Bryner Family Updates

Mike and his Parents....We were so grateful they came out for the graduation.

Mike and his sister, Michelle. That was so nice of her to come out for the graduation.

Papa Bryner, Daven, and Mike

Daven and "Aunt Mekenna" as Daven calls her. She kindly told Daven, you can drop the Aunt. But, he insists on calling her "Aunt Mekenna" I think it is hillarious, but I don't think she likes it.

Daven and Daddy. Daven asked me, "When I get bigger, then I can go to this school?"

Okay, I know that I haven't posted for a really long time. It seems like someone is seriously pushing the fast-forward button on my life. I can't believe May is almost over. We have been so busy, it seems.

Mike's family was all here last week for his graduation. It was so fun to have them here. Mike's sister came with two of her kids, Caleb and Mekenna. The boys had so much fun playing with them. But, I think they got worn out. They have both been napping a lot this week, too. Catching up on some sleep. We are trying to get back into our routine....but....

Logan, has just been so sick, so that keeps throwing us off. The poor kid can't catch a break. He went in 10 days ago because he had croup. They gave him the steroid shot. That helped so much for about 4 days. Then on Saturday morning, he was crying a lot and really clingy to me. He kept saying, "my ear broke, my ear broke" plus he had a fever. I took him, along with Mike who was also sick to the urgent care. They said Logan had 2 ear infections.

Monday morning I took Logan back into the peds because he was so croupy when he woke up. He was laboring a bit with his breathing and I thought I heard a few weezes in there. The pediatrician said to take him off the antibiotic, that his ears looked fine. They gave Logan another steroid shot for the croup. Poor, thing, the whole time we were at the doctor, he kept crying "don't like it, don't like medicine" He knows that he usually gets a shot at the doctors.

So I pulled him off the antibiotic. Then, this morning he woke up with his eyes glued shut with goop, a fever, and major disgusting goop coming out of his ears. I was like, great, pink eye and 2 more ear infections. So, back to the peds we went and sure enough that is what he's got. I just wish I could write my own prescriptions sometimes. I hope he gets feeling better soon.

Do you ever feel like you are doggy-paddling as fast as you can, but you can't quite keep your head above water? That is how I feel this week. I have had to work a lot too, plus my new calling. So, I feel a bit overwhelmed.

But, Mike's graduation was good. I am so glad he is done. It has been so nice to have him around. Last night, after work, we all went to Costco together. I have to say I felt so spoiled having an extra hand to help me put everything in the car, put the cart away, bring in the groceries. I had a feeling this is just the beginning. I am glad to have him done. He is glad to be done, too.

Here are some pics of the graduation.

Hey Baby

This pictures was just so cute, I had to post it. What a looker! Mike's graduation photos still to come. 

My Logan - CHEESE

On the last day of soccer, we were ready to head home and Logan came up to me saying, Clean-up. I looked in his shirt pocket and there were seriously 30+ rocks and sticks in there. He loves to be outdoors. We had to get them out before we went home and clean them up.

I am feeling like all the past posts have been about my Daven. I don't want anyone to think that Logan is like my long-lost child. He is so adorable. He didn't seem to mind that Daven was getting so much attention. I told him his birthday was coming up soon. I asked him what kind of cake he wants, he said "garbage-truck take." I'm going to have to get working on that one. But, that would be what Logan is interested in....trucks, trucks and more trucks.

He is so funny. The other night, Mike was tucking him in bed. I guess I went and turned on my computer. He heard it beep. He looked at Mike and said, "mommy check a-mail" Sometimes it catches me off-guard how much he understands of what is going on around him.

He is my little peace-maker. Daven and him are best little buddies. They have been playing so well together this week. They make train tracks every morning. The other day, Logan woke up and started calling, "mommy" from his crib. I didn't come for a few minutes. As I was walking down the hall, he said, "DAVEN" like mommy is not coming fast enough. Maybe Daven will help me out. It just brought home to me how strong their bond is becoming. I love to see it. I just hope they don't get sick of each other.

