4 boys and a girl

9-11-11

2011-09-14T19:41:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been 10 years since this happened. I've heard people talk about where they were when we landed on the moon, or when Kennedy was shot, and 9-11 is like that in my memory. But it was different for me this year. I watched all that footage again. And my heart broke all over again. Especially since my husband could have been one of those men. We have an amazing group of men, who watch over and protect our community at the expense of time with their own families. Sacrificing so much time and energy. I am proud, and grateful!

2011-09-06T14:17:00.001-07:00

So I decided to enter sew dang cute's Crafting with the stars contest. I'm not super duper crafty like these lady's. But I wanted to enter anyway, since I'm in love with my most recent creation! Go check it out. There are a LOT of super duper amazing crafters linked up!

2011-09-06T13:54:00.000-07:00

Antique Crate???? No, but...

It is antique wood. My great friend Staci tore down her old shed. (That was built by her husbands grandpa, I think) and since I was willing to help, they let me take what I wanted of the old barn wood! Be still my heart!

Since today was the first day of my new life as a mom with all her kids in school, GASP, for the 2 1/2 hours that my baby is in preschool. I decided to tackle my first barnwood project. A crate.

Simple enough... I cut my boards to length, then glued & air gun nailed the pieces together.

Luckily for me... Grandpa Joe was a little bit of a hoarder, and had these AWESOME antique window pully's that I thought would make a terrific replacement for castors

You need a closer look right??? I thought so! Well my new screws look terrible! So....

I pulled out some wood stain, and dabed at the screws with it, and it rustified them right up!

I also snagged some OLD hardware supplies to be used for something cool somewhere.

Now I thought it needed a place to have belonged, so I decided that this little baby should have come from the Steel City! (Just like my cute husband!) So, I cut a stencil out on the cricket, and spray painted it red. (The color of Heinz ketchup)

Then peeled the stencil off, and.....

TADAAAAA!!! My first not really antique crate!

Magic!

2011-05-02T22:06:00.001-07:00

I have been feeling really nostalgic lately. Like this is the end of my boys being little boys. So it almost brought tears to my eyes when I saw these pictures of Troy being a carefree little boy! I knew that everything would happen fast. Everyone kept telling me to enjoy them while they were little. But 27 THOUSAND diapers later.... I didn't really believe "them". Now I do.... The faster time goes, the faster time goes. And my little boys are growing up. I hope I can hang on to these last few magical moments of them being little!

Inspired apron

2011-03-25T07:42:00.000-07:00

So I went to bunco the other night, and Nicole had SUPER fun prizes. I wanted ALL of them! Silly rules say you only get to pick one, well I was upset about it, cause they were all super cute! And so since frame making is not my specialty I got a beautiful frame as a prize and took home some inspiration from an apron that she had there. I have some beautiful, cute, fabric in my garage for just such a project, but when I got it out, I couldn't cut into it without a patern for fear that I would ruin EVERYTHING! So here's a funny quirk about me. I hate top sheets! Weird, I know. Who doesn't like top sheets? Well they are always so cold.... and when I jump into bed I like to be warm, and snuggly. So instead of being normal and teaching my children top sheet etiquete, I have a ton of top sheets laying around doing nothing. Well just this once I'm glad to be weird! I had this white sheet in the closet that cost around $4 from target. (and have already gotten my $4 worth out of the bottom sheet.) So I wasn't afraid to rip it apart and make this cute (if I do say so myself) peasant apron. Ta da! P.S. I only sew in straight lines. So ANYONE could make this baby!

I used an old plain apron as a pattern for the underneath part. I lined it up with the top of the sheet so it was finished nice on the top. The less sewing the better I always say! Then I cut 7 inch strips off the bottom of the sheet. I used the finished edge for the bottom layer, and left the other two ruffles edges frayed. (just cause I think it's cute) to make the ruffles you baste stitch an inch and a half from the top, and then gather to the right length. I used red string because I couldn't find white, and I thought it would be cute. Then I made a little bird out of some cute red fabric I had laying around. I added a ties, also not finished, just stagger stitched around the neck and at the sides. There, If I can do it, you can too!

Chubbly little bird! :0)

Merry Christmastime!

2010-12-16T14:23:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it's not Christmas yet, but I'm so excited about the whole season this year. We are carrying on some fun family traditions that I would like to write down for posterities sake. We start off the season with the 12 days of Christmas. We have done it the last few years and the kids LOVE it more and more every year. They are prime for Christmas this year. Old enough to be really excited, and also old enough to understand that Christmas is a time of giving and thinking of Christ. Well they are starting to understand that part anyway..... Then Christmas Eve we will be off to my parents house for our Mexican fiesta!!! Hooray! I think my mom pulled this one out of the air but I think it is more fun than Christmas for me! We also decorate our mason jar instead of stockings. My dad is one of 10 kids, and I think his mom just got tired of trying to figure out stockings every year so she used mason jars instead. I loved that we were different from every other family, so we usually have jars at grandma's house, and stockings at ours, but this year, I'm going to embrace the jar idea. I hope Gabe will let me. Then Christmas morning growing up, we ALWAYS had mom's homemade cinnamon rolls, and I loved that!!! But.... Gabe has meshed his ginormous breakfast tradition into ours, and now Christmas breakfast is a feast to behold!!! Then the normal open presents, play with presents, eat a lot, and then after Christmas dinner an angel food cake as a birthday cake for baby Jesus. I love this time of year. It makes me so cheerful. I hope to be able to carry the joy throughout the coming year.

It's great to BEE 8!

2010-11-20T19:02:00.000-08:00

So Kolby turned 8 last month. And of course it's great to BEE eight!!! I'm so proud that Kolby made the decision to be baptized. He is such a great little boy. I guess I shouldn't keep calling him little. He's getting so big. He is such a great example to his little brothers. He is a hard worker like his daddy, and one of my favorite things about him is how thoughtful he is. I couldn't be prouder of how smart he is, and that he enjoys learning to play the piano. He also loves gymnastics, and his teacher is always saying how strong he is, and how well he does. He is in a class where he is the newest student, but is trying hard to be just as good as the other boys in his class. I love him so much!!! I feel so grateful to have his little spirit in our home!

yes man

2010-10-31T20:02:00.001-07:00

So Troy is going through the funniest stage. Lets say you ask him a question, like... Hey Troy, Did you get enough candy for Halloween? He will say to you... Yes, yes I did! Hey Troy, Do you like your dinner? Yes, yes I do! Hey Troy, do you like it when your brothers tackle you? NO, no I do not! I love it! It is so funny to me! And Zack.... Well let me just tell hyou a little about Zack. He is in a vocabulary building stage. For example, the other day I asked him about some scratches that he had on his foot and he said, "What you mean my injury's?" Or Hey Zack did you get the dishes put away? He said, "Well, I didn't literally want to do that right now." He's still working on context a little bit. And last but not least... Zacker, did you get your room clean? "Well technically.... I still have a little more to go." I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest, but man, I love these little boys!

