Brown's Brag

Gratitude Day Seventeen

2011-11-23T10:00:00.001-08:00

I am super grateful that we we able to take and awesome vacation to Hawaii this year with the entire family. We had such an awesome 10days! We had fun playing in the ocean.

We were able to visit the Polynesian Cultural center and the Laie Temple.

Me and Kendall took walks along the beach every night to watch the sunset.

Dyllon and Avery posed for every picture that I took and they did it willingly.

Maddy took the time to smell the flowers.

This was the best family vacation that we have ever taken. This is one that we will always remember.

Gratitude Day Sixteen

2011-11-23T09:47:00.001-08:00

Today I am grateful for coupons! What can I say, I just LOVE them. I think that I might be addicted.

Gratitude Day Fifteen

2011-11-23T09:43:00.001-08:00

Today I am grateful for my vacuum because it sucks! (and I mean that in a good way!) Need I say more?

Gratitude Day Fourteen

2011-11-23T09:30:00.000-08:00

Today I am super grateful for naptime. It is the BESTEST thing ever! If it weren't for naptime I would get nothing done. I once heard a comedian say that you know you are grown up when you put yourself to nap. When a kid leaves the big wheel toppled over on it's side and he comes in and says; Hold my calls, I'm taking a nap!

Gratitude Day Thirteen

2011-11-23T09:07:00.000-08:00

Today, I am grateful to be a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. I am so grateful that I was born to an active LDS family so I had the opportunity to grow up with the gospel. I am thankful that I get the opportunity to share the gospel with my fellow man upon this earth. I am thankful that my children have all chosen to be baptised and become members of the church also. I am grateful that I get to go and rub shoulders each week with those who also believe what I believe. I am so thankful to everyone who teaches or who has taught my kids. I am so thankful that you are willing to donate your time to assist me in teaching my children. I am thankful for Jesus Christ and him being willing to be a sacrifice for the world. I am grateful that I can partake of the Sacrament each week and have the atonement work for me in my life.

Gratitude Day Twelve

2011-11-23T08:59:00.001-08:00

Today, I am grateful for communication via telephone. I am glad that even though my loved ones are separated by many miles, I have the ability to talk with them whenever I want. (Unless they are screening my calls!) I love that I am able to call my mom and ask her the same questions every year about canning so I don't have to write it down. (I am also grateful that she promised that once she passes from this existence that I get to have her canning recipe/guide book) But, I am looking forward to many more decades of just calling for information!

Gratitude Day Eleven

2011-11-23T08:54:00.001-08:00

Today I am grateful for school. Even though I detest both of my class this semester, I am thankful for the opportunity to continue my education. I am thankful that each of my children have the opportunity to obtain an education, I know that all people in this world are not so lucky.

Gratitude Day Ten

2011-11-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful for transportation. I am thankful to live in a time that it is so easy to get from place to place. I am so grateful that I was not asked to be a pioneer woman. I don't think that traveling via wagon or handcart sounds fun to me.

While I am at it. I am thankful for a garage to park my car in and that it is currently clean so I can fit my vehicles in it!

Gratitude Day Nine

2011-11-09T10:09:00.001-08:00

Today I have a headache, so I am most grateful today for Advil. Hopefully those blue little liquid gels start working fast. I am also grateful today for modern medicine. I am grateful that when me or my family is sick, we have access to a Dr. to help use get better. Now this also leads me to be thankful for insurance coverage to help with the medical bills.

Gratitude Day 8

2011-11-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful to have a beautiful home. I am thankful that it is in such a awesome neighborhood. I am glad that it is able to be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. I am thankful that it protects us from the harsh elements of the world. I am also lucky to be living in a house that is a TV star. I am further grateful that the design of my house has the kids bedrooms on one side of the house, living area in the middle and the master bedroom on the opposite end.

Gratitude Day Seven

2011-11-08T12:57:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful for the little people in my life. We call them the "littles". I am glad to have the opportunity to share my day with such fun kids. They say and do the funniest things. I am glad that I am able to earn a living and help provide for my family while playing with the "littles". I am grateful for their parents who give me opportunity to be their childcare provider!

Gratitude Day Six

2011-11-08T12:52:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful to be a member of the Relief Society. I love this organization! I love that I am able to be a part of the presidecy in my ward. It is fun to get to know the amazing women in my ward and be able to rub shoulders with them on a weekly basis. I love the motto. "Charity Never Faileth".

Gratitude Day Five

2011-11-08T10:39:00.000-08:00

Today, I am most grateful for Kendall. He is my rock. I love him so much. Kendall is such a wonderful provider for our family. Kendall loves sports. He starts his morning each day by check ESPN news. This is where he gets all his useless sports knowledge from. I love that Kendall call me a few time each day just to see what I am doing. I love that he takes the time during the day to think of me. My life revolves around Kendall. He is the reason that I get up each morning. (and that is not just because he wakes me up every morning) I am grateful that Kendall is the father of my children. He is a awesome father and if my boys grow up to be like him they will have women lining up to be with them. Kendall has taught me how to love! I love you Kendall!

Gratitude Day Four

2011-11-07T14:29:00.000-08:00

Madison is who I am thankful for today. She is a little mini me. She likes to be around me....always! She thinks that I am all that and a bag of chips too! I think that she is pretty awesome too! Madison loves people, especially grown-ups. She is friends with all the adults who are "aged challenged" in our neighborhood. The Relief Society Presidency jokes that we wish that she could be called as a visiting teacher because she makes the rounds almost daily with all the inactive and older women in our ward boundaries.

Madison loves to ride her bike. She also loves to jump on the trampoline. She is currently learning how to play the violin and honestly, it has not been that painful on my ears. I love you Madison!

Gratitude Day Three

2011-11-07T13:59:00.000-08:00

Today I am thankful for Aushlynn. I was so excited to learn that the 3rd child was finally a girl. I remember when I was in labor with her, I told the Dr. that if she was not a girl I was going to kill him. He said that I was talking to the wrong person. I said no, a girl without an epidural was worth it, a boy was not! Aushlynn is turning into such a beautiful girl. She already has tons of boy admirers. UGH! Aushlynn is a very smart girl and can excel in school if she just puts her mind to it. Her favorite hobbies are boys and talking on the phone. Aushlynn loves to go on a good coupon haul. She is just like her mother. Aushlynn is super loud, you will never miss anything that she has to say. Aushlynn is the queen of taking her own picture. She looks awesome in all that she takes. Look above for a sample! She is a awesome sister. Aushlynn has a beautiful voice. She loves singing, unless someone asks her to, go figure? I love you Aushlynn!

Gratitude Day Two

2011-11-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Today I am thankful for my second son Avery. Avery is such a great kid. He hardly ever gives me any trouble. Avery is a hard worker and does not mind getting his hands dirty. I am glad that Avery is such a good student. He keeps up with his school work and never have to ask him if he has homework. I am grateful that Avery has such a strong testimony of the gospel and that he is not afraid to share it. Ever since he was little, every month he has shared his testimony at church. I appreciate that he is able to do this because it is so hard for me to get up and bear my testimony. I am grateful that Avery is such a good friend. He has so many different friends. i think that Avery is a friend to everyone. I love that he always watches out for those who have challenges in life. He is very compassionate towards others. I am glad that Avery was born into our family. I don't know what I would do without him. I love you Avery!

P.S. I think Avery would be down right perfect if he got a haircut! ;0)

Gratitude Day One

2011-11-02T11:34:00.000-07:00

Today, I am grateful for my oldest son Dyllon. I am so thankful that he was born in our family. I am proud of him and the decisions that he has made in his life. He is currently a student at Dixie State College. When he left I had a super hard time. He told me that it was time to cut the umbilical cord. I am excited that he will be back home in the middle of December after the fall semester ends. Dyllon always makes me laugh. He is very quick witted and comes up with the funniest stuff. Dyllon is a great friend. I am sure that he is a good example to all his friends and they look up to him. I am grateful that Dyllon has decided that he wants to serve a mission. I am proud that he is making such an important decision in his life. I know that he will be blessed beyond comprehension for this act of service. I love you Dyllon!

P.S. I am also very grateful that you and Braydon made it safe back to St. George when it started snowing.

Sunsets

2011-04-22T11:59:00.001-07:00

You see the most beautiful sunsets in Hawaii. The awesome thing about digital photography is that you can take as many photos as you want. I had about 1500 sunset photos to choose from. I just could not help myself. I was a little snap happy. Enjoy!!

Getting there is half the fun......

2011-04-18T13:15:00.000-07:00

What makes a 6 1/2 hour airplane ride better? How about a 6 1/2 hour car ride before it! We thought that it might be fun....you know adventurous! Back in December we found an awesome deal on airfare to Hawaii. We could fly the whole family, round trip, direct flights for under $1900 bucks! SIGN US UP! Only down fall was that it would fly out of Las Vegas. That not to far to drive and since we love to be in the car together....it was no big deal. Did you know that you can listen to 81 John Denver songs in the time it takes to drive from South Jordan to St. George. It's true! It was awesome.....the kids absolutely LOVED IT! You should try it sometime. I will borrow you my John Denver collection anytime! But only if you promise to give it back....you know..... the kids will miss it! Anyhoo, from St.George to Las Vegas, the kids wanted to start listening to my Jim Brickman Collection, but I was like......enough music kids....let's watch Mall Cop. They were pretty upset, but they got over it. We got into Vegas around 9:30 (time change) We were only 4 hours early for our flight. We decided to visit M&M World and Coke World. Do you know that they charge $13.99 a pound for M&M's at M&M World and $5 bucks for an aluminium coke bottle 12 oz at Coke World? Just a bit out of my price range when I am funding Hawaii. Anyways. We finally headed over to the airport and for our flight. We we able to fly with just carry ons. Woo Hoo! How did we pull that off. Also, when you fly Hawaiian Airlines you take off from Terminal 2. Did you know that the parking lot is right across the road from it. It was pretty sweet to park and walk in the airport. It only cost us $88 bucks to park there for 1o days. Our flight left at 1:50 AM. (2:50 AM Utah time) REDEYE I now remember that it is super hard to sleep on the plane.

