7 Years!!!!!

I love my life! I absolutely love it! And it's all because of this wonderful man. My man!! I have LOVED the last 7 years of my life and can't wait for more with him.Happy Anniversary Matt!

I Love You
Ssssssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Much!

Ryan Seacrest's Point of View

THIS. . .IS AMERICAN IDOL. . . . . . . . .REHEARSALS

Here is a picture of us that was taken with Ryan Seacrest's cell phone during the Tuesday afternoon rehearsal of American Idol. He published it on his Twitter account for all to see. If you're interested in taking a look, here's the address. . .


http://twitpic.com/1iyjqy


We were pretty much the first people to be let into the studio, and they wanted us to be in "the pit." It was really fun because everybody was very nice, and interactive with us. I guess the rehearsal is much lower key than the live show, so we were able to talk to the contestants and with Ryan. The judges weren't there which was kind of a bummer. They're not allowed to watch the rehearsal I guess.


One of the afternoon's highlights was that Julie was hand picked along with about 8 other girls to stand in front of Casey James while he performed. Before his performance she did a little "harmless flirting" with him which impressed him enough that he introduced himself to her, and shook her hand. She says it was harmless. . .I don't know. I'll allow it.


We were hoping to make it to the live show, but it was not to be. I guess our charm only goes so far. But it was fun and we made Aaron laugh by yelling that he was sexy. He gave us a blushed look along with two thumbs up. Shiobahn was very funny, and gave a crazy sweet performance. Crystal was perfect as usual, and the others were great too. Lee was the first to sing. He did awesome. All the girls were going nuts over him. Listening to them live was just something else. It's cool to see them in that kind of setting. We were very lucky to be so close to them. We were on the front row of the Left pit.

We'll be going again next chance we get. It really was a blast.

Seacrest out!

Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time!

Christmas was so much fun this year. Brooklyn fully took in everything and was so excited!!! And Blake did so much better than I thought he would. He enjoyed opening every present ( and I mean every present) and played with each for a minute or two before going on to the next. He didn't have any tantrums and just had fun. As for Matt & I, we had perma-smiles the whole time. It really is the one of the most fulfilling things watching your kids have fun for Christmas.

This was the set up for the big day. Brooklyn was so into making cookies and cocoa for Santa, as well as leaving carrots for the reindeer. It was fun for us getting all the gifts in place too. When the kids came out and saw all the gifts in the morning, Blake ran strait to the elephant and started making elephant sounds, and Brooklyn just stared, wide-eyed and mouth dropped, at all the gifts that were left by Santa. (Thank you yard sales!)

They didn't fight one bit over any toys (which is a Christmas miracle). And yes, that's me in the corner with the sweet bed head and Snuggly on. It really is quite comfy as well as attractive.



This was Christmas night at the Bigler's. We had our traditional yummy steak dinner as well as gift exchange. All the little girls had fun putting as many bows on Grandma as they could and Brooklyn had her own fun putting bows on too and dancing around.

And last, but not least, the kids Christmas portraits.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too! And Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We're Off To See The Wizard...

We had such a great Halloween this year. It just gets better and better the older the kids get. We had so much fun dressing up together...especially Matt(what a good sport) and of course Brooklyn couldn't get enough of wearing her costume. Good thing she had a Halloween party just about everyday the week before Halloween. Blake was the cutest little lion we'd ever seen who loved to "Roaaaaaaaaaaaaar" as loud as he could, followed by a huge Blakey smile! It was so fun!

A day before Halloween, we finally got to carve our pumpkins. We almost missed it b/c of Matt's work schedule and luckily he got to be home for Halloween day too! Thanks SkyWest!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween too!

Pumpkin Patch!

This last week we went to this cute little pumpkin patch near our house and let the kids pick out their own pumpkins for the first time. We've always gone to Walmart in the past, but figured Brooklyn's old enough now to really have fun, and she did! Blake wasn't really having fun till we put him in the little wagon. When he was searching around for a pumpkin, he kept tripping and getting little pokey's on his hands.

Yeah for pumpkins!

I think Brooklyn was a little overwhelmed with how many she has to choose from. She picked like 20 pumpkins before we said she could only pick one.

She finally found the perfect one. She's was a little excited.

Blake finally found the perfect pumpkin. Or the perfect pillow.

And we can't go to a pumpkin patch with out playing on the tractor for a while. The kids loved it.

Blake is now as happy as can be riding in the wagon.

Summer #3

One of my favorite summer pass time is slippin' n sliden. And this past summer, we did it a few times with many of the kids in our new neighborhood. We just love our new neighborhood, and the kids, as well as us, have already made some great friends.

And nothing screams summer more than a bunch of kids slurping on popsicles. Yummy! ( Taylor, Blake, Brooklyn, Bo, Mason, Tyson, and Ella)