My 1968 Yearbook Photo.....

If I was in highschool in 1968 this is what I'd look like.....
You can have your picture throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s up to 2000. I needed a distraction from doing the dishes! I want to make one for Tom and see him with an 80s mullet. (like his halloween costume last year!)
If you want to waste time like me, visit:

www.yearbookyourself.com and have fun :)

Brigham turned 1/2 year old today!

Today Brigham is SIX MONTHS OLD!!!! We had a really fun and interesting day. Usually Briggy is very giggily and talkative..."gheeghee lalaba" are common phrases...but today briggy discovered his YELP! He was happy and screeching, he was sad and screeching, tired and screeching, hungry and screeching...okay you get the point....i dont know why he is doing it, but he just does a constant high pitched screeeeech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALLLLLLL DAYYYYYYYYYYYYY LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew I wanted to do something special for Briggy today, so I whipped up a fresh batch of bananayam and briggy ate a ton of that. then after his nap (that still involved plenty of screeching) we had a birthday party with all of his friends! Right before I knew he would be waking up I *quietly* filled his crib with all the stuffed animals he has! When he woke up he belted out the cutest laugh you could imagine! It was a lot of fun!! He didnt get any fun presents...Tom and I just bought him some really cozy pj's for the fall/winter...I know whoopdeedoo! but wait till christmas!!!! then he'll have plenty of fun stuff!

Briggy's new friend!

Matt, Hannah and Rebecca Robinson just welcomed a new edition to their family tuesday: Spencer Matthew! He was 10 lbs 3 oz!!!!!!! (Briggy was that weight at 2 months!!!) I was blessed to see him today on a little visit. Hannah looks great and Rebecca is going to be the best big sis! I dropped by a meal this evening and got to take a quick pic of spencer to share with everyone! He looked so cozy wrapped up in his little quilt.
I planned on making a summer version of a cozy comfort meal: bacon cheeseburger meatloaf and new potato/greenbean salad...but then I got a little nervous that little rebecca wouldnt be to thrilled with that--so instead of the potato salad I made 'jack mac' n cheese. if by chance you would like these recipes, i'll post them on my homemaking blog. (im a little jealous of the meatloaf...i kind of wish i made two it smelled really good in the oven!)
In other news: Rent A Center has a little summer party every year, so Briggy and I stopped by. Here are a couple pic's of Briggy and the Boys!

Tuesday with Tina!

Tom, Briggy and I had so much fun hanging out with Grandma Tina yesterday! We went to the Christmas Tree Shop (well, that was fun for us girls) and to the Bass store--which is incredible! Its all outdoorsy merch with amazing decorations (like an enormous whale in the middle of the building) Briggy had a lot of fun "petting" the animals! We saw deer, raccoons, foxes, a moose, elk and birds. During Briggy's nap, Tina and I went to this very adorable little amish market that had the gardens right next to the store...you could pick your own flowers and herbs. I got two HUGE beautiful sunflowers for 50 cents each!!!! You can get a POUND of flowers for 6 bucks! It was great...cant wait to go back. We had a great dinner (that was DEFINITELY not on my diet plan...) Thanks so much, Tina for a terrific tuesday!

Does this look like a GIRL to you!?!

Today I went to Walmart to pick up a few things (SIZE THREE diapers!!....it seems like he was just in the little bitty preemie ones not too long ago!) and I was asked THREE TIMES by THREE DIFFERENT people "Oh, what an adorable baby...is that a girl or boy?" Are you joking? (thats what I felt like saying) He was in an ALL BLUE little outfit along with his green frog toy (mr ribbowitz) and monkers (who has blue accents on it) If that wasnt BOYISH enough for you, look at his little boy face! If my little girl had as little hair as briggy I would dazzle her up with little pretties and bows. Im really not upset about this, I just thought it was crazy that it happened three times today. If I saw a baby in a store and said something to the mother, "is it a boy or girl?" would not be it. you avoid that...you avoid saying "he" or "she" if you dont know for sure....geeeeeeeeeepers.

Ten Tillotson Facts

Do you know your Tillotson Trivia?

(thanks for the fun tag, Jocelyn!)


1. Tom and Kelly's first date was
OCTOBER 13th 2006...Friday the THIRTEENTH!

(here's us playing settlers right around the time of our first date....)

2. Tom and Kelly are HUGE BEATLE FANS! Briggy loves his beatle lullabyes!


3. Tom served his mission in Italy; Kelly studied Italian for 6 years! They both loveeeeeee Italy and hope to travel there someday on a "second" honeymoon!


4. Tom and Kelly are both unhappy with america's choices of presidential canidates. they both plan on voting for barack obama.


5. Tom and Kelly are both "Fat Smashers" (The Fat Smash Diet by Dr. Ian) To date Tom has lost about 30 lbs, Kelly has lost 50. Tom is now skinny...Kelly has 40 more to go...


6. Tom is ALL KNOWING about SPORTS! His favorite baseball player is Ricky Henderson. Kelly's is Josh Beckett! Go Red Sox!!!



7. Tom has been a member of the church his WHOLE LIFE! Kelly was baptized in December 2004! We are so grateful for the restored gospel here on earth!


8. Tom has two other siblings, Eric and Amy...Kelly has three: Jessica, Danielle and Nicky. We love our family! (Tom's the baby, Kelly is smack dab in the middle)


9. Tom and Kelly want a BIG FAMILY (like the Waltons!) Tom wants 8. Kelly wants 7. We even have names picked out!!!
Boy names: Brigham, Hyrum, Oliver, Heber, Parley
Girl names: Romney, Charlotte, Penelope, Stella, Matilda


10. Tom and Kelly's birthdays are 9 days apart! (plus two years..) Tom was born August 29, 1982 and Kelly was born August 20, 1984. This is what Kelly wants for her birthday:

just kidding--it would be nice, though! i love looking at house plans...this is my favorite "farmhouse" i've found so far!

Contest Copy-Cats

I hope you aren't upset with us Brock, but when we read about the baby cover contest I got so excited! Tom and my Mom have been wanting me to enter Brigham into a contest for awhile now, but I hadn't heard of any. When I read your blog and saw what the contest was, we thought we'd give it a shot. I think there can be five winners....lets hope the Springfield Ward "B-Boys" win! So when you all are done voting for Brock, how about mosey-ing down to Briggy's gallery? We'd sure appreciate the support! Thanks for the fun idea, Brock!
Here's the website for Briggy's spot. (sorry, I still cant figure out how to do the direct link....)

http://www.parents.com/app/sharemy/photoDetails.jsp?photoId=262900302&fromSearch

In other news: Briggy had a battle with his sneaker today....and Briggy won!