Future Steven Tyler (Jared corrected me)....Enjoy!

Oh Jaden!!

I just wanted to tell you all a funny thing Jaden said the other day. I was driving with him somewhere and I asked him what his favorite song was right now and he said, "Oh it's that one that's like medium rock n roll you know it says, 'Dude looks like a Lady', you know that one?" And of course he sang it. Well I thought that alone was funny, I don't know who is introducing him to these wonderful songs, Coleen? So later when we were driving with mom and dad and Tony I asked Jaden if he would sing it for everyone, he says "No it's a secret, my mom told me I couldn't tell because it was a secret, the other day she just typed in secrets.com and found it and that's where I got it." Oh he is so funny!! (For those of you in this family who may be a bit slow secrets.com isn't real, he made that up.) Isn't Jaden the coolest kid you know!!

Happy Birthday Alex!

I love the way you scrunch up your nose when you smile, how you grunt for more food, how you make the sound woo-hoo when you are excited, how you snuggle, and how you have made our home so much sweeter. We love you so much! Happy Birthday!

i think my email was better

i don't know, i think my email from jaden was even better. he said "i know you love me more than tracie..." he he. maybe all my brainwashing is paying off. :) i miss the boys so much. and the rest of the family too! matthew and i were just talking about how we want to move back home! but right now, it just doesn't make sense. the problem is that it probably won't get any easier in the future either. we'll see. but somebody definitely needs to come visit. who will it be? who will be the first bryan to come?? who loves me the most??

Okay, I really did get the best e-mail from Jaden, he told me he loved me better than the moon!! It was so cute. Well family I hope all is well with everyone, Katie, Kelly and I are going up to Salt Lake to see Adrienne and Michael. We are so excited! I wish Colorado was a little bit closer so we could access Heide and Matt a bit more easily. Anyway life here is great, and just a little information, in case mom hasn't already told you, I am going to Fiji with Tony in the month of June. As you know he went there on his mission and he's been planning this trip back to build a "pig farm" as a way for the branch to earn money for supplies and such. So I am going to help build with this project (no it's not a honeymoon type thing). Mom and Dad think that we should be married before we go on a trip together and to tell you the truth I agree and all and it makes sense, but you know we have only been dating a little bit and when would I get married before we go? IMPOSSIBLE!! If you have any thoughts, opinions let me know, but that's pretty much all the exciting news I have for now. I love you all!!


Tracie

The Best Of....

Okay...since no one is posting I decided to do a best of with the help of Jaden for last week...

Best Song Kelly
Best e-mail Tracie
Best phone call/brainwashing Heide( he keeps telling me that Heide says that she loves him better than anyone)
Best idea Katie
Best Hostess Adrienne
Best Host Michael

We love you....Whats on your list?

Here are some sweeeeet pictures of Adi's little belly.

Amazing Belly

thought this pic from an e-mail I received was amazing....

$99 tickets Burbank-Denver

Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know that Southwest has a special from Burbank to Denver for $99 each way. So get your tickets, Weedge! and anyone else who wants to come to Denver (that's all of you, right?) :)

p.s. happy valentine's day!

A formal invitation to Lord Orgaz El Greco( Michael)

Jared and Coleen Bryan
request the pleasure of your company
at a Birthday Dinner in honor
of Adrienne Barnett
on Friday, Feb. 17, 2005

Place and time to be determined

Hope you feel invited now.

Coming to Colorado

heide, I think erin and i want to come during our spring break, SPRING BREAK 2006, WOOO!!, which is the week right before Easter. let me know what you think of this plan. i love you and will talk to you soon.

Tracie

Immigration Judges

Heide,
I listened to NPR this morning and they had a whole story on immigraton courts and thought of you...I am sure that you are aware that the justice department is doing an investigation on the courts and was wondering how you feel about the whole immigration court system.

The Mighty Barnett's

well, i kind of feel like a stranger beign that no one asked me too join this little blog site. But that is OK, I will live. BTW, (BTW I think BTW is kind of silly) This is Michael, Michael Barnett, that guy who stole poor little Adrienne away from all her crazy, or wacko sisters. I will not lie, I cried for three nights straight when i found out about this little site and knew that no one was going to invite me. So I have crashed your little club!!!! In all seriousness, we are doing well. We are trying to adjust to the new settings, as you could imagine. We are really excited to see Jared and Coleen, and then a few weeks later the rest of the siblings. Adi-pooh is getting huge, she really likes it when you reffer to her belly as a burrito pouch! She looks really cute with her little belly. One last thing, we would like some input on possible names for the little guy. Barnett is not the easiest name to go with. We want everyones input, even Jared. We love you guys.
Love, Michael
P.S. my code name for this blog will be "Lord Orgaz El Greco"