Beautiful day!

2010-10-06T16:18:00.000-07:00

Mom asked me to go take some pictures of the rainy day, I happened to catch this! I love rainbows! I guess everyone loves rainbows right? well, thanks mom, I would have been hauled up in a blanket on my couch without your promptings! Then I thought that since I was being a grump today, that the boys better play in some puddles to get cheered up! Look at those faces... I love those boys!

I love my man!

2010-09-26T17:39:00.000-07:00

The best part of Hawaii was getting to be there with Gabe! I think in the hustle and bustle of life, even a great relationship gets worn down. I'm the mom, he's the dad and on and on life goes. But this was one of those great times when we reminded ourselves that we are also friends. We snorkled hand in hand, tried new foods, some great, rice for breakfast, not so great at all.... I knew that a week away from kids would be easy, but I didn't know how much perspective it would provide me. It was long enough that we missed them, and appreciate them so much more now. And it helped me to remember that I need to be a better friend. It's easy on vacation, away from the broken arms, and homework, and late night tow or fire calls, but I want to be a fun person to live with, love with, be with, the other 99.99% of the time! And I'm looking forward to planning some friend time with the love of my life!

Sunset Cruisin'

2010-09-26T17:11:00.000-07:00

Sunset Cruisin' baby!!! One of the highlights of our trip was the sail boat cruise that we took. It has always been a dream of my mom's to sail on a real sailboat, and it must have gotten into my blood too, because it was a geat time! It was really windy on the night that we picked, so we spent the whole time actually sailing and it was amazing. We also spent some time exploring whatever, and where ever we felt. And found this jungle road, and thought hmmmm....... Maybe we'll do a little monkey business!!!!

The beauty was EVERYWHERE!

2010-09-26T16:56:00.000-07:00

Our condo was just a block from Waikiki Beach. And it was so beautiful everywhere we looked. From the iconic palm trees to the crashing waves, the amazing sunrises to the animals in the ocean. There was a pier (maybe a levy?) thing from which we saw these cool manta rays. Just playing in the waves. It was so cool! No wonder they call this paradise!

I love sunday's

2010-09-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

I love Sundays! And I love that even when you are thousands of miles away from home, you can find a ward where you can feel the spirit. On Sunday after Pearl Harbor, we drove up to the North Shore near the temple to go to church. We found this FABULOUS beach, where we had a picnic lunch. It was so beautiful! And could not have been more serene. When we went to church we were welcomed with open arms. Literally! Amy and I were presented with shell necklaces and hugged and kissed by the relief society sisters. And we found some relatives of Aarons. (Not hard when you are a Heaton/Young. Ha!)

hawaii

2010-09-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

So we flew in Saturday morning and were in awe of the heat and humidity as soon as the airport doors opened. None of us slept really well, but Gabe didn't even try. He was excited to see a pre-viewing of the pilot of Hawaii Five O, (Yes he saw it before the premier) I caught a few parts, but was just to tired to stay focused. When we got there we were suprised that mom and dads GPS didn't have Hawaii maps, and struggled to use Google maps on Aarons laptop to find our way around. (and it was tough!!!) But we made it to the Swapp meet, and it was fun to wander around and taste my first hawaiin shaved ice. It was soooo good (but probably just because it was so hot.) We wasted some time before we checked in to our condo where we all crashed for the afternoon. Then Sunday morning we decided that it would be nice to visit Pearl Harbor. I am fascinated by the history of our country. It was a humbling experience to stand in the places that so many of our bravest patriots lost their lives protecting our freedoms.

pa-pa---pa-pa-razzi

2010-09-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Scott Caan- You might know him from, Into the Blue, Ocean's 11 (One of the mormon brothers Ha!) or Gone in 60 seconds. I LOVE him!

Alex O'laughlin- Gabe and I loved him in Moonlight. It was a vampire tv show before vampires before vampires were hot. He was also in 3 Rivers, a medical show that we watched because it took place in Pittsburg. Grace Park- Known best from, The Cleaner

Daniel Kim- Most famous from Lost, but has done a lot of other things too.

We had such an amazing time! One of my favorite things that we did the whole trip was getting to go to the premier of the new tv series, "Hawaii Five-O" Gabe & I had been excited to see the show even before we knew about the premier. So the fact that we got to go see the actors, and I got to take pictures of them, was so exciting! There were some great local guys waving over the actors to us for autographs, so I was literally backing away from some of them to get these shots. What a thrill!

The lone ranger

2010-08-26T08:18:00.001-07:00

My last year with the little man all to myself. I just couldn't send him off to preschool this year. I have such a great time with my little helper. Troy is such a joy to be around. He is always singing. If fact right now I can hear a little rendition of "There's a hole in the bottom of the Sea." He is bugging me to get out the door for our walk. I just love chatting with this kid. He is almost 4 years old and he just talks and talks. He loves having some alone time with me, and I am super excited to start our own little preschool together. I never knew how hard it would be to be a mother. Nor could I have comprehended the joy that comes from every giggle, touch, or laugh of these sweet boys. I'm so grateful for my husband who works so hard, so I can have the opportunity to be with our boys in our home.

