Bradley Brights: April 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

Let's Try This Again...

I'm just checking to see if Picasa and Blogger got things worked out...

Here are a couple of Easter pictures just incase you didn't catch them on MyFamily.com or Facebook...

Monday, April 11, 2011

I realize that my pictures are not showing up. I updated my blog using Picasa. It was going so well, so fast and efficient. I was excited to be caught up again. Then my pictures disappeared. After consulting Google about my problem and trying several suggestions I finally found a link posted on April 1, 2011 stating that they(the people at Google) know this problem is out there and they are working on it. Apparently they have not fixed the problem yet. Shame on them. I have to say, Google can do anything and this should not be stumping them for so long. I'll do further research when I have time again. I have a feeling the answer is out there somewhere.

Has anyone else posted from Picasa? And do you have this problem?

As for now happy blogging everyone!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

James' Birthday

0 comments Posted by Ann at 5:32 PM

We had a great time celebrating James' birthday this year. He enjoyed having his birthday on a Saturday because it was so much easier to do fun things and celebrate it appropiately. He started his birthday off early when his co-workers took him out to lunch on Thursday. Friday we dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa's and went out to eat at Red Lobster. It was our first time eating at a sea food restaurant, but because James got a gift certificate from work (unrealted to his birthday) we thought we'd give it a try. After settling on shrimp (for me) and crab legs (for James), we were left to observe the others around us so we knew how to eat this foreign food. Needless to say, we were quite entertained with how others were eating their crab legs. We felt confident that James would be able to conquer those legs when they finally came. We enjoyed our food, but we weren't overly impressed. I'm glad we went on someone else's bill. Afterwards, we went shopping and picked up a couple of things that James liked.

The next morning (James' actual birthday) we headed out in the blizzard, ok, it wasn't THAT bad, but it was snowing pretty hard...anyway, we headed out to Weber State Davis Campus for the 5k we signed up for last month, thinking that it would be a beautiful spring run. The snow let up long enough for the race. We guess that we finished in the top 25%. That's just a guess though...

Afterwards, we went to retrieve the kids and James' parents took us out for his birthday dinner. This time we went to a restaurant where we could sink our teeth in and let our taste buds revel in all the yummy tastes of the food. And that place was Costa Vida. One of our top favorite restaurants. Thanks Mom and Dad for the birthday treat!

We then went home, built a fire because Spring forgot to come this year and finished up the celebrations with doughnuts and presents.

Thomas has been waiting to give Dad his present all week. James also picked this out and I"m still not sure if this present is more for Thomas or James, but either way it's a fun way for them to bond- he opened Star Wars III for our PC. Thomas was so excited!

You can see Thomas watching the game load on the computer. We got constant updates on how much it had loaded.

Hailey was feeling a little left out so, we look a picture together. We'll have to do girly things on my birthday next year!

Happy Birthday James! We love having you around as our daddy and my husband! There's no one else who can tickle us or make us laugh just like you can. Thanks for making us so happy!

Through the Eyes of Thomas

0 comments Posted by Ann at 4:03 PM

While we were gathered at Great Grandma Bradley's house for a lunch, Thomas got hold of the camera and this is what the result was:

Little brother Miles.

Mommy and Miles

Grandpa.

Kimberly reading to the Tilly kids.

Cousin Zack.

Uncle Scott sleeping even amongst all the commotion.

Aunt Maria and Andrew (hope you like that one Maria! lol)

Zack sneeking some chips.

Bryson and hand.

Great Grandma Bradley

Abby down in the basement.

I'm not sure who took this picture, quite possibly Abby.

I love the the face Ryland.

Caught Zack jumping on Grandma's couch!

Thanks for the face Eric.

Grandma looks surprised!

It's always fun to see things from the perspecitive of little people.

Camden's Blessing/Bradley Grandchildren

0 comments Posted by Ann at 3:51 PM

A couple of weekends ago we were able to gather the whole Bradley family and celebrate the blessing of the caboose of the quintuplets, Camden Drollinger. We took advantage of a photo shoot with all the grand children, but not the whole group together.

The first group are the older ones. From left to right, Thomas, Eric, Kira, Ryland, Hailey, Zack, Abby, and Breckan.

I love how you can see the personalities of everyone come through, even the babies below. These cousins have so much fun together. They love getting together and playing. I hope they always stay a close support system for each other.

And here is the Baby Train from left to right (also in age order youngest to oldest): Camden, Tyson, Miles, McKaylee, and Andrew. Some days these guys will be trouble...say in about a year and a half!

Here's Tyson, Miles and Andrew. We all find it so facinating that they each look very much like cousins, but more exactly like their dads. Yep that trio just smells of trouble.

We gathered at Great Grandma Bradley's house. I wanted to take a pictures of the kids with her because I know how precious the moments with Grandma Great are. We're so lucky to have such a wonderful matron at the top of this ever growing family tree.

Dressing Up Part I

0 comments Posted by Ann at 3:36 PM

My favorite things to encourage the kids to do is dress up. Sometimes it takes a little more promting than I like, but when they get going they can pretend for hours on end and I LOVE

that!

Dressing up Part II

0 comments Posted by Ann at 3:33 PM

I also love watching them dress up because they can get really creative with their outfits. Hailey is mostly a balerina and/or princess. Thomas loves to dress up as star wars people. They aren't great photos, but I need to record this part of their lives.

I had to do two posts because I'm posting from Picasa. Does anyone know how to blog two different Picasa folders into one post?

Aunt Jenny's Birthday

0 comments Posted by Ann at 2:59 PM

We were lucky enough to have Jenny come and join us for her birthday. It's been a very long time since I've been around any of my siblings on their birthdays. And, this year I'll get to celebrate with both my sisters (Can't wait to go get some free 7-11 Slurpees!). We did the actual celebrating of Jenny's birthday the day before her big day because she had to go to school...aw priorities...but luckily we had a Sunday to work with. We fixed a home made Cafe Rio dinner...sooooo goood! We then had birthday cake and gave her our new favorite game, Spot It.

We are so happy to have Jenny here with us for a while as she attends the BYU MPA program. The kids love it when she comes, because unlike their mom, she's very fun and has lots of good ideas. I love having my sister around, even if she IS taking 20+ credits this semester and doesn't have much time to see us.

We'll take what we can get!

Miles' New 'Do

0 comments Posted by Ann at 2:45 PM

James has had some fun with Miles' hair. It will go where ever you tell it to, total opposite of Thomas' hair. I think he looks like a stegosaurus, but a really cute one!