Home Sweet Home!

It has been so great having Treagan home. We absolutely love him. McKinley has been such a big helper. She always wants to hold him, hug him, and kiss on him. I am so grateful that she loves him so much. Treagan does what any new baby does best....eat, sleep, and poop! Treagan loves to be snuggled in the bouncer, where he sleeps most of the time!


Treagan's favorite place...sleeping in the bouncer

Daddy and Treagan taking a nap together!

All bundled in the carseat. I love how tiny they look in the carseat the first month.

McKinley and Treagan. I have been so proud of McKinley with potty training. She has had some perfect days and only a few accidents here and there. She has does amazing for only one week. WAY TO GO KINNERS!

Lots of Love

McKinley was so excited to meet her new little brother. I am grateful that she is so excited...I have been a little nervous about it, but all is well! She could not wait to hold him and she was very persistent that she did not want any help from mom. She is going to be a great big sister. Also, McKinley is potty training. While we were in the hospital my WONDERFUL mom took on the task of potty training. McKinley has been doing really well. I really don't know where I would we without my outstanding mom! Mom- Thanks for all of your help and all you do for my family. We all LOVE YOU!

Big sister McKinley and Treagan

Welcome home Treagan....He will probably wish he was still in the womb after his sister gets a hold of him!

Grammy and Treagan. Treagan actually posed for this picture. He was asleep and opened his eyes just in time for the photo!

Grandma and Grandpa Brown and Treagan.

We really want to express our thanks and love to all of our family and friends. We are truly appreciative of all the help, love and support we have received. We could not have done any of this without friends and family. We know it was a long trek to the hospital and many of you made the trip....THANKS. We love you all!

Baby LOVE

Here are just some fun pictures of Treagan. He is such a content little man. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with such a wonderful family. Everyday I feel so overwhelmed by the responsibility that Heavenly Father has given me has a mother and wife. I pray each day that I may be the mom and wife that Heavenly Father wants me to be. I am so grateful to be a mom to two wonderful children.

I love how peaceful Treagan looks in the picture.

My little man

His cute little feet

My mom and sisters gave Treagan this blanket. I think he already has his favorite blanket. He just loves to be cuddled up in it!

Baby Treagan

Here are some pictures of our new little addition!


Mommy and Treagan after delivery.

Daddy and Treagan. I love how happy Oliver looks- I think it captures the feeling of having a little miracle in our presence.

Welcome to the world Treagan

Daddy and Treagan after his first bath. Oliver was so excited to give him a bath that he forgot to take pictures of the actual bath!

Treagan Oliver Brown

Treagan joined our family yesterday (1/18/2010) at 5:57pm. He weighed 6lbs 13 oz and was 18 inches tall. I feel so grateful to have been blessed with such a beautiful baby boy. WELCOME TREAGAN! We love you so much already!!! Pictures to follow....

Princess Party

This last Saturday McKinley was invited to her first Princess Birthday Party for Tasia. McKinley was so excited to wear her Cinderella dress. They had a great time playing pass the slipper, eating lots of sugar, making necklaces, and getting princess tiaras. McKinley is definitely getting into the whole princess thing.

Mommy making McKinley pose for the camera because she looks so adorable!

Eating Cake and Ice cream

The party!

The cute princess cake

Car seat covers

This post is dedicated to my amazing mother. The other day we were at Target and saw a cute car seat cover that I loved. So we decided to buy fabric and she would duplicate it. Well not only is it better than the one we saw she made McKinley a matching one. She gave them to us on Christmas day. Needless to say I was so ecstatic. I mean look how incredible they look, and plus McKinley just loves her. My mom also made us matching burp cloths. Thanks for a great Christmas present mom....WE LOVE THEM!

Christmas Afternoon

This year we spent Christmas afternoon at my moms house. It was fun and relaxing as always. We had a great dinner and fun playing with all of our new games and gadgets we had received. This truly was a memorable Christmas. I love the valuable time we get to spend with family. After certain events this year I have come to realize how important everyday is. We never know what may come to tomorrow, but as of now COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT!