Ahhh Kindergarten

2010-08-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

Oh, my sweet Zacky went off to kindergarten today. He rode the big boy bus with Kolby. And was so excited to go. Zack has such a sweet heart. I just love that kid. I think I had a hard time figuring him out for the first part of his life. Because I'm just not sensitive the way he is. But now that I have figured it out, he is just the best! He will do anything to please me. If I ask him with love. And he is HILARIOUS! He doesn't mean to be. He is completely serious about every word that comes out of his mouth, and maybe that makes it all the more funny. Last night I (lovingly) asked him to go help his big brother clean his room and he said, "sure mom, but could you spare a minute to get this sawdust out of my eye first?" And sure enough, he did have sawdust in his eye from a ward party that his fabulous grandparents had taken him to. Cute kid. I hope that going to school doesn't toughen him up to much. I love my Zacky cuddles! (Kolby is waaaay to big for anything but a very quick cuddle)

Just sent my 1st, 2nd grader off to school

2010-08-19T06:54:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how big Kolby is getting. Right before my eyes, he is turning into a little man. He was so excited to get off to school today. He's going to be in Mr. Jensons class. I'm excited for him to have a guy teacher. I really think he will respond well to him. He didn't want my help, he didn't even hug me goodbye. I'm not really one of those sad to see your kids go off to school, kind of moms, but I am sad to see him get so big that he doesn't need me anymore. He's such a great kid! I love who he is turning out to be! (most of the time, ha) He won't hardly sit still to let me take his picture anymore, but I told him that the first day of school pictures were not an option! He's kind of in a goofy shy stage, but I still think that he is so handsome! A mothers love I suppose!

My long boring porch....Voila!

2010-06-26T17:39:00.000-07:00

So I have been wanting to spruce up my porch for a long time now. I spend probably too much time in "Blogland" but I have been inspired! I will have to do it a little at a time, but I started today, and I'm excited! It started with this boring old stool. I bought it a few weeks ago for a dollar. Ugly I know! But....

A little sanding, a little black spray paint, and a little more sanding, and you have something that is not to shabby to start off a cute little porch project. (Well maybe just the right amount of shabby!)

Then I added a dresser drawer that my mom was getting rid of. I will figure out something cute to fill it with, and added a bunch of photo props that were hanging out in the corner of my garage. This is a much better use of their cuteness! Don't you think???

The crate was missing some pizzaz, so I made this little federkeil sign and threw it in an old frame I had in the shed. And how about that tin can? Got it FREE at a yard sale yesterday. I was sooooo excited! (Can't you just see a kid sitting on that in a field somewhere? I digress...)

Well anyway, for now this is my new front porch! Any guesses how long it will take my boys to have it all scattered from here to kingdom come??? Well they've been threatened, so hopefully it will still look like this the next time you come visit me!

before and after (kind of...)

2010-06-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

So today was the 2nd week of bountiful baskets, and if it is possible I love this weeks produce even more than last week! It's like Christmas, to see what the truck will bring us... I took this picture of last weeks presents!

summer goodness

2010-06-02T11:21:00.001-07:00

I LOVE summertime! I love gardening! Even though my weak garden consists of 3 items this year. (but that is for another blogging moment) anyway.... I get inspired to eat healthy, and enjoy a variety of fruits and veggies. This is what I got at the store for this week. top: Kiwii, Cantalope, pears, and a lemon. (I'm cooking salmon for dinner tonight, wish me luck!) Middle: apples, cilantro, and green onions. Bottom, red pepper, yellow onions, tomatoes, and oranges. Grand total including tax: $19.13. Which is why I'm SOOOOOO excited to start Bountiful Baskets next week! It is an organization that helps make it more affordable to have a variety of fruits and veggies. I have some great friends who are making it possible for Kanab to be a part of it! Big thanks to Kristy, and Staci for getting trained and volunteering! The baskets are $15 and have whatever fruits, and veggies are in season and available, so if you want to sign up to recieve these baskets, go to www.bountifulbaskets.org I'm so excited to compare and recieve produce that maybe I wouldn't normally try! Hooray!

cupcakes for dinner!!!

2010-04-01T18:13:00.000-07:00

APRIL FOOLS!!! Well they were cupcakes, just meatloaf and pink mashed potato cupcakes.

Zack was less than impressed!

But decided that as long as we had an actual dessert after our cupcakes, that it was an ok dinner afterall!

My big boys!

2010-03-01T20:29:00.000-08:00

So it's been a while since I've tried to take nice pictures of the boys. Now I remember why it's been a while since I've tried to take nice pictures of the boys!!! What rascals! They are getting so big! Kolby had his first wrestling tournament last weekend. He tried soooo hard. He just didn't have the edge. At least not this time. I don't think a mother should ever have to see her child try so hard to achieve something, and fall short. I know that is where the lessons of life are learned, but it's so hard! I'm so proud of him. He didn't give up and he earned a 3rd place medal (out of 3 kids) I'm so grateful for my boys! Handful that they are, they keep me young and happy. And I love them so much!

Eternal Family

2010-02-15T12:16:00.000-08:00

I am heartbroken this morning, by the loss of my sweet neice. I have been pondering the blessings of the temple today. I took this picture last week. I am so moved by the symbolism of that day. It was pouring rain outside. It seemed to fit the mood. Life seemed as dreary as the day with my niece lying in a hospital bed not a block away. But I was taken aback by the beauty of the temple even surrounded by the gloomy winter day. A pillar of hope. "Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in dark hours, excites us in bright ones. It lends promise to the future and purpose to the past. It turns discouragement to determination." I am determined today to live up to the covenants I have made in this holy Temple. I'm so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I have such a testimony of the plan of salvation. I know that through my Savior, I will be with my family eternally. I pray for the peace and comfort of that knowledge for all those without it!

REAL Salt lake's Leo Lion!

2010-02-04T19:43:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun night tonight. The US Champion REAL Salt lake soccer team brought their trophy tour through Kanab tonight. The team mascot is Leo the Lion. We had a blast laughing at his shenanigans. Part way through the presentation, Leo came and took Kolby's soccor ball and kicked it clear across the gym! Kolby couldn't decide if he should be excited, or mortified that he had lost his ball. But he went and got it and came and sat down by the boys. It's been a long time since I have seen them so excited. What a fun night! It's a good thing grandma came, so I could take a few pix!

The girl side of the family

2009-12-16T21:01:00.000-08:00

So we took our family pictures last week, and decided that we needed to have the girls side of the family too! So while she looks happy in these TWO pictures, Shelby was not happy to be out in the cold WAY past naptime. I was so excited to find a couple of really cute smiles. Dusty is one lucky guy to have all these beautiful girls surrounding him every day!!!

Especially Mandy! Isn't she georgous? And 7 months pregnant no less. Now I know what they are talking about when they say that pregnant women glow! You are beautiful Mandy!

My OWN family pictures!

