Brielle

BRIELLE ALEXIS HANKS

This sweet adorable baby was born weighing in at 10 lbs. 6 oz. on February 17, 2010!

She has been with us for 2 years now and has brought us so much joy!

We love this little girl!

I love how she says Marissa's name. It's somewhere in the lines of Rissy but it sounds more like baby. But we all know what she's talking about!

This girl LOVES her big sister. She copies her every move! One special thing they do is hold hands in the car - all the time! My heart melts whenever I see that!

She also loves those big brothers of hers! And they love her too! They take such good care of her. Here we are after she opened her presents!

Her new stroller and Jake and Izzie from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates". She was so excited!

Just the CUTEST face ever!

Some cute things Brielle says:

One day we were in the kitchen and all of the sudden Brielle goes "Oh BABBBYYY"

I was drying my hair in the bathroom one morning. Brielle comes in walks past me, pats my bum and says "Hi mom".

She loves to giggle when someone toots. Her new thing lately is that if she hears a toot, she smiles real big and says "You poop!"

The Disney Channel has her favorite show - Jake and the Neverland Pirates. She sings the theme song so DANG cute. "Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Meeeeeeee"! She keeps getting better and better at it. For awhile it was just "and MEeeeee."

She LOVES fruit snacks and orange juice!

Finally - SNOW

We finally got enough snow to build a decent snowman!

Josh, Dawson, and Marissa built this Statue of Liberty snow woman!

I love it! They have such creative minds.

The base of the snowman is a basketball rolled in snow - clever!

Marissa has been so disappointed to not have been able to build a snowman all winter - so this was such a treat for her. She stayed outside for hours!

Tanner's Birthday and Baptism

Tanner turned 8 on Jaunary 14,2012! It was a great day!

3 basketball games in the morning.

Then a baptism at 4pm.

And then a party after!

Big day but so wonderful!

We couldn't find the best place for a picture when the sun was so bright. Here is the best picture of our family on this special day! At least everyone's eyes are open!

Such a handsome boy! He was so excited to be baptized!

We had almost both JD and I's whole family in attendance. It was amazing. We are so blessed with such supportive parents, siblings, and grandparents. The Spirit was definitely bearing testimony to each of us that this was what Tanner should be doing!

I'm so grateful for such an amazing son. Tanner is a passionate, energetic, kind, loving, talented boy! I can't wait to watch him grow into a man and the leader I see in him.

A New Year

This year, 2012, I am going to try a lot harder to be

like Him.

And focus more on this.

My goal is to have the Spirit in our home more.

To visit the temple regularly (hopefully once a month).

To continue reading the Book of Mormon.

To pray as a family daily.

And to be HAPPY and ENJOY this time of my life.