BRU CREW

Uh...wow!!!

2011-02-15T19:17:00.001-08:00

CRAZY US...This was SO FUN!!! Our friend Sarah Robinson took us out on Main St. out here in Lake Elsinore and we did a fun Christmas shoot with her....

CHRISTMAS 2010 pictures...FINALLY got a shot where TORI actually smiled...

Kara, Tori and Kelli

So our newest addition to the Bruer family will be here in MARCH of 20011....It's ANOTHER GIRL!! ;) We are STOKED for this new one! Can't wait and Kelli, Kara and Tori are in LOVE with the BELLY and watching her go CRAZY in my tummy!!

Sorry I haven't updated....just been busy with life and thought about it today!!!

RANDOM STUFF...

2010-06-17T23:16:00.000-07:00

GROUP SHOT!!!

GET SERIOUS KATI!!

I LOVE THIS ONE!!!

Did some pictures with gals from the ward...so fun, got dressed up, did our make-up and hair...and went on the town and just took tons of pictures....

AH!! Before 1/2 marathon...AHHHH!!!! MY 2nd was the FONTANA one on June 5th...I LOVED my 2nd one WAY MORE!!! NO PICS cause I was by myself!! SORRY!! This will have to do?!! HA!

Aimee and me being crazy! We did a HALF MARATHON together while she was out here!! It was BRUTAL!! HA! I LOVE AIMEE FOR DOING IT WITH ME!

DANCE floor at MINDI and Chris Whitman's wedding!

Tori turned 2 TODAY! Crazy how time flies so fast! Last I was on blogging was SO LAST YEAR! Sorry!! So...what is new??

Kelli and Kara are out of SCHOOL...they will be 1st graders in AUGUST! AHH!! Tori just keeps on growing...she is a TOTAL beast and gets what she wants all the time!! She seriously is a NUT! On Sunday, she had 2 babies and was curled up on the first step with blanket asleep!! It was DARLING!! I video taped it...no picture! Sorry!

Since kids have been home, it's been I WANNA swim, I wanna sleep over, I wanna I wanna I wanna! Kelli and Kara have been swimming a ton and they enjoy doing flips in the water, getting objects on the bottom of the 3 1/2 ft. part of the pool. They have kept busy with drawing, playdough, running around just in swimsuits, having friends over and just having a GRAND OL' TIME!! It's been fun...and crazy...ha!

So...Kelli and Kara have this thing if they go to bed will the TREAT MAN come? I tell them if they go to bed EARLY...HE WILL COME! ;) HEE!!! It TOTALLY WORKS!!

My HUBBY Todd is keeping busy with work, always knows what's up with the sports! He will remember TODAY with the LAKERS winning the NBA FINALS on TORI'S 2nd BIRTHDAY! He ended up taking Tori and all of us out and missing some of the games highlights, but it was (RECORDING) at home...HA!! He still has time to spoil his girls! He seriously LOVES his kids and is SO SWEET with them!

So...let me TRY to stay on track and keep updated!! ;) I have MISSED BEING on this!!!

NEW YEAR and Montana trip...

2010-01-10T15:28:00.000-08:00

New YEARS eve Todd had plans with the young men from church. They made plans to do a New Years Eve party with the boys. So I said...I will have the kids and do my thing...well my mom called me later that morning to talk and said her and my dad were leaving for Montana. They were going to leave later that day...I kinda invited myself. She said we should come!!! So we packed up and left for Montana. BILLINGS Montana...It's about a 24 hour drive. With kids it's like a 2 day drive at least! HA!! We got there...spent some time with my sister Melissa and her kids Ashlee, Parker, Lacey and Shelby. It was a TOTAL BLAST for us! We got to SLED, SHOP, EAT, PLAY GAMES, watch MOVIES, and CHAT!! Ashlee is 23 yrs. old and she plays the piano BEAUTIFULLY!!! Seriously ROCKS!!! She competes and I wanted to share some FUN PLAYING she did for us!

Parker my nephew

Ashlee my niece

Shelby my niece

Lacey my niece

Melissa my sister

Lacey and Shelby having fun with their cousins...totally made little snowmen with the kiddos!! So fun!!! They LOVED IT!! (ME TOO)

Kelli and Kara going down the STREET on the sled! They said the BEST part was running into the CURB! HA!!

More rides!

Kelli and Kara in the snow!

The car ride up! Oh JOY...KELLI'S face tells it all!!! HA! The ride home was actually the BEST! FOR REAL, they were REALLY good! ;)

Ashlee WORKIN' IT!!!! LOVE YOU ASHLEE YOU R THE BEST!!!!!