2009-12-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

I LOVE Christmas time! I love the snow! And I especially love the snow falling on the red rocks of Kanab. I havn't done family pictures for like a year and a half. So I was VERY grateful for my mom to come brave the snow to take these for us!!! Especially since she is sick! I hope you get better soon mom! I can't believe how quickly my boys are growing up! I love my family so much! I feel so blessed every day to have these boys surrounding me. even the weeks filled with stitches and root canals! But I'll save that story for another post!

The lights at Temple Square

2009-12-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

We love to go see the lights on Temple Sqare. It is a magical place. It feels like a fairytale and this year was no different. Surrounded by all of my family, we ventured out into the cold, to ride the train from Aarons work (a few blocks from the Temple) to Temple square. The kids love to be with their cousins! Especially when it comes to new adventures. When we got there you could feel the excitement in the hundreds of people gathering in. We took pictures and had snacks, and waited, more patiently than I've seen my kids wait for anything for a while. And then..... They were on! An Ahhhhh rippled through the crowd, and the kids eyes got wide as they turned in every direction trying to take it all in. What an amazing sight. My favorite part was listening to the bagpipes playing Christmas music in the background. It was the kind of night you pack away in your greatest memory box, and pull out when you need a smile!

Turkey bowl 2009

2009-11-30T17:49:00.000-08:00

Gabe loves going up North for Thanksgiving for the annual Turkey Bowl! (Then complains about it for the next week! Ha ha) All the brown boys were there, except poor Kelly who can't kick his sickness. Poor guy! It was fun to watch the big boys and little boys alike! Happy turkey day!

Somebody call 9-1-1- this fire's hot!

2009-11-21T18:41:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited for Gabe. He just joined the volunteer fire dept. And he loves it! They had a training today where they burned down this old house on purpose. They asked me to come take pictures. It was so fun to be able to be up close. To see just how exciting it is to these guys. They take it so seriously. And we are lucky to have such a great fire department in our little town! Plus it's so sexy to see my man strutting out of a burning building!!!

funny boy

2009-11-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

So we are having our morning snack, an apple. And Troy eats a couple of bites. I gave him the whole thing, (which I never do! I almost always cut it and give him a few slices at a time) So he takes a couple of bites and says, "Mom, what's inside here?" I say an apple. He say's, No what's inside of here? I said it's an apple buddy! He says no, there's something in here like bones...... or something??? I said Ohhhh there are seeds in there. Perfectly satisfied, he said, Yeah that's what I mean seeds........

This is my return to bloging.

2009-11-04T21:07:00.000-08:00

So I was talking to my friend Ashley Kartchner today about her little boy Max. He says the funniest things. And I asked if she was writing it all down. She said yes, that she has journals for each of them. Well, I'm not the super mom that Ashley is, so I don't have journals for each of my kids, but I do blog. Well I used to blog, well I like to blog! I can do it, and my little boys would much rather have me blogging than wasting time on facebook. So this is my come back. Not that I will stop using facebook all together, but I want to remember the quirks, the laughs, and the tears of being a mother to these three wonderful boys. Like today, when I was sitting at the table working on homework with Kolby. (That by the way takes an HOUR every night. An HOUR. I think it's crazy for a first grader to have an hour of homework every night, but I digress....) Well he had to go to the bathroom, so he left and Troy promptly took his seat. And started talking. I asked him what? He said not you mom.... I looked around, there is nobody else in the room, and he must have sensed where I was going with that because he said. "I was talking to my imaginary mom, not you." HE'S TWO!!! Ok to be fair, he's almost three, but still....

One of my favorite things

2009-11-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

So one of my favorite things is the whispers and giggles that come from the boys room at bedtime. I hear the most interesting stories, funniest conversations, between boys who mostly love each other. Tonight, Kolby said, "You know we have a cousin Lydia, she must be 9 by now." So funny.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-02T10:38:00.000-08:00

The Knight, the spider, and the robot, what a great threesome they are. I sure hope they always stay the buddies that they are now. So we had a fun night. I don't think we've ever gone out to eat on Halloween, but the kids were anxious to get their costumes on, and I didn't want to take them THAT early, so we went to Pizza Hut for dinner, then we went trick or treating. Well, I was walking them up to one of the first houses, and Gabe grabed my hand. He said, "You know, they are big enough to do that themselves this year." So he tucked me under his arm and we watched our big boys go trick or treating by themselves, (well mostly)

Gotta love when the cousins come down!

2009-10-15T21:39:00.001-07:00

This is my niece (one of only 2 Brown side) She is JUST now starting to smile for me. I've been trying to persuade this little chica to like me for YEARS. And I'm finally succeeding!!!!

Turning lemons into lemonade!

2009-09-21T19:39:00.000-07:00

So womens forum inspired a pretty good FHE that we had tonight. I got some lemons, and we cut them in half. I let each of the kids taste the lemon. I asked them if they liked the lemons just the way they were. You can see the response. So we talked about some of the "lemons" we face in our home. Being frustrated, someone hitting you, not obeying, ect.... everyone took turns saying something that made their life "sour" as they sqeezed their lemon into a cup.
Then I asked them what would happen if we added sugar to our cups of lemon juice. You would have yummy lemonade! So we each took turns sharing ways to make our home more "sweet" as we added sugar to our cup. It got yummier and yummier the more ways we found to make our home "sweet".

It was a great object lesson. The boys LOVED it, and maybe we are making a "sweeter" home little by little.

I'm not gone forever!

2009-08-20T07:17:00.000-07:00

So I'm alive, I've just been on Facebook. It's a black hole! But I couldn't resist posting my little man's first day of 1st grade pix! I can't believe how big he is! I love him so much. He is such a great helper and I appreciate the great kid he is.

Doesn't he look big? And maybe like a genius?

Waiting with the neighborhood boys at the bus stop.

There he goes! I hope he has fun! Learns lots! And acts like the good kid he is!

fun week with cousin Kyle!

2009-07-06T18:40:00.000-07:00

So we've been playin' really hard with our cute little Kyle! We got to have a birthday party on Friday! (We'll do anything for cake around here) He'll have another party with mom & dad on Saturday, but we had to here him sing happy birthday to himself.
We've been swimming a few times. Kyle loves it!