Hunter the Beast

There are few things that can really bother me and on the top of my list are people who are mean to my boys. Jaden came home today and said that he had a horrible day. It seems that this boy named Hunter chased him around the playground, threw sand at him, and would hit him when the teacher wasn’t looking. Jaden added that he tried really hard to get away but Hunter is a really fast runner. When I picked him up from school he came running and gave me one of those “mom where have you been all day hugs.” I knew something was wrong and questioned him in the car. He gave me a full account of playground time with Hunter the beast and ended with I hope I can run faster tomorrow. This makes me so sad, its really the first time that I can’t really take the hurt out of his day with just a kiss or it will be okay. I really just want to sit on the kid. I am reminded how short your time is with your children at home all to yourself and to your family. Who are we kidding, Jaden is constantly surrounded by an adoring audience of cute Aunts and wonderful grandparents and he just figure out yesterday that his elbow was not his actual bicep. There will probably be more Hunters and I will probably cry more tears, but hopefully my boys will still be comforted by a hug from their mom. BTW on the way home he wanted to go to Grandma and Grandpas to see his Aunts. I am grateful for the fact that we can live so close to a loving family. Glad to see you all figured out the blog.

Are family is so wierd

I like tracie really struggled with the whole bloggy blog. But hey, I think I got it. Just don't ask me to do anything fancy like post pictures or anything. Jared I really like the description you gave the blog. Sometimes I wonder why we are all so wacko but then I realize we never had a chance at being normal because we came from a man who goes golfing in his pj's. I am so excited about everyone coming to visit. I gives me something to look forward to. I really miss all of you guys. Michael and I just moved in with bob and gesse. I love them they are great but it makes miss you guys even more. It was really nice to hear from katie so much in one weekend even though she didn't know it was my b-day. ( at least she called me... kelly) I love you all very much and I can't wait to see you all even if the boys are being left behind.
love adi

i'm coming to utah

hey, adi - just wanted to let you know that i'm coming to utah on thurs march 23rd and i'll be there through sun march 26th. my friend laura is getting married on the 25th, but hopefully we'll be able to hang out between festivities...

hb

Um, so it has taken me a litle while to figure this blog thing out but I did it so congratulate me. I thought I would just post a little tid bit, hello everyone, I love you all very much and miss you, and I would appreciate it if you would all stop telling me when YOU want the wedding to be!! I think we all need to just calm down a little bit and not get so hasty. No but seriously life is good and things with Tony are just great!! I couldn't be happier at the moment. Well, I was just talking with Erin Berg, Heide, and we want to plan a trip to Colorado, so I will fill you in on the details later!! I love you and am so excited about this fancy little blog of ours, Coleed you're GREAT!!!

Love
Tracie

does anyone else object to the blog subtitle??

one incredibly hot brother and a bunch of crazy girls?? what's up with that? i object. i am not crazy. and i'm a woman, not a girl!! coleen, i hope you were not a culprit in coming up with that.
:)
so, matthew and i thought we would give you a quick update on our lives. things are going pretty well lately. except that it is sunday afternoon, and matthew is in his giddy mode. i don't know why, but he gets that way every sunday after church. on fast sundays, it only gets worse...
so anyway, back to the update. matthew is liking school- he is doing an illustration of jack and the beanstalk for one of his classes. he is also doing a lot of classroom observation, which he has enjoyed. he is trying to figure out which grade he wants to end up teaching.
matthew got called as the secretary in the elders quorum and has been fairly involved in the ward with visits, moving people, and doing home teaching. our ward is a pretty typical downtown ward- with not too many people and lots of callings for anyone who is interested. its been fun, though.
matthew has been great about cooking meals, which is great because i'm always too tired and too hungry to even think about cooking.
as for me- things are going well. i am really liking the YW. we have had basketball the past few weeks and it has been sooooo funny to watch! (i never knew a person could get all the way down the court while dribbling so high that the ball bounces over the head!) anyway, its been fun. we are planning a new beginnings for the next couple of weeks. hopefully it will turn out nicely.
work is OK. i had a lunch meeting with my boss on friday and, amazingly, i didn't get fired. my boss and i mutually agreed to think about my position, and where it is going, though. i'm not quite sure what that means, but i interpreted it to mean that i will not be getting fired for now. i never quite know with her...my boss can be very scary at times. but otherwise, work is going pretty well. i like immigration a lot. and lately i have been able to leave work quite a bit earlier, which leaves time for other things. matthew and i got climbing passes at a local gym last week, so i've started climbing again, which has made me soooo happy. it is so nice to get out and have something to get my mind off work, etc.
ok. this is getting really long. just wanted to give you an update. loves,
heide and matthew

Jared has added a description to the blog..Check out the header...Please come up with better descriptions

we did it!