SHADES of BROWN

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Ward Christmas Party

Saturday was our ward Christmas party. They had a nice breakfast and then SANTA came. Bella was so excited. When it was finally her turn to sit on his lap she ran up to him and started jumping up and down. When Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas she promptly replied a "kee-cheen" A Kitchen. We will have to see if he listened....

Sunday, December 7, 2008

'Tis The Season

Here are a few pictures to ring in the season!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanksgiving

Carter

Aidan

I thought this picture was so funny. This is the boys pretending they were sad they didn't get an individual Christmas present, like the girls did. John can't even act "sad" for a second. Shortly after this Karen went and bought all the boys nerf guns.

We were with the whole Brown family for Thanksgiving this year. Karen and Cecil rented a cabin up at Sundance. We had such a great time. It was filled with food, family, laughs, food, games and some more food. I definitely gained some pounds. Above are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend. Below are several posts about what we did.

Sweet Potatoes and Rice

Chase got to eat solid food for the first time on Thanksgiving. He turned 5 months the day before, so we thought it was fitting to wait and let him have sweet potatoes and rice cereal on the most gluttonous day of the year. He loved it! Bella was not this into food. He would start crying if I did not get it into his mouth quick enough. He was even grabbing the spoon. Then, later on in the evening we were having pie and he was smacking his lips and trying to grab mine. Maybe this will finally add some chubs to his tininess.

Brown Family Pictures

We ventured out the day after Thanksgiving. We walked on trails for a bit and took some family pictures. It was cold and beautiful. Some liked it more than others. Jake's family were troupers, walking further than anyone else, while Carter ended up warm in the car much sooner than anyone else, but in his defense, he was very sick the next day, so I am sure he did not feel very well.

Service Project

Finished Product.

Brittany and Alex.

Jake was our threader.

Becca cut and ironed.

John and Joe were overly proud over themselves for cutting the batting.

While up at the cabin over Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law organized a service project for us to do. We made lap quilts for a nursing home where our Grandma Brown lived, until she passed earlier this year. The kids drew in the squares, hands, feet, dogs, whatever they felt like. Then we tied and binded them. It was a great experience. It was fun to all work together towards something that will bring happiness to those in need.