This pictures made us think about getting the scissors out. Don't worry megan! Every lock is safely intact!Do you see how hard we're playing! Kolby has taken him under his wings (literally) And we had a great time on the fourth of July! Kyle would point to the fireworks and just giggle! And Troy kept saying "Holy Moly! Holy Moly!" It was so cute to watch the amazement of the kids!

And just think, the fun is only half way done!

Sweet baby!

2009-06-22T15:45:00.000-07:00

Ok, so have I mentioned how much I love taking pictures of babies? Specifically this very age of a baby! Isn't she adorable? You just want to pinch her! (Don't worry no babies were harmed in the taking of these photographs!)

Happy Birthday Alli

2009-06-22T15:34:00.001-07:00

The big 3 years! Hope you had a great day babe! We love you!

Hooray the cast is off!

2009-06-17T08:17:00.000-07:00

Ok so the cast has been off for 2 weeks today. But we've been so busy running around that I haven't taken the time to take a picture. And I have a complex about blogging without pictures. :0) I'm amazed at the body's ability to heal itself. He was walking the day after the cast came off. And now 2 weeks later, he's hardly even limping. I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father for the blessings that he has given to us. It could have been so much worse than it was. Troy has had the best attitude that you could imagine a 2 year old having about it all. I'm so happy to have Troy as a part of our family. And I'm excited for him to be able to run, and play, and swim with the best of them.

PEAS!!!!

2009-06-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

Hooray!!!! We have a garden! I was showing my mom today how excited I am that my garden is growing, everything is up and there are blossoms on my peas, NO wait a second.... There are PEAS on my PEAS! I'm a gardener! I have a garden! It has vegtables in it! THAT I DIDN'T KILL!!! I ate peas from my garden today!!!!

Raindrops on roses...

2009-05-29T11:49:00.000-07:00

I love listening to the sounds of thunder rolling in. Marking the beginning of a summer thunderstorm. The smell of the earth, the plump raindrops splashing around, the wide eyes of my boys when the thunder claps closer, and closer. We had a good time splashing in the puddles. And just as quickly as it came, it continues on.... So we'll paitently wait for the next one.

Weeds!!!

2009-05-28T12:32:00.000-07:00

So this is the thousands of weeds that I have let overtake my back yard. Yikes!!!

And These are Zacks weed pulling gloves. Woo Hoo!!!

And apparently this is his "little break" chair. Nice try mom!

In the mind of a 6 yr old

2009-05-27T16:03:00.000-07:00

So Zack is usually my funny man, but tonight Kolby came up with a good one. Gabe came home from work and sat down next to Kolby. Kolby says, "Dad, you don't smell very good, you need to take a shower." Gabe says, "You want me to give you a beat down?" Kolby says, "Well ok, but afterwords you should really take a shower." Ha!

Just a couple funny things

2009-05-24T11:49:00.001-07:00

So I know you all probably get bored with all my "funny sayings" I just wouldn't write them down if I didn't blog them so bear with me. Well, we had a great weekend with our Bentley cousins last weekend. We always do. But for some reason this trip, Kolby & Levi buddied up, instead of the usual (Kolby & Gage, and Zack with Levi) Well Gage came in crying, and crying saying Kolby doesn't want to be my favorite cousin anymore. So we tried to console him and he and Zack paired up, and everything seemed fine. But when we were driving home that evening I heard Zack tell Kolby, "Well if you decide you want to be my friend again, just give me a call some time." Nothing leading up to that, and nothing after, just that. It made me chuckle. And then last night Gabe had gotten some movies. So I told the boys that they had to get their room clean before they could come out and watch it. So I was yelling for them to hurry. And Troy yells after me. Booooooyssss, hurry up an' get yur room cween. I said, Troy you live here too, maybe you should go and help them clean the room, and he looked at me like I was crazy and said, "mom I got a bwoken weg." like I had forgotten. It was so funny. We're almost to the 2 week countdown. I can't believe it's been a month. It seems like a year. Gabe leaned over to me at church today, and said it's going to be really strange to see him walking again. And it really will be. It's been such a crazy thing to have to care for him again like he is a baby. Just don't call him a baby out loud. He will strictly correct you. "NOT I a baby, names Troy!"

the wonderful world of T-Ball

2009-05-14T14:19:00.001-07:00

This is my all time favorite T-Ball picture ever!!! I mean really.....

I was practicing for the "real" t-ball pictures, and look at my cute little man! This is what the wallets will look like.

amid the chaos

2009-05-06T12:35:00.000-07:00

So even with all the craziness, Zack graduated from preschool last week. I'm so proud of him. He is such a fun, silly, creative kid. He loves his teachers and his school friends. I can't believe how big my kids are getting. I love them so much!

holy broken leg batman...

2009-05-01T19:54:00.000-07:00

So we're going to call it broken leg tuesday. It was a cool night, and an early morning. You see we have no furnace with the remodel and all, so the kids had slept in the apartment. It was 8:00 in the morning when Kolby came running in Troy broke his leg, Troy broke his leg!!! (of course I was going to take that with grain of salt since every scratched knee is a broken leg at our house.) Well silly me..... Broken it was! And broken bad! We had it x-rayed here in Kanab, but we had to go to St. George to have it set by an orthopedic surgon. So these are the pictures of Troy being very brave, even giving me a smile for the camera, after coming out of anesthesia. Things have not been so happy since then. But he's going to be ok! I'm so relieved. It's so hard to see him like this, and he's not so happy about it either. His favorite thing to say is, "get me outa here!" I wish I could let him! Anyway we are in for a challenging 6 weeks, but I'm so grateful for all of the help! Thanks everyone for your support!

Isn't this bear cute? They gave it to him in the radiology dept. of the Kanab hospital, and he is still hugging it even tonight in bed.

Aaaaaaahhhh I think I'm moving out!

2009-04-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

My poor boys! (all four of them) Don't worry it won't be much longer!

the storm before the calm (I hope)

2009-04-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

Look at my cute helper! Zack wanted to help me pack. I should dust more often. I'm exhasted! But look how much we got done today! (first picture is this morning, last picture was 5 minutes ago) My mom is my hero. I asked her to come help me pick up a section of the cabinets that my dad wanted, and she didn't leave till after 10 last night, then came back this afternoon. I am so grateful for everyone's help. Ashley, thanks for dinner tonight it was fabulous! I need to come raid your recipe book. Even a big thanks to Staci, who tried to watch my kids twice last week, but because of my flakiness it didn't work out. (I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to play with my sis!) But I am deep in it this week. I'm sooo excited that it is truely on the horizon! And my sweet husband conceded on paint color. So I won't give it away yet, but I'm excited! Well I better go scrape paint. Tomorrow is sanding and taping day. Lots to do!