Meet the Cast

2011-04-18T12:49:00.001-07:00

We recently finished filming a Hawaiian adventure. I thought that I would introduce you to the cast of characters that we brought along. Kendall and Mindy. Financial backers of the entire operation. They did manage to sneak away a few times alone. At least they thought they did.

Aushlynn and Madison. Famous for saying Eww..I don't like that.

Dyllon and Avery. I am not sure which one is cooler?

Stay tuned for additional chapters of our saga.

Pulled Dork Sandwiches

2011-04-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

Each morning, on a school day, I check the lunch menu to let Madison know what the school is serving and she let's me know if she wants school lunch or home lunch. The other day the menu selections were: Pulled Dork Sandwich or Chicken Nuggets. We were trying to figure out if the Dork would be fresh or frozen. What kind of sauce if any would be with it? Was it going to have a stupid or funny taste?? Was it just pulled or chopped. How big was this sanwhich going to be??? She opted for home lunch. I wonder how many Pulled Dorked Sandwichs they served that day!

SickO's

2011-02-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

Today I am surrounded by 4 SICKO'S. Every time I turn around, one of them has buggers running down their face. YUCK! Snot just makes my stomach turn. I am thinking of installing each of them with the above device. They are pretty lucky.........I bought the 3 pack of puffs plus lotion last month. Yeah they have to have their nose wiped 10 times an hour, but at least they get a nice soft tissue. You better believe that when they leave today, I am going to Lysol everything.

Islands are calling my name!

2011-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

I have the bestest Santa Claus ever! Did you know that he brought the whole family tickets to Hawaii for Christmas! I really love that guy! So.........we are going March 30th thru April 10th. 57 more days! I cannot wait.

School

2011-01-17T08:33:00.000-08:00

School has started up for me once again. I have to tell you that I dread both of my classes. CIS 1020 and COMM 1010. Both of the classes are required to graduate and they both SUCK rocks. CIS 1020 is the class that you have to learn Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Access. Let me just tell you right off that me and Excel can never be friends. I hate that program. Since I am taking an online class, I have a pretty sucky teacher. She does not know anything. COMM 1010 is a communication class for learning how to communicate at work. The communication at my work is pretty simple. VERBAL! I don't text or email the kids?? Maybe I should have the Littles start emailing me when they have a problem instead of whining. Do you think that it will work? This class is gonna be hard as the teacher expects 5-6 page essays with every assignment. Pretty hard to do with the communication at my work. SIGH!

Resolutions

2011-01-01T12:30:00.000-08:00

Oh my....... I cannot believe that it is already 2011! The past year just flew by. Yesterday was so last year! I guess that it is time to make a few goals.

Paint all the white chicken pox in my house...and the wall patch that has been there for about 18 months.
Make my bed every day! This is soooo hard for me!
Read the Book of Mormon this year.
Lose a little weight. I guess that it is time to resurrect this http://www.imreallygonnaloseit.com/
Take a fabulous vacation!

Here's to a great 2011!

Snowman

2010-12-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

This is what you do when you are bored and have two 7 year old's to entertain? We had a good time. By the way his name is FRED! The bus stop kids better not knock him down!

I would rather........

2010-11-23T09:42:00.000-08:00

Why does nature have to throw this kind of blizzard at us????

I would rather have this kind!

I'm just sayin'!

Hey......Who wants to bring me one?

Snow way.....

2010-11-22T11:45:00.001-08:00

Yesterday we woke up to 14 inches of snow. I guess it was winter's way of say..."Here I am..did ya miss me???" Newsflash...I did not miss it at all. Me and Kendall got up and started the search for boot and gloves. Why is it that I can spend over $100 in gloves last year and I can't find a single matching set this year? UGH! I hate that! I was able to find both of my boots though! I did find 2 black gloves, non-matching of course and Kendall had a black one and a teal one. What must our neighbors think? Anywho.....We got started into the shoveling and Kendall gets a phone call. He leaves and goes in the house to make calls to the teachers quorum to assign the boys to, get this, shovel people's sidewalks and driveways. Can't he assign someone to shovel ours? This leaves me alone shoveling.............forever alone shoveling. The whole time I was thinking........Is this not why I birthed 2 boys.....to shovel the stinkin snow for me? I guess not! And why in the @#$#@ did we choose a corner lot!!! Why do we not have any %$^$ gas in the snow blower??? Another question? Is anybody else as anal at shoveling snow as me? I need to have the entire sidewalk from grass to grass cleared and the driveway entirely cleared. Kendall on the other had is fine with just a path! AUGH!!!!! It drives me crazy!

Snow now ya know!

* FYI....Kendall came back and shoveled after he made his phone calls......I was not left alone the entire time!

FOUR.......TEE!

2010-10-21T11:45:00.001-07:00

I must confess......... I married an older man. I mean....he practically robbed the cradle because he is so much older than me. Today, he has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. Yep, you guessed it.........He turned FORTY! But just because he is an old man does not mean that I love him any less. In fact I love him more!
Today at work, somebody gave him a headstone as a present. I guess that I will just have to take mine back and find him a different present!

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY KENDALL!

p.s. go broncos!

Organic Adventure!!

2010-09-27T08:52:00.000-07:00

So....I have made the decision to only buy Organic foods. Why you might ask?? Well, it is a long story. To start off, Madison and Avery have a autoimmune disorder called Alopecia Areata. Basically the disorder is whenyour immune system attacks your hair follicles and causes your hair to fall out. Pretty sucky right? Not much is know about the disorder and there are no know cures. Right now, Madison is suffering what we call a loss. This is her 3rd loss. Avery has had 3 in his life time to. I as a mother have been in duress of this for the last month wondering what I can do to help. I have though and prayed about this a lot. I keep going back to the Word of Wisdom......I follow that right???? Well, I guess when I look at it I could be better. The phrase; "IN SEASON" keeps popping out to me. I mean let me explain it like a tomato. I love a garden fresh tomato. I have been know to take a salt shaker out to a tomato field and just eat away. Now..... a tomato in a grocery store is just nasty to me. Eww...they taste gross....nothing like a fresh tomato. I guess that the difference is that a garden fresh tomato is not laced with chemicals to make it grow bigger or keep the bugs off. It is not pick green and had chemicals put on it to ripen it up. I just have a strong feeling that it is the chemical and hormones and pesticides that are put on non organic food that are causing the problems with my kids. I call it my personal revelation that I have been praying for. Now, you would think that going organic would be fairly easy, but it is not. I mean have you seen the cost of organic meat?? YIKES!! But, I have made a commitment to treat the source of the problem and not the symptoms. Now four members of my family are on board with the organic, two are not. I do not see what the big deal is but Dyllon and Avery are fighting me big time. THE BUGGERS! They keep telling me that they won't eat it and that they need MAN FOOD. I think that they are food morons! I was really proud of myself on Sunday for making an all organic meal. We had roast chicken, potatoes and carrots and a fresh fruit salad. It was so good.........but Dyllon and Avery would not know because they were fighting so much about organic and telling me how stupid I was that I told them that they were not welcome to eat at my table. So there! I am so mean! I hope that they do not starve, because I am not buying anything different for them.

When you look at the pictures do you see nasty and gross food? I really do not see a difference. I have tried to explain to them, but they are denser than a bran muffin that has been sitting out for 3 days! Anyway..... I am excited to go on this new adventure. I mean really you can just make about anything using organic ingredients that you can using other ingredients. Hopefully, we will start seeing some new hair growth for Madison soon.

Oh.....and while I was looking for pictures if organic foods I came across this picture of ORGANIC COKE! Won't Kendall be happy! Now, I can just find organic DR PEPPER!

14 and counting..............

2010-09-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

Oh my.........can you believe that this girl is 14?????? I can still remember the day when I found out that I was pregnant with her. It was a snowy day. I was not feeling well........Avery was about 4 months old. Kendall was outside shoveling the driveway.....seriously it was about 8 feet high around the garage. It just kept snowing and he kept shoveling that year. I took a test...............I passed it I guess be cause I got a +. I called Kendall in and told him. I think that I stressed him out because you should have seen him shovel after that!

For her Birthday, all that she wanted was money. So that is what I gave her. I think that she was disappointed. So later in the day I took her to the dentist because she was complaining about her tooth hurting...................and they pulled it for her. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSH!

She also had the youth etiquette dinner on her birthday! We made her go..........we are so mean! I did take over a bouquet of balloons, a happy birthday tiara, a confetti gun and I put candles in her brownie sundae and took it in so the whole youth group could sing Happy Birthday to her. I am a super awesome mom to embarrass her like that!

