the Treehouse. It was our first time going and Brilee had a blast, she loved the music area, and the big chess set! We had such a good time.

Family!

2009-01-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

Since the month of LOVE is coming up, I wanted to share my love of my family! My little family is the best. Brian is a hard worker, great husband, and an awesome dad. Brilee is just so fun, she grows and learns so fast, and it is fun to watch and go through the process with her. I love being a wife and mother.

Setting up camp!

2009-01-23T08:29:00.000-08:00

Brian just got one of his Christmas presents from his parents. It is a very cool backpacking tent, this tent only weighs like 7 pounds! So Brilee

helped Brian set up camp in the front room, she loved it.

Little Girl!

2009-01-22T11:17:00.000-08:00

Brilee is turning into a little girl. She is sporting

one of the many beautiful sweaters my grandma Iris

has made her.

Brilee enjoys some scrambled eggs!

Brilee Signs

2009-01-22T11:08:00.000-08:00

So I have been teaching Brilee sign language and it has been a huge success, she loves it. I turn on the signing time movie and the theme song starts and she goes wild like she is signing the song right along with them. I tried to capture her going wild, and was able to get a little snip, she also signs eat at the end of the video, which is the first sign that comes on the video. So Cute!

Brilee

2009-01-22T11:02:00.000-08:00

Wow, how time goes by so fast. I can't believe it's almost February. I can't wait till it gets a little warmer and I can start doing things outside. It gets so hard to keep updating my blog, and remembering to take pictures. I did manage to take a few of Brilee, she is getting so stinkin cute. She is very active, and learning a ton. She loves to hug, rock, and kiss her little baby doll.

2008-12-31T12:06:00.000-08:00

Brilee enjoyed wearing her new pink muley crazy hat from Ken's work.

We were able to Make a trip down to southern Utah to visit my brother and sister-in-law. We were supposed to make it down the day after Christmas but the roads were to slick, so we went down on Saturday. There was about 8 slide offs that we saw just from Ogden to Layton, and stupid people still drive seventy. Anyways we had a lot of fun. We hung out in St. George, went on a cool drive and saw tons of deer. We had a great time, plus it was a little warmer then up north.

Family!

2008-12-31T11:58:00.000-08:00

Brilee in her beautiful Chrismas dress!
One big happy family!

Christmas Day Fun

2008-12-31T11:51:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was really long, but fun. We started our day at just after seven in the morning, we had to wake up Brilee, and first things first she had to have a bottle. It was fun to see her open the presents, and then panic when we couldn't get the toy out of the wrapper soon enough. We stopped off at my parents opened presents, then headed up to Brian's parents for brunch, and ended our day at Brian's uncles house for a big Christmas dinner. We had a great time!

Oh Christmas Tree!

2008-12-31T11:32:00.000-08:00

Well it's official this is by far the biggest Christmas tree we have had. Brian takes us down to the tree lot and he walks by the tree and if it is only a foot or so above his head then it's to small, so since he's 6' 6'' the 7-8 footers are too small. So this tree was just perfect, even though it takes most of our small front room(good thing the ceiling is vaulted), we have enjoyed it!

OUR LITTLE PRINCESS TURNS ONE!

2008-12-03T09:40:00.000-08:00

I can't believe our baby Brilee is one today. The year flew by. It has been fun to see the different stages of growth. We had a Little Princess Party for Brilee. She had a lot of fun, and so did I.

Singing Happy Birthday

2008-12-03T09:33:00.000-08:00

EATING CAKE

2008-12-03T09:24:00.000-08:00

Brilee was very lady like when she ate her cake. She would put her little fingers in it and take a tiny amount of cake and put it in her mouth. She would say MMMMMM! She really quite enjoyed it, and if anyone tried to move the cake, she would get mad, watching her eat her cake was my favorite.

Opening Presents

2008-12-03T09:17:00.000-08:00

Brilee I think was a little overwhelmed by all the presents, and little cousins. She would open a present and try to play with it, and wouldn't want to open anymore. She also didn't like sharing any of her new toys with her cousins.

Matching Boots!

2008-12-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

Brilee got the cutest little boots for her birthday from her aunt Kat, and I got some at the crazy day after Thanksgiving sale. We were modeling them!

Family Night at the Lights!

2008-12-03T08:23:00.000-08:00

On Monday December first we went with my mom and sisters to down town ogdens Christmas Village. It was a perfect night, not to cold. Brilee loved all the lights. Also we took a picture of my sister Jennifer by a banner of the Nutcracker, she is the ballerina on it, very cool! If anyone would like to go to the ballet it is the weekend of the 5-6, and 13-14 something like that it will be fun, both my sisters are performing in it.

Baby Brilee

2008-11-23T20:09:00.000-08:00

Our eventful Halloween!

2008-11-03T08:50:00.000-08:00

2008-11-03T08:48:00.000-08:00

Brilee with grandma and grandpa Lindquist.

2008-11-03T08:47:00.000-08:00

Brilee and grandma Lindquist.

2008-11-03T08:46:00.000-08:00

2008-11-03T08:44:00.000-08:00

We took Brilee trick or treating at Brian's work, whe was so excited to see her daddy! His work thought Brilee was so cute, we had a good time.

2008-11-03T08:42:00.000-08:00

Sweet Lady Bug!

2008-11-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

Brilee's first Halloween, our cute little lady bug. She posed with her two aunts Jennifer and Andrea.

2008-11-03T08:38:00.000-08:00

Brilee so proud of her pumpkin

Decorating Pumpkins

2008-11-03T08:35:00.000-08:00

Our neighbor invited us over for a halloween party, and they had a pumpkin for all the kids to decorate, even Brilee. She loved it she went to town with the marker, but then she tried to eat it, it was a ton of fun.

MY HUSBAND!

2008-10-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

Tagged by aunt Tiffany and Ashlie

1. Where did you meet your husband? On the track team at Weber State, outside at track practice.

2. How long did you date before you got married? 11 1/2 months

3. How long have you been married for? 3 years and 3 months

4. What does he do that surprises you? He will wake up to go to work and if the baby wakes up he take care of her till he has to go to work, so I can sleep more!!

5. What is your favorite feature of his? He is tall dark and handsome, doesn't get any better than that.

6. What is your favorite quality of his? His love for our little family, and willingness to help out!

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Princess, because I am one!

8. What is his favorite food? His abuelas enchiladas, and lasagne

9. His favorite sport? That would definitely be track and field, the throwing events!

10. When and where was your first kiss? OUR FIRST DATE! When he dropped me off at my car.

11. Favorite thing to do as a couple? Being together, watching movies, snuggling, and being outdoors like hiking, mountain biking, and hunting.

12. Do you have any children? Our sweet baby girl Brilee.

13. Does he have any hidden talents? He can play the piano, quite well!

14. How old is he? 25

15. Who said I love you first? He did

16. His favorite music? All kinds, flip through the stations till he finds something he likes.

17. What do you admire most about him? Wow, he is the greatest, his love for me and Brilee, and his dedication and hard work at everything he does.

18. What is his favorite color? Blue and Black, I think!

19. Will he read this? Probably not, but maybe.

20. Who do you tag? Anybody who wants to!