To Zions with cousins

2009-04-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

This is everyone but Levi who was too far up the mountain, well to be honest we didn't know we were missing anyone till after the picture was taken. (That doesn't mean we don't love you buddy!) The "don't feed the animals" signs definately aren't working, cause these little guys were not the least bit scared of us!

What a great adventure!

eat pavement

2009-04-08T19:07:00.000-07:00

So.... I'm just sayin'.... if you tangle with the pavement, you are bound to loose.And loose he did! At least this battle.

What a big fat lip! And I know what you are thinking.... But no, those are all scraps, and not the usual ketchup smudges.

Poor kid, he was trying to be tough. But it's so hard to put a bandaid on your lips.

Gingerbread house in April???

2009-04-08T14:28:00.000-07:00

Who says you can't make a gingerbread house in April? Well not me. Since my sis-in-law Mandy got her tonsils out, we've been trying to keep her girls every once in a while to let her rest. And we've loved it. The boys have such a great time playing with their cousins. But mandy's doing much better now and decided to come over and play with us. So she brought a gingerbread house and we made it and ate it all in one afternoon. Such fun.

why do boys like dirt?

2009-03-19T12:52:00.000-07:00

I've been doing some yard work with the wheelbarrow the last few days. (and thus ignoring my house) So I was doing the dishes, and the boys were outside playing. I went to check on them and this is what I found. Cute little bug! Just playing in the dirt naked. Does life get any better for a 2 year old little boy? So I went and got my camera, and Zack followed me out. He said, "don't worry mom, I'll tickle him, and then he will smile at your camera." He's so funny.

Hey Troy, whatcha doing???

2009-02-24T16:01:00.000-08:00

I dunno???

perfect timing that my vacuum broke last week right????

Do you think this is funny young man???

sometimes I just want to cry..... It's a good thing I'm too busy for such nonsense!

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-06T18:03:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I know that it's not for a little while, but these things take a little preparation. I love Valentine's! And I love giving personalized cards. So the boys braved the cold with me today, and we got some pretty cute shots.

New pictures for the wall

2009-02-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

So I had bunco at my house last month and I wanted new updated (with glasses) pictures of the boys on my wall. So we did these really quickly before school. I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest, but really..... Kolby is getting so big! He is starting to get really good at sounding out words, and he loves when I stop randomly on the road to let him read a sign. He also likes telling me when I get to the speed limit.

Zack is his same funny self. I gotta tell you the latest. The other day I had a toy frog in my pocket. (don't ask!) So I gave it to Zack. And a little while later he said, "hey mom, look at my froggie!" and he held it out to me. So I touched it on the nose and said yeah that's nice. Then his eyes got huge as he jerked the frog away from me quickly and said, "DONT Touch him!!!! He's allergic to humans!" He's so cute.

And of course this is Troy. Same old rough and tumble little boy. He's starting to really talk now. But he doesn't use any conecting words like, the, and, he, you. It's more like, "Mom, breakfast, please"

lucky 7's

2009-01-22T15:10:00.000-08:00

Tagged by Staci

7 Things I can do:

1- Change diapers (I am on the downward slope of 6 years straight of changing diapers. What an exciting prospect to be done with that soon!)

2- Play Volleyball. (I'm certainly not the best, but I love volleyball! And I have something to contribute. unlike most other sports, where I love to play, but struggle.)

3- Take pictures. (It's the one area of my life that I get positive recognition for. I have so far to go, but I LOVE everything photography. It soothes me, it is a creative release for me. It makes me feel conected to the world.)

4- Eat! I hate that I'm so good at this!!!

5- Have Boys. 3 is a good amount of boys.

6- Go on adventures. I love traveling, hiking, swimming, anything outdoors.

7- Read. I love a good book! My husband gets so frustrated with me because when I read a book, it is cover to cover, and nothing else gets done. (so I don't read as often as I would like.)

7 Things I can't do.

1- Keep my whole house clean at the same time.

2- Eat healthy.

3- Keep a fuzzy picture.

4- Keep on top of my laundry. I've never had a hard time with this before, but lately I seem to be continuously swimming in loads of laundry.

5- I can't stand the sound of a fingernail file.

6- pass up a sale. I don't have to need it, I just have to have it for a dollar. it's a dollar!

7- Wear earings. I have really sensitive ears. I can coun't on one hand the number of times I've worn earings in the last 10 years.

7 things that attracted me to Gabe:

1- Well I happen to think he's a hottie!

2- His honesty

3- He loved me.

4- He is a great work ethic

5- He makes me laugh

6- He cut me fresh flowers

7- He would write me love notes

7 Things I say the most:

1- If he's crying that means stop!
2- What the.....
3- I'm just saying....
4- Boooooys!!!
5- Get out of the kitchen!
6- I love you!
7- Hugs & Kisses! (instead of bedtime)

7 New Years Goals

1- Keep a what I love about you journal for each of my kids & husband. I got an email from my mom with a great article that talked about remembering who our kids are. And to write down the christlike characteristics of the people that I love, will help me keep an eternal perspective.

2- say couples prayers in addition to family prayers every night. To ponder what heavenly father wants us to do with the children he has lent to us.

3- Eat more healthy.

4- Improve my photoshop skills.

5- Prepare my relief society lessons at least a week before I teach them.

6- Make a decision about my kitchen before March.

7- Go to the Temple every month.

7 Favorite Foods

1- French Fries
2- Cheese cake
3- Doritoes
4- Dark Chocolate (Specifically Lindt Truffles)
5- Staci just introduced me to Red Robin, and their hambergers are to die for! It's my new favorite burger joint!
6- I just got Gabe a Kitchen Aid (for his birthday) I made rolls, I am so excited! Homemade bread is definately one of my 7
7- If you havn't noticed the trend the short answer is junk food.

So I tag...
Mandy
Nikki
Neal
Mom
Aaron
Hayley
anyone who wants to play!

Happy Holidays everyone!

2009-01-16T09:07:00.000-08:00

I love Kanab! It's soooo beautiful. What a sunset huh?

