The Sweetest Sounds

The sweetest sounds to mortals given

Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.

-William Goldsmith Brown

Happy mother's day to our amazing mothers. Thank you for being the best teachers, cheerleaders, and friends. Thank you for loving us unconditionally & believing in us.

Thank you for building us a home & teaching us of heaven.

We are so lucky to have you.

It's Over!

Sorry, candy bowl that sits temptingly on the front of my desk at work.

It's over for us.

I will no longer give into your bright colors and your empty calories.

Summer's right around the corner & I've got to hurry up and get in shape!

Thanks for supporting me through all those tough work days.

I'll never forget that.

Sincerely (hopefully),

Kyra

Misleading Promos: 1, Kyra: 0

I fell for it ABC.

Are you happy?

You tricked me with the ring & I'm still here waiting for Castle and Beckett's "sweet ending".

(Photo by fanpop)

Dear Beckett,
Just give in already.
You know you want to.
Love,
Kyra

From SINK to DINK...

We're offically "DINKs" again!

Brandon found that perfect job he's been looking for! He's the new "Quality Assurance Analyst 1" for True North Logic!

Wondering exactly what that means?
So am I!
Guess we'll find out!

Wondering exactly what "DINK" means?
So was I!
My boss informed me it means "duel income, no kids".

AKA: more online shopping & vacations! Just don't mention the online shopping to Brandon, silly boy doesn't understand that you can never have enough clothes!

It'll just be our little secret... Thank goodness he doesn't check the blog unless I tell him too! ;)

His first day is monday & he couldn't be more excited! True North Logic is lucky to have him!

Yo Ho, Yo Ho a Disney life for me!

Disneyland.... so my favorite place. Here's a glimpse of our recent Free family disneyland trip...

Holy cow! Not only did Kyle turn 10 during the trip but there's also been 10 years of Disney pin trading, and it's 2010 !!! That's a triple whammy!

If this is Uncle Bob after one coke... imagine what he's like after 2!

Whitney, Kaitlyn & Grandpa Gary!

James & I trying to close the exit to Mickey's house so we didn't have to leave!

Space Mountain closed down on us! Right when we were near the front of the line! Naturally, we decided to wait it out and pass the time with naps and foot wars. Honestly, I thought it was just fun being together, who needs space mountain!

.Magic.

The cutest kids in Disneyland!

Too perfect.

My favorite kind of tree.

Beautiful Hailey

I so love my Whitney

Princess Alyssa!

These are just a few of the magical moments we captured. It was a fantastic trip full of family, fast rides, doughnuts for breakfast (Brandon's favorite), smiles, pins, birthdays, fireworks, toon town, Whitney driving the Indian Jones car, Brandon running like a nerd and claiming that "Tom Cruise runs just like that!", African river safari's at night with the "tough crowds", yummy tortilla's from the tortilla factory, autographs, earthquakes, searching for the Cheshire cat mirror, Roz at the end of the Monster's Inc. ride, Brandon trying to wear Whitney's sweatshirt, Brandon's constant need for a churro, April Fool's day pregnancy texts, the Aladin show, sharing a carmel apple with Whitney at 1 in the morning on Main Street (making us even more hyper than we already were, much to Brandon's dismay), California screaming with James, Whitney, & Brandon, and lots more great memories! We loved every minute!

(I'll upload more photos from our trip soon, I have more to post but bloggers not letting me upload them! Stay tuned!)

When we fight, we fight dirty…

Brandon: are we sure that wii party thing is tonight?

Kyra: I think so; your mom had it on her calendar upstairs…

Brandon: Yeah, well your mom's a calendar.

Kyra: Your mom's a mom.

Brandon: … That was too far.

 

Clearly I won that one. J

"People actually do this for fun?!"

On Saturday the Free family took me skiing for the very first time...

...one million wipeouts later, when I finally stopped crashing into bushes and tree groves, I conquered the bunny hill at Brighton!

turns out, when you're not falling on your butt, skiing actually is fun!

I can tell this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Olympics 2014 here I come! :)

(many thanks to my sister in law kerri for all her help, my father in law Gary for teaching me to step up the hill sideways, for the rest of the family who cheered me on and didn't laugh at me too much, for the wonderful Brandon who stayed with me all day and pulled me out of those mean trees and bushes and for the countless strangers who helped me up, asked if I was ok when I ran into metal objects, and offered me advice!)

Boondocks & The Cha Cha!

A long time ago my Bro in law Burke handed me a pair of Boondocks passes and said "Don't say I never gave you anything". Between then and now those passes have been lost and then found again at least a dozen times but last Friday night we finally put them to good use. Well Brandon put them to good use. He spent the night kicking my butt at everything. Basketball, go karts, dance dance revolution and laser tag. I'm not bitter though, not a bit, it's nice to occasionally let Brandon wear the pants in our relationship. I like to wear skirts from time to time anyways. J

Despite the fact that I couldn't beat Brandon at anything we had a pretty great weekend. One of the best, probably thanks to the fact that Brandon finally got to experience In N' Out Burger for himself. Actually, I take that back. The reason our weekend was the best was because we watched the Hannah Montana Movie. I loved every cheesy minute. I don't care what anyone says, Miley is my girl. This weekend we also learned to cha cha! Brandon is always bugging me about taking dance lessons with him and I never agree but on Saturday night Brandon finally got his wish! His ward threw a big band night and I'm not gonna lie, it was a lot of fun. I think there may even be more dance lessons in our future!

Thank goodness for weekends! Without them I think school would officially take over our lives. I'm doing full time work and full time school this semester, which might be a crazy idea but so far, so good. Brandon is going to school full time and is still looking for the perfect part time job, he may have found it today, keep your fingers crossed for him!

……………………….

Is it Friday yet?

I just can't wait!

Resolution Revolution!

Our resolutions for 2010...

Kyra: yes, this is a joint post
Brandon: no it's not!
Kyra: yes it is!
Brandon: ...ok...
Kyra: Brandon came up with the title.

1. Be more organized... aka save receipts, keep the house cleaner, keep the dishes situation under control...

Kyra: I don't want to post anymore.
Brandon: It's too depressing.

Obviously our resolution revolution is off too a roaring start! :)

Let me remind you...

What the weather was like last year on December 30th...

Blue skies and sunny with a 100% chance of happily ever after!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE!

Thank you for the best year of my life.

The Greatest Time of Year...

Happy Holidays!

Hope your December has been as spectacular as ours!

Twilighters....

Oh yes, we did....

... Go shopping on Thanksgiving night/black Friday just to purchase Team Jacob tee shirts.

It's how we roll!

Edward Who?

Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.

Kids table for life!

Uno, apples to apples, inside jokes, rock band, delish food, LOTS of pictures, family, news paper ads, so much fun...

Clearly grandpa's had enough of the photo taking!

What an epic day!