Disneyland Birthday

In January I planned this mother-daughter trip to California.  Unfortunately my mom ended up getting sick and was unable to go.  The plane tickets were non-refundable so we had to look for another time to go to Disneyland.  I had heard going to Disneyland on your birthday was free and thought it would at least save us some money if we didnt have to pay for my ticket.  Turns out, that was only true in 2009!  On Sunday we drove to my Aunt Claudias in Vegas to pick her up to go with us.  Monday morning we flew out and spent all day at Disneyland/California Adventure. I thought that my Aunt wouldnt want to go on the scary rides, but she went on every single one.  I was surprised how busy and hot it was there this time!

The best part was that I told them it was my birthday and they gave me this pin to wear.  We walked into Califonrnia adventure and it hadnt been but a minute before one of the workers said, Happy Birthday Bree. We were all taken off guard, cause it was crazy that a complete stranger was saying Happy Birthday! They did that every where we went.  In fact by the end of the day, I was half way mad at a worker, who didnt say happy birthday to me!  Im pretty sure Im going to wear it every time I go to disneyland whether its my birthday or not!!!

Breba's Bodacious Birthday Bash BBQ

I got a text from Will asking about when we could have a BBQ for my birthday.  Knowing its pretty busy around October, we ended up having it 3 weeks before my birthday and it was awesome!  Will showed off his new grill, Emily showed off her beautiful house and we had interesting conversations while eating. 

 The cake master piece!!!! 

 my cake and party planners--aka the parents

The best was the suprise cake!  If ever there was a cake, this one had my name on it! Literally it had a B on it for me! In fact, I still have part of it in my fridge, cause I love it so much!  My first love was the belt buckle, my second love was the hankerchief with paisleys on it.  Plus it tasted so good!  Part of the fun was when Will put trick candles on the cake.  Clearly the only way to put them out was by putting them out on my tongue.  Watch the video to see how that turned out!

Despite being so freakin old, my birthday was great and I am very blessed to have great friends!

Dove Hunting

At the beginning of the year I bought a hunting license.  I went out with my brother once, but we didnt see anything! 8 months later, I finally went out again, with someone who actually knew a place.  I had 3 opportunities to shoot. The first time, my saftey was on, 2nd was a really good distance and the third time, I hadnt ejected the shell.  I had a complete blast despite not bagging any.  I chalked it up to, never hunting before.  My mechanics were horrible.  Everytime I wanted to shoot, I was so worried about my line of sight, where everyone else was etc.  Im def not use to just being able to swing around and shoot- its so dangerous!  Maybe next year I will do better!

Billy's Baptism

Billy Bronco finally got baptized. I had to give the talk on the Holy Ghost and wasn’t very happy when I walked in to find a completely full room of people! I thought there would only be a few people there.

The best part was when Don Whitmer was talking to him about Baptism and asked him, have you ever done anything bad and his response was, yeah a lot. He talked to him about a chalkboard and how our sins are erased and asked if we wrote all his sins on the chalkboard would there be a lot and he responded, I’d fill up two chalkboards!

The Mega Wedding

It was national news when 5 siblings all got married on the same day! When our boy Will proposed to Emily it started a chain reaction. We really have missed Will these last few months and are looking forward to getting him back once everything gets back to normal.

My favorite part about Will and Emily is how perfect Emily is for Will!

The reception was a lot of fun, I was dying to see how it would turn out. Each bride had her own little section of tables and decorations. At first I thought it would suck to have to share your wedding day, but by the end I wished I had siblings to get married with!

The only downside was how hot it was, granted, if I had had a pony tail holder I would have been unstoppable.

Im so happy for Will and can’t wait to party with them in the future!

Brandon and I try to sneak a pic and Will photo bombs us!