A New Wall to Scale

Well, here is Brinley in one of her most favorite things to do: explore through the fridge!! While Mike has been busy scaling alpine routes on the Grand Teton in Wyoming, this is what his daughter has been summiting... of course she hasn't really reached the top, but no doubt she would keep going up if the freezer were opened!

Notice the look before the ascent.

What??! Am I not supposed to be up here?

Happy little girl after a safe descent with help from mom.

Mike on the way up the Grand Teton on a first attempt. His team didn't end up summiting so back they went again and they were successful!

Brett Francis, Sarah Handley and Mike at the top of the Grand Teton!! Yay they made it and survived as well! :)

Another happy note - Mike and I celebrated our 4th anniversary earlier this week! I am married to the most amazing man in the world and our last 4 years of marriage have been just wonderful. We celebrated by going to the temple and eating Sub Zero ice cream.

A Taste of Nursery

I took Brinley into nursery for the first time on her own today. Yes, she just might be 6 months too young for normal family wards, but we are blessed enough to be in a ward where there are few kids in nursery so she can go! She was the only one in there at first and then another girl came later.

I had some mixed emotions about the whole thing - I mean I am grateful to not have to sit outside meetings while she is going crazy during Sunday school and Relief Society, but at the same time I am kinda sad to think that she is already in nursery.. without me or Mike.. and doing fine on her own. Oh, my little girl is growing up so fast!

It was soooooo cute when I went to pick her up. I didn't see her at first, but then I noticed her in the corner. She had fallen asleep on a play rug with her legs tucked in and her little butt in the air with the binkie off to the side of her hand. Oh I wish I had a camera to capture that precious moment that was so special to me.