more Xmas pictures

Christmas Day as come and gone, and I'm still having a lot of fun! Hanging out with my family all day long, and this is the end of my little song.

I love holidays! I love time off work! I love my family! but most of all my miss my baby! Christmas this year was momentous! I have not spent christmas or thanksiving with my family for two years - shows how much I love them huh? No, really, I do.



yes my husband got the new josh turner cd - which is hilarious that my aunt got that for him, he is like the ONLY country music singer he'll listen to. He loves his deep voice! josh turner is my man's man.




And later that day....



a little pellet gun "fun", you dont want to hear the rest of that story - let's just say there was a deaf 45 year old guy and a little 9 year old involved. haha you can guess the rest.

And lastly, we hit up Temple Square in Salt Lake City to see the lights. I havn't seen the lights in years so I absolutely loved it! I just wished aaron was there with us. But luckily, my cousin Breanne and Grandma Wallace were able to come with us for some fun! It was packed full of visitors - but I loved it anyways! The lights are so magical and the Temple is the most Beautiful place on earth (and that's not only because Aaron & I got married there)







Our holiday vaca. is not over yet! Tomorrow Aaron comes back from California and we head to Rigby, Idaho to see the Antis Family! Bundle up - its suppose to be colder than utah! yikes!

MERRY CHRISTMAS - LOVE THE ANTIS' & THE WALLACES




WISHING YOU ALL A BLESSED & HOPEFULL 2011! MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR THIS IS - AND THAT WE CAN KEEP IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS THE BLESSING OF WHAT OUR LORD SAVIOUR HAS DONE FOR US ALL. WE LOVE YOU.

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas Everyone! These are some pictures from our Brown Family Christmas Party this year - Dec 26th. About 50 people showed up and the funny part is, that is only half of our family! Let me just tell you that I have about 70 first cousins alone. And what a party is was.

Some jingles on the chimes

Aunt & Uncle, and cousins with grandpa brown

Me & Grandpa Vern Brown

Me and cousin Zacharee who just got home from his mission

Miss paisley with her xmas prize

and our claim to fame: Uncle Larry Brown & his son Kayson Brown (who is famous in the Utah orchestra world)


I love my Brown Family! Always a good time when we get together :) I love having so many cousins & family to be around. I just wish my dear husband could be there for the party. He got called back to work in california due to about 9 inches of heavy rain in southern cali. They really needed his help, so he is there the 26-28th. Anyways - I love my family! I will post more pix of Xmas Day soon.

time for christmas!

NOT MUCH GOING ON HERE... JUST AWAITING FOR THE DAYS TO PASS BY SO THAT WE CAN LEAVE ON FRIDAY MORNING 1AM TO GO TO UTAH & IDAHO! I AM SO EXCITED & CANNOT WAIT TO SEE MY FAMILY. ITS BEEN A WHOLE 4 MONTHS SINCE I'VE SEEN THEM LAST AND WHEN MY SISTER IS 4 YEARS OLD, I KIND OF WISH I COULD SEE HER MORE SINCE SHE GROWS UP SO FAST. SPEAKING OF WHICH MY LITTLE SIS MACKENZIE WILL BE 18 IN JANUARY... WHEN DID THIS ALL HAPPEN? SHE JUST GREW UP LIKE IT WAS NOT A BIG DEAL OR SOMETHING? WHERE DID ALL THE TIME GO. THEN AGAIN, THIS YEAR DID GO BY SERIOUSLY WAY TO FAST.

I LOVE HER, MUCH MORE THEN WHEN I DID WHEN I WAS 15. THATS THE TRUTH.

AND HERE IS A SEMI GOOD PIC OF MAC & WIL. WIL IS MY BRO - ALMOST 10 YEARS OLD AND GUY IS STILL THE SIZE OF A 7 YEAR OLD... POOR KID... STILL LOVE HIM THOUGH. WANTS TO GO TO SCOTLAND AND SEE HIS 24TH GREAT UNCLE WHO HE IS NAMED AFTER, WILLIAM WALLACE, AND WANTS TO CONQURE THE WORLD WITH HIS SWORD. HE'S THE SMARTEST KID I'VE EVER TALKED TO AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO WHITTY & CHARMING. HE'S BETTER OFF GROWING UP RATHER THEN STAYING YOUNG, HE'LL BE OUR CLAIM TO FAME ONE DAY