Christmas Eve was so fun as usual! Fiesta at Grandma Brown's and then settling in for the night. This is the boys in their new jammies setting out Santa's cookies.

Chrismas morning was all smiles. Of Course!!!

How much excitement can one 6 year old have???

Zack was too busy eating candy to pose for pictures.

Before Christmas, we always get together with the Wrights. It was so fun to have Jaci with us this year. Christmas takes on new meaning with kids. I can't wait for next year for you guys. It gets more and more fun!!!

Of course, we had to make a few snowmen. This was grandma's turn. I'm so grateful to have both sets of grandparents close by. I love that the boys are so close to them.

This was Kolby's Christmas program at school. Santa's workshop has a lot of busy helpers. Kolby (and the rest of the kids too, I guess) was sooo cute. I can't believe how big he is getting. Time just continues to go faster and faster.

The dancing was so great! I love this kid!!!

New years was a lot of fun too. My side of the family all got together. Bowling with 11 adults, 9 kids (under the age of 8) is really fun! You should all try it sometime. Ha Ha! All 5 of us kids were there. Hailee (Lances new baby) was blessed. We got to go snowboarding, well Lance and I, Gabe ski's (dirty rotten ......) but anyway... Thanks to everyone who watched our kids so we could do that. It's been years and we had such a great time.

Happy birthday Big T

2008-12-17T12:23:00.000-08:00

Troy was so excited for his birthday. finally 2! I'm not sure that is a good milestone. But he is sure at a fun stage. He's really starting to talk. and it is so cute! He will grab your finger and say, "mon, mon" (he means come on). or "Meer" (come here) or "Hab it" (let me have it) or "mac a wonee" (we must have macaroni and cheese to often) He has gotten the biggest kick out of the snow! His eyes get all big and gives you a big bear hug and says, "Codie, Codie" (cold) I can't believe he's 2 already! Happy Birthday big Troy!

partners in crime!

2008-12-17T10:33:00.000-08:00

So Zack got his glasses 2 nights ago, and it was quite the different occasion than when Kolby got his. He was jumping up and down with excitement. And we had to take a shot of the glasses brothers. I'm still baffled at how neither Gabe, nor I have glasses, but our 6 & 4 year old kids need them. (and not just a little bit!) I guess that's how things go. I must say I do think they are as handsome as can be!

Happy Thanksgiving! OK OK I know it's over.

2008-12-04T15:22:00.001-08:00

THE BROWN FAMILYLook at my HUGE family. Ok so were not that big, but we seem to be growing quickly. We had a really fun Thanksgiving with everyone home this year. This is the first time since the beginning of Living Scriptures cruises. What fun. We had to have a little photo shoot. Of course!

Now I could have photoshop this Claire glare out, but I think that it is hilarious. Everyone else is so happy. I just have to coax a little harder with that sweet little girl.

Here is my little family. They are growing up so fast. I think grandpa must have been doing something funny.

Kyle smiles by the mile. Now I don't have to coax a smile out of this curly haired little man. Don't you just want to pinch his cute chubby cheeks?

And don't forget the newest little girl in our family. Making her first appearance at a stunning 1 week, Hailee Morgan Brown. Lance and Nikki were just beaming the whole weekend. I'm so excited for them! I can tell they are loving her to pieces, and they are going to be great parents!

And don't forget UNCLE KELLY! The favorite single uncle! Woo Hoo!

Zack cracks me up!

2008-11-13T13:46:00.000-08:00

So every single day, I am in stitches over what this kid says. I wanted to write down a few. So I wanted to try out a new recipe today. (Spinach dip it is wonderful!) and we were having a few crackers. (and by a few I mean all of them.) We (Zack, Troy, & I) were finishing up, and I realized Zack had taken off his shoes and socks in the living room. So I asked him to take them to his bedroom. Then I went into the kitchen to put our bowl away, and I hear Zack ask Troy, "Hey buddy can you take my shoes to my bedroom?" Troy says, "Sure, sure, sure......" So he grabs the shoes and heads into the kitchen. I can hear Zack saying no, no not that way. Of course Troy doesn't care then I hear Zack say to himself.... "Sheesh he never listens to me!" I thought I would die laughing! Oh how many times have I thought that about my little dreamer Zack. And the other day we were driving to Fredonia, Zack says, "hey mom, you know what I say? Mountains look like rocks." I love this kid!!! (Don't worry I love the other ones too :0) Ok here's a couple more. So one day he says, "mom, someday I'll be grown up." I said your right pal. What will be the best part of being a grown up? "Well, I can get a drink by myself without spilling. And I can get a flashlight whenever I want." Very true, grown-ups can do that. And as I'm sitting here writing this, Zack is standing next to me, and sees some pictures on the desk, so he's looking at them and I hear, "ohhhh that cute dad...." and then he see one that he is in and he says, "Look at me, I'm adorable!" OHHH so funny!

Simon, Theadore, Aaaalviiiiin!!!!

2008-11-05T10:21:00.000-08:00

These are my chipmunks! Pretty fun Halloween. I was so nervous about them being cold but it was a t-shirt night. I love Halloween!

Happy Birthday boys!!!

2008-10-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

Thanks grandma for a super fun birthday dinner!!!

4th Tag

2008-10-16T20:14:00.000-07:00

Tagged ! -Post the 4th picture from your 4th picture folder...

So this was an engagement shot with Bill & Elandriel Martin from the first of the year. This was a fun tag!

I tag................ Staci, Amy, Stephanie, & my mom (Who may not ever see this. Comment for heavens sake!)

Arrrrrrrrr Matey!

2008-10-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

Avast ye swabs. A treasure hunt be in the works. (Do you love the map's of our backyard? Ha Ha)
These be me matey's. All Cap'n's to be.
Find ye treasure Zacky!
Avast! There it be! The trail leads to Grandma's house!
The TREASURE Hooray!!!!

Today we did a little treasure hunt. Thanks to grandma for our halloween treasure. In the treasure box were some orange and black pipecleaners, with a baggie of buttons. All buried in gold (ok, ok it was popcorn) So we all sat down in the grass to make spiders with our "treasure" And we talked about the treasures we have in our lives. Zack's treasure (things that make him happy) is sharing with friends. (funny he doesn't do that more often.) Grandma's treasures are her kids and grandkids. Kolby's treasure is finding real bugs. (he also likes wrestling with his dad) My treasures are the memories I am making with my boys these days.