Go Here......

2010-08-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

Go here........ http://debreynoldsphotography.blogspot.com/2010/08/dyllon.html just do it........ you will be glad that you did!

What did you say???

2010-08-18T11:02:00.001-07:00

This is Nolan.........

This is Brody.............

They are three. Sometimes they say the darnedest things. They were playing with Thomas and friends trains and Nolan turned to Brody and said: "Hey..........don't touch my boobs!" I just about peed my pants laughing so hard!

Stalker

2010-08-17T08:43:00.000-07:00

Last night was sooooo exciting! I learned that I have my 1st blog stalker! I know.....Cool huh! My friend Tina says that her friend thinks that I am the funniest person that she has never met! Her friend probably said that I was the funniest looking person that she had never met. It is probably just a big misunderstanding! Well.....anyway! WELCOME BLOG STALKER! I hope that I can continue to make you laugh! It is a lot of pressure though!

Happy Birthday Avery!

2010-08-14T20:22:00.001-07:00

Today Avery is 15. Well, if I am being honest......he was 15, 4 days ago. I did however create a draft on his birthday to fool everyone into thing I was an awesome mom and posted this on his actual birthday! Some things about Avery: He is a friend to all. This boy has so many friends that it is scary to have a birthday party. Really it seems that I buy a present a week because one of his friends is having a birthday! He is awesome at any sport that requires a ball. He just has raw natural talent. He is super stubborn. He only will wear one kind of shoes: VANS! He is a good student and works hard in school. We LOVE him! Just thought that I would warn everyone that he will be getting his drivers permit anytime...............you have been warned!

Girl's Camp......... I mean Girl's Pool

2010-08-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

AAaahhh ......... Camping...........One of my favorite things in the world to do. Let me ask you a question? How does the forest get so green and lush? Ask Aushlynn and she will tell you!

Last Night at Girl's Camp.......they had a awesome time! A little rain never hurt anyone Right???

At least she had her blow up mattress as a floatation device!
Here is a song for everyone:
When ever I hear the song of a bird, or look at the blue, blue sky.....When ever I feel the rain on my face, or the wind as it rushes by. When ever I sleep in my warm pillowtop bed.......and snuggle my feather duvet.............I glad that I'm not at Girl's Camp tonight.......... and that I was called to lead the music instead!

Have fun LADIES!

**** Please note that I am not actually at girls camp and I googled rain/tent and came up with the picture.....this is not actually what it looks like at girls camp.....maybe it is.......but it is how I imagine it!***

Satin Sheets.....

2010-08-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went up to Preston. I have no idea why we feel such a need to see the rodeo up there each year, but we do. It is That Famous Preston Rodeo after all. Remember how I told you that my grandma was hurt? Of course you do.... it was only 2 posts ago. Well, while we were up there.........she let me sleep in her trailer......in her bed............in her SASSY Leopard print covers..........with brown satin Sheets! My Grandma is more SASSY than I thought. I was slipping and slidin' around all night! But.......I think I want to sleep there everytime I go up there....her bed is like a little piece of heaven........not like the Fred Flintstone's garage sale beds that are in the guest room at my Mom's house!

The Rodeo was fun..........the walk to it not so fun. I went to the Dr. on Friday because of my "Stupid Foot" disease. He says that I have Plantar Facitis. I think that I have a torn Peroneal tendon.............but Kendall thought that it was no big deal to park 20 miles from the arena. OK....maybe it was only half a mile....maybe less........but when your foot hurts.........it feels like a marathon.

The rodeo participants were great! Some were a little sick in the head.... I mean you have to be to get on a bucking horse or a bull........or jump on a running steer with horns! The clown was super funny!

We were disappointed in the parade. All it was......was HORSES and 1 marching band. I think that if you owned a horse in Preston or any surrounding area you were required to be in the parade. I did not know that they had that many horses in Idaho.

We had a great time this weekend. While we were there I painted my Grandma's toenails and fingernails. They are so beautiful. She is like my girls though.............always messing them up. We had to touch up the fingernails a few times! :0)

Greatest American Hero

2010-07-29T07:11:00.000-07:00

Aushlynn has recently found out that she has super powers. I do not know if it was something that I ate when I was pregnant with her.......or maybe she was bit by a radio active spider. Anyway....
She is not to good at flying. She just about ran into me as I was taking her picture. The time before she ran into the shed out back and knocked the doors off. You can see the evidence in the picture. I think that she flies like Ralph on the Greatest American Hero.

Grandma Great

2010-07-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

This is my Grandma. She is great! Right now she is not feeling so great. She usually lives in St. George, but has decided to take a break from the heat and stay at my parents place, in Idaho, in her 5th wheel. It is nice. She even has a animal print comforter on her bed. My Grandma is SASSSSY!
On Sunday, she was straighting her rug at the entrance of her humble abode and she fell. She broke her pelvis in two places. See.....I told everyone that camping is never a good idea! Now she is either bed or wheelchair bound for the next two weeks. Worst part is..........now she can't even go to the Rodeo! :0(
I learned today that she is working on a new dance move called the Grandma Shuffle. I am sure that once she perfects and patents the move we will see her video on youtube or maybe on America's Got Talent!
I hope that she starts feeling GREAT really soon!

WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA! See you on Friday!

Princess Fizzles Bryant

2010-07-27T06:36:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we were able to go up to Idaho and see Dani. Dani is the runt of the family, I mean the baby. (although she is waaay to skinny). A few years back she spread her wings and flew all the way to California. She found an awesome job at Target and they keep her super busy. So busy that she has only been to the beach 3 or 4 times! Can you believe that? She also found something else at Target: BRANDON!

I am not sure how many times that Brandon has been out of the big city.....but he loved the nothingness of Idaho. Brandon is a musician,, but I have never heard him play. He also works at Target as a Security Guard. But......he doesn't get to carry a gun. Poor boy. He is taking psychology classes and I am pretty sure that he was analyzing my family the whole time. (this is where you should run Brandon!) He would always say some random number.....I think that he was up to 72 when I left. Not sure what that was about. He is married to my sister in facebook. I am pretty sure that I am his favorite facebook-sister-in-law! Guess what??? When they do get married for reals.....I get to be the 1st one to know. Dani promised. You see......Dani and I never get told anything. She is going to let me be the 1st to know something........I promise that she will be the 1st to know if I ever have another kid. Its a win win for both of us.

Oh yeah, Brandon is a wanna be Pyro. He spent like 50 bucks on 10 fireworks. They are against the law in California. (he could have got the big pack at Harmon's for $47) Brandon...you should have been here when we lit fireworks off on the 24th....you would have loved them!

The best thing about Brandon is he thinks that I am funny!

This is my sisters dog....I mean baby.....Fizz. He is cool. He is famous to. He had a huge article wrote about him in a paper in California. He likes to pee on everything and I mean everything! Brandon lets fizz lick him on the lips.....eww. Fizz was licking other places and I would NEVER let him lick me on the face.

Dani and Brandon and Fizz.......you need to come and visit me and we will teach you how to DUTCH OVEN! I mean really Dutch oven! ...............We're having Chocolate Malts?!?!?!

5th Grade

2010-07-26T09:02:00.001-07:00

Today is the 1st day of School. I don't know who is more excited Me or Madison. She enters the 5th grade today and her teacher is Mrs. Barbiero. Madison is not to excited about her teacher, she has not heard good things about her. I told her to just give her a chance and form her own opinions! By the way, I was a AWESOME MOM today. I made scrambled eggs with ham and waffles for her breakfast. I hope that she has a great day. I cannot believe that my baby is in the 5th grade!

By the way........Madison LOVED her teacher! Her teacher will let her bring snacks for the middle of the day! She is excited for school tomorrow!

Trip to Denver

2010-07-20T20:41:00.001-07:00

We took a family vacation to Denver a week ago. We had tons of fun! We left early on a Saturday morning and got to Denver Saturday afternoon. Kendall and the boys immediately headed down to Coors Field to watch the Rockies and the Padres play. While they were there they got their picture taken with Ubaldo Jimenez. He is the Rockies star pitcher that started the All-Star game this year. They loved it! They also won that night.

The next day the whole family went downtown early and walked around the 16th street outdoor mall. They had tons of stores. Ten blocks worth to be exact. We then all headed back over to Coors field to watch a second Rockies game. They didn't win this one, but it was still a blast.

On Monday, we headed over to Elitch Gardens. This is Denver's Amusement Park. It's an Amusement Park and Water Park all in one. They had some very fun roller coasters that we all loved. Late in the day as the temperatures were around 95 degrees, we rode a ride that got you soaked. It generates this gigantic wave that no matter where you are sitting, you get swamped. Avery, Maddy, Mindy and I were the only ones that braved it. Aushlynn and Dyllon chickened out. We rode it twice. It felt good because it was so hot.

On Tuesday, we headed over to Water World. This waterpark is huge and has been featured on the Travel Channel as one of the top ten in America. We loved the raft rides that your family can all ride together. They had Journey to the center of the earth, Storm, and Pharohs Revenge. They also have this huge wave pool that generates a 15 foot wave that demolishes everybody in it's path. So FUN! We got there when it opened and stayed until it closed. We were having so much fun.

