Since I was a little girl we always got to go over to my Grandma and Grandpa Denning's house on Christmas Eve for dinner and the highlight of the night was always Santa visiting. Well, now that we are older, we always meet earlier in the month, but Santa still visits. This year we meet on my Birthday, so we didn't stay long, but we went just so Brynlee could tell Santa what she wanted. She was so excited to tell him what she wanted. She told me all day long that she was going to be brave and not scared of Santa this year. So when he came in and she ran towards me, I wasn't surprised that she was all talk. She did however surprise me when he called her name and she jumped right off my lap to go sit on his. She was brave and did tell him what she wanted. It was funny that he heard "Hippo Car" instead of a guitar. She laughed at that and thought he was pretty funny. Children are so much fun! I'm so glad our family still does this every year. It is so much fun.
Brynlee was so cute doing her dances. She made her mommy very proud. I thought it was the cutest thing ever! I know she wasn't exactly perfect or anything, but it was still really cute to see. She just seemed so big to me. :) I loved it.
Ryan and I met at the very end of 2000. We both new right away that we were meant for each other. Ryan doesn't mind taking things slow, so I didn't convince him to get married till Dec of 2002! We had dated nearly two whole years. We didn't try for children that first year, and after almost a whole year of trying, I woke up one morning in extreme pain. That's when we discovered I had endometriosis. I had to have a few surgery's and still no luck! I work with children and so badly wanted to have some of our own. We decided in virto was our best option. We made the appointments and were just about to go, when a miracle happened. We discovered that I was actually pregnant! I was so scarred something might happen, but we got a beautiful perfect baby girl in the summer of 2007 that we named Brynlee. She is so much fun and we are blessed everyday with her. We are still trying to get her some siblings and may have to actually go through with in vitro in the future, but Family is what life is all about. Ryan grew up on a Farm in Rexburg, so we spent the first 5 years of marriage in the family farm house that was over 100 years old, it had character. Ryan has since changed over to working at Valley Wide as a Fertilizer Applicator, so I got my wish to move back to Idaho Falls. I work at a Koala Kids Academy as a Preschool Teacher and as Supervisor. I can tell you I do actually miss our quiet country farm house, but would never trade back our new house that doesn't have any problems with it.