THANKSGIVING, WEDDING and FLU!!!

2009-12-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

So Thanksgiving came so fast...we actually had some great stuff happen...
For thanksgiving...we housed some of my sister Heidi's old roomates (6) Amy, Amy, Jessica, Heidi, Kristen and Jenny! We had a great time getting to know one another. Since these are all my SISTERS friends I decided to you know GET TO KNOW THEM too! ;) HA! Oh, I can't forget the Adair family Kaci, Tyson and Ava. They were all so fun! Thanks for coming and staying! Thanks for the LOVE and the gifts you all gave us! So everyone came, helped out with Thanksgiving at my mom's place. I wasn't able to make my side of the family's Thanksgiving, but did go to the Bruer's. I ended up having a HUGE migraine and acidentally took a VICODIN instead of a MOTRIN...OOPS! Yea, I was very LOOPY and felt very GROSS that whole day...But Todd and the kids LOVED EVERY MINUTE of it! HA!

Friday was Heidi's wedding! She LOOKED AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL and she BEAMED from EAR TO EAR! SO PRETTY!!!

MY GORGEOUS MOM Sylvia Kuhn! Roxy and Thor with their Grandma

Heidi and David getting ready to get down on it!

GETTING in DONE!

OH YES! LOVIN the LEG!

Oh, but this is more like it! ;)

CONGRATS to David and Heidi Wideman!!!!

San Diego Temple

Mandy doing Heidi's hair at 6am!

Shot of Heidi after Kati did her hair at 4am...so she could get to Mandy by 6am! HA! THAT was a BLAST!! I LOVE YOU HEIDERS!!!

So....the FLU BUG....Tori got it first, Kati, Kara, then Kelli...Todd hasn't YET had it...but we will see?!! AHHH!! NOT FUN! It wasn't like any 24 hour flu either...it's been a NASTY FLU! WATCH OUT!! Glad we have each other and a LOT OF LOVE! Cause I feel like my kids have been yelled at for the last couple days....poor kids...I LOVE THEM DEARLY and WOULD DO ANYTHING for them! I LOVE YOU Kelli, Kara and Tori!

Todd, thanks for taking such good care of us gals while we have been down!! You truly are an amazing man and I LOVE YOU TO DEATH!

VEGAS...

2009-11-16T22:26:00.000-08:00

Tori being herself....all over the place! She had a ton of fun!!

Kelli and Kara waiting for the football game to start! WOOHOO!!! We got to see UNLV VS. BYU!! It was a blast! It was like a FAMILY reunion because most of Todd's side of the family came to Vegas to watch Kyle Watson!!! (Todd's parents brought our kids to us...THANK YOU SO MUCH LORI and RICK!! We LOVE YOU LOTS!! I know the kids were CRAZY on the drive up!!) That's just them! Sorry!! This is Todd and me having the TIME of our lives! HA! We ate what we wanted and walked everywhere...the card people on the street made me CRAZY!! I don't know if anyone else was annoyed...but... CLICK CLICK!! WOW!! Amykay and I at the water show, it's CRAZY how many people come to watch it! So Todd and I got to take a SHORT trip to VEGAS and LOVED it! SO fun!!! We were able to get our AMAZING FRIENDS Emily and Todd Moran to watch our kidlems and get away!! We went with my brother Moe and Amykay! We had a BLAST together and LOVED every minute of it! I just have to say SPA TUBS in Hotels ROCK! I think I seriously want one of those in the middle of my room! HA! Wow, I am a DORK!!! HA! ;)

FIRST time FAMILY PICTURES!

2009-11-15T23:35:00.003-08:00

We HAD our FAMILY pictures taken by Sarah Robinson!! She did an AWESOME job!! We LOVE THEM!! Here are some fun ones for you to look at!!

Kara

Kelli

Having a BIT too much fun!

Tori

STRUTTIN' IT!

BLAHHHH!!!

Sarah Robinson, you are SUCH an AWESOME friend and thanks for being you!! Thanks for being so WILLING and LOVING!! The pictures turned out so good! ;) WE LOVE YOU!!! Thank you AGAIN! ;)

HALLOWEEN!!!

2009-11-15T23:05:00.001-08:00

This is Kelli, Gavin and Kara enjoying each other at the Trunk or Treat (at church)...Gavin kinda looks like annoyed of Kelli and Kara! HA!! ;) The kids had a GREAT time and GOT TONS of candy from all their running around! THANKS KIDS for getting so much candy to keep me PLUMP! HA! ;)

We tasted some of Aunt Stacy HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN cake!! Way to go on that Stacy! ;)

Kelli and Kara trick or treating in the DARK! OOOO!!!

