Bryn's Blessing Day

On Sunday January 24th we were able to have Bryn blessed at church. Dad had flown into town to see her and so we thought we had better have her blessed while he could be here to participate. It was a really beautiful day. We had most of Jason's family there and my parents and brother. Jason gave her a really lovely blessing and Bryn was so good and didn't make a peep the entire prayer. Jason said she just sat there looking around at everyone's faces. She looked so darling in the long blessing dress we picked out. It was really nice to have our families there with us and a few of our friends.
After church we had a little lunch at our house. Everything was so yummy and we had a huge buffet of delicious treats to choose from! It was so fun to have our house filled with people that we love and who all love Bryn. It made me think how lucky we are to have so many amazing family members and friends.

Bryn's Big Debut

Introducing....
Bryn Danley
Born December 26, 2009 at 10:32 am
5 lbs. 15 oz.
18" long


These are a couple of pictures of Bryn for those of you who haven't had the chance to see her yet. The first one was taken in the hospital the day after she was born and the others are from when she was about 1 week old. Her looks are already starting to change quite a bit as she gains some weight and the wrinkles are filling out.

Merry Christmas

We hope you and your families all have a wonderful Christmas.

Santa Sightings

The girls have had the chance to sit on Santa's lap quite a few times the past couple of weeks. These pictures were from our ward Christmas party. This Santa was their favorite though, although Hallie said that he should wash his hair because it is too yellow. The kids were excited to get a pez dispenser as a little pre-christmas treat from Santa. Sage asked him for Lincoln Logs and a DS game and Hallie asked for a baby doll.

The Nutcracker

I figure that as I am sitting here waiting for this baby to show up I have plenty of time to post some pictures from the last couple of months.
These are photos from Sage's winter dance recital that happened in November. This year they did the Nutcracker and a little Rockettes show. Sage was a candy cane in the Nutcracker and did a darling ballet dance.
In the Rockettes show she did a jazz dance to "Walking in a Winter Wonderland". They were little ice skaters and looked the part in their gloves, scarves, and headbands.
Sage is getting to be a better and better dancer with each passing year and we could really see her progress in this recital. Sage was really excited to have Scott and Misty and Grant come and watch her dance as well.

Fall Photos

I am always jealous to hear about all our family on the East coast out picking apples every fall. The best I can do is go to the grocery store and buy some apples and put them in a cute basket and get my apple pictures that way. I so wish we had a fun place to go pick every fall!

Sage goes to Kindergarten

It is such a weird feeling when your first child goes off to Kindergarten. I was starting to get butterflies in my stomach (or maybe it was just the baby kicking) as the hour drew nearer. Sage was also getting more nervous. All week she had been so excited and asked me everyday how many more days until she got to go to school. I think she was jealous that Hallie was starting before her. Friday morning she woke up excited but a little apprehensive and started asking me "What if...?" questions the rest of the morning.
She got dressed for school and would not be convinced to wear anything other than her new elementary school T-shirt. Good thing I never got around to buying her a new first-day-of-school outfit.
By the time we got down to the bus stop all her fears seemed to melt away. We have such a cute group of kids in our neighborhood all going to kindergarten this year. I think there are 8 of them who are all riding the bus and in her class with her. They all looked so darling lined up waiting for the bus to come and when it did Sage grabbed the hand of the girl next to her and they all crowded toward the bus. Jason, Hallie, and I watched and waved as they took off for the school. We followed her down to the school and walked her into her classroom. By the time she got to her classroom she had completely forgotten that we were even there.
It is hard to send your kids off to school for the first time and I did get a little teary eyed but she was so excited and ready for it that it made it so much easier for her parents.