Hello All! Today our youngest baby turned ONE!!!!! I can't believe it has happened so fast. It seems like just a month ago I was going into to the hospital to have this sweet little buddy. Now she is walking, talking and a year old!! Time truly does fly and this is sad for me. Hope is a Mommy's girl and my little shadow. She is a true joy and the perfect fifth child, she goes with the flow and rarely gets too upset. She plays with big brothers and big sisters well, she loves to laugh and she loves to smile. I am so thankful to God for HOPE, she is true to her name. Her name reminds me daily that there is hope because we have Jesus and have given our lives to him! Thank you Lord for Hope, our baby girl, she is just magnificent and we are thrilled to have her!!!!!!!!!! Hope may you come to know God and love him with all your heart, may you always have HOPE in HIM!!!! Love, Mommy
PS~ G-Ma and G-Dad Briden the gift you gave her is pictured especially for you to see it. It is a "Little People" pop up camper and car, she loves it!!!!!! Thanks!!!!

Hello All!! We had a blessed Thanksgiving celebrating with my side of the family on the opposite side of our great state. Our drive was great!!!!! Not any snow to speak on the the roads, YAHOO!!! We enjoyed seeing Grandpa B, Grandma Nettie, Great Grandma Green, Dick, Brenda, Aunt Heather, Uncle Jeff, Uncle Rick, Aunt Kristin, Matthew and Joshua : ) Thank you all for the nice time we had celebrating Thanksgiving. In case you were wondering we are thankful for you all and we pray God blesses you this Christmas season! May he work in your lives and homes in a mighty way!!! I pray for each one of you that you will be touched by the true meaning of CHRISTmas and that it will set you free! Thank you again for your generosity and hospitality, we Love you all!!!!!! Living in his Amazing Grace~ Crystal

Hello All! Here is is the Briden Family Christmas Photo for 2008. We do this every year for our Christmas card. It was a fun and funny time : ) I have included the outtakes as they are the funny part. Let's be honest, Mommy has a "Nervous" condition, so I am glad we got the shot yesterday. I can now relax and start thinking about posing people for next year. The Briden Bunch 2008~ Coming soon to mailbox near you!!! Love ~ Crystal

Hello All! I am so angry!!! Read HERE to see why. Yes, we would love for you to move to our state : ) We have been in a recession for a long while and we are no longer salting the roads. Oh, this is rich!!!!!!!! As a mom who is back and forth to school several times a day, this is just not safe!!!!!!!!!!! We had 100 inches of snow last year, and roads were not this bad one day of last winter. I am in for a long winter, YIKES! I spun out going about 15 MPH today going up our hill to get out of our subdivision. I was on my way to take Luke to pre-school. We ended up going backwards down the other side of the hill after doing a 180 degree turnaround. Luke says " Mom, what happened, who did that?. That was fun!" I'm glad someone enjoyed it. He is just like his father! The other day Kelly asked me as we are going to pick up the girls from school "Should I do doughnuts in the school parking lot?" My response, "No, that is just what a bunch of 5 year olds need to see a grown man doing." I love him so much, but he is a wild adventurer at heart : ) Pray for me in my rear wheel drive bus, PLEASE!!! ~ Crystal

Check our this Link, HERE. This is our life today, the "Lake Effect is back. The kids are excited to play outside and I love to snuggle up with Coffee and read a book. Oh, who am I kidding I can't seem to finish a book lately let alone a full cup of coffee. Have a great weekend!!! Love, Crystal

Hello All! Well what do you think of the new blog design? My friend, Nikki, did a GREAT job!!! I love it : ) I purchase a digital scrapbook kit and she does all the hard work. The digital kit I purchased was called "Out of Africa". I took one look at it and knew it needed to become our new home in cyberspace. Please go check our Nikki's blog. She does a great job, fast!!!! The money goes to her trip to provide much needed help to those people living in poverty in Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic. Thanks Nikki, Great job!!!

Hello All! My friend Crispy at The Peters Peapod posted information about Jelly Telly on her blog. I went to check it out this morning and I am so excited about it. It was created by Phil Vischer the creator of VeggiTales, which we love!!!! It is just launching and you can get a free month long subscription when you sign up for a membership. Jelly Telly is a family friendly, CHRISTIAN, education and entertainment site for kids. YAHOO!! I am all over this!! The subscription fee after the trial month is $2.99 a month. That is less than a single video rental. They will have new videos often, possibly daily and a movie on the weekends. In the explanation of what Jelly Telly is, Phil Vischer speaks of them employing Christian film makers. That is exciting to me as an aunt to four boys in St. Louis who are gifted entertainers, filmmakers and Christians!!! Parker, you gotta check this out!!!!! I could see you working there someday : ) Please go and sign up for the free trial and let them know what you think. The Bunch will be there often. I know I can trust this site to be in addition to what we are teaching our children about our faith in Jesus. Have a great day~ Crystal

Hello All! I wanted to post about two of Timmy's firsts. Today he went in the snow for the first time : ) We had a good snowfall last night. He wasn't too sure about it. He tried on his boots before heading out to the frozen tundra. He was walking fine in them. When he got outside he stood still, than he sat and looked around. Hope has been sick, so she didn't go out. She watched through the door : ) She wanted to be with Timmy and Luke, though.

He other first was from November 5th, 2008. He went to the park for the first time. It was a balmy 70 degrees and we went to play outside. he got to slide for the first time and play on big playground equipment. He loved it!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the pictures