My two favorite people in the whole wide world!!!(soon to be three!)

The Girls

So GoOfY...what else can I say expect that I love them.

Mommy and McKinley with are matching car seat covers.

Christmas Morning

This year was so exciting because McKinley is finally getting old enough to understand. I think she was still a little hesitant about Santa coming to our house, but after seeing her gifts Christmas morning she might just change her mind. Before Christmas I kept asking McKinley if Santa was coming and she would said, "No ho ho". She always calls Santa Ho Ho. This year Santa brought McKinley a little kitchen and she was in heaven. She also got all the little extras to go with it. She had been making me a lot of fun things lately with her new kitchen.


McKinley checking out the new Kitchen

McKinley opening her Dora backpack

Daddy and his new ties to go with his Blue suit.

Merry Christmas. We had such an enjoyable Christmas. It was so wonderful to feel the true spirit of Christmas from neighbors, family and friends.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is spent every year at The Brown's. We go over to Oliver's parents house and enjoy a nice dinner, a family gift exchange, a Christmas story, and a sing-a-long. It is so exciting to watch McKinley as she is starting to get older. One of the fun and exciting things about Christmas Eve is that Santa shows up and passes out candy canes to all of kids. I thought McKinley would freak out (going off previous experiences this year), but she didn't.


Mommy and McKinley getting ready to go!

Cameron and Abby with their gifts

Spencer got a new first aid kit...YaHoO!

Andy, Heidi ,and Grandpa Fred all got gift cards to In and Out burger.

Christmas sing-a-long

This year we joined family at the Christmas sing-a-long at the Energy Solutions Arena. We really enjoyed going and think we will go again next year. McKinley had a great time dancing and singing with her cousin Parker.


Daddy and McKinley waiting for the doors to open

Mommy and McKinley freezing our buns off...it was so cold outside

Happy to be inside!

Torrie, Cassidy, Riley, and Ryan

Christmas Concert

So this year Oliver and I had a chance to go to SLC for the Christmas Concert. Well little did we know how early we needed to be there. We met up with Oliver's parents in Sandy and headed down for the conference center. When we got to SLC it was crazy busy and there were huge lines to get into the conference center. Well as we got to one of the lines the volunteer told us that there were no more seats available and they were not letting anyone else in. (Lesson learned...leave extra early for the Christmas concert)! We got back in our car and headed for home. Oliver and I did stop at Maverick and enjoyed a nice cup of Hot cocoa together. At least I still got to spend the night with mt best friend.

Birthday Surprise!

For my birthday this year Oliver threw me an early surprise party with his family. We all met at Red Robin and celebrated my birthday and Cameron's birthday. I know Oliver and Laura had put a lot of thought and effort into the night. I am grateful for my sweet husband and his thoughtfulness.


Cheese!!...The fun Birthday Hats

Oliver, me, Abby, and Nic

Spencer, Grandma, Grandpa, and McKinley

Laura, Cameron, Grandpa Fred, and Dillon

FHE

For FHE a few weeks ago we walked over to our neighbors house to put kits together for an upcoming Relief Society activity. As you could imagine our husbands were extremely happy to help..LOL We needed to put close to 80 kits together and decided we needed to enlist help. It was really fun watching the kids get so excited about helping with the kits. It ended up being a great night with family and friends.



Bundling up to walk to the neighbors

The assembly line...

Me and Krista

Getting started...doesn't Oliver looked thrilled to be helping!

Ward Christmas Party

These were just a couple of pictures we took at our ward Christmas party. We always love going and being reminded of the true meaning of Christmas. We really enjoyed the nativity and the music. I just love the Christmas season!


Oliver, Me, and McKinley

McKinley eating a delicious cookie! She had been asking for this cookie all night.

Our little Chef...

McKinley loves to help whenever I am in the kitchen. I am a little apprehensive about her helping around the stove, but daddy does not seem to mind. The other day I walked into the kitchen to find McKinley cooking eggs with dad helping on the sidelines of course....and needless to say she was happy to be cooking like a big girl.