AND LITTL' MISS PAISLEY JUNE... SHE'S NOT THE BABY ANYMORE, OR SO SHE SAYS BUT SHE'LL ALWAYS BE MY PRINCESS. SHE'S THE ONE FAMILY MEMBER I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE MOST. SHE THE TALKER, THE PLAYER, THE DRESS-ER-UP-ER, THE CUTIE PIE. I LOVE HER TO DEATH, WITH OUT HER OUR FAMILY WOULD NOT HAVE HUMOR. SHE'LL ALWAYS BE MY FIRST BORN, THOUGH I DID NOT GIVE BIRTH TO HER.. PROMISE.. SOME WOULD THINK OTHERWISE BUT I PROMISE SHE IS NOT "MINE"


MY CUTE ELF HUSBAND, HAVN'T SEEN HIM AROUND IN A WHILE.. HMM.. LAST YEAR HE HAD A 98 HOUR WORK WEEK BEING THE ELF BUT SEEING AS THIS YEAR IT WAS POURING RAIN 4 OUT OF THE 5 NIGHTS HE DIDNT DO THE ELF GIG MUCH BUT RATHER WORKED IN THE OFFICE TAKING PHONE CALLS ALL DAY FOR THE ROOFING COMPANY FROM ALL THE RAIN LATELY. ANYWAYS, AARON AND I ALREADY GOT EACHOTHER OUR GIFTS FOR XMAS.... HE GOT A BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER AND I'M GETTING CONTACTS - FAIR EXCHANGE RIGHT? I'M MORE INTO THE FAMILY GIFTS THIS YEAR.


SPEAKING OF RAIN........ UMM, NOT SURE IF YOU ALL NOTICED BUT SERIOUSLY? SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS FLOODING AND I THINK ITS GETTING READY TO FALL OFF THE MAP. BUT THE RAIN HAS BEEN INSANE HERE. THE CITY I LIVE IN, LAKE FOREST GOT A RECORD OF 2.67 INCHES, NOT BAD COMPARED TO BEVERLY HILLS' 5.5 INCHES AND DEVORE'S 10.6 INCHES... THOUGH I WILL SAY IT TOOK ME 35 MINUTES TO GET TO WORK TODAY WHEN IT NORMALLY TAKES ONLY 10. ALL THE STOP LIGHTS WERE OUT, MUD SLIDE WAS DOWN LAKE FOREST ROAD, MULTIPLE LANES WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND A TREE FELL ON TOP OF A CAR WHILST DRIVING! AND THIS WAS ONLY DOWN 2 STREETS... I HEAR IT TOOK SOME PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME 3 HOURS TO GET TO WORK. IT WAS HORRIBLE. ITS FINALLY STOPPED AND I'VE SEEN DAYLIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4 DAYS. JUST IN TIME FOR SNOW TO BE ON ITS WAY TO UTAH FOR THE HOLIDAYS! YIPEE!

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO XMAS EVE & XMAS DAY AND BEING WITH FAMILY... A WHITE XMAS... MAKING A SNOWMAN... GETTING ALL BUNDLED UP... TEMPLE SQUARE AND THE LIGHTS! ITS JUST ALL SO MAGICAL. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE CELEBRATING JESUS CHRISTS BIRTH, ITS SO WONDERFUL TO THINK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WE WERE WATCHING HIM BEING BORN. I LIKE TO THINK I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT WATCHING HIM AND ADORING HIM FROM ABOVE. WHAT A SITE TO SEE.


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU THIS HOLIDAY SEASON & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!! (my only goal next year is to get in shape! 115lbs here i come!)

BOAT PARADE CRUISE

It's that time again this year.... my dearest husband becomes a workaholic elf man. Almost like a transformation overnight. Well, just as long as I have my See's chocolates candies to keep me company at night I'm alright. Employee night was the first night so it was a bunch of fun of course, we love being all together not in a work setting and just so happening to be in a parade at the same time.








My hubby is a really good entertainer!! I love him & he is such a hard worker!! CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR HOLIDAY VACATION TO ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER :) LOVE YA & MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy November and soon December!!