We were so happy to go out to Grandma and Grandpa Bruer's house to go trick or treating!! This is Kelli, Tori and Kara Kelli was (Belle) Tori was a (Ladybug) Kara was (Minie Mouse). We had a BLAST!

28!!!

2009-10-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!! These are the FUN GALS that came to the fun PARTY!!

So back on September 14th...I TURNED "28" OH YEA!!

I just wanted to THANK ALL the friends that put their time into getting everyone together for such a FUN NIGHT! ;) IT WAS AMAZING!!

We started off at Kim Hannon's and drove to El Torito to eat....After the GRUB, we then went to Kim Hannon's house again for PAZOOKIES and a SWEET DANCE PARTY!

We were SO HYPED it was so MUCH FUN! You would have thought it was pretty awesome if I HAD the picture of Kyra Thompson with her SWEET OUTFIT!! She went home to get some leather pants and sparkle tank on for the dance party! TOO bad I didn't get that picture!

Again GALS, thanks a bunch for that FUN FILLED DAY AND NIGHT! ;) LOVE YOU ALL!!

To TOP off the whole night, I came home to a WONDERFUL husband who hid my gift....since I have been running ever since my sisters came out to visit...He got me the little IPOD SHUFFLE that I can take on my runs!! HE ROCKS and I LOVE HIM TO DEATH! Thank you BABE! You are the BEST!! MUUUUUAHHH!!!!

TIME to blog a bit?

2009-10-05T20:43:00.001-07:00

GRANDMA and GRANDPA BRUER took us to the L.A. County FAIR! We had a WONDERFUL time!

GOTTA LOVE this! Tori seems to get annoyed when Kelli and Kara LOVE on her...she likes to be left alone!

This was by the PIGLETS nursing...

The piglets nursing...so CUTE! Too bad they weren't awake for us!

You got the LOVELY SHOT, the LEAVE ME ALONE and the did you take the picture YET?! NICE!! I LOVE trying to get a CUTE SHOT and turns into WHAT THE?!

The girls LOVED these things! This was ENTERTAINMENT for me!

SO FUN!!

This one CRACKS me up! She was LOVING this! I LOVE her TEETH!!

A lot has been going on...

2009-08-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

Kara, Kade Hannon and Kelli...Kade is in Kelli's class! It was a FUN first day!!

Kelli and Kara started their FIRST day of school on Aug. 12, 2009!! They LOVE it and they are in DIFFERENT classes. They get to see each other at recess and they enjoy meeting new friends and learning! ;) Their teachers are great and I am excited for more school to come!! YEA!

This was in GRANNY'S room...I wanted to get a picture of Todd and his brother and sisters. This will be a day we will ALWAYS remember! ALWAYS! We love you ALL!!!

August 26th, 2009 (this was a picture I took RIGHT before she passed. This is Gramps holding GRANNY'S hand as she was passing. WE LOVE you GRANNY and will NEVER forget your FUN LOVING, HAPPY SPIRIT, CAKES, HUGS, SMILES, your BEAUTIFUL eyes, your ALWAYS painted nails, and ALL of the WONDERFUL times we had with you! WE LOVE you!!!!

Kelli and Kara running up to give GREAT GRANNY a hug! ;) She will be missed!!!

Todd and the girls with Grandma Bruer (GREAT GRANNY)...About 2 weeks before passing away. She was STILL able to hold Tori...(she is a SQUIRM BUG too)...She LOVES her GREAT GRANDGIRLS...That was FOR SURE! She would have done ANYTHING FOR these girls!!!

Just lately Tori has been falling asleep in her high chair...It's too cute so I had to take a picture of that!

I decided I needed to change it up a bit. I went pretty dark. During the whole process I kept saying to Todd you better STILL LOVE me! ;) HA!! I think it's fun for a CHANGE!!

SORRY for being ANNOYING!!!

2009-08-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let you all know we changed our blog name...

It now is www.bruercrew.blogspot.com (change it if you haven't yet!)

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

RIVER TIME!!!

2009-07-31T22:56:00.000-07:00

Our 3 girls

Tori is a DADDY'S GIRL and she LOVES CELL PHONES! NO LIE!

Tori RUNNING out to the water! She LOVES the water!!! That's our GIRLS for ya!!

This is Todd and Kati...HOTEL room at the RIVERSIDE!! HA!! We had a really LOVELY time!

Kara and Kelli swimming in the lake! HAVING LOTS OF FUN!!!

