Double Celebration

This past weekend we traveled to the desert in So. Cali to visit with Marks' family and grandparents. Sadly enough all the Thanksgiving pictures are on our other camera... So I don't have any of those festivities :(

And since we were down there among family, and Aubrilynns' Birthday is just around the corner... We had a lil' birthday celebration. So here is the soon to be 2 year old!!!

And Aubrilynn just being cute!

For our FHE activity we went for a walk with Aubrilynns new toy! She loved it :)

What also made the trip heavenly was the chance for Mark and I to go out on a date with free babysitting!!! It was so nice to just be with him and hang out again! We made a day of it and got some shopping done (it was 'black Friday' but there was no getting up early, no crowds, no lines and we still got the items we wanted! There just must be something about Utah that makes black Friday crazy ;) ) , then we saw a good movie and had a Delicious Lunch!

Anyway, that was our weekend :) And now my baby girl is now a toddler and turns 2 tomorrow!!! I can't believe it is here already! Seems like just a month ago we were in Illinois, in a hotel, celebrating her first birthday!!!

Happy Halloween (^_^)

This year we attended the trunk-or-treat with the ward which was held outside the church with a chili and pie cook-off!!! It was delicious! Although, we were pretty much on our feet the whole time chasing Aubrilynn up and down a rock hill (which was by a neighborhood street- but hence the constant hovering!!!) It was fun though. Aubrilynn was actually able to go trick-or-treating herself- with the aide of daddy prompting her to say 'trick-or-treat' and 'thank-you'! She was adorable! We didn't get any pictures at the activity sadly- and these are our attempted shots of the girls before the activity! Can I just say this girl does not hold still unless its on her terms! (Seriously- the other night she kept posing and shouting 'I love it' throwing her arms wide open in front of the camera with a huge grin) but with her costume she would hardly sit still let alone look and smile! :)

Anyway- thanks to my mother-in-law for the adorable costumes! We had an sweet lil' Pebbles and lil' Princess for Halloween.

Also, Marks' work wanted him to dress up for work... So we ended up scrapping together an outfit of 'Scarecrow' from Batman... He actually took second place surprisingly!

So that was our Saturday night~ on Sunday we were able to have dinner with the missionaries and a couple investigating the church. We cooked delicious Green enchiladas, spicy refried beans and spanish rice with a cherry cheesecake for dessert! Not only was the food a success, but the evening went wonderfully. Its so nice to have the spirit of missionaries in the home :)

And a pic of Aubrilynn in the duck costume the year before :) I just like to compare the chubby cheeks! Cute Girls!!!

Aubrilynns' October

My October was filled with adventures. Once when we went for a walk outside I saw this... HUGE lake that I immediately ran to and jumped in! It was so much better than all the little puddles on the sidewalk that mommy lets me jump in.



I played and played while mommy and daddy watched and laughed. They finally convinced me to come inside for a bath and promised to give me an ice cube!!! I love ice cubes! :D

In my October we also went to the park and Kaysia went swinging for the first time and I got to climb, swing, slide, run, explore and swing around like a monkey! It was great!





In my October mommy and Daddy took me to a place with pumpkins, animals, tunnels and this yellow pokey stuff. It was fun. I explored everywhere. They wanted me to pick a pumpkin to decorate it, but there was too much to explore. So they said we'd take it home and carve it later.

There is a lot of eating yummy treats in my October, ice cream walks, laughing and giggling with Kaysia... I love her. We get to attack daddy all the time and he still tosses me up and we count together! I love it!





That's a few of the things I've done in my October! Gramma is making me a costume for Halloween. I get to be Pebbles! Still lots of exciting stuff going on!
Oh! Mommy says I will have a cousin any day now!!! Still waiting for baby Alysha Brewer to come out!!!

