Sunday's Best

The Brauns (without my brothers...) at church on Sunday. We look like we should be at a funeral....HA HA! I thought we looked pretty schnazzy! The choir sang on Sunday so that's why my parents and I are in black.... Tyler and the boys just dressed to match each other. I thought it would be nice to have a picture taken. We all looked so nice.
That didn't last long though. I wanted to leave the boys in their suits to go to my grandparents house, but Zacharie would not stay in his and wanted to wear his "cars" shoes. He doesn't normally like wearing clothes.... He is very excited for summer when he can just wear shorts.

Zacharie's Party

Well Zacharie's Birthday party was Saturday. What a busy day! You never realize how much energy is in a three year old until there are 4 others running around with him!! We decided to let the kids burn off their energy at McDonalds Playland. It worked out very well! He had a Dinoco The King cake, which my mom and I made. The above is a picture of it. Zacharie, from the moment he saw it, wanted to eat it BAD!!! But he managed to wait until after they had played a bit.
I have added some more pictures to the side, of his birthday party. If you want a picture of anything let me know, I'll get you a copy!

Well Easter is almost here. Today, Zacharie and I decorated eggs, and made a cake for his birthday party this Saturday. Wow! This weekend sure is a busy one.
Ethan has 4 teeth now!!! He got his top ones a few days ago. They are really spaced out. He has a massive gap! But that's good, apparently, because then when he is older, he may have a hope of having straight teeth!
You know, you never realize that children grow up very quickly, until they are your own. Zacharie is turning three on Monday, and I never realized how quick he grew until I was thinking about making his birthday cake. I remember when I was first pregnant with him.... not that I'd want to go back, just remembering.
Now Ethan's the baby and Zacharie can count to ten and say his alphabet!
We are going watersliding next weekend, and I'm sure Zacharie will be very thrilled. It was funny, we were walking to my parents house the other day when it was very warm, and Zacharie says "time to go swimming!!". It's like he knows that once it gets warm out we go swimming! How funny.
He knows how to swim, so this summer we are gonna have to teach Ethan how to swim. Zacharie actually learned to swim when he was one, so it shouldn't be too hard to teach Ethan.
Well, I am hoping that summer comes sooner than later, however, it snowed last night so it's not looking too good. But hey, we live in Saskatchewan, anything could happen, remember the year it snowed in July????

Okay this is funny too!!

Well, you thought that one was funny....
Yesterday, I took the boys out shopping with me at Wal-mart (where else?), the one that my parents work at. When I take them out I make sure to put Zacharie in a pull-up so that if he has an accident, it won't affect his pants. Anyway, so before I left, I was having an issue getting Zacharie to sit in his car seat, let alone being buckled. This is a little abnormal but I thought nothing of it. Then at Wal-mart, I had an issue getting him to sit in the cart! Again, abnormal, but on the weekend we had let him help push the cart, so I figured that was why he wouldn't sit in the cart. Finally after coaxing him into the cart (as I was by-my-self and wasn't going to chase him around...) we went and shopped for a jacket for him and then to see my parents when they were finished working. So my mom came with Zacharie to buy his new jacket. And, as always, he wanted to go home with them, which worked fine, as I teach piano on Mondays. So we all went our vans and got in. Zacharie again, didn't want to sit in his seat, or be buckled!! Thinking this was ridiculous, my dad buckled him in anyway. They got to their house, and Zacharie kept pulling at his butt! So my mom figured that his pull-up was wet and went to change it. To her surprise she found, a compact mirror which Zacharie uses as a phone, in his pull-up!!! When she called me to tell me this, I realized that was probably the issue and was a bit confused as to why it would be in his pull-up. Then I remembered that I had dressed him in sweats, which of course, have no pockets!!! Now I understand why he doesn't like those types of pants very much!

Zacharie will someday be "em-bare-assed"!

Well as most of you know, we go to church on Sundays. Anyway, We went to church early yesterday so that I could practice for choir. While we wait, we let the children play. Zacharie had disappeared for a bit, and when he came back into the sanctuary, Anca (a friend of mine) had jestured to me what I thought meant he needed to go potty. So Tyler ran over to him to discover that wasn't the case. He had already gone potty, on the potty, and had his pants around his knees while walking into the sanctuary!!! Not really embarassing for me, but I'm sure this story will make it to his wedding, and at that point it will embarass him! I thought it was worth sharing... See my son does stuff like this all the time!
Hope you enjoyed! I thought it was funny!!

Busy-ness becomes me....

I have decided that I love taking pictures and editing them!! It is so much fun, especially ones like this one, of my boys!! They are so very adorable!! I have figured out a way to add lots of them to this page, I just want to edit and crop some of them, so you all need to be patient!
Well after a busy week, I have an even busier weekend! I am doing a starter show for one of my friends, who has decided to start with Partylite! I am so excited for her!! So we are spending the day in Moose Jaw with them, and then her and I are gonna have some fun in the evening. If you ever want to have a hilarious experience, have a candle party! The last one I did, was my mom's and we had so much fun....
Next week is St. Patricks Day! And then Good Friday, and then Easter.... then Zacharie's 3rd Birthday. Like I said, busy.
I can't believe Zacharie is three already!!! I remember when he was first born.... seems so long ago. Now he talks and goes pee on the potty! Funny how quickly kids grow up.
No, we're not having another one...yet. We'd like to wait a bit. And aim for a girl... so everyone pray that we have a girl! Ha Ha!
Not too much else is new. I got a new phone, a Motorola Q. Its like a palm pilot, only not that brand and its a phone too. I am actually looking to see if I can find a program that I can install onto it that is the bible. If anyone knows of one, let me know.
I should get going, have to clean my house.... again. We're having small group here, so I need to get on top of that right away.

And so it goes...

Well March is here!!! And the weather is awesome. I'm really hoping that it stays this way.
So I have been busy. I am lining up Partylite show, and becoming a team leader. I also can't wait to see the new line in a few weeks!
My boys are growing like weeds. Ethan is 22lbs!!! We took him off formula and put him on straight milk, and guess what? No more puking!!! Praise the Lord!! So we think that the formula must have been to heavy on his stomach, or something.
Zacharie is going through a little bit of a wild phase, and pushing the limits. We are trying to deal with him, with patience.... but we don't have much of that....
Tyler has been working alot, the season has picked up. The earliest he was home last week was 6pm, and that was a 12 hour day.... So I can see him being very busy.
Not much is new, except the busy-ness.
On Sunday, we have arranged a mini drama, and it's a very powerful message. I am really looking forward to having it done. So if you want to see it, Sunday at 10:30am at Avonhurst Assemblies.
Anyway, I am gonna see if I can get some pictures posted!