On Wednesday, we left Denver and headed back to Utah via I-70. When we got back into Utah, we headed over to Arches National Park. We bought a National Park Pass earlier in the year when we went to Bryce Canyon and Zion's National Park, so we thought this would be a great opportunity to see another National Park. We decided to Camp overnight just outside of Arches. It was HOT!!! At Ten O Clock it was still 100 degrees outside. We camped right next to the Colorado River which we thought would be cooler. Nope it was still very hot. Everyone had a hard time sleeping. Still the night sky was fantastic with the bright stars.

The next morning we got up and headed into Arches early. The rock formations there are unbelievable. God has blessed us with some very neat things on this earth. I am glad that I am able to live in a place that gives me the opportunity to witness them. After Arches, we headed home. We had a great time as a family and was glad that we could spend the time together.

Camping

2010-07-17T08:24:00.000-07:00

There are a few things in life that I dislike. Most of them include either onions, mushrooms or peppers, (no fajitas for me....ew..) traveling in the car or camping. We went on a family vacation to Denver and on our way back we stayed at Arches...........CAMPING!!!

Now, don't get me wrong. Nature can be beautiful when viewed from afar or in pictures. I just don't like to be in it. Especially when I have to sleep in it. It is dirty, full of bugs and HOT as 50 hecks!

And it smells super bad at times. Have you ever had to use one of these at 3:00 a.m. in the night with a flashlight? NOT FUN! I guess that I should not have drank 3 water bottles in the night. But, honestly I thought that I was going to die of dehydration because of the heat. I had.....I mean really had to go........I had no choice. I really did think about a bush.....but then I scratched that idea. Did you know that bugs in the night are attracted to light. They were attacking me! Assaulting me really!

We were right on the Colorado river. It was pretty and sounded nice. (that was until I had to go then it sounded like torture)

This is one of the pictures that I took from the campsite.

This is where I slept.......or at least attempted it. A tent.........I know! I am super brave. It was seriously at least 90 degrees. I don't know how Kendall fell asleep so fast. He was like......I am tired.....I am going to sleep now and then..........ZZZZ.....SNORE.....HONK...(insert semi's shifting down the highway noise here!) It was pretty much the worst night of my life! The kids complained for hours and then finally fell asleep........How they did it I don't know?? I think I finally passed out of heat exhaustion around 4:30 am.

I think that I have camped enough for my lifetime!

I think that I will stick to the Hiltons next time around! Now that is my kind of camping......with a bed and a pool!

Happy 17th Birthday Dyllon!

2010-06-01T21:11:00.001-07:00

Dyllon turned 17 years old today. Does this make me old? Dyllon does not like his picture taken, so I have to post shots like this one here. He is a happy child for the most part. So, about Dyllon: He likes sports. He enjoys wrestling, football and an occasional game of dodge ball. He has what I call useless sports knowledge. The boy, for some reason, has a file of sports knowledge in his head that stores information from before he even existed. He can pull stats out of nowhere. To bad that he can't use this skill in school. Dyllon has a job, he is a umpire for the Utah Union. He LOVES umping the younger kids! It's pretty much his FAV! He enjoys playing video games. He is fantastic at texting, I do not know how he can type so fast on such a small keyboard. Dyllon does not like school or mowing the lawn. I would say that he is a typical teenager.

Happy Birthday Dyllon!

All About Aushh(:

2010-05-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

Alright.. Hey Everyone, This Is Aushlynn I Am Pretty Bored So I Am Gonna Upload Some Photos Of Me And Maddy(:

Me & Maddy(:

Me & Maddy(:

PeAcE(:

AUSHH(:

CRASH

2010-03-10T10:04:00.000-08:00

Last night, I was coming home from school. It was about 8:30. I was kinda depressed because I did not do as well on a test as I wanted to. I was traveling on Bangeter highway. I looked down at the speed odometer and thought what am I doing? I was driving at 45 miles per hour on a 55 mph road. This is not typical for me. I usually am pushing the speed limit. I started to speed up...... Right in front of me about 50 yards ahead a car started rolling on the freeway and it clipped the rear end of the car that was in front of me. I was shaking.....who wants to witness that. I pulled over and I called 911. I just sat there after talking to 911. I was thinking. Oh my heck....what if I would have been going the speed limit? I would have been right behind the car that go hit in the back. That car would have smashed into me. I guess I can now say that it was a blessing that I did not do well on my test. I get to drop one test anyway and I know what one it will be now. I am glad that I am safe.

By the light of our ipods..........

2010-01-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

This morning was bad.............the power went out at about 6:55 a.m. We are a family that does not function well without light. It was funny to see Dyllon brush his teeth by the light of the mini computer. He had to be able to see the water hit his toothbrush. Aushlynn and Avery were combing their hair and brushing their teeth to the soft glow of their ipod touch.

A good mom would have broken out the flashlights or the candles. A great mom would have fired up the generator. Well, I am neither of those. I guess that I am not ready for a emergency. So................ it looks like I need to stock up on some batteries, buy some flashlights that we can actually find, get candles, maybe look into getting a generator and fuel, and probably stock up on propane.

I did assure the kids that they would be having school. The schools have generators, they are better prepared then me. (please.... oh... please.... don't let them cancel school!)

I was thinking about the earthquake in Haiti while the power was out. I felt really ungrateful for what I have. I was having a pity party that I have no power while these folks pretty much have nothing. It kinda put having no power in perspective.

Gingerbread houses.....not of gingerbread!

2009-12-07T12:38:00.000-08:00

Last week for Family Home Evening we made gingerbreadless gingerbread houses! A fun time was had by all, except maybe Dyllon. He had a hard time getting his graham crackers to stand up. Mindy's is the first on the left. (it is the best of course!) Kendall's is the next one. (he kept chewing down the graham crackers to get the right size!) Dyllon's is the Sears tower. ( the tallest of the bunch!) Madison's is next. (there is absolutely no more room for candy. She cover the whole thing!) Aushlynn's is roofless. (she took all the gumdrops!) And last but not least is Avery's. (he put a cannon on his!)

Always buckle up.........

2009-11-24T06:57:00.000-08:00

So, last night I was sitting in the chair in my living room. Before I got up, I reached over to undo my seatbelt.............DUH!!!! I must either be: Losing my mind. Depraved of sugar to long. Or the kids are sucking my brain cells. But just so everyone knows............ I always buckle up...........apparently even in the living room.

Partners in Crime

2009-11-16T11:31:00.000-08:00

These two little goofballs are butsted! Let me tell you that they are not the most careful when it comes to painting.......

Here is the remodel of Madison's room that we have been working on. It seems that we did not get the lid back on the paint all the way. I was in the bathroom for less then 2 minutes and this is what I came back to.

Hey Kendall, it looks like we are going to get new carpet after all!

Down 11

2009-11-12T07:24:00.000-08:00

I told you in my last post that I was making changes. Changes to the blog design, changes to the living room, hopefully changes to the girls bedrooms soon, but the most satisfying change has been to myself. I am down 11 lbs! If you want to read how go and check it out. http://imreallygonnaloseit.blogspot.com/

Change.......

2009-11-10T10:50:00.000-08:00

It time for change. A time for a new look for both me and my blog.

I wish......

2009-11-05T09:44:00.000-08:00

That I could do this all day! Oh.....a dogs life!

Maroon head

2009-10-23T20:06:00.001-07:00

Hey Pam, remember when you turned my hair this color?????

I know that I looked ultra chic and cool............and I know that I said I wanted something different........but thanks for fixing it!

Top ten reason how this could have happened:

1- I was abducted by aliens and they have ran tests on me.......

2- That was not a Advil liquid gel that I took last night.........

3- Can eating a pomegranate turn your hair maroon..........

4- Its something in the South Jordan water.............

5- My mom tricked me into eating elk meat a few weeks ago........

6- I had to drive carpool this afternoon.......

7- The kids I watch have been drugging me to get more cookies.......

8- I really had to go pee the whole time. I should have went before we started.......

9- It's my electric personality..........

10- Pam wanted me to match my new living room decor.......

Almost OLD!

2009-10-21T12:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to the love of my life! You are 39 today. Looks like you have one good year until you are officially OLD! Ten reason why I love you:

1- Your hair is never messy! (your eyebrows are another story though)
2- You can just fall asleep when you lay down. (no fair)
3- You let me spend your paycheck every time that you get paid!
4- You cashed in your stocks so I could get a new floor.
5- You love to rub my feet or back whenever I ask.
6- You are understanding when you come home and dinner is not ready.
7- You will play me in card games and board games even though you hardly ever win.
8- You don't mind stepping around a playpen in our bedroom every morning.
(even though we don't have a baby!)
9-You always back the wave runners into the lake. (first time, every time!)
10- You asked me to marry you!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO'S

New Floors!

2009-10-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

Yah! We finally got our new floors. I really do not know what I was thinking 8 years ago when we put in WHITE carpet. I knew darn good and well that I was having daycare here. But I knew that I could keep the white carpet clean with 20 different people running around on it everyday! Like a lot of my swell ideas, it did not work out so well. The white carpet was borderline embarrassing everyday. I did have a good excuse as to why it was gross.

Well, Don't the new ones looks so much better?? We put the floor in the living room, dining room and down both halls.

I also needed new furniture. I think that is a requirement: New floor = New furniture right? The booger infest green ones were in need of a new home.

Here is a picture of our new rug. I love it and hate it at the same time. Take your shoes off and walk on it and you are in heaven. But, this sucker sheds, worse than Buddy. At the rate I am picking red fuzzies off the floor, this thing should be bald by Thanksgiving.

