The Brown’s

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Troy!!

Monday of this week was Troy's 32nd birthday! We had a great day filled with fun, presents, laughter and memories.....Troy did have to work most of the day so we started his birthday celebration on Saturday and went out with some friends on Saturday night for Sushi (Troy's favorite), Iceberg milkshakes (Troy's favorite) and games (another one of Troy's favorite things to do). On Monday, when Troy finished working, we opened presents and went to his parents for a bbq and birthday cake and ice cream. The kids had fun helping open the presents (Carson would tell him what each present was before he opened it) , and blowing out the candles. He got a flat screen TV for our bedroom, clothes, golf balls, and a few treats and other things. Troy, you are an amazing, father, husband and friend. You always put family first and sincerely care about others. You have a very compassionate heart and mind and look for opportunities to bring joy into other people's lives. I love you honey and am glad I have been able to celebrate the past 9 birthdays with you........here's to many, many more.......xoxo

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Slip-n-Slide Fun!

So today, things have been pretty low key around here. Troy did all of the yard-work, I went to Costco and after that, did some birthday shopping for Troy (2 more days til his birthday)! We are going out for Troy's birthday pre-celebration tonight so we were just hangin' around in the HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Troy decided to be a good dad and break out the slip-n-slide and the kids had a total Blast! Honestly, these pictures do not do Chloe justice.....she was so happy and squealing in delight while crawling down the slide with FREEZING cold water all around her. She was so fun to watch and Grace and Carson were really cute with her. Our fun neighbors came over and joined in the fun to0 - it is great to have awesome neighbors/friends live so close! BTW: Chloe is FINALLY cutting her 1st tooth at young 10 1/2 months - good job Chlo-Bear!!!!! Here are the slip-n-slide pics:

Monday, July 13, 2009

Bees Game

Saturday night, my parents offered to take any of us kids who were interested to the Bees Game (thanks again Mom and Dad). The San Diego Chicken was scheduled to be there, so we thought the kids would really enjoy seeing her (which they did)!!! It was the most beautiful night at the ballpark with no wind and great seats, Troy and I were barely sitting down and already talking about when we were going to come back to another game! Our kids did great (I was a little worried about their attention span), but with cotton candy, snow cones, cousins to play with and the San Diego Chicken they had a great time! Chloe even did awesome - Troy sat with her in the Baby Bjorn and she was content and happy to be there as long as I gave her an occasional piece of licorice or taste of snow cone :) If you live in Utah and haven't been to a Bees Game yet, you should definitely put it on you "to do" list! Here are a few pic's:

Hangin' out at the ballpark

Snow Cones and Cotton Candy....YUM!!!

The San Diego Chicken......

....and her baby chick's!

Monday, July 6, 2009

4th of July Fun!!!!!

Our family loves the 4th of July!! We have had several fun-filled days that have spilled over into late, late nights but wouldn't trade any of it for anything. We started celebrating on Friday morning with Troy taking all 3 kids on a hike while I got a pedicure and did some shopping! The kids had a blast (Thanks to the Monsen family for helping Troy)!! After the hike, we got ready for the Riverton Town Days Parade. I LOVE this parade and have gone since I was a little girl, so it has been fun to pass this tradition on to my family. The parade always throws a ton of candy which keeps the kids attention and we always have a good time. Troy also takes the kids to the parade in our bike trailer and they look forward to this each year. We always set out our chairs the day before and that usually works great, BUT this year when we got there, a huge family had taken over our spot and were sitting eating fried chicken and oblivious to the fact at how bugged we were. Troy luckily found us a small area that they hadn't taken over so we were still able able to enjoy ourselves (as long as I didn't focus on the chicken)....

After the parade, we went to our neighbors house and decorated the kids bikes for the big 4th of July Breakfast and Bike Parade the next morning - the kids had fun and we enjoyed some fireworks that night!! Saturday morning, we got up early and were so excited that the 4th of July was finally here! We went to our neighborhood breakfast and Grace and Carson had fun at the bike parade. Chloe was just happy to be there and smiled at anyone who would look her way. After the breakfast and parade, we went to one of our new favorite places.....it is the lake/beach/playground at Daybreak! Troy and the kids were there for about 3 hours and I brought Chloe over for about an hour. I swear this place is a little piece of heaven that is only 5 minutes from our house (Thanks Tawny for introducing us to this fun place). Carson who, cannot stand having his hands dirty, played on the beach in the sand the entire time.....he had so much fun and we can't wait to go back! After Daybreak, we headed to my mom and dad's for a fun night of bbq, slip-n-slide, homemade ice cream, BINGO and fireworks!!!! It was so fun (Thanks mom and dad for spoiling us)!!! At 9:15 p.m., we headed down to Riverton Park to lay on a big blanket and watch the fireworks that were set to music - it was a great way to wrap up the night. I am so grateful that we have our independence and for the freedom's that we have. Even though times seem tough, we have it so much better than if we lived anywhere else - we need to hold onto that thought when our outlook on life has a hard time finding that "silver lining"..... Here are some pic's from our fun weekend:

Fun at the hike

So beautiful and peaceful.....

Grace ready for the bike parade

Carson ready for the bike parade...

On your mark......get set......GO!!!

Troy and Chloe.....

Grace and Carson at the parade

Carson at the Daybreak beach

Grace playin at the lake.....

Chloe watchin the kids on the beach.....

Grace playin' on the slip-n-slide

Carson playin' on the slip-n-slide

Grace caught in the middle of a back flip!

Carson "inhaling" his homemade ice cream

Grace lovin' her cone....

Bingo fun!

More Bingo fun!!!

Cute Chloe.....

Carson and Grandpa Newbold watchin the fireworks!!!

More fireworks fun!!!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Moab Fun!!!

A couple of weeks ago, we went on our 2nd annual trip to Moab with the Brown Family. There were sooooo many of us and we had a lot of fun! It was a quick trip, but packed with endless fun. We started on Friday and on our way to Moab, we took a detour to see a dinosaur footprint and some really cool petroglyph's that have been around for a VERY LONG TIME! We stopped by the San Rafael River and had a picnic lunch and I turned around and both Grace and Carson stripped down to their unders and wanted to play in the river.......they were actually pretty much in the river before I could object too loudly and I could not say no after seeing the smiles on their cute faces!!!! Once we arrived in Moab, we checked into our hotel and went swimming with all of the cousins......we decided to let Chloe have her first official swimming experience and she loved every second of it :) After swimming, we went to a park in Green River for a night of good food, fun games and lots of memories to cherish. Saturday morning, we got up and headed to Moab. We took our cute family of 5 and decided to hike Delicate Arch! I was a little worried about Carson, but he was a trooper!!! He hiked about 3/4 of the way up and tripped and hurt his knee.....so uncle Brett was nice enough to carry him on his shoulders the rest of the way up to the arch and most of the way down (thanks Brett!). Chloe was in our backpack on Troy's back and I am pretty sure she kicked her legs and squealed in delight the entire time. Grace was amazing......she did it all by herself and liked to be the "leader" whenever possible. You will see from the pictures how windy it was at the top of Delicate Arch, but it was still beautiful! After our hike, we ate lunch and hung out in the "music park" and headed for home.....thanks Grandma and Grandpa Brown for the memories....we had a blast!