Well, we are finally joining the ranks of everyone else in this high tech era! We officially have a blog for our friends & family.....thanks to my very intelligent husband. There is no way I would have ever figured out how to do this, even with written directions and blog templates to choose from!

Josh kindly said I could be the first the enter a post. He is so sweet! After reading other peoples posts I realize how nerve racking it is to actually create my own. I feel like I am suppose think of more creative stuff than y'all! News Flash!!!~!! I am not that creative.

Quick Family Update:

In February Josh went on a short mission trip to Peru with our Pastor and his wife as well as three other couples from our church. Josh was the only one without his spouse. (Some people have to stay home and work and take care of the kids....I am sure they are not bitter.) He had a fabulous time tormenting everyone else on the trip.

The group was able to attend many church services in Lima, Iquitos, and village churches in the Amazon. People received the Holy Ghost and our group was very blessed and forever changed by the experience. Josh can't wait until he gets to return! (Hopefully I can go then.....like I said I am not bitter.)

I realize how awesome the trip must have been with people receiving the Holy Ghost and repenting and all, but I think I am mostly upset that I didn't get to play with the monkeys in the Amazon and see the big pink fresh water dolphins! Hmmmmm....maybe my priorities are not straight? I should pray about this.

I missed Josh tremendously while he was gone. It was really weird being alone all the time. I was not a happy camper those two weeks. However, I really pushed him to go because I know these opportunities don't come up as often as we wish. I am glad he went and even happier he is home!

Josh will go into more detail about his trip later and post pictures as well.

Demi Scott: Baby Girl

Demi is my big first grader now. I can't believe she is so big and beautiful! She is in love with her daddy. I like to compare their relationship to an intense teenage love affair! I mean she is really in love with her daddy!!!!! She cried almost every night while he was in Peru! It was so horrible. She is the epitome of a daddy's girl.

Demi lost three teeth this last week, two on the same day! That makes a total of....I think six lost teeth. I believe she has the highest lost tooth count in her class! Talk about a high achiever! That's my girl. She also is excelling in her hand writing. She writes absolutely beautiful cursive writing.....her Hebrew is coming along as well. LOL.

Demi is becoming more and more hilarious as she gets older. She is really fun! It is really crazy when you realize as a parent that your child is actually creating jokes of their own and understanding humor more and more.

Grant: The Tiny Tyrant

Grant is now fifteen months old and has slept all night for the past five nights. Usually he wakes up any where between 3 and 42 times a night. Not sure why, but I would really like to know so I can make it stop!!!! Working and having an infant all at the same time is entirely over rated!!!! However, I am keeping my fingers, toes, arms, legs, and eyes crossed that he is finally out of that horrible stage!!!

Grant has been walking for the past few months and is now working on his run! Watch out! This kid is a maniac.....hmmmm.......I wonder where he gets it? (Josh) He is so fun! He and Demi have formed a special bond as playmates. Plus Demi finally has someone to boss around and he is too small to realize he is getting bossed around so they are perfect for each other right now. He thinks they are just playing all the time.

He also is a high achiever in the teeth department. He has pretty had a mouth full of them from birth.....and he knows how to use them. OUCH!

Who knew having kids would be so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's just to bad that everyone else has to settle with their own and can't have special ones like mine!

Me~Brandy :

I am working on my Master's degree and Credential in Special Education. I work and take care of my family as well. I don't know what I was thinking!!!! Everyday I tell myself that I am doing this so I can have summers off with my kids and get off earlier in the day and have all the vacation days my kids will have off of school.....these thoughts keep me motivated. These are the only things that keep me motivated.....because this is a lot of stress, work, and MONEY!!!

Well this is the year I will be 30!!!! I remember always hearing people be depressed over turning 30 and I have to say I don't understand this! I am looking forward to be 30!!!! Does this make me weird? I believe it is because we (Josh and I) have worked really hard these last 8 years and I am hoping that my 30's will not require so much work! Something to look forward to I guess, or at least hope for! All I know is that life, marriage, kids etc. just get better and better if you work at it and let God in!

So on the point of being 30 this year.....I started lifting weights at home. I used to run and lift weights and do all kinds of sports and physical activities.....now I sit all day at a desk and barely have time at home for anything but kids and husband. So I created my own 30 minutes work out session that I do in four blocks and in between when I am resting I do homework!! Multi-tasking!!! Sorry Bro. and Sis. Bradford I can't compete with y'all and your P90X bods!!!!

My husband is making fun of me for my very long blog and says if people read this whole thing it is only because we are related!

The good thing about being married to Josh is that I have a perfect case study for my Special Education classes. (He said so himself!)