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2009-12-09T13:02:00.000-08:00

We are outside the Draper Temple! Braxton has been a great singer - he can remember the ends of all the phrases, or so we thought. When we went to the movies with Kristy's parents and Jennie Braxton started to sing the "Temple song" I love to see the Temple. and he sang the whole phrases to the first couple parts to the song. We were surprised - a little. He is a talker and really knows a lot. We have to be extra careful what we say because he learns and pays attention all the time.

Braxton in lactose intollerant, so we put water in his cereal, dip graham crackers in water, so naturally Braton thinks that water makes everything better . . . even Popcorn.

Watching a movie and Grandpa Case's house and inevitiably the boy fall asleep - i don't think the lights were even off this time.

Sunday - we are getting ready for church! Braxton is trying out Grandma Case's Preschool Dress-up suit coat! And he is actually wearing a tie - which he won't do now!

"Oh" says Braxton, "I fall asleep in random places and at random times - my mom doesn't know what to do with me sometimes."

#2 Birthday

2009-12-09T12:53:00.000-08:00

MMMM! We ate yummy cupcakes outside in Grandma and Grandpa's front Yard!

My cousins came to my party! Kalli, Kyler, Caden, Taylee, and (my cousins from Idaho!) Natalie and Carter

There was my real cake! Yummy I like Trucks a bunch!

We played games on the lawn and sang songs!

Oh this wasn't on my birthday but, My daddy and I were washing our feet and i just couldn't help but jump in!

Chris' Graduation

2009-08-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

Yay Chris is done! We are very excited that Chris is finished with his bachelors in Recreation Management. Now comes the fun part finding a recreation job. Anyone with leads let us know. I couldn't find a camera so I will post thos pictures when we get them from Chris' dad and my mom. Surprisingly the ceremony was only 1 hour and 15 minutes. Braxton was saying "yay daddy." We ate at Chuck-a-Rama then we talked and relaxed after that at our apartment and the kids had fun with the Nintendo 64 and ALL of Braxton's toys. Everyone was out of it's spot! Well it was a fun day. Chris had a great time at school but he is excited to move on to the next stage of life!

2009-03-29T19:08:00.000-07:00

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Can You Hear Us???

2009-03-29T18:31:00.000-07:00

Mmmm I Like These!

2009-03-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

Hello!!! Do you like my snack?

Chris Has a Summer Internship!

2009-03-19T19:25:00.000-07:00

In Springville, Chris gets to play little kid kick ball, watch movies in the park, listen to nine different concerts and organize a adult volleyball program. Kristy is excited for warm weather cause Braxton is sooo happy outside. We can't wait to go kayaking down the Provo River. Chris is always wanting to go. So anyone needing a weekend of fun call Chris cause Springville will have some event or the river is calling Chris' name. Braxton is talking like crazy. He loves sand boxes, walks to the park, basketballs, dance, and music. He uses his shoulders and feet to grove to the beat. He started Nursery and likes it kind of. A couple more weeks and he will run to the door. And that about does it for the time being. Besides the fact that is Chris's Commercial Recreation Class midterm he recieved the highest score in the class! Wahoo all the time can pay off! The cocky guy in the class couldn't believe someone got that high of a score! Of course Chris didn't let everyone know that he was the one with the score But I can.

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Women's Conference Recipies

2009-02-19T21:36:00.000-08:00

At a conference I learned a few different recipies for using Baking Soda here they are. . .

Degreaser

1 tsp. Borax
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Vinegar
1/4 tsp. Dish Soap (a squirt)

Hard Water Stains

3 Tbs. Baking Soda
1/2 C. Ammonia
2 C. Warm Water

Or you could try toilet bowl cleaner

Carpet Freshner

1 c. ground herbs (lavender, or Rosemary)
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp. cinnimon
1 tsp. Baking Soda

place on carpet or rug for 2 or 3 minutes and vaccum up. your vaccume will smell good too!

All Purpose cleaner

Fill Squirt Bottle to the start of the smaller part with Warm Water
Fill to small part of neck with green alcohol
add a squirt of dish soap

Relax Sore Muscles in a Bath with a portion of this solution

2 c. Baking Soda
1/2 c. Ebson Salt

Sicky Boy

2009-02-19T21:21:00.000-08:00

We had to stay at the hospital for two nights and pump Brax full of fluids so his little body could heal from Rotavirus. He is doing much better, back to playing and wanting to play with friends but we have to stay away for a while. So Mom and Dad have got to come up with more creative ways to play. Braxton is learning to read through some flash cards Mom made for him. He can recognize Ball and Baby so far. Mom learned this from an Usborn DVD. So we arew starting to teach him the words like pictures. I also started to be the primary chorester and I go into the nursery to sing with them. They are leraning to read the word Jesus now tow of the kids 20 months and 3 years were able to repeat what it meant after singing songs. So that was fun.

My poor arm. but my body is better!

Is this a jail cell?

A Weekend of Fun, A While Ago.

2009-02-19T21:18:00.001-08:00

We had fun one weekend going swimming with your Star Valley cousins!

Thanks for the outfit!

2008-11-11T17:11:00.000-08:00

I wanted to do a quick shout out to my Grandma Horsley for getting me this outfit years before i was born! don't I look cute?

From a while ago

2008-11-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

BYU Stinks! As a student's spouse I have learned some interesting things about this school. Now of course is not the time for these things, but we finally found our camera so I thought we should take a little jog in the past. We went to see Wyoming get their butts kicked by BYU.

Brett Thompson came to cheer for the loosing team, but he is wearing blue so maybe he is a trator!

Jessi and Brett came for the free tickets. We were given those water bottles full of candy, so the trip was worth it!