I cannot even explain this month into such words... Only one can truly describe it: CRAZY! The first couple days were alright, then that first saturday we moved into the Robertson's house for 2 whole weeks. We watched their 4 kids, but really it was only 2 since the older boys were pretty much gone all the time. Nevertheless it was still crazy. I've never cooked for 6 people before, how am i suppose to do this? Oh my gosh, i'm so overwhelmed. I change my mind, i'm not having kids! Anyways, those 2 weeks went by quicker then anticipated and i hadn't caught up on everything else I was suppose to do. PRimary lessons, Sacrament talk, laundry, thanksgiving food, birthday shopping, xmas shopping, moving back into our apartment, relief society committee stuff. Gee, a little much dont you think? And it's still not over yet... I've never had such a crazy month in my life. Have you? I'm sure you have, and i dont even have kids yet. YET.

Next up, Aarons 25th Birthday! Kept it pretty low key this year since his surprise bday bash wasn't such a surprise after all... I had work off that day so I went shopping and got him a few presents. Came home, opened his gifts: huge reeses peices cup, sweater, back hand massager which has now coined the phrase "dog me!", socks, gloves, and what not. Then out to SUSHI! THat was a lot of fun :) We love trying new things and that was definitely an experience. Can't even remember all the different types of raw fish i ate. Mackarel, shrimp, tuna, albacore... it was all pretty dang good with an exception of a few on my plate. Then we headed home and watched a movie. That's that. Happy 25th my dearest.

Then Thanksgiving Day, we had originally planned to go to a Soup Kitchen and do some service there but we never could find one locally, and all the places pretty much had done all the food prepping the night before. So we just slept in and ate chocolate for breakfast... like we usually do.... then headed over to Dean (aarons coworker) house for thanksgiving dinner with his family. It was so much fun! We watched the amazing Cowboys vs. Saints game, had some AMAZING food, and played lots of fun games! It truly was a thanksgiving to be thankful for. Since our turkey didnt quite get cooked.... I'll have a go at that on sunday i think.

The countdown begins for our Christmas trip to Utah and Idaho, I could not be more excited! We arrive the 24th and dont leave til the 2nd. It's going to be an awesome trip! I am so looking forward to spending time with both sets of families who conviently live only 3 hrs away from eachother but manage to be in different states. I love my Family, I love my friends, I love the Church, I love my husband and I'm thankful for all of these things too. Oh, and my job too :)

Happy Holidays Everyone

birthday:






thanksgiving:



pre thanksgiving bonfire at aliso creek:

Crazy November

First off our October was a great month! We got a dining table! No more eating on the couch! Uncle Charlie gave us his since he is remodeling his house.

our apartment is slowly but surely turning in a home. Next up was halloween, we didnt do much this year, just watched Hocus Pocus, passed out candy, made a nice dinner... Took it real easy this year, didnt even go to the pumpkin patch. gasp.

Work has been crazy for Aaron and he's been doing a lot of overtime, its been a nice check but can be lonely sometimes. Overall he is an amazing hard worker! I tend to say that this time of year (every year!) This is the crazy season, now til whenever the rain stops (could be march? or longer...)He is truly amazing! As for me, I'm just working full time at a healthcare company which I love! And guess what, for the first time since living at home I HAVE INSURANCE! medical, that is. That's a big deal for us. And my next up and coming project is to practice signing for the Follow the Star performance this year for our stakes nativity show. I love being a part of it! My mom is proud, I am keeping up her legacy. To bad we dont really have any more deaf people in the stake.

And, last but not least... starting today at 5pm Aaron and I will be watching 4 of the Robertson kids! Connor, Chase, Caleb and Laura! For 2 whole weeks. We are living at their house, making dinner, everything! Football, church, school, etc... It will be awesome! I'm a little nervous, but excited. A new learning experience! This could possibly push the idea away of having kids a for a while haha we're thinking 2 more years to wait but after this could be bumped to 4! :)

Just Because I Love You

If I could go back to any day in the history of mine and aarons life together... I have to say August 23rd, 2008. The day my life changed forever. The happiest day of my life. I love Love LOVE my husband! Tells me he loves me everyday and gives me the bestest hugs & kisses, I am so so loved! We have the best time together, and he makes me laugh every single day that we are together. I can always count on my hubby to put a smile back on my face :)