cute Lacy story

The other day while I was making Christmas treats for Shawn's co-workers and some friends in the ward, Shawn decided to come home for lunch. A few minutes after he got home Lacy comes in from the bathroom, soaking wet, with her pants in her hands and goes on to tell us that she has made a big mess in the bathroom, using too much toilet paper. She tells us she is very sorry and asks if she should go to time out in her bedroom because she "knows better". We tell her that she doesn't have to because it was very good of her to come in and tell us what she did and that she was very sorry. We go to check the damage and come to find that she has overflowed the toilet and flooded the bathroom. She is very sad and remorseful and with a very sad look on her face asks us,
"does Santa still love me?" awh... of corse he does.
Then, "does Jesus still love me?" yes... he always will.
"do you guys still love me?"
"will you love me until I am a hundred and fifty one years old?" Yes we will love you forever and ever and ever and will never stop.
It was a sweet moment with Lacy, I know she's got in in her ;)

A picture of the treats we made

I also just had to throw this picture I snapped on my camera phone in here... It was a Merry Christmas from QT!! More Christmas posts to come. We have had a great holiday week so far, I hope you all did too!

Christmas cards

I am getting ready to send out Christmas cards, one of my favorite things to do!

So if you want a card, can I have your address?

You can e-mail it to me at jennylynnbrown@hotmail.com or just post it here if you want. Thanks!

random

I showed up to my moms house today and we totally matched. Nice!

And this little guy is just too cute!

Finally time for Christmas

I have been super sick lately due to the baby in my tummy who likes me to throw up and have headaches all the time. I just have to keep telling myself what my mom told me when I was pregnant with Hugo... The sicker I am, the healthier the baby.

Well because of being sick, I haven't blogged at all lately but I also haven't been very good at keeping my house clean. Well today I had a good day and decided to use it as best I could.

Lacy and I put up all the Christmas decorations, including the tree and I hung the christmas lights ALL BY MYSELF. You really should be proud, this is a huge accomplishment for me. The only bad thing was I pounded my thumb with the hammer on accident once and it is still throbbing. I also got a lot of laundry done, mopped the whole house, straitned some of the rooms... but for me... today was a success.

a success i might regret in the morning when i wake up sore and throwing up.

Susan's Golden Birthday

While the Jones' were here for Thanksgiving we had a super fun mini-party for Susan's 2nd birthday, up on south mountain. It was a tutu party for her turing two on december 2nd! Special little girl!! Only WE would have a tutu party in the desert. True hillbillies if you ask me, and I wouldn't have it any other way. We had fun cooking hotdogs and quesidillas, climbing big rocks, swinging on the swings, kicking some dirt, eating cake... all with the little girls in tutus!

Thanksgiving

I didn't get any pictures on my camera of Thanksgiving, but we had a wonderful weekend filled with family and delicious food. I am so grateful for all the blessing I have and consider my life to be the happiest and most loved of anyone I know :)

Thats it for my Thanksgiving post, short and sweet!

Wow... I have a LOT to catch up on

November 8th my baby boy had his 1st birthday!


We had our family over on Sunday and had a little mini party including dinner, cake and presents. Hugo's favorite was definitly getting to sit in his diaper in the middle of the table and have at his very own, very huge cupcake presented in his very own new tractor. He loved it all!

I still can't figure out how to get video's onto this computer so once the other one is back up, I might post some hilarious videos of him eating his cake!



Some of my favorite things about Hugo:
-his cuddle hugs
-his walk with his arms always up in the air
-the sound he makes when playing with toy cars
-he is such a sweetheart
-getting stopped everywhere I go and people telling me I have the most beautiful baby (i know its vain but come on, have you seen the little guy?)
-he is such a good sleeper
-he isn't picky when it comes to food
-how he misses his sister when she is at school
-his laugh and how much he loves to play
-his huge teethy grin

He is my perfect angel baby and is such a gift for us in our home. I could go on for days about all the cute little quirks and sweetness that is my baby boy... I guess you'll just have to meet him and see it for yourself!

Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day to my most favorite Veteran!

I am so proud to live in this country and so grateful for all the men and women who have fought for the freedom we enjoy. God Bless America!

So Barack did apparently Rock the Vote. Congrats... should we be afraid?? He wasn't my first choice, by any means, but we'll make it work, I hope! I'm not going to lie, I was a little discouraged... but I feel really awesome this morning after checking out the results of the election and finding out that ...

Proposition 102 PASSED in Arizona

Proposition 2 PASSED in Florida

and perhaps the biggest surprise and the biggest victory is that Propositon 8 PASSED in California.

Boyd K. Packer said on Sunday in our Stake conference that was broadcast around all of Arizona (in regards to prop 102) It is NOT a Political cause, it is a MORAL cause. I thought it was an awesome explination of why the church was so involved. They usually don't get into anything political and tell you how or what to vote. I was impressed and I do feel it is a great win that marriage is that much more protected in these 3 states.

I'm going to call this one a VICTORY.

Big Announcement

So surprise surprise... I've got another little bun cookin in my oven. 3rd times a charm, right? I'm 10 1/2 weeks along. Due June 2nd. I am sick just like I was with my other ones but I've got some good meds and a great doctor so I'm not worried. Just wish us luck, we'll need it :) our little gummy bear

Can't leave out Halloween

Lacy's preschool class had an adorable little Halloween party the day before Halloween. They let all the parents come the last 30 min and watch them sing songs, recite their poems and even break open a pinata. They seperated the boys from the girls for the pinata. I figured it was because all the boys were a little bit more rough then the girls. Well Lacy was the 8th or 9th girl to go and after each girl gave their 3 sweet delicate girly swings to the witch's head Lacy comes up and swings her first swing with all her might and knocks the head right off the witch and sends it flying!!! The girls' pinata was bust open long before the boys. She's definitely her daddy's little girl. I wouldnt expect anything else with Lacy. She had to tell EVERY adult there that she "bammed the head off the witch" She was so proud.

Here are some friends from the ward that are in her class. She LOVES preschool and begs to go every day. I never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait until Kindergarden. So instead of breaking her heart and saying she cant go to school for 5 more days (on the weekends) I can say only 2 more days. She really is heartbroken when she has to wait so many days to go back to school.
For Halloween Night we went to our wards Trunk or Treat. Lacy told us that we were not allowed to go with her unless we all had our "costuNes" on. What a sassy little girl. We all threw something together and headed out. I'm usually pretty cordinated... not this year!

Lacy Graduated!

Lacy graduated from her Tot Tumbling class. They had a preformace the last day and Lacy was definitely the shining student. She was the least shy and gave everyone a good laugh with her dancing skills. If I can get the video to work I'll post it later. If not, you will have to take my word for it, because she was adorable!

Flagstaff

Ok I have been such a blog slacker lately, I've got a lot of catching up to do!!

First off we went to Flagstaff early October during fall break with our besties Mark and Caroline. We had so much fun!! It was freezing cold, super windy and both my boys were sick, but we made due and had fun just relaxing. We went on a picnic, little hike, made some crafts, watched some movies, and even went to Prescott on the way home and spent a lovely day with Ryan and Krista at the boys soccer games.. and had a babysitter and an awesome date night. It was a much needed, super fun weekend. Thanks Mark and Caroline for being such good friends and inviting us to go! We love you!

Caroline came up with these cute crafts that the kids LOVED. They made nature bracelets from duct tape and things they found around the cabin. Leaves, flowers, sticks, etc. Then they made rock necklaces and also did some fun things with popsicle sticks.

Another Trip to Cali

I wrote this post weeks ago and forgot to actually POST it... silly me. This was conference weekend, the first weekend of October.