Maybe the real treat was being yelled at by BYU Fans. "I am from Wyoming, Iwent to school there, but are we going to have problems this game?" He was very aunrey until he found out Chris was Rich Horsley's kid. They lived in Nevada or something.

Halloween!

2008-11-11T15:52:00.000-08:00

Mom and Dad are lame they dressed up as crazy school student parents.

We had a good Halloween. We spent most of the day at Great Grandma Berling's condo. We made goolosh for her and Great Aunt Loraine.

For Family night before Halloween we made a Lack-O-Lantern! I liked feeling the seeds when they were slimy and getting cleaned off for baking. I didn't quite know what the think of all the orange stuff inside of the pumpkin. While Chris was cutting the face, Braxton and I went to get The Nightmare Before Christmas, which caused Chris to fall asleep once again, making this movie number fifty-two that he hasn't seen the ending.

ARRRRR says the pirate pumpkin. We made him look like Kristy's mascot rather than a Pronghorn, boring antelopes. PIRATES are very festive!

These are my cousins. We had fun Halloween afternoon!

Liesel is the whitch, Paisley is Tigger, Kalli is a butterfly, I am a Dinosaur, and Jackson is one too!

I am almost full but I just got ice cream!

2008-09-28T14:09:00.000-07:00

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The Yummiest Part of the Day!

2008-09-28T14:05:00.000-07:00

My mom tried to make me cake look like jenga block because to love to play with them. Mostly I like to nock them down right now. But it fell apart on the way to my party. My party was by the Provo River and part of it fell on the bridge, so be careful you might step on blue icing when you cross the bridge.

My First Birthday!

2008-09-28T13:53:00.000-07:00

For my First Birthday, I had a party at the park. This park had ducks, slides, water, and best of all balloons and Cake! The visitors at my birthday were as follows: Grandma and Grandpa Case, Great Grandma Berling, Chad, Lila, Caden, Calvin, Katie, Kalli, Kyler, Mom and Dad, Jessi, Brett, Jen Jen, Julie, Brent, Joseph, and Benjamin Wall, and Erin Etherington! I was so happy to see them! They are singing to me in this next video! I hope you enjoy it!

I am not Happy Right now!

2008-09-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

Braxton sometimes gives his parents a little bit of laughter with the struggles. Grandma Case said that we needed to record his vibrating vocals. So hopefully this will not get lost out there in the world of technology.

12 seconds of fame!

2008-09-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

Lil' Cowboy Joe Walks on Cougar Ground

2008-09-14T18:05:00.000-07:00

Look at Me! Wahooo! Better watchout I am getting quicker!!!

World's Strongest Baby - Orem Edition

2008-09-14T17:33:00.000-07:00

Back in time

2008-09-14T16:57:00.000-07:00

I am getting Bigger!

2008-09-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Braxton is getting bigger and bigger by the day. He likes to play with balls, cars, bowls, drawers, and most of all his dad. He is walking now and has the cutest smile. He has two bottom teeth and likes to dance to disney music. he gets board pretty quickly but his is such a joy to have around! We randomly chose this video to upload so it is a dated video but hopefully you can enjoy it anyways!

May 17th

2008-05-18T11:09:00.000-07:00

Kristy's grandfather is from Norway, and served as a Missionary President there, so Kristy's family enjoys some traditions of Norway. May 17th is the Norwegian Independence Day, where they have a huge parade. In America we celebrate by going to a smaller parade of our own. Chris and Braxton were first time fans, okay so not really but the polsa malompa was good. It is a fancy tortilla wrapped hotdog. Kristy was born on May 17th so it is extra special for her. Instead of going to the parade when Kristy was born, her brother and sister dressed in the traditional norwegian clothes and greeted their newest sibling. Although President Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints wasn't there this year, we were blessed with beautiful weather to enjoy our celebration, in Norway this year they celebrated in 45 degree weather. So that began the day for Kristy's birthday celebration. We were able to take a few family pictures, so we hope you enjoy them.

My First Sprinkler Hit

2008-05-18T11:04:00.000-07:00

Splish Splash

2008-04-20T21:33:00.000-07:00

We are all looking forward to playing all summer in the pool. Braxton loves to splash. We are certainly hoping that the cold pools don't create too much shock for Braxton. He loves his tub time, so we'll wait and see. Chris is finishing out the semester by studying for a few more classes and taking some finals this week. Kristy has been keeping busy while feeding Braxton by beating Zelda 64, the Ocharina of Time. Ever since going to pla

y the Wii in Evanston she remembers how fun but mindnumbing, and

time comsuming video games are. Chris is wondering when will the game be beat and when will my wife be back. Kristy sure hopes it isn't too bad, but she has to keep herself occupied while Chris studies most of the day.

As for Braxton he is growing and learning so much. He loves to make people smile. He is starting to eat some fun things but has discovered that mashed potatoes aren't for him.

Giggling Baby

2008-03-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

Braxton is getting more crazy and wants us to entertain him all the time!

Christmas

2008-01-29T14:42:00.001-08:00

This was a great Christmas. We had a special visitor to kick off Christmas Eve. We spent our 2007 Christmas with Chris' family. The family has grown and still continues to grow. Braxton was able to meet Santa this Christmas. After that the older cousins played out the nativity. It was great to help us really remember the true meaning of Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Passing Time

2008-01-29T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! This is Braxton! I LOVE Water! Showers, Baths, or Little Wash Tubs! It is soooooo relaxing. I am only about two weeks old here. I had a bad bum rash so I got to get into the tub everytime my diaper was changed which happened to be about every two hours. I like the warm water!

My mom works for Grandpa sometimes and I found a nice box to take a nap and pass the time. I am amazed working can be so fun and relaxing. I am just a sleepy boy! And I always sleep wih my hands by my head!