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

Muder Mystery Dinner Party

Our really good friends hosted a murder mystery dinner party. We enjoyed a night of mystery, fun, and friends. Oliver and I have always loved these kind of parties.


Jayson and Vanessa

Me and Oliver- I love how Oliver looks in a bow tie

Andrew and Katie

Getting into character...

HaLLowEEn PArtY!

Last night we went to a couple of Halloween parties. First we went over to Cameron and Laura's ward trunk or treat. The kids loved going car to car collecting candy. Dillon's costume was the best because it was a little small so he had a perma weggie.....I should have gotten a picture-maybe on Halloween night. After the trunk or treat we headed over to our ward Halloween Party. There were tacos, face painting, a fishing pond, tug-o-war, and a little spook alley. There was a great time had by all!


My cute little Butterfly!

Dillon and McKinley.

Me and my little Butterfly!!

My cute family....baby belly and all!

MuSIc ViDeO

Our ward made a music video for a stake activity. They tried to replicate the video Love Me Tender off of You tube (which is labeled the worst video). This was Oliver's AWESOME costume!


SO SEXY

Oliver and Spencer....
Can't forget the famous Ellis butt pose.

What is UP?

Magic word...

So yesterday morning I was eating breakfast and McKinley asked for a bite of my food. I asked, "What is the magic word?" and
McKinley answered, "Misca Musca Mickey Mouse."
Oliver and I started laughing so hard. Oliver said, "So, I guess that is the new magic word!"
I love my little munchkin!

Family Photos

My wonderful neighbor took some great family pictures for our family. These are just a couple of them!
If you ever need pictures here is her blog http://www.endlessmemoriesphoto.blogspot.com/.

McKinley loved playing with the leaves!

I love knowing that I have an Eternal Family!

Earrings

I have wanted to pierce McKinley's ears for quite some time now, but my sweet husband felt differently about it then I did. He said McKinley could get her ears pierced when she asked (He thought she would not ask for a few years). Well a few weeks ago McKinley was watching me put my earrings in and said, "Mommy earrings." While pointing to her ears. I told her she needed to ask Daddy. The next day we were driving and sure enough the subject of earrings came up again and McKinley said, " Daddy earrings." Oliver's face was priceless. I am sure he thought I had set her up to it, but I reassured him that I had not. So, shortly after this Tiffany informed me that she was going to pierce Paige's ears. I thought it would be great to go together. I talked to Oliver and said I was going to go with Tiffany, but not sure I would pierce McKinley's ears. Well when I got there I decided to just do it. (with Oliver knowing of course). So here is the process of the piercing.


McKinley and I waiting nervously for her to get her ears pierced.

Making the marks...I opted not to show the picture of the actual piercing. McKinley did cry.

As soon as McKinley saw her cute earrings in the mirror she was happy. Even the next morning Oliver told me how cute McKinley looked in her earrings. I am glad that I we decided to get her ears pierced.

Elephant parade

Last week we went up to Salt lake and watch the Elephant parade. They were doing activities at the Discovery Gateway and so we played there first and then got great seats for the parade. At the Discovery Gateway we painted pictures with balloons, the kids got a animal balloon, and they had circus type games in the lobby. The kids had a great time!


McKinley and I waiting for the Elephants

Everyone excited for the parade

They gave the kids these little signs. At one point McKinley, Parker, and Tyler were all the curb with their signs....They seriously looked like little protesters!


And finally the elephants. McKinley was a little afraid. I think it was the sirens that set her off in the beginning, but luckily she was at least able to see these amazing creatures!

Gymnastic Time

My neighbor opened a little gym in her basement and we decided to try it out. McKinley is a little monkey and absolutely loved this class. We are going to wait and sign her up in January.


McKinley hoppin' along

Hanging on the bars.

I think she looks so big in this picture. She already is such a little gymnast!

Here she is walking along the bars. McKinley did really well especially at following directions.

The Belly is getting bigger.

These pictures were taken at the Brown Family reunion. I wasn't very good at taking pictures of my belly with McKinley and so I decided to try and be a little better with this one.



This is just of fun one of me and Oli

Here is the belly at just over 5 months....

....and it's a BOY

We are so excited to welcome a new edition to our family on January 27th. I had my ultrasound yesterday and went in thinking I was having a girl. The ultrasound tech asked me what I thought I was having..... and I told him I thought it was a girl. He said, "Well that's a very good guess." So I thought maybe he had already seen, since ultrasounds are kind of hard to see sometimes. He then scrolled down to the bottom half of the body and asked, "now what do you think it is." My response was a boy- BOY OH BOY-no questions asked!