My itinerary:

Wednesday:

5:00 pm: Call Clarissa to ask if I can borrow her Garmin for my lonely ride to San Diego. All my other plans had fallen through, but I wasn't going to let that keep me from going. My kids and I were going no matter what.

5:10 pm: Clarissa calls back and asks if she can come with me! So exciting!

Thursday:

3:00 pm: Finally get on the road on the way to San Diego

9:00 pm: Arrive ready to party! All the kids, but Katie are asleep. We stay up and talk/craft/etc.

11:00 pm: Susan wakes up and wants to sleep by Lacy.

12ish: We are all in bed, sweating to death because of the dreaded heat and no a/c!

Friday:

8:00ish am: Get up and ready for school for jr and shopping for the rest of us

9:30 am: Take B to school and go thrift store shopping

11:00 am: go to Hodads (an awesome burger place in OB) then walk over to the beach

3:00 pm: Get home and get JR from school, get our craft on!

5:30 pm: Make a wok dinner with rice, chicken, black beans, tomatoes, corn... turns out really yummy with sour cream, guacamole, and on cheesy tortillas (I'm pretty proud of this random dinner)

8:00 pm: Go to super fun craft store, Beverly's, and to Mardells to get more crafting supplies

9:45 pm: Brian Sr. is home and we enjoy his company while we craft the night away

Saturday:

1:30 am: GO TO BED!

9:00 am: I am the last to wake up, and I wake up to conference beign played on the computer in the room I was sleeping in. It was the perfect way to wake up to, beautiful music being played by the MOTAB and bacon and pancakes cooking in the kitchen.

9:30 am: Enjoy crafting while listening to much inspiration

11:00 am: Head to McD's and Walmart to let the kids get some energy out before another session of conference

1:30 pm: Start the 2nd session of conference (dont worry, we started from the start!) and more crafting

5:00 pm: house is clean, crafts put away and Chantal off the get the baby sitter

5:45 pm: Off to our sisters date while the men are at priesthood session

- the rest of the night: Shopping at an awesome purse store and get a cute purse for myself and an even cuter one for Chantal's birthday

Dinner at Olive Garden with Mardell

Walk and dance in the rain

Switch clothes in the car and head to the beach

Take some pictures, splash in the shallow, low tide, laugh and enjoy sister time (and miss Charmaine like crazy!)

loose the keys (my guess is in the low tide, when I unzipped my jacket for a more flattering picture)

break into my car like the superwoman that I am (look for blog about this to come!)

laugh like crazy!

11:00 pm: come home to sleeping kids and celebrate the victory of grand theft auto (of my own car)

rest of the night: craft, what else!

Sunday:

1:00 am: GO TO BED!!

9:00 am: Wake up to conference again

craft, but not crafts that will make us money (thats work!)

11:00 am: picnic at a beautiful park, Lacy throws HUGE tantrum when its time to leave!

1:30 pm: Call Daddy to get Lacy calm so we can watch the last session of conference in peace.

5:00 pm: another awesome dinner- FRITO PLATE (an Ollerton specialty)

8:00 pm: Head to the Wengers for some awesome company

10:00pm: Kids in bed and we craft until I fall asleep practically in Chantals lap on the couch

Monday:

1:30 am (I think, I was a little out of it!): GO TO BED!!

9:00 am: Wake up just in the nick of time to get B off to school and ready to be a guest at Katie's preschool

9:30 am: Preschool with the kiddos

12 noon: Lunch and window shopping at Seaport Village

2:00 pm: Head on home and forget formula for Hugo... I scream "Snap the Puff, Man!" Chantal and I laugh for hours wondering where the heck that came from!

3:00 pm: Clarissa, Chantal and the older kids go to the beach while I stay home and get the car packed and ready to go home.

5:00ish: On the road home :(

11:00 pm: Home Sweet Home to my wonderful Husband who I missed dearly. I love him so much and am so grateful that he lets me do fun things like spur-of-the-moment trips to see my sister

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