Random Pictures

Eli loves to wear this as his hat. I think it makes him look like he is preparing for an alien invasion. I couldn't ever get a great picture of it on him so this is the best I had.

This adorable boy definitely takes after me, he loves his blankets. These two soft blue ones were his favorite during the winter months when it was cold.   

              Eli's first taste of a Wendy's frosty. He loved it and we loved the little milk mustache it left.  

Enjoying one of our few sunny days (taken earlier in the year).

Eli loves to show people where his belly button it.  

 Super handsome boy in his Easter outfit. Not sure where the other Easter pictures are. I will have to ask Dan.

This boy loves to watch for when daddy comes home and gets crazy excited when he sees him.

Another one of Eli hats.

I can't keep this little boy out of my drawer, but this picture was just too cute to scold. 

We love to go visit daddy at work. Every time we walk down this hallway, Eli has to sit in this open locker.

Eli has learned he can crawl out of his car seat and into the front of the car. If we aren't paying attention, he can be really fast. He loves to climb up to the driver's seat to "drive." 

Daddy having fun!

Eli decided he was going to "help" me vacuum. At least he had fun while working. 

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

 April 29 was a busy and long day for Eli. My sister blessed her baby and because we attended her ward, poor Eli missed his nap. He feel asleep in the car on the way to Rigby and on the way home from Rigby. So he slept for about 20 minutes total, his usual nap lasts about 1 1/2 to 2 hour. By the time we made it home that evening, he was one tired boy. He was whinny and nothing seemed to make him happy. Since Dan had a six o'clock church meeting I decided Eli was going to have an early bath and bedtime. I took Eli upstairs, got him undressed, and tried to convince him to head to the bathroom. Instead he ran to his window, he loves to look out the window at the birds, passing cars and whatever else he can see. I couldn't convince him to come to the bathroom so I decided to start the bath water to see if that would draw him in. I turned it on and waited...no Eli.  Just as I stepped out to get him, Eli comes running in in all his naked glory with his baseball cap on. It was adorable. I wish I could have taken a picture but again, he wasn't exactly dressed appropriately.

Januaryisms

I realize that I post rather infrequently.  For that reason, here are a few pictures and videos taken with my phone over the last month.

I love coming home to this boy, he gets so excited.  Too bad he's more interested in looking outside than seeing me on this day.

Eli loves to look out this window, it's right at his level.  Except that he occasionally bites the window sill. The UPS and/or Fed Ex trucks always stop right outside and he likes to watch them.

It has been years since I've had a good Nerf War. Luckily Calin was willing to indulge me.

My first new Nerf guns in probably 15 or so years. My coworkers and I decided that since we work in what used to be the Junior High School building, we can't let the space go to waste, so someday soon we'd like to have a Nerf war.  When that day comes, I'll be ready!

This boy is so dang cute. He has been off the binky since early November, but they have just been sitting on Jess' nightstand, which he can reach easily.  So, every now and then this is what we'd find, one in each hand and one in his mouth hiding a big grin. The binkies have since been relocated.

Believe it or not, this is a happy face. He scrunches his face and breathes in and out through his nose. He's silly.

Eli definitely has a silly side. He loves to laugh at mom and dad when they're dancing around and being silly. He has started to dance lately.

He has also turned into a mooch lately. Here he is eating some of a fruit smoothie I brought home from work.

Our future piano man.

The three of us were able to ride to church together today, which doesn't happen often. Since we did, however, Eli and I had to wait for Jess to finish choir practice.  We made the rounds in the halls, but spent most of our time in the gym. Luckily for us we took home a tuckered out little boy who ate dinner and went straight to bed! (Church is 1:30-4:30pm, choir until 5:30pm)

An hour or so after he went down, I went to check on him and this is what I found.  Silly boy had the blankets completely over his head!

Thanks for taking the time to read our blog.  We're a little sorry that we don't post more often, but we hope that you won't give up on us entirely!

Family Photos

In early November we had family pictures taken by a good friend and coworker, Jessica Goudy (https://www.facebook.com/goudyphotography).  We didn't publish this post sooner because we wanted to send out Christmas cards using some of the photos (if you didn't get one, it must be lost in the mail).  Anyway, here are a few of our favorite shots.  Thanks for doing an awesome job, Jess!

Ready or Not!

 Yesterday we received our first snowfall of the year.  Not much, but enough that it actually stuck in the grass and on the cars.  This snow won't last, but winter is on its way!

Couldn't get the little stink to look at the camera, he was more interested in the leaves and falling snow.

Sure is cute though!

Notice that the neighbor kids built a snowman.

Bruderer Reunion

Just found this post in the "drafts" section on blogger.  Apparently it never got published.


As always, the first weekend in August is the Bruderer Reunion. This year was our first camping experience with Eli. Overall he did awesome. Now that we have Eli, Dan and I thought we should start collecting camping gear so we can take care of our family. This year we got a new tent, a camp stove, a 5 gallon water cooler, and a big cooler. Looking at everything we had, we knew we couldn't get it all in our car. We are lucky to have such great family members. Missy and Curtis let us borrow their car. With Dan's excellent packing skills (which he inherited/learned from his father) we got everything in with a little room to spare. It is always fun to get together with family and this reunion was no different. This was the first year all the siblings out West were together. Dan and I had our first experience cooking on a camp stove and Dan did awesome. We learned a few tricks from Keri and Tyler and next time we go camping we are going to be eating a lot better. Here are some pictures throughout the weekend.

Calin and Kenzi were battling in the bow and arrow. They had to shoot arrows at milk jugs filled with water on a pulley system. The first one to empty enough to raise their milk jug and drop the opponents jug won, in the end I think Calin won.

Xander had a lot of expressions but this one was my favorite so it made the cut.

Grandma and Grandpa Bruderer's posterity. If I counted correctly 32 of us.

Sawyer enjoying the dirt, he sat there playing happily for quite sometime.

Eli getting his first 4-Wheeler ride. Dan has been wanting to do that for a while.

Eli seemed to enjoy himself. Of course Dan did too!

I love my boys!

The Brothers, Gilmore

On Saturday, the 24th, Darin, Calin, Curtis, Ivan and I went golfing at the 9-hole Municipal Course.  The girls took their girls to some princess thing at the high school, so Ivan got to tag along with us.  He did surprisingly well for a 2 1/2 year old at a golf course.  Overall it was a good day.  Darin and Curtis ended up with a tie, while I trailed a little further behind.  Calin's a pretty good little golfer, with the exception of the pictures below.  Kid spent more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff!  

Thanks, Darin, for letting me borrow your extra clubs and Curtis, for the golf balls.  I started the day with three golf balls and finished with 16, thanks to the canal, the tall brush and the grassy area on the other side of the fence you can see behind Calin in this first pic.  That area happens to be the airport, which curiously lacked "No Trespassing" signs.  Well, at least it did in this particular section, I later saw one of said signs and felt bad for hopping the fence.  

It is kind of funny to watch the progression of the disturbed sand as he tried to get his ball out. He was getting frustrated so I encouraged him to just chuck the ball, and he happily obliged.

His club looks bent in mid-swing.

Ivan got in on the action.

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