Here is a close up of the floor. It is called Tobacco Road. It is so pretty. (I hope that it is not against my religion to have a product with the word tobacco in my home. Just don't tell my Bishop, OK.) Hey, just one more quick thanks to my brother Charlie for laying it for me. Hopefully he will come back soon and finish the mouldings.

I am slowly getting used to the idea of the kids giving it "character". Do you know how hard it is to keep the 2 year old boys from racing trucks all over it? It is a losing battle. The cars just go so fast and far! To much of a temptation for them. They are also used to dragging toys all over my house. They just do understand why I want the toys in the toy room!

No Longer Friends....

2009-09-29T09:34:00.001-07:00

Have you ever had a friend that you cherished. One that you loved so much that you interact with them at least 10 times a day? Has that friend ever let you down?

Mine did. In fact I think that we are no longer friends...

Did I not buy you your favorite? Electrasol Powerball Tabs? I gave these to you 3 times a day! Price was not a factor! Maybe you saw me use a coupon. Was that it? I also gave you Jet Dry! I never once asked you to load or unload yourself. (although, it would have been nice) I always made sure that others loaded you correctly. Why oh why did you decide to no longer clean the dishes? Was it something I did? Did I not give you a place to call home 57 months ago???

My friend, you forced me to do dishes by.........HAND...........this is not cool. This is unacceptable! How could you do this to me??? Once I was done, I found a little surprise...

This was in the stove. Must have been put there when the home teachers came. (you and the stove are not planning anything are you??)

This is how we roll.........

2009-08-31T10:01:00.000-07:00

So, we had a chance to take the jet ski's out this past Saturday. They had both run awesome the following Saturday, so we loaded up the whole family and the cooler to spend the day on Utah lake. We had full tanks of gas and 20 extra gallons! We are going to have a blast! To start the day off we get there and the marina was full. They have a policy that one boat out and then they let one boat in. We had 4 boats in front of us. The Nazi ranger predicted that we would have a hour wait before we could launch. (insert kids complaining the whole time) We ended up waiting about 30 minutes. Yeah, we were off to hours of fun! So after backing up down the ramp, (it only took us 5 times today, we are getting way better) we finally got the jet ski's in the water. Dyllon drove one over to the beach/rocks and Kendall took the other. I pulled the trailer out and went to park on the recently vacated spot. (aka weed patch) I pulled out the tube and Ski bob and inflated them. We drug everything down to the beach. When I got there, I found out that Kendall was having trouble with his jet ski. It would only go about 10 mph. After a quick call to my dad, he said; "Change the spark plugs." Wow, we did this before the last time we went out. My dad had told use to have extras just in case and we did. However, we had no wrench or spark plug socket to change it. I am pretty sure that having tools is a rule of jet skiing. Ugh! After asking around, it turns out that nobody follows the rule or they did not want to lend their tools to strangers. Kendall decided that he would unhook the trailer and go buy what he needed. I, in the mean time, take Avery and Madison out to the middle of the lake to see if we can get Avery up on the wake board. It only took him about 10 minutes to get his feet in the wake board. We finally get him in the water and the tow rope out to him. I hit the engine and Avery lets go of the rope. I circle around (you know what is going to happen) and run over the tow rope and wrap it around the impeller. Nice! (inset a few words) I jump off and try to get the rope untangled. Right, it is wrapped around at least 30 times. (Kendall is going to kill me!) We are in a pickle. Me and Avery try to swim the thing to shore. Not happening. We try to get the oar out and paddle in. Not working either. Avery blows the can-o-horn about 50 times in my ear. Nobody can hear it and now I am deaf! Finally after being stranded about a half hour a sailboat comes by. He feels or pain, but he has no motor. He says that he will tell somebody when he passes someone. Dyllon has heard our horn and jumped into the lake and swims out to rescue us. When he gets out to us, a boat finally took pity on us and threw us a rope. I told him what happened and he just shook his head. I know what he was thinking! I was really grateful for the tow back to the marina. When he pulled us in , Kendall was just getting back, I held up both side of the rope and he knew without asking what had happened. He went and got the trailer hitched to the car and backed it in and pulled us out. We were able to look at it. Not pretty. Oh yeah, remember how Kendall went to get tools.....Well, he can't find where he put it. How can we change the spark plug?? This day is just not worth it anymore. We put the trailer back in the marina and pull the other one out. We deflate the tubes and load up to go home. After we are loaded up, I find the wrench that Kendall had just purchased. Just a nice day on the lake huh!

P.S. We don't want to talk about it!

Jr. High and Road Construction

2009-08-26T07:09:00.000-07:00

This year Avery and Aushlynn are in Jr High. I do not know how it happened, but the only carpool that I could find consists of just Avery and Aushlynn. This means that I am driving them everyday! UGH! It only took me 32 minutes today. The school is like a half a mile away. I think that the kids could have walked faster. The road construction is ridiculous. Why they have chosen to close all the roads around the schools the week that the schools start back is beyond me. The road project manager is a moron! Finishing the roads around the schools should have been a priority during the summer!

Bear Lake and such........

2009-08-10T12:24:00.001-07:00

Sorry that I have not posted in awhile. I seem to apologize alot for this very reason. I guess it does not matter anyway. I don't have a huge fan following! Well, the reason for no post is we were in Bear Lake. I wished that we actually spent more time in the lake, but that is a whole other story that I just need to get over. Can you believe that I did not take my camera out for 10 whole days?
I know!
This is how that last week went down for us:

Saturday, August 1st: We went to Mac's baptism. (I saw his dad hold him down extra long!) We also went to the Preston Rodeo. tip: Never, I repeat never sit on the front row! Yee Haw!
Sunday, August 2nd: We went to Mac's confirmation and Kai's Blessing.
Monday, August 3rd thru Wednesday, August 5th: We went to Bear Lake for the Brown Family reunion. Had a good time despite that fact the the waverunners were having issues. Can you believe that the one taking on water only had a exhaust pipe that had come off! GRR!! I hope that everyone had a fun time any hoo!
Thursday, August 6th: Me and Kendall went and spent the night at Anniversary Inn for, you guess it, our anniversary. Thanks Mom, it is nice to get away from the kidlets every once in awhile.
Friday, August 7th: Jeremy came and helped get the waverunners running. Thanks, I think that I owe him a seafood dinner!
Saturday, August 8th: We really wanted to take the waverunner to Twin Lakes, but it decided to be winter instead. way to cold. Came home!
Sunday, August 9th: Happy 18th Anniversary to us! Can you believe that we have been married that long? I love you Kendall, Here's to many many more!!!

and I know funny.....

2009-07-28T07:09:00.000-07:00

Here is the quote of the day. Spoken by a 1st grader.
" Hey, you have the same backpack as us, 'cept it's different!"
I don't know why, but I just think that this is so funny! I will smile all day just thinking about it!

Cleaning.....

2009-07-20T06:55:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to clean the Conference Center. Me and 3 other sisters from my ward had the assignment. We had be down there at 9:15 pm. We meet up with about 20 other people. My assignment was to vacuum the entire lower level. ( with the exception of in front of the seats) It took me 3 1/2 hours. I was sore, it is not often that I vacuum uphill and downhill. I was told that I burned twice as many calories for my service! ;0)

July so far...

2009-07-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

I have been a really terrible blogger lately. My excuse, the kids keep stealing my mouse. I cannot run the computer properly without a mouse. I don't like mice, but I do love my mouse.
On, July 3rd, we had cousins come over for dinner and fireworks! We have a bunch of pyros in the Brown family. On, July 4th, we went to the parade in Park City. Ok, so you know, it is the lamest parade ever! Don't go unless you are drunk! (we know that nobody that reads this blog drinks, so, just do yourself a favor and hit a different parade) Parades are not supposed to have intermission right?? It was the parade that never ended! We also, hit the Daybreak lake and ended the day with the fireworks display at Sandy.
Kendall and Dyllon have been gone all week at scout camp. Me and the kids left at home have (gasp) eating dinner out almost every night! (side note: gotta love taco Tuesday!) It is Saturday and the boys will be home in about and hour so I better go and get the house picked up!
Oh, one last thing! I totally kicked Avery's can playing guitar hero!

I'm really gonna lose it!

2009-07-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hey, for all of those scale challenged people like me, checkout my other blog! http://imreallygonnaloseit.blogspot.com/ If you want to post on it to (please say you do!), just send me a comment and I will add you!

Daybreak Park

2009-07-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

It was a rare day today. I only had 5 daycare kids so we decided to head to the park. I know you are thinking only 5? I usually have 8 extra! We went up to the Daybreak park. It has a lake and a fun playground.
Here is a picture of Blake. It is kinda blurry, but I really like it. He was always trying to hide from my camera.

Here is Blake's twin brother Don. He likes the camera and will busta pose for me.

Brody figured out how to get up to the climbing structure.

Here is Kaylee. The sand was pretty hot. If she buried her feet the sand was cooler.

Kaylee on the slide.

Griffin and Kaylee on the swings. I spent a bunch of time pushing!

Madison and Griffin on the swings. Side note: Griffin is a swing hog!! ;0)

Here is Don being careful to not fall on the ropes.

I really like this picture of Griffin. He was taking a rest at the top of the climbing structure.