More of Daven's Birthday

Okay, I really should have done this post first. Now things are all out of order. Oh-well. I am still new to this blog thing, so I have an excuse, right?

Here are more pictures of Daven's actual birthday on Tuesday. It was so sweet, the night before, I had just tucked him in bed. I was walking out of his room and turning out the lights. 

He said to me, "mom, do you want me to still stay three?" I turned around and went to give him a big hug. I said, "actually, I do. I don't want you to grow up." He said, "mom, I want to be four." So I mad him promise that he would always be mommy's boy, then he could grow up. He said, "I promise I will always be mommy's boy."

Then, on his birthday, we were driving to preschool and he said, "mom, I'm almost FIVE!" I thought, hmm, let's not even talk about that yet.

We played with all of the toys for like 4 hours after he opened them. It was just like Christmas.

This is Lofty the Crane from Bob the Builder. Daven got $10 from his great grandma and grandpa. We talked about saving some of our money and paying our tithing. I took him to Target after pre-school and this is what he picked out. He was sooo excited.

Opening Presents

The HotWheels Bike. Logan calls it a Motorcycle.

Riding my bike outside with my Lightning McQueen helmet.

The Pirate Party Pics

So, today was the big day. Daven's birthday was actually on Tuesday, but today was his friends party. It was really fun, but I have to admit.....What was I thinking? It was definately crazy with 8 three & four year old's running around. I was so glad that a few of the mom's ended up staying. Mike and I needed the help with crowd control. Thanks Brenna, Maddy and Sarah for all of you help.

So here is the low-down on the party.

Friday night, Mike and I were busy. We had to do the "treasure chest" cake. We also made some cute decorations. I did a clothesline that had some pirate attire hanging from it. Thanks, Jacque and Julie, it was so cute. 

Then, Mike made the cutest decorations. I asked him to cut a ship steering wheel out of card-board, an anchor, and two swords for the boys to walk underneath. He went all out. I really admire his artistic abilities. But, I think he was really tired after all of that. Plus he had to engineer a device to get our cake-top to stay up. But, we didn't get to bed too late.

Saturday morning, the boys arrived at around 10:30 am. We had them dress-up in the cutest bandanas. They also put on an eye-patch, earring, and necklace. They were running around saying, "ARRRGH" It was very cute. Lot's of energy, that's for sure.

After dressing up, I gave them each a paper lunch sack with their name on it. I said it was to put their treasures in. They each had a sheet of pirate stickers inside to decorate their bag. Some of them really got into it and we had to delay the treasure hunt for a few minutes so they could finish putting their stickers on.

Next was the magical treasure hunt. The clues were very easy. Sometimes, they were right in front of them and couldn't find them. It was so hillarious. Then, they found some chocolate gold coins. That was as good as our treasure got. I tried to find silver dollars, but the banks said they would have to special order them and they only come in boxes of 70. I was like, no thanks, chocolates will be just fine!

After this we did the pirate pinata. Some of those boys can really hit the baseball bat hard. It was very crazy trying to keep everyone back behind the red line. But, no injuries, just lots of candy. 

Next, was the opening of presents. Okay, this was so unrealistic of me to expect all those boys to sit still while Daven opened his presents. Some of them would bring their present to him and open it for him. Daven was not using very good manners. He would hardly even say thank you before tearing into the next one. We finally had to hid all the remaining presents and bring them out one at a time. That worked much better.

Last but not least, we dug into the cake! It was yummy. Whoosh, we were tired after this. I kept telling Mike, I hope the kids had fun, I hope the kids had fun. Daven said he had fun & that he really liked his cake. I guess that is all that matters. 

 

Here are some pics. I know there are a lot. I've got to figure out how to do that slide-show thing.

The Pirate Party Pics

Mike's work!

Mike's work

Clothesline

Daddy even dressed up for the even...arrrr

Daven and Logan before the party, next to our pinata.

What a cute pirate!

Wait, we can't do the treasure hunt until all the stickers are on!

I am very into these stickers!

I think some smoke got in his eyes.

I give credit to Maddy, these are some great shots! Thanks!