Brian and Scottee's Family Blog: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

A Rant from Scottee

I think technology is great. I love that I can keep in contact with family and friends using my cell phone, but I am worried we are all losing the ability to communicate. Kids can't spell worth a dang because they abbreviate everything. Adults text so they don't have to talk. I get mass texts from a family member all of the time. Does she not care enough for me to take the time to make a text just for me or does everyone need to know everything. Just a little hurtful. Don't get me wrong. I text all of the time, but some things are better said face to face...or voice to voice.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Oaklee's Special

"Everybody is weird. Some people just like to act normal."

Another Summer Day

Brian helped the kids have a waterballoon fight. Pretty funny. Eventually it turned into a hose fight, but whatever. I am watching the Olympics instead of packing up the house. One of the US's volleyball player's name is Destiny Hooker... Hmmmm.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Our New House

We signed papers today for our new house. I am super excited... 8 days and counting. Whoo-hoo!

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Welcome baby Taylor Sue

Devin and Allison welcomed a beautiful baby girl. Sooo cute!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Back to School

We went school supply shopping. Charlee will be in 4th grade, Oaklee will be in 3rd grade, an Jaxson is going into 1st. They had such a good time dividing supplies and talking about the upcoming year. I know I am excited to have them go back. What does the commercial say? It's the most wonderful time of the year. :-)

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

He's a Nasty Boy

We had a fun day at the cabin in Heber. Brian's dad gave each of us $5 and the kids shopped at Circle K for junk food. Oaklee bought an entire bag of powdered donuts. Jax ate a few. Can you tell?

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Roller Skatin'

ATA night at Great Skate. So much fun!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Crazy Cousin Fun

The kids found a bottle of bubble bath. Can you guess what they did with it?

Monday, July 9, 2012

Blogaway app and Oaklee

I just found a Blogger app that works so I can post on the go. Whoo-hoo!

Funny Oaklee quote: (watching her cousin get his diaper changed.) "Being a baby would be great. You don't get that kind of service on a toilet."

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

I am back. I took a year off to contemplate my craziness in private. With so many changes coming up... Not PTO President anymore, BFF moving (Emery)(and Nancy), new house, new ward... I am going to need public ranting and oversharing to make it through. So welcome me back and on to the fun!

Our Angels

Some people come to our site to read my thoughts and feelings about Trevee. She was born on August 27th, 2008. She was 11 inches long weighing 14.6 ounces at 22 weeks. She was beautiful. She was not breathing when she was born. She was such a special spirit and she only needed to come to Earth to get her body. You can click on the Trevee Sue label to read all of the posts about her and see her beautiful face.
Journee LaBelle was born April 23rd, 2009. She was born at 19 weeks and weighed 8 ounces and was 8.25 inches long. She was so beautiful as well. She got her body and went to be friends with Trevee in heaven. I am so thankful to have 2 perfect children waiting for me in heaven.
I hope as you read about our crazy family you can gain a new respect for the Plan of Salvation as well as your own families. Enjoy hearing more about Trevee and Journee's family!!

Our Love Story!!

Brian Vincent Barry was born in 1977 in Twin Falls, Idaho. I was born 3 years later in Phoenix as Scottee Lyn Page. Brian was back and forth between living in Utah and Arizona while growing up. I grew up in Phoenix. During High School, Brian went to Deer Valley and I went to Paradise Valley. Brian served his mission for our church in 1996. He went to the New England mission. He spent most of his time in New Hampshire and Maine. When he returned, he went to ASU and graduated in business and lived in Mesa. I moved to Mesa and eventually we met at church. It was love at first sight, well, actually first talk. He tried to talk to me in November, but I wanted nothing to do with him. In January, we both were on the activities committee and started to talk. That Sunday, I asked him to the "Girls Choice Dance" via a corney invite. He called that night and said he did not want to wait that long to go out. We went out on Thursday, we were engaged 3 weeks later, and married in within four months in April of 2002. We courted quickly, but when you know, you know. We have been blissfully happy since then. We added Charlee to our clan (which included me, Brian, and my dog, Cow) in May, 2003. Oaklee came shortly after in September of 2004. Jaxson came along just as quickly in February 2006. In August of 2008, we had Trevee Sue Barry join our family. Although she does not get to live here with us on Earth, she will always be in our family and continues to teach us new things everyday. In April of 2009, Journee LaBelle Barry was born prematuresly and did not get to stay with us on Earth. We have done so many things in such a short period of time. We built our dream home. We have served in many callings at church. Currently, Brian is the Ward Mission Leader, and I am a Primary teacher. We love our family and kids so much. We love eachother and think that we are both the one who married up. I guess that is key to happiness. We feel thankful every day.