Loving Fall and our favorite... Halloween!

Bath time with uncle Bronson and favorite twins.

The cutest pirate princess we know...

Out of these 5 pumpkins anyone care to guess which one was mine? Yep, the one that looks like a five year old did it... the others were creations by Levi and Brons

Brynn and Andrew the "Biggest Loser" champions

I swear Dennis looks like a girl I know in this picture. Dennis what nice legs and Kelli Ripa
like arms you have.

Meet Payne Stewart and his wife Cindy.

Cute Lady Bug Halle

Hyrum and Halle enjoying the beach together

Halle, you and Avery belong on Baywatch Baby edition for sure!

Cousins who share the same taste in pajama's.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Halle's first time ever in the ocean.

The real deal Southern cooking... not sure I am a huge fan... but Halle certainly was quite fond of the collards. eeewwww!



Visiting Levi's mission areas in Raleigh. It was so fun to see and meet the people Levi served on his mission. For sure my favorite part of the trip was meeting Sister Walls-- a lady in one of Levi's areas that had nothing but amazing things to say about Levi.

Lake Johnson-- Levi's favorite place to go jogging- now we can see why.

Halle's first time on a merry go round. Too scared to stay on an animal so we settled with the chariot.

Looking stylish on the park bench of the zoo.

The Raleigh, North Carolina temple.

It has been a wonderful start to the Fall season. Halloween was amazing. I am pretty sure it is going to be one of Halle's favorite Holidays. Halle loves the leaves and eating acorns out of the driveway. She is getting smarter and cuter by the day. Her favorite words are da-da, ma-ma, ball, and shoes(pronouned shooos). She loves carrying around purses, putting on both mine and levi's shoes and wearing necklaces. Her first encounter with the beach was a positive experience. We are so grateful to Doug and Melanie for taking us on such a fun vacation.

The Sweetness of Summer...

My masterpiece with the help of Lev and Mel

Hyrum comes to visit!

The Brown's sweet pool

The sweetness of summer…
It appears summer has come and almost gone—yet we have not posted any of our summer adventures. Well it is time to recap. Summer is truly divine-sunshine and swimming, walks in the morning and hanging at the park, cookouts up the canyon, and don’t forget snow cones. A few of the highlights were… the girls trip to Vegas to visit Nat and the female version of Cohen, Paullie pocket the great (aka my older brother) marrying sweet Kerrie, the twinners Corty and Avery having the coolest birthday extravaganza I have ever witnessed, the little man cousin Hyrum coming to town... And the list continues- sweet Levi throwing me a surprise party, our 2nd wedding anniversary, the H-monster turning one (by the way don’t even try to do the math- yes we had been married for 3 sweet months when I became pregnant).
Okay let’s talk Halle—what a delight. It’s hard to believe she was not a part of our life a little over a year ago. She is spunky, sweet, energetic, and truly the joy of our lives. From the moment I go get her out of her crib every morning she brightens my day. Halle is walking now- making it a good 20 feet on her best attempt. Our little baby garbage disposal sure has grown. She is off the chart for her height and head circumference. We are relieved to know that her large head is of no concern- given the genetic predisposition her father passed along. Let’s all cross our fingers Halle does not inherit my dancing and rhythm (everyone please recall my skills in our creative dance class our freshmen year of college). She does seem to enjoy some of my favorite songs and is starting to mimic my dance skills. She will wave her arms in the air as fast as she can and shake those little legs every time “Poker face”, “Waking up in Vegas”, or “Flo rider” comes on in the car or on our i-pod. Pretty please someone tell Ashley to give me a grammar lesson. Since I am sure it was not already obvious my new favorite button on the keyboard happens to be - - - - - Yep, and I am not even sure what it means (perhaps pause or hold that thought??)