Here is the profile shot

and here is my little man....he is not shy at all!

Our little Dancing Queen!

Here is McKinley dancing. This was how she was all night long!

Dancing the night away.

Every year there is a block party in Oliver's parents neighborhood. It always includes great food, family and friends, and a live band. This is Oliver's favorite part....He loves to dance to the 50's music that the band plays. This year was the first year McKinley could really enjoy the band.......and let me tell you she was a DANCING MACHINE. She did not stop dancing for 2 whole hours. We finally left at 9:30 because it was way past bed time and we still had a 45min drive home. She would have continued dancing all night if we would have let her even though she was so tired. (She was asleep 5 mins into the car ride home.). The band members took a 5 min. break and McKinley looked up at Grandma Brown and said, "More music, more music." After they came back from break they let the kids play with hula hoops. McKinley held on to one for the rest of the night. I could have just sat and watched her all night. She did not want to dance with our family she wanted to be up right in front of the band doing her own thing! Miss Independent!! Here are a few snapshots from the party. I am going to try and post a couple videos of McKinley shakin' her buns!

Moonlight tour down the provo river

The other night our friend Jarom was kind enough to take us on a moonlight tour down the Provo river. We started down the river around 10:30pm and finished just before midnight. It was really amazing. Since we were away from all of the light you could look up and really behold the beauty of the night sky...... We saw bats and shooting stars. Plus, it was nice to cuddle up next to my sweet hubby!



Heather and Me

Heather, me, and Kristina

Cute couple.....Aaron and Kristina

Oliver and I in our life jackets all ready to go!

If you ever get the chance to do this I would highly recommend it. Especially with friends and the one you love!

New Hairdo

Tiffany gave me a great website for fancy girl hairdo's. This was my attempt at one of them.
http://cute2tryhairdos.blogspot.com


I thought McKinley did a great job holding still when I had done the hairdo.

This was at the end of the day. Hence, all the fly aways!

Kaden's 5th Bithday Party

On August 4th we went to Kaden's birthday party. McKinley had so much fun hitting the pinata, playing with her cousins, and eating the monkey cupcakes.




Each of the kids got a turn hitting the pinata. McKinley still has not learned that in order to get the candy out-you have to whack the pinata hard. Parker and her were lightly tapping the pinata.

Singing Happy Birthday to Kaden

The cute monkey cupcakes.

McKinley and Parker were so exhausted after the party.

My little Princess

Here are a few pictures we took before church. I think is she getting the "posing" thing down well!

Oh how I love nature...

On August 1st we had a picnic dinner and went hiking with Oliver's family. It was short hike (good for the little ones) that led up to a beautiful little waterfall. It was absolutely amazing....the waterfall, the sunset, and the beautiful surroundings. We will definitely be doing this hike again.




Nic and I

Grandma Brown and Oliver

Family photo time....say cheese!

My little nephew Tanner.....just a handsome little guy!

The beauty Salon

McKinley at the beauty salon with Grammy. McKinley thought she needed to sit in the chair, with a magazine, just like Grammy.

Dinner and a Play

Also, on Friday July 31st we went to dinner and a play with Grammy, Cassidy, Torrie and Parker. We ate at Cafe Rio and then went and saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Scera playhouse. We really enjoyed the company....although this was not my favorite performance I have seen of this play.



McKinley and Parker in their cool glasses.

McKinley and Parker dancing at Cafe Rio.

Cassidy and Torrie at the play

Hanging out during intermission. The kids were having a blast with Grammy...especially because she had loaded them up on sugar.

Wheeler farm

On July 31st we went to Wheeler Farm. All I can say is that I am glad I did not have to pay to get in. McKinley was a little afraid of the animals. I guess we will try again when she is older.




McKinley and I...and our famous self portrait.

McKinley playing on the tractor.

They really enjoyed playing on the old farm equipment

The goats...

Baby Paige

The newest member of our family. This is my little niece Paige. We think she is the most precious thing ever!
Welcome to the best family ever Paige!




A little yawn

Sleeping...what babies do best.

McKinley is absolutely in love with Paige. She loves to give her hugs and kisses.

Camping at Ledgefork

On July 24th and 25th we went camping at Ledgefork with our neighbors. We had a great time just hanging out in nature and being away from the everyday hustle and bustle of life.



This was the swing Oliver made. McKinley really enjoyed it.....

This was the tree after Oliver tried to sit on the swing. I guess there is a big difference between 24lbs and 160lbs. Oliver's face was priceless after the tree fell over on him. We could not believe that the tree was completely uprooted.

Getting ready to head out for a little hike.
(Spencer, Oliver, and McKinley)

McKinley and I