Madison at the top. Hey mom, take a picture of me!!!

Here is Brody. He is a cutie. Side note: He likes purkle (purple) M&M's!

Here is Blake conquering the top!

We had a great time until it started to rain!!

Destructive June

2009-07-02T08:01:00.001-07:00

June was a really rough month for us. It seems like all of our stuff was breaking. Here is a list of stuff that I can remember:

This car is not ours. It is my sister Dani's. She has had her own tough June, but here is our contribution. Avery ran Grandpa's mule down the front of her brand new car. He broke some of the grill, ripped the fancy Menlove license plate cover off and put a nice scratch on the front bumper. Side note: Avery totally missed Grandpa's trailer! (this picture was taken after I rubbed off the black scratch and we put some touch up paint on) Sorry Dani!

Kendall's car had a problem with the oxygen sensor and the clutch. He also had to have the spark plugs and wires replaced. It was in the shop for 2 days. Lucky us, the check engine light is on again. **sigh**

My car had to have the exhaust manifold gaskets replaced on the right side. I had to have this done last fall on the left side. It took 7 hours to do. I took it down to the dealership where we bought it. Me and Madison were stranded. We did some damaged at the Old Navy, went and saw the movie Up and then went to lunch at Costa Vida. (oh, and we also waited, a long time)

Dyllon Broke this.............

Which lead to this............(it used to be a hole in the wall where the door knob went thru)

I think that just about everyone has done damage to my toes. First of all Dolly bit my toe and broke a nail. Avery jammed my foot and broke off the middle nail. Aushlynn, ran into my foot to finish off the damage to the big toe. Haung will be so disappointed that I did not take care of my toes better. I need to go and see him right away.

Now you can see why this got broke!!!

Exercising

2009-07-01T08:28:00.001-07:00

So, all summer long I have been trying to motivate myself to exercise. I have many reasons why I don't. #1 Who has the time? #2 Who has the energy? #3 It's no fun! #4 I always hurt the next morning. The list goes on and on.............

I have decided to take a different approach. I have signed up for a fall semester Pilate's course. Maybe if I am graded on exercise I will be more motivated.

Problem with this is that I have no abs. I think that they might of disappeared with each child that I had. I have a difficult time getting off the floor from a down position. Since Pilate's focuses on the core, I need to find mine really fast. (I don't want my classmates making fun of the old lady now do I?)

This last weekend, I bought a new addition for my gym. It is called the AbCoaster. I am hoping that it will help me find my abs or create new ones. So now I have a treadmill, bike, elliptical, weights machine, free weights and the abcoaster. I should start selling memberships.

Kendall has agreed to get me up at 5:00 every morning to workout for an hour. I know! You are thinking: Right, Mindy get up at that hour! HA! Well, Kendall has gotten me up at 5:50 every morning for the last 3 days. Seems his internal alarm clock is malfunctioning. So you know, 5:50 is the time I get up to be ready for kids to come at 6:00. Thus no workout for me! Well, I have given Kendall a hard time about it. He is usually awake and ready to go....but if he has to exercise it is a different story.

I decided last night to just get a workout in while everyone was gone to YM/YW. I was able to get 20 minutes on the bike, treadmill and elliptical. I did the abcoaster twice for a total of 120 crunches.

I hurt so bad this morning!

Peace out...

2009-06-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love our new sunglasses? Don't you know that it is cool to have the glasses cover your entire face? Also, neon is back!!! YES

Sometimes one pair of sunglasses does not protect your eyes from those pesky UV rays. If your eyes are feeling a little sensitive, put on two pair like Madison did.

Oh, and putting your fingers by the side of your eyes and making a pout face is all the rage too. My mom has a memory card full of us using this ultra cool pose.

This is the way we ride our bikes. We don't want to get to close to the road now do we? We would rather run into the the flower pots.

We don't ride our bikes nearly enough. We only like to ride them when all the daycare kids are gone and mom is trying relax on her chair on the porch. If mom is sitting there, we can make her time us while we ride around the block. We need to know how many one one thousand, two one thousands it takes for us to get back to where we started. We would not dream of letting our mom just sit there. Her mind always has to be doing something or she might dream up nasty chores for us to do.

Hey, is this my blog????

2009-06-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

I have been a bad girl. I have not updated my blog in forever. (I have made my bed three time in a row though!) This is the summer. You actually think that I get a turn on MY computer?? Right. I think that the thing is on non-stop the entire day. Kari, you have made me see the wickedness of my ways and I am going to make a more conscience effort to update regularly. So much has happened since the temple incident.

It has rained so much. We have had the most beautiful rainbows this last month. I was able to catch this one with my camera. It had 2 arches and they were both complete arches. I wish that I had a wide angle lens, but I had to get the full rainbow in 2 pictures.
I had to turn my sprinklers on yesterday. I love that I did not have to pay for water for the last month. I hope that my lawn, flowers and tomatoes are not going to expect me to drowned them everyday the rest of the summer.

I have read this series. It was really good. Now don't go thinking that I have been reading all month, it took me 5 days to finish the series. How many of you have read it? I have a feeling that this might be how it all goes down. I need to get my food storage updated.

Temple Open House

2009-06-10T05:58:00.000-07:00

Last night, I had the opportunity to tour the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Kendall was taking the Young Men in our ward and had extra tickets so me and the girls tagged along.
The Temple is beautiful. If was fun to see the girls reaction. They especially loved the chandeliers in the Celestial room and the Sealing rooms. Madison says that she want to be married here. Aushlynn wants to be married in the Hawaii temple. I mention this so everyone can start saving to attend her sealing!
You know me, I cannot go anywhere without drama. To start off the excursion, it was raining. Not just light showers, but it was coming down. No worries, we took a umbrella. So, can I tell you that I parked in the world's largest mud puddle in the parking lot? Me and the girls shoes were caked in mud. Just what you want before you enter the temple. I kept thinking, we need to get this off before we go through. Well, before you actually tour the temple, you get to go into one of the tents and watch a 12 minute movie. In the back of the tent there was a coat check and on the table was a box of tissues. This gave me an excellent opportunity to wipe shoes off, RIGHT??? I pulled the last two tissues out of the box, I am pretty sure that I need more than two. Oh well, it will have to do. I walk over to a single chair in the back of the tent and sit down. Well sorta, the chair crumpled to the ground. I don't know who many people saw. Kendall did and so did the girls and I am sure a bunch more people. How humiliating! I am not really even that heavy! I am sure that this chair was put in the back...alone.. for a reason. (why no Holy Ghost prompting???) Why don't I ever look before I sit???? So, the people who went through the tour with me, they got a bonus tour of the temple garment. Your welcome!

16

2009-06-03T08:28:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe it! I have a 16 year old. Dyllon turned 16 on Monday. Who even gave my kids permission to age me?? Dyllon did not want a party. He is a party pooper. We did go to the Bee's game and Dyllon went too. Not with us of course. He went with a group of friends on my dime. I guess that we are not cool enough to hang with any more.

Beware everyone, Dyllon has his drivers permit. He is out on the road behind the wheel. Scary! He won't officially have his license until November. Tip for those who have kids coming of age. Get their social security card. They need to have it to get their permit. Oh, and when it comes in the mail, don't give it to them, they will lose it and you will have to spend another day at the social security office.

Last night Dyllon was a usher for the Oquirrah Mountain Temple open house. When I picked him and Scott up he was telling me how the sister missionaries we complaining about how cold it was. I made the comment: "So, you were hobnobbing with the ladies huh? " Dyllon laughed his butt off and banned me from ever saying that word again. Kids do say that! The older ones in the mall, I have heard them!!!

Smuggling Pineapples

2009-05-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

Who knew that it would be so hard to get a few pineapples back to the mainland??? I had a grand idea that I would ship a few fresh pineapples back home and I ran into a few problems. I purchased 4 pineapples at 6 bucks a pop. I wanted to send one to my mom for mothers day, one for Kendall's parents for watching the monkeys and a couple for us. I went to the post office to priority mail them and found out that it is illegal to ship fruit out of Hawaii. I was told that I would have to get them inspected by the USDA and get a special stamp before I could send them. Where is the office, it is at the airport.
I called the USDA inspection office and they said that they need to inspect the fruit for bugs before I could get the approval. Like I am going to buy a bug infested pineapple! We decided to just carry them on the plane after the inspection to save the postage. I packed one of the carry on bags with pineapple. After we turned in our rental car, I told the shuttle driver that we need to be dropped off at the USDA office and he stated that it was right in front of the United Airlines check in. At the Check in point it was only for checked luggage, they were checking for smuggled fruits I guess. I told the guy that I had pineapples in my carry on and that I needed to get them inspected, he said that he only inspected the check luggage and that I would need to get them inspected somewhere else later. To make a long story short, the ticket lady for United did not know where to inspect them, Where I dropped my luggage off to the airline did not know where to get them inspected. I now had to go thru security. Keep in mind, I have told everyone my plight. I just want to get the @%*# pineapple's inspected! I passed security and we now were headed thru carry on scan. I put my bags on. I come out the other end. The man tells me that he needs to inspect my other carry on.

It turns out that you cannot put this in your carry on. I guess that I might want to blow the plane up with ravioli. We had bought a 8 pack from Sam's club in case we wanted to eat them over the week. You know, to save money. Well, we only ate 2 and I thought I would take them home to the kids. They made me throw the Chef Boyardee away and gave me a lecture about putting illegal items in my carry on and then sent me on my way! They said nothing about the smuggled pineapples!