Pretend Pictures

2008-10-15T09:05:00.000-07:00

So Kolby asked if we could go to the Heritage House for our adventure yesterday. I said sure, wondering how I was going to make it educational. (It was closed or we would have gone inside and learned some of the history of Kanab.) But I didn't have anything planned so I said sure. We went and saw the chickens, and tried to figure out what fruit came from what trees. And it was so fun to watch them play. The same way that whatever children actually lived in the Heritage House probably played. Chasing the cat, and the chickens. Climbing the trees, and jumping out of them. Laying in the sun for the few short moments they were tired of running. It was surreal. I was laying on the lawn, Kolby was up in a tree as high as he could get, and he yelled, "Mom take a picture of me!" I said sorry bud, I didn't bring my camera today. (Shocker, I know) He said use a pretend camera. So I did. And I thought about all the vivid pictures captured in my "pretend" camera. What great memories I will have of such a simple day.

This was soooo cool!

2008-10-03T17:32:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the Kanab airport! Kolby wanted to learn about airplanes. I was only too happy to see what I could do about that!
I was nervous that Kolby would be afraid to ask the questions that he had, but not only did he ask the questions, look at how intently he listened to the answers! He asked, "What do you have to do to become a pilot?", "What are the numbers on the side of the plane for?" (like a licence plate) "What are the important parts of the airplane?" (all of them!) The pilot that was answering his questions was so wonderful. He let Kolby sit in the cockpit of this plane. What a great adventure!
Troy thought it was pretty neat too, even though he didn't get to get in the plane.

Now I'm sure that I DO NOT want to be an entomologist!

2008-09-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

Kolby had a blast, but I'm not so sure anyone else did.

today we are going to be entomologist's.

2008-09-26T07:56:00.000-07:00

Bug scientists that is! So this was a two part adventure. Yesterday we made our bug nets. (We bent metal coat hangers, and sewed a little net out of some material I had laying around) We wanted to wait for dad to come on our bug hunt with us. (Since he looooooves bugs so much.) But silly me I forgot about the blood drive, so we ran out of daylight. But the hunt is on for this morning, & it's going to be a doozy! Kolby told me a list of all the bugs he wants to investigate. Scorpions, stink bugs, butterflies, dragon flies, & ladybugs. I'm not so sure I still want to be an entomologist.

Ladies & gentlemen, boys & girls......

2008-09-25T14:52:00.000-07:00

It's the Circus!!! Clowns, cotton candy, and elephants! Our adventure of the day was something fun and silly. I hope my kids always dream big! I hope they never decide to be acrobats, but if they do I hope they have the confidence to follow their hearts. We had such a fun time. I kind of thought that Troy would fall asleep (It didn't actually start till 8:00) but he certainly did not! He was clapping and cheering louder than the big kids, and every time they would bring out an animal act, he would turn my head to make sure that I saw the amazingness of it all. What fun. In bed at midnight, on a school night. I should be ashamed of myself. But who can turn down the Circus????

Tea Party!!!

2008-09-24T09:44:00.001-07:00

"Would you care for a cookie?" "yes please!" "May I get you some more milk?" "No, thank you." Our adventure today was learning manners at a tea party for Knights & Princesses. Milk & Cookies works wonders for getting magic words every time. Cousins Kati and Alli were our beautiful princesses. Kolby and Troy were our stalwert knights. Cheers to all.
Kolby and Kati are such great pals!
We missed Zack (he was at school) But he gets a special date with mom & dad today. What fun!

Get out and play, and hour a day!

2008-09-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

I know that you've seen that commercial right? Well I was reading a great book, I am a Mother, by Jane Clayson Johnson, and I got inspired. I decided to start planning something fun, (educational) with my kids every day. So yesterday we were hikers. We hiked squaw trail, (at a 1,3,5 year old pace) Needless to say we explored every rock (Fossil) every plant. Mom, what's that plant, and that one, and that one, ect.... We stayed on the trail (like good hikers should.) Even when the squirels did NOT stay on the trail.
Mom, look I can see the truck! The best part of hiking is looking down from the top.
We didn't even spend the targeted hour. But we sure had a great time!

The dirtier the kids, the more fun we had right?

2008-09-03T13:34:00.000-07:00

This is Pine Lake. Beautiful huh? We went camping with all of Gabe's family last weekend. We had such a fun time! Us mom's and kids came up a little early to set up camp before the dad's got off work. Of course we were speedy, so we had time to come play at the lake before Gabe & Dusty came up.
George brought the horses, and the kids had fun riding, as usual
A dirty kid is a happy kid right? Mine must have been having the time of their life!
Even us parents got to get away on the horses for a while. What a treat!

Zack's turn!!!

2008-09-02T17:14:00.001-07:00

He was too excited for pictures today, so I only got a couple, but I thought this one was a pretty good one. I am so amazed at how fast this growing up stuff happens. I sure am having a good time with these sweet little boys this summer!

"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today." Mark Twain

2008-08-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

So I sent Kolby off into the world of kindergarten today. What a scary, crazy, wonderful, exciting time for him. As you can see, he got his glasses last week. I just think he is sooo handsom! What a cute little man huh? These are his first day of school pictures.

Another family reunion, this time in Logan.

2008-08-18T10:03:00.001-07:00

This is the whole Williams family. (My moms side) good looking crew huh?

We went to Hyrum Dam, Kolby had a blast playing on this floating dock.

This is cousin Gage & Zack gearing up for the water balloon fight. Troy never got to the balloons, but he was the water master. Big Thanks to grandma Brown for watching the kids, & taking some shots of the super fun volleyball game!Dig it Gabe! (Isn't he a hottie?)

We had such a fun time. Thanks mom! And everyone who helped make it such a fun reunion!

2008-07-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went up North to our annual 7 Peaks trip with Gabe's family. We played so hard and had a great time! We always stay with Gabe's cousin, and her husband is into photography too, so we all went to this great little park, and took family pictures. Thanks Marc!!! (We needed new family shots) These are a few of our favorites. I'm going to blow 1 up for my house, I would love to know which one you all like the best. Post a comment and let me know.

Hi everyone!!!

2008-07-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it's about time that I created a family blog. I've had my photography blog for quite a while, but I wanted to have a place to keep in touch with family and friends. It's been so fun getting to find people and seeing what they are up too.