Daddy taking Tori on a ride

Kara Tori and Kelli eating a snack

Kara Mindi and Kelli going on a SWEET ride!

We go to the river every year. Sometimes we take more than one trip. SO...this was our FIRST trip. Our next trip is in a couple more weeks! SO EXCITED for that!

We go with Todd's family. This time Stacy, Jeff , and Jeremy were in Europe and Brent didn't come. We MISSED THEM! We did enjoy the FUN in the SUN! Kelli and Kara experienced jumping off cliffs! They were SO BRAVE! I thought that was awesome they did it! I don't have the picture on my camera, Todd's aunt has it. But anyway...next trip I HOPE to get one! We really enjoyed our time together as FAMILY!!!!

Tori's FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!

2009-06-27T23:25:00.000-07:00

So our NOT SO LITTLE Tori just turned ONE on the 17th! CRAZY how time flies! I could have promised you that she was JUST born...HA!! Amazing, how she has grown...on her birthday she basically was pretty crazy walking around, and then about 2-5 days later...she just has it down like she is just EVERYWHERE! She has a HEAD full of teeth and HAIR I might add...I don't remember Kelli and Kara getting this many teeth this fast...in fact, they didn't. Tori is just trying to catch up to them...it's pretty scary...Kelli and Kara are CONSTANTLY playing with her...so when they start school, Tori won't be around too many kids, so more ONE ON ONE with MAMA!! ;) OH YA!
Everyone would say that Tori LIKES to eat...WELL I can honestly tell you she LOVES TO EAT! It's almost like if she has food in each hand, she is good to go...even going to sleep...she LOVES to have a piece of food in each hand to sleep, or one passie in each hand...It's pretty cute, but sometimes I can't find that many passies...and then I freak out like AHHHH!!

Storm GAME, BEACH, & NEW phone!!

2009-06-27T22:47:00.000-07:00

Our friends Emily and Todd Moran got tickets to go see the Storm game here in Lake Elsinore. We were able to get our neighbor to watch the girls and went out for a FUN NIGHT! :) We met up at IN N OUT and off we went to the game...While enjoying the game we had some pretty good entertainment...some guy was singing Elvis songs and dancing and then some RANDOM guy was trying to get everyone to do the wave...HA! That was pretty HILARIOUS! We ended up getting some grub...Todd ate some delicious nachos and I ate some ice cream...mmm hhmmmm...We had a GREAT NIGHT! Thanks guys! ;)

We went out to Oceanside this past TUESDAY and had a BLAST! We met up with my two sister-in-laws SONDRA and Reta... We had a REALLY FUN TIME!! Kelli & Kara LOVE to hang out with their cousins...so we plan on going out HOPEFULLY once a week to the beach before SCHOOL starts for the girls in August. Tori was LOVING the sand and was eating it...BLAH! We even got to experience the sand with the licorice and Tori LOVED that! She LOVES LOVES LOVES the water!! She seriously cannot get enough of it! I LOVE IT!! ;)

So I FINALLY got a NEW phone...I actually had been using my cousins old phone, my mom's and then went back to my old BROKEN flip phone. HA! So, NOW I got a new one. I felt like I was going crazy with switching cell phone to cell phone...one phone had all my contacts, then the other didn't...wow! CRAZY...but I feel MUCH BETTER now! :)

Sisters are fun!!

2009-06-12T22:17:00.000-07:00

So about 2 weeks ago we got a visit from my sister Heidi. She came out to get a tooth fixed, but got to visit us while doing that! It was a fun visit...I went with her out to the dentist, took the kids and walked around for about an hour while she got her tooth fixed. I actually took some pictures and thought they turned out pretty fun! I LOVE having my sisters for a visit! Makes me MISS them SO much more when I do see them...isn't that sad?! I know...crazy how that works! I LOVE YOU SISTERS!! ;)

PRESCHOOL GRADUATION...

2009-06-04T23:35:00.000-07:00

Disneyland...oh what fun we have when we go to DISNEYLAND! Our passes will expire in September though...OUCH!

Kelli and Kara GRADUATED from Preschool and they LOVED it!! It was SO MUCH fun and they CANNOT wait for KINDERGARTEN to start in August! They are thrilled. I do have to say..they are probably not going to be in the same class...which I think is pretty good for them both. They REALLY need some independency...find things on their OWN and not RELY on the other one. It's kinda crazy...but they aren't NOT together. They are always together...THEY ALWAYS have been together! AHH!! But in the LONG RUN, I really do think that they will LOVE it and find different friends and find themselves learning a TON!