Tasty Vittles

2009-05-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

To be quite honest with you, I am not such a big fan of the foods offered in Hawaii. To salty for me. We did run across a few things that were scrumdidlyumpous. Let me tell you about a few.
This is a picture from Ted's Bakery. They have what are called "Glazies" (upper right of picture), they are to die for. They kick butt over any donut that I have ever eaten. Kendall really liked the chocolate haapia cream pie.

These shrimp are from a road side stand called Romey's. The sign said we are not fast food, just food cooked really good and sometimes fast. We opted for the mild sweet and spicy. They were really good. A few days earlier we had tried shrimp from a shrimp truck called Giovanni's. They were good too. Kendall had the garlic shrimp ( he had to sleep facing the window) and I had the lemon butter.
This is the pig from the Luau. It was good. It was the the only item at the luau that I cared for. If you go to the Polynesian Cultural Center, trust me, skip the luau. They really need to work on the food. I would have rather went to Golden Corral.
Here is my $10 fruit smoothie. It was yummy!
On the weekends these chicken stands pop up. They have the best rotisserie chicken. I don't know what they do to those chickens, but its delicious! On a side note, Hawaii has a chicken infestation. Chickens are running around everywhere. I wonder if the owners of the stands collect wild chickens? Hence the reason that they are only open on the weekends?
One of our favorites was shaved ice from M. Matsumoto's. They are located on the North Shore. The shaved ice is awesome. We went back twice. Somebody in Utah needs to make these.

Temple Open House

2009-05-18T11:29:00.000-07:00

Wow, I am getting old. Dyllon is turning 16 on June 1st. He will be ordained a Priest on June 7th after our meetings. (12:00) I was wondering for all those who are coming if you would like me to get open house tickets to tour the Oquirrah Mountain Temple on June 6th. I can get them for the evening at 6:40, 7:40 or 7:50. Please let me know asap if you want to go with us and how many tickets that you need.

Turtles

2009-05-16T10:32:00.001-07:00

It is tradition for me that each time I visit the beach, I build a sand turtle. I have done this ever since I went on my honeymoon to to Seaside Oregon. This is the biggest one that I have ever built. Kendall as usual, had no desire to help me. I think that it took me about an hour to finish. I moved a lot of sand. I would estimate him to be about 6 feet long. I had an aerobic workout!
This is Harvey. All of the turtles that I have made have been named this.

It was hard for me to watch the tide come in a was him away. In the morning he looked like a shark fin.

I like to think that he turned into this turtle that we saw not to far up the beach.

He is basking in the sun.

I think that this turtle looks wise.

Aloha!

2009-05-11T21:56:00.000-07:00

There are some beautiful beaches in Hawaii. I have only taken about 1700 pictures. I need to take a few more. It is so hard to pick which ones to put up.
This is part of a Hawaiian legend. It is one of 5 parts of a lizard that was chopped up because it was terrorizing the locals on Oahu.

Kendall relaxing in the sun.

I am a movie star!

This is just a really great shot don't you think?

This is God shining down on me!

Boogie Boarding

2009-05-11T21:44:00.001-07:00

Here we are at Pounder's Beach. It is called that because you get pounded by the waves. (into the rocks sometimes) This is another sport that I have yet to try. Again the deep water and fear of water stop me.

The Brown boys are very brave and go into tackle the waves. Me and Pam will watch from the beach and work on our tans.

Kendall riding the pipeline. Well sorta a pipeline, more just a line.

Catching the wave.

I think that you need some goggles. Who put so much salt in the ocean anyways?

Kory riding the curl!

Snorkeling

2009-05-11T21:28:00.001-07:00

Snorkeling, it is hard, have you ever tried it? I have a fear of deep water so this is not the sport for me. I panic and try to breathe thru my nose and it goes down hill from there. I did snorkel twice. The first time I scraped my knee up. The second time I went for about 20 minutes. Sadly, there was nobody to take my picture so you will just have to trust me.
After I got out of the water Kendall, Kory and Pam persevered.

Here is Kory and Pam. They stayed closer to the shore. Kendall liked to go way out. It was hard for me to get his picture.

Kendall is making an entrance into the big blue. It is hard. Not to many graceful shots to post.

Kendall swimming out to sea!

Hawaii

2009-05-11T21:12:00.001-07:00

ALOHA from Hawaii! Sorry that it has taken so long for me to make my first vacation post. I have been just relaxing to much! No seriously, the internet at our rental house has been down. Hopefully it will be up tomorrow. Right now, we found a cafe called Papa Ole that has internet access. Hopefully we will not have to buy to much food here!
This is a picture of a flower on the property that we are staying. I am not sure what they are called, but they are beautimus!

This is what I call an umbrella tree. I am not sure what the locals call it, but it works for me! I want trees like this in my backyard.

I took this picture from the car as we were driving down the highway.

Here is the first sunrise that Kendall saw in Hawaii. I have yet to see one. I am to busy sleeping!

This was taken right off of our lanai. We have an awesome ocean view!

Check............

2009-05-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

Chemistry Final:

Now, I can Pack for Hawaii!!!!

I gotta 100% on my final!!!! Yes!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!

Refinance

2009-04-30T10:03:00.001-07:00

We refinanced our mortgage today. We got an excellent deal. We were able to get 4.35% for a 20 year fixed loan. We were able to lower our payment and we will pay our home off 4 years earlier! SWEET! The loan went so smooth. From start to finish it only took 17 days! We could have even closed yesterday. If anybody is thinking of refinancing and needs a good lender, let me know and I will give you my guys number!

Strike that......Reverse it!

2009-04-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

So, I received a call from my brother Charlie yesterday. He said: "I just wanted to let you know that we are not going to be getting a little boy in the fall." My heart sank. They lost a baby a few years ago. He left me hanging for a few seconds. He then said: " We are going to be getting a girl!" He is such a butt head! I told him it was a good thing it is a girl, because if not it would be one pathetic boy! So, I guess that he won't have a future motocross rider. He will have this to look forward too!

http://lalakme.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-decorate-easter-eggs-when-you-can.html

Good Luck Charlie!

Laundry.............a woman's curse

2009-04-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

So, I ask the question: Have you ever been finished with your laundry? Once about two years ago mine was done for about an hour. It was all the way done. Dried, folded and put away. I had even washed all the blankets and sheets. It was a nice feeling until Kendall came home from work and changed out of his work clothes and threw the not so dirty work clothes on the laundry room floor. So, I guess that laundry is my lifetime curse. I do not know how it stacks up so fast. I guess that it has to do with six people living here. I tried to implement the you do your own laundry rule with the kids, but they don't care, they would rather wear dirty clothes then work! I feel that others judge me when they do this. So, I will keep plugging away and try to whittle that pile down today. Another question: Do you like rolling socks?

Shopping in Park City

2009-04-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we packed up the whole family and went to Park City. By the way, it is still winter up there. It was snowing! The goal this weekend was for me to find a really great pair of denim shorts to take on my trip to Hawaii. With 66 outlet stores it shouldn't be a problem right?? Wrong!! I found tons of these. Low rise! Who buys these?? I'm looking for something with #1 a little more coverage at the waist. Who can stand wearing the low rise stuff! I just don't have the abs to pull off the low rise. #2 Looser. Who likes the denim painted on? #3 a little longer. Okay, I am gonna be tan, but who wants to see my butt cheeks??

Here is another option that I found! Don't you think that I would look awesome in these??

When the family get together........

2009-04-24T19:30:00.001-07:00

I know that I am posting this really late, but you know the saying; "Better late than never!" I thought that it might apply to this situation. Well, we all gathered at Mom and Dad's for as what mom called the "Great Egg Hunt!" I guess it is better than any egg hunt that I ever went to. One of the eggs had a $5 bill. It was coveted by all. I tried to convince my parents that there really should be a $1000 egg just for their kids, but it did not fly with them. Geesh....they are so cheap!!!! I don't really remember any egg hunts as kids, I think that they owe us, how about you???
I really did try hard to take good pictures, but you started the hunt before I changed my lens. I had to run to catch up. I do think that I have a really good shot of everyones best side here! (your welcome!)

The race is one to find the $5 egg. Don't forget to look in the trees!

This is Katelyn, Ryan, Kari and Wes. Don't forget to climb to the top to get the high ones!

Mac, he has found quite a few!

Maddy finding an egg in a tree!

Ryan looking to see if he has the big money egg! Nope!

Katelyn, "I think there might be one over........here"

Hi Kari, since you never post yourself on your blog, I thought you would appreciate me putting you on mine! Hey, at least it not a butt shot again!

Dyllon and Avery. Are you ever to old for a Easter egg hunt? I think not! You look so manly with the purple baskets!

Here is a picture of dad. You know the one who likes the mute button! He can't remember where he hid all the eggs!

Did you get anything good? He found an egg that had $.50, you can almost buy a candy bar Dyllon! LUCKY!!!

Maddy, what are you up too? Hey, you stole the egg that I found! Wait, it's the one with the $5! Give it back...............you turkey!!!

Poor Dolly, Ryan and Jakoby are scared to death of her. She has been banished to her leash. She just wants to run with the kids. So sad!!

Here is Mac, future Super Cross Champion! He likes to get a kiss with each trophy that he wins! True, his dad told me!