Yummy eggs!

Four Year Anniversary

Today is our four year Anniversary. Wow, how time flies by! I love every anniversary because it gives me a day to really reflect on the last year of my marriage. I love to remember the ups and downs that have challenged us to new heights and made our marriage what it is. I feel so very blessed to have such a wonderful husband. He truly has a heart of gold! I love that he is always willing to listen and let me cry on his shoulder. I know that the lord truly blessed my life forever when he led me to my sweetheart Oliver. I am so excited to see what the next year brings. I am sure there will be good times and bad times, but has long as we stick together and rely on the Lord we know that we can overcome any obstacle! I love you Oliver...Happy Anniversary!
Here are some pictures from our wedding day and reception-ENJOY!

Anniversary Trip 2009

Anniversary Trip 2009

Craft Day

So this last Saturday my neighbor did a boutique in her basement and I decided to sell some of my crafts. These are some of the crafts that I spent all day Thursday making. My bestest friend, Kristina, came over and helped me out. I really enjoy making crafts. (ps I am still selling the BYU and U of U blocks...so if anybody would like them...just let me know).

Time Out For Women

This weekend I had the opportunity to attend Time Out for Women in Salt Lake City with some friends. The conference was Friday night and most of Saturday. It was a very uplifting conference. It really rejuvenated my spirit and left me with a greater desire to be a better disciple of Christ. I came out with a determination to be a better wife and mom knowing that one of the greatest gifts we have in life is our family! We have all been chosen to be here at this time and we all have been given gifts and talents to share. It is our duty to develop our talents and share them as our Father in Heaven sees fit. I am very grateful I had the opportunity to go. I cannot wait until next year. One of the best parts of the weekend was staying up until midnight (This is late for me!), talking with my friends, and eating a hot delicious chocolate cookie! Yummy!

Olya, me, Cassie, and Consuela Day 1

Day 2- The conference was held at the Salt Palace.

Halloween Night

So I am just a little behind...Here are some pictures from Halloween night. We had a wonderful night. Oliver's parents came over along with Chantelle and her family. We had a chili dinner and then it was off to Trick or Treating. Oliver's parents stayed and passed candy out at our house so we could all go Trick or Treating for a little while. It was a really great Halloween.


Me, Oliver, and McKinley.

Grandpa and Grandma Brown and McKinley

What a cute butterfly!!

Halloween Festivities

Wow, Yesterday was a busy day of parties for little McKinley. It started in the morning over at Brailee's house. They made pumpkin pictures, decorated little pumpkins, made cookies, and read Halloween stories. McKinley could not wait for Oliver to come home so she could show him all of her projects. Later in the afternoon we headed over to a Neighbors house for another Halloween party. At this party she decorated cupcakes, made ghost, colored, and had fun swinging at the pinata-collecting even more candy. Then last night our family headed over to the legacy center for their Halloween Extravaganza. We had fun Trick or Treating around the track, which they had turned into a little spook alley. After trick or treating we went and ate sloppy joes while we watched Monsters and Aliens on a ginormous screen they set up. McKinley loved watching the movie. We were all exhausted after a long, but enjoyable day!

Here McKinley is painting her pumpkin with marshmallows on sticks.

McKinley and her decorated cupcake.

Swinging at the pinata

McKinley and Oliver at the Legacy Center.

Halloween in Full force

The other night Oliver and I were invited to a Halloween party at our neighbors house. We had dinner and played the newly wed game....Oliver and I did not win. We had a blast seeing all of our friends and their fun costumes.

The Queen bee and Bat

The pregnant cheerleader and her football player aka Justi and Ryan

The "good" witch aka Chelsea

The army couple aka Matt and Heather

Halloween Party Cont.

All the pregnant ladies at the party....We are due within about
one month of each other.

Burger King and Wendy aka Melissa and Anthony

Drew Carey and Mimi aka Tashina and John


I thought these were awesome costumes...Stick figures
Lindsay and Riley