BROOKE, JAKE, BAYLA & EVAN: 2010

Happy Birthday to my MOM!!

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Happy Birthday Mom!
Since I am sitting her looking at your birthday card that I haven't stuck in the mail yet I thought I'd write a post to you.

To my mommy:
Thank you for being such a wonderful mother and friend and being so much fun! I feel like the luckiest girl to have been blessed to have you as a mother. I can only hope that Bayla will admire me the way I admire you when she grows up. Thank you for being such a great example to me and many others, especially when life is tough and it would be so easy to give up. Your strength and endurance amazes me and makes me feel like I can get through anything life hands me. I know that you are going straight to the celestial kingdom too! I love you so much mom and wish I got to see you more often but I am glad that we have a close relationship and I can call you whenever I need. Bayla and I are super excited to see you in 18 days! Have a great rest of your birthday!! Love your daughter, Brooke

Here is a picture of Bayla wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and one of my new HAIR-DO!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Karen (quack quack)

Bye bye hair :)

Happy Birthday Jake

Happy Birthday Jake!

Jake turned 33 on Friday!! I took off the day from work and we had Jake's mom Michele babysit Bayla for a couple days and the weather was beautiful here in Utah. We got to sleep in, go to the driving range, eat out at Outback and Ruth Chris, hit up the mall, and just relax. Then Saturday night we met up in Layton to pick up Bayla and had dinner with the Brown's and Becky and her girls. Bayla just adores her cousins.

Heading out to Ruth Chris to celebrate this man :)

Fun birthday weekend!! Love you honey :)

Happy Halloween 2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

Wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!
I need to catch up on blogging but life is just so busy these days!

Mommy Witch and Bayla Butterfly

Crump Reunion 2010 - CALIFORNIA

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

In July we went to California for a family reunion on my mom's side. We stayed in Solvang at a timeshare with my mommy, stepdad, and sisters Brittany and Kathryn, Britt's kids Jared, Victoria, and Camille, and Kathryn's friend John. The town of Solvang is so cute or as Jake says "a woman's dream town and a man's nightmare" Ü It's the cutest little Danish town in the U.S. We had fun going to all the quaint shops and we even went on a little hike up to see a waterfall one day. We spent a lot of time in the pool. We went one day to Avila Beach - but it was so windy that we didn't stay very long, but Bayla had fun playing in the sand and cold water while we were there. We spent a lot of time in Santa Maria where my uncle Jim lives. They did a fun park day where we played games and the kids enjoyed the jump house. Bayla was thinking she was such a big girl in there with all the 2nd cousins. We had a fabulous BBQ of Tri-Tip and linguica sausage and yummy salads and dips and the works! One night we did pizza and karaoke. My sisters got me to go up with them and sing one song. It's a good thing I am comfortable with all my relatives because I don't SING. We got Jake to go up with my cousin's husband and sing Johnny Be Good. Jake has a good voice so I wasn't embarrassed for him like he was probably embarrassed for me. Here are some fun pictures from that trip.

Street in Solvang

Solvang shops

Horse Rides through town

Solvang windmill

Beautiful flowers around shops in Solvang

This is a spa in Solvang - next time I am for sure spending a day here

Solvang Bakery - boy did we have some yummy Dannish treats!

Jake and Bayla in the pool

Jared and the twins swimming in the pool

Avila Beach - Gorgeous(well besides the wind)

Jake and Bayla at Avila Beach

Bayla playing in the sand

Aunt Kathryn and Bayla at Jim's house

Jake and Bayla at Jim's house

Bayla and me at Jim's in backyard

Me and Bayla having fun

Bayla with her 2nd cousin Maddox

Kathryn and her friend John hanging out at Jim's house

Jake and Dan doing some karaoke

My beautiful mom Ü

Rough day of shopping in Solvang - can't wait to go back!

Just Bayla - Summer 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Big Blue Eyes

Chillin' on her chair probably watching Elmo

I absolutely love that cute face

Outside staying hydrated

Our little water drinker

She loves her water bottle

What a stinker!

And some more drinking ...

Bayla wanting to watch DVD

And she is now watching that DVD

Love that smile

She thinks she is pretty funny!

Sand box and pool time!

Loves the water!

Ready for FOOD!

Elmo takes naps too!

This picture cracks me up for some reason. Bayla found this little pillow and she decided Elmo needed a nap so she gave up her blankie and binkie.

Nap Time!

This is the Place Heritage Park

On Memorial Day, my SIL Becky and I took our girls to This is the Place Heritage Park. They had lots of baby animals and fun things to do. There was this goat that would not leave Bayla alone. It was so funny!

Here are some photos and a video of that day!