Watch out! Crazy drivers!

Close your mouth, you are going to get bugs in there!

How many times did they ride up the lane? I think over a hundred times! They love doing this!

This is Jakoby! He is bananas! Ask him, he will tell you! He is such a sweetheart! He is in first place right here! Kicking Avery's butt. Speaking of first place, this young man is the champion! Champion of what you might ask? Jakoby took first place in the pinewood derby! His car smoked all the rest! He is awesome!

Tanning

2009-04-23T07:32:00.001-07:00

So in preparation for Hawaii I have decided to go tanning. I might not be my ideal weight, but dang it, I will be tan! Problem is I should have wore what she is wearing.
You see, I have a few areas on my body that never see the sun. And I mean never! Those area right now are a little itchy! I did not sleep to well last night because of it. All that I could think about was the itching.
This kinda reminds me of my only other experience with tanning. It was when I was at Ricks College. Me and some of my roommates thought it would be a good idea to go tanning before a formal dance. I am sure that it was not my idea because I was a farm girl from Clifton and we did not have this sort of thing in our parts. If I wanted a tan in high school, I had to move sprinkler lines in a Bikini! (or lay on the trampoline all day) Well, long story short, I think that I tanned that day for 30 minutes. I was naive enough to think that I could get a tan in one day. I was fried! Not a pretty tan, but a crispy red. Two days later was the dance and I had to wear the (torture) formal. It was so bad. That lace insert at the chest region just about drove me mad! Ah memories!!

Right now, I would not say that I am fried, just light pink in um..........some areas. Oh yeah, I have prepaid for the visits so you know I am not smart enough to be done already!!

A gift!!! for me......

2009-04-21T07:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my lucky day! I have been taking an English class that is online and I have had to meet with my class every Monday morning from 8:00 to 9:00. Usually it is not so bad, unless my girls are off track. Then they bug me the whole time I am in class. Well, not only did the girls go back on track yesterday (Hallelujah) but it was the last time that I had to meet for my English class. Now, if I can only get the last paper finished! (Hopefully I can get that busted out this evening!) Funny thing, during class, our teacher puts us in what is called breakout rooms. We are usually in the rooms for about 30 minutes. We were supposed to discuss any questions or helpful hints for our final paper. Usually she put us in groups of four, yesterday, by accident, she put me in a group of my own. I couldn't even tell her. I was lonely. I felt like the kid who is not chosen to play kickball! As you can imagine not to much was discussed in my group, but as a group we decided to have a bowl of Special K with strawberries for breakfast. It was an unanimous decision! So, thus ends my English career! Everybody says that they will miss me because I am so funny! Great, I am the class clown! This is the last post that I made to my class! I'm throwing papers in the air!!!! It was because I am so excited for summer vacation!

Up there, that is not even the best part. I have my Chemistry lab on Monday nights. I know, busy Monday's. I have been counting down the number of times that I have left each week. I religiously mark it off on the syllabus after each class. As of yesterday morning I only had 2 labs left. This means that my last class will be next Monday right??? Well, lucky me! I was marking off the incorrect syllabus! My last lab was last night! Happy Monday to me.....sometimes Monday's are not so bad. Wait, I just realized, I didn't even get to blow anything up all semester! :o(

So to finish off the semester, I need to finish my last English paper and I need to take my chemistry final on May 4th. Then...........

I can go to Hawaii!!!!!

One of my brothers!

2009-04-15T18:24:00.000-07:00

This is my brother Jeremy.

This is my brother Jeremy flexing. Nice glutes! I will make sure and get you a framed copy for your nightstand.

This is my brother Jeremy riding his hog! Hey, where is your protective gear!? TSK! TSK! What a bad example for your boys!

Greatest invention ever?

2009-04-15T06:39:00.000-07:00

So, we went up to see my parents in Preston on Easter Sunday. This is one of the many things said that I found amusing. We were watching America's Funniest Home Videos when a commercial came on. My dad immediately hit the mute button. He then turned to me and said: "This button is the greatest invention ever!" Whoa dad, I need to introduce you to a little button that we call the doodle la doot at our house!

I personally feel that this is the greatest invention ever! I mean, I can watch my favorite shows without the commercials. Dad, I know what I am getting you for Christmas!

Taxes

2009-04-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I finished our taxes. I was finished 32 1/2 hours early. I really don't know why I procrastinate this task so long. We are getting a refund! Yeah!!!

AWOL

2009-04-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not posted in awhile. I know that everyone has been on pins and needles waiting and wondering what I will post next. Some exciting news! We are going to Hawaii. Some even more exciting news! We are leaving the kids with Grandma and Grandpa Brown. That's right we are going to have 7 days child free. Can you imagine???? It is hard for me to. Well in the last 11 days, I have looked at 1,534,234,647 properties. (OK, I may be exaggerating a little, but its pretty close! Right Kory?) Who knew that there were so many places to stay in Hawaii? I think that I have looked at every rental possible. It has been exhausting! We have finally settled on a place.

It is on the North shore of Oahu. I can't wait to get there! Not only does it mean a child free week, but it means that I will be done with my finals! I am taking the summer semester off. I am going to take lots of books to read that have nothing to do with biology or chemistry! I am actually going to get to read a story! I have missed that over the last year and a half. Now don't be jealous that I am going to Hawaii, I have never gone. It's my turn!

Buddy's Sick?!?!?!?!

2009-04-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

The kids that I watch bug me everyday to let them play outside. The weather outside has been absolutely horrible. We did have a good day last week, So I let them play out back. One of them came running back inside. "Mindy, I think that Buddy is really sick! Come look at your grass."

We had the lawn Aerated last week!

Little Boys!

2009-03-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

I just got a call from my brother Charlie. He has some exciting news! They are getting a BOY!!!

It's what he was hoping for. In February we found out that Jeremy and Angie are getting a boy too. I guess that I will need to have some onesies made up with the following logo:

How exciting two little boys! Hopefully they will be best buddies!

Congratulations!

Tagged Again!

2009-03-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Well, I had a 5 year old, a 3 year old and a 2 year old. I also had my daycare. I was pretty busy. Almost like today, except minus the going to school. Oh yeah, I could actually get my kids to go to bed at a reasonable hour! Those were the days!

2.Things On My To Do list: FINISH SCHOOL! Side note: Take this summer off. I so need a break!

3. Bad Habits: So many, I think that I may be addicted to my blog. I pull it up to much! Seriously, for those of you on my side bar, please post more! Help to feed my addiction!

4. Places I have Lived: Utah and Idaho. I better move on to cities. South Jordan UT, West Valley UT, Murray UT, West Jordan UT, Clifton ID, Pocatello ID and Rexburg ID.

5. Things Most People Don't Know About Me: I have high blood pressure. I really don't have that much stress in my life. I cannot figure out why it is so high!?

I tag...Kari, and Pam, and Dawni.

Holy Cow Are You Still Eating!

2009-03-23T12:14:00.000-07:00

For Madison' Birthday we invited the cousins to come over for dinner. We took a stab at making Burritos Costa Vida Style. I think that we succeeded. The most memorable part of the evening was that Dyllon was able to put down 2 of these bad boys!
He just kept eating.......

and eating.........

and eating!

I am suprised tha he is not sick this morning. On a side note, he was also able to put down a large slice of cake and ice cream! I don't know where he put it all. I think that he has a hollow leg.

Happy Birthday Madison

2009-03-23T11:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Madison's Birthday. She turned NINE! My kids are making me old! She woke us up at 7:00 to open presents. She has been pestering me for the last week to open them early. It was just like Christmas morning for her. Babies are always spoiled rotten.

This is one of the outfits that she received.

Here is the pair of shoes that she got. She wanted a picture of them on the blog so bad.

This is the princess dress. Fit for our princess!

Here is Maddy blowing out the candles on her cake. She was under a lot of pressure to blow them all out. She did get 8 in one blow. Good job Maddy! I have been really lazy lately and purchased a store bought cake. I know pretty lame, but who has the time to make a masterpiece when you have a research paper to write! Her favorite gift that she received was Mario Kart for the Wii. I think that the whole family will enjoy it too!

Madison, I hope that you had a super birthday! We love you!

Not again!

2009-03-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

I really should screen my phone calls better. I should know by now that Heather never calls just for some friendly chatter. She always wants something from me. She once again needs my sweet basketball skills for a Relief Society tournament. Don't get me wrong, I tried to get out of it. I even used the "but I have homework excuse". It just didn't fly with her. How do I get myself into these things. I hurt for a good three days after the last time. I think that I would rather have another root canal! Way less painful for me. Oh Dr. Osterhoudt, why are you on vacation this week! If I don't post for awhile, don't worry, I will just be recovering. Well, maybe you better worry!

Yard with a View

2009-03-19T07:31:00.001-07:00

Here is the view of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple from my front yard this morning. We are so lucky to have such a fantastic view.
Here is the view from my front yard last night. They have recently turned the lights on at night and it is so beautiful!

Sports Day

2009-03-18T09:42:00.000-07:00

Today is dress up as your favorite athlete:

Aushlynn chose to be Derron Williams.

Madison chose to be her brother Dyllon!

How sweet, maybe they do love each other!?!?

Super Hero

2009-03-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

Today is Super Hero day at the elementary school. Madison donned her dad's favorite t-shirt to dress up like FLASH!