Birthday Wish

Today is in remembrance of My Mother~
Once again her Birthday comes and goes with memories of her found in photographs and memories of the mind. And all that I can help wishing is that I had just a little more time with her, to get to know her... If only I was a little older, if only I had known and could have realized, if only....
There are several wishful thoughts that could go trough my mind over and over~ but comfort truly does come through the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I will have the opportunity to see her again. I can have the opportunity to live with her again if I am but faithful. She was an incredible example, this I do know and remember. The reason I can remember it so vividly is because she had that radiance about her, you could feel it in her presence and when you looked into her eyes. She lived the Gospel of Christ. She also left a special gift for me behind through her journals. She kept her journals through her college and mission years- this is how I was able to get to know my mother and who she was. Being young its so hard to see past yourself and events that are going on in your life. I am thankful for the opportunity I have to read those journal entries to get to know my mother, since time was cut so short for us. I can hardly believe its been 12 years since her passing. My heart aches often at the thought that my girls can never meet her in this life and that I can never call her with my questions, concerns, worries, and excitements, let alone just to talk.
~Yeah, its a hard day... But I love her, miss her and am thankful for the journal entries and will forever hold them close to my heart. She was incredible and left an amazing example of what it means to be Christlike, with her time here on the earth. I smile at the thought of knowing she is finally reunited with her own mother and father, along with her amazing brother (Clair) and sister (Carol). (Whom were also incredible people with an amazing spirit about them too.)
Anyway~ Happy Birthday to My dear Mother~ You are greatly missed by many, With Love

Life as we know it

What's been going on...
Wow, well we survived the head cold in 100* weather~ which doesn't make sense to me! Besides, who wants soup in that type of weather :) not I!!! And how is it allowed for mothers to be sick while everyone else is sick! They're too busy caring for everyone else and keeping things running that they don't have time to recover! So even though I was 'out' for 2 days, I was somehow still going. I credit the strength I had as a true blessing from the Lord, because I felt miserable! After I halfway recovered, Mark ended up getting sick too (lucky for him he got to call in for those 2 horrid days and actually got some sleep!!!) okay, I'm done :) you can tell i was flustered cuz my babies were miserable too.

So since then we are doing Much better! We enjoyed conference this past weekend and I love doing FHE now with Aubrilynn! It's still hard cuz she has a short attention span, but she is at least able to interact now! (I use the lessons from the nursery Manuel so she ends up having a double dosage) but repitition is good for them~ right! ;)

Also, within this month my girls are going to get to have a cute cousin addition in our family!!! Nate and Kelsey are expecting their baby girl by the end of the month! I'm so excited!!! And so wish I could be there :( I'm not sure when we'll be able to make it up there for a visit.... But all in due time. One day we still may move back ;)

Otherwise, everything is still the same. I play with the girls and enjoy doing learning activities with Aubrilynn! (she's so cute~ a lil' jabber bug!) mark stays crazy busy, school and work, callings and plays with the girls! His game is supposed to come out at the end of the month... It may be the beginning of Nov., but they're really pushing for Oct. 31.... And of course the weather is changing, cooler for all of us- but while you've been enjoying your summer weather, I've been keeping out of it... But now it's in the blessed 90*s ;) so we are out and soaking up the sun, finally!!!! so we better not move anywhere now so I can finally enjoy this :D playgroups may actually be starting up again now that the weather is nice, such a backwards life, eh!

Anyway, that's all I got for now! The fun stuff and visits are just about to begin!!!! I'm soo excited!!!!

....And yes, it is the middle of the night... I'm telling ya, the sleep schedule for my mind and body is all messed up... Hopefully one day I will be able to recover :)

Priceless Months With Kaysia

Meet My Family~

Finally was able to get some family shots! I'm soo excited, I've wanted to forever but... yeah~

Anyway, here are a few, I love my lil' family soo much!

Aubrilynn was of course couldn't sit still!! To much to explore :)

Love her baby blues'

Love Aubrilynn's smile, and Kaysia is so cute- reminds me of Baby Arnold on Kipper ;)

And that's my cute lil' family :)