Zoo Lights

Every year Brian's company has a Christmas party for the employee's children at the Denver Zoo. They get to see Santa, get their faces painted and see the zoo lights. They even got gift cards from Santa for Build A Bear. It was pretty cold but it's always a good time.

All Jayce asked for from Santa was "The Joker" from the Dark Knight. If only we could get away with that!

Brylee didn't know what to think. She started crying after I took this. She was diagnosed with a double ear infection that morning so she wasn't in the happiest mood.

Getting daddy started with some hot chocolate and schnapps.

Jayce with some of the cool lights.

Brylee was nice and cozy in her backpack and conked out at the end.

Gimme Three Steps Miss...ter

...for those familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd : )
Brylee took 3 steps on several occasions last night at Grandma's house. Luckily I was there to see it! We kept trying to get her to go back and forth between us, but she was getting was too eager and diving a lot of the time (she thinks she can just skip the walking and start running) but she did pretty good overall. So cute to see such a tiny little thing walking. She even felt the need to applaud herself when we all clapped.
Sorry no pics or video - just documenting for my memory!

Merry Christmas! (almost)

Whew - what a workout! I take pictures semi-professionally for others, so why are my own kids the most difficult to take pictures of? Christmas is around the corner and I still need to get these into a card - Here are a few of the cute ones...

The little one was pretty much restricted to the chair to keep her from crawling away.

It's that time...

To rearrange the furniture and get the Christmas decorations out. Brian and I put the tree up today, but Jayce did most of the decorating. He did a great job too!



Hey, wait for me!



What do you mean, "Get down?!" I just want to be like my brother!

Another Milestone

Brylee has been standing unsupported for a a little while now, but she took her first step the other night. One step and dive - haha. It won't be long before she's walking. Crazy.

Another New Family Member

We officially have a FULL house. We adopted a kitty a couple weeks ago and I finally got around to getting a picture of her. She is really a sweet little cat and very personable. I think Brian even likes her. Meet Cece...

Fire School

Brian has been really busy with his ERT responsibilities lately and has been traveling for some hazmat training and classes. He just got back from fire training with the Fire Science Academy in Elko, NV. Lots of hard work - here are a few pics of all the fun his team had...

Brian taking a break:

Some of the simulations:

All the guys attending from the Suncor ERT (he's the 2nd from the top on the stairs):