.:The Kids:.

My mom took us down to the chuch just to snap some quick pictures for our christmas card she puts on her blog...heres us in the freezing utah weather!!
Brady-17

Brinkley (me)-15

kasey-12

kolby-10

braxley-8

May i add that this day was especially cold and very windy....im surprised how good these turned out especially since the boys were in short sleeves!! Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your holiday has been filled with peace and joy!!

All I Want For Christmas.....

Dear Santa,
I have been a very good girl this year and believe that i could very well handle these few things below with special care and cherish them for a long long time. i believe they could be to my benefits as well:) please dont leave me hangin...i now live in south jordan so please dont send my gifts to gilbert!! or else i might just have to give them to tori...k NO WAY tori can ship them to me:) guess what santa....I LOVE YOU!!! please make special note of my chistmas list this year...


i believe my hair would look A LOT better with these nifty things:))

yes Britney Spears has prolly made your naughty list...but just look at the box!! EVERYBODY has one:))))

yes my vans are exactly a year old the poor things are not in good shape...

i have tried saving for this baby for a while...i finally hit the price marking and BOOM...my little heart desires something else and my money is blown...(buy one get one half off!! what a deal!!)

these are VERY VERY useful....you can do a bunch of tricks and i can get creative i promise!!

you just cant go wrong with getting a girl makeup....

i am now officially a resident in utah...i believe these are NEEDED

yes im a nerd...but who doesnt like cuddling up with a good book that sends your imagination flying??

:(( this one sheds tears:(( i had my ipod for over a year and took very good care of it...now its in the hands of an 11 year old next door because of my carelessness:(( please bring my baby back home:(

yes im a girl. yes i love clothes. yes this one is to die for...ok im not THAT dramatic

no way no way!! only 8 bucks at buckle.....whooo!!! me want me want!!!!

i LOVE LOVE LOVE watching movies and i LOVE LOVE LOVE this one:))

i know its so tiny but throw on those spectacles of yours cuz this one is worth lookin at!!

panoramic camera....WOW....this thing is amazing

I know it sounds like alot to ask for but i am in desperate need of these things. You have treated me very well these last Christmases...i know you wont fail me.

Yours Truly,

Brinkley

.:Thanksgiving:.

There is sooo much to be thankful for in my life and i know that if i listed what i was grateful for my list would go on and on and on....and you would get very bored:)) But a few would be the gospel, my family, the temple, my friends...and just the amazing beautiful things that this world is blessed with! Thank you eveyone for such a great thanksgiving i love you!!...Here's how our day went...
i woke up to hear my brother calling me downstairs to make these beauties bright and early. These are pilgrim hats made from those round cookies with frosting on them, a reese's peanut butter cup, and a little piece of gum...

my dad and brothers participated in the Dailey Family annual Turkey Bowl....look at Braxley go!!!

he was so pro....he was AMAZING!!!

finally the yummy smells had come together and it was time to EAT!! ohh wait knowing my mom there had to be a picture first:)

.:IM GRATEFUL FOR MY BROTHERS:.

crazy as it sounds i really am...i love these kiddos they always make the house more interesting....and LOUD. they are a blast to have around whenever i get bored...watch us grow up!!!

ahhh the good ol days when we were little:)))

then came some of the awkward days:)) for me and brady that is:))

BAM the awkward days werent so awkward...oookkk they were just in a different way:)

and here we are!! too crazy

my mom asks for silly goofy faces.....well this is WHAT YOU GET!!!!!

awwww....finally....a cute moment...

once in a lifetime are our faces EVER this close together when we are not fighting or wrestling....wow were actually smiling:)) awww

.:New York Memories:.

I was so fortunate to visit New York with my mom and grandma this summer. We went to see family and the places where my grandma grew up and it was so much fun to have some girl time. New York has always been a place i have wanted to go so i was so pumped to go. We went to palmyra and buffalo and niagara falls/canada area...everything was absolutely beautiful i had a blast! i also enjoyed meeting family members i never even knew i had!!!
Mmmmm.....best new york wings...you can only find them in Buffalo, NY:)

i caught a minnow here!! my cousins made fun of me i have never caught one before!

Joseph Smith Farm

the buildings were so cool looking

an old building near my family's home

whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!

gorgeous lake

this was a rock!!!! its so cool huh??!!!

Niagara Falls we just had to go on such a rainy day....PERFECT

My great great great grandparents?? i think?? they were the wealthiest people in town way back when.....their house is still standing to this day and i think its gorgeous!!!!

the sacred grove was breathtaking:)))

all the old churches in new york were amazing

this was in the sacred grove:)

Hill Cumorah pagaent:))) super cool!!

most beautiful and HUGEST stake center i have ever seen!!!!

these were sooooo awesome to look at!

my 5th cousin brittney:) eatin ice cream in shorts and a tank top on such a freezing day!!!!

coooolll view of the city

me and mom in front of the Palmyra New York temple sign

my great great uncle bill helped build this:)) hes the coolest dude ever:))

Joseph Smith log cabin

this place was cool to learn how the BOM was made

supa sweet building!!!

flowers in the sacred grove:)

im proud to be an american!!! hehe:)

boom baby:))))

the sacred grove was just amazing

still ghetto despite its beauty

waayyyyy gorgeous