Big Burger Birthday Bash

Big Brown Bear Brant wanted to BBQ for his Birthday.  So this post is brought to you by the letter B

That’s right Big B had his birthday. Heath was very excited to give dad a gift he picked out (wii game). Can you believe he was more excited than Brant?

We put on quite a spread for him to make some deluxe Cheese burgers! His favorite had Guacamole &bacon. I liked the Denver with ham & eggs. It was a fun little BBQ. 

As if everybody hadn’t had enough cheese burgers, we had to have cake!

Don’t forget the party games. A little red rover I don’t think they ever sent Brant over ;)

Brant you are the BEST!  Hope you had a Blast at you Birthday Burgers BBQ Bash!

Too cool for school

Well here they are the first day of school.

Heath is in kindergarten, when I asked him how it went he responded with “Grandpa Jeff was right it was actually pretty lame”. He was really upset when he thought they were taking his stuff when they got his supplies out of his backpack, he didn’t know it was still his and he would just keep it at school. And he did NOT want to leave his water bottle at his desk all night. Once we explained it and found a water bottle he could feel comfortable leaving and he was much better.

The next day he was a little upset that “all day all we learned were rules”. He is doing much better now as he has settled into a routine, he still complains about standing in lines all day but for the most part he is glad to go and glad to come home. At the open house his teacher described him as independent, and that he is! Rianne is now in 4th grade she loves school. Here she is on the 4th day of 4th grade. She is so good to watch out for Heath and worries over him like a mom!

The best thing about school starting was it meant our good friends the Udall’s are back! Rianne has waited all summer to give Hailey this shirt.

It is a reminder of good times they shared screaming for ice cream. Funny girls, we only wish they could have found a place to rent that put them in the same school.

Summer full of Suprises

I have to admit after Brant’s interview at NAU I wasn’t so sure about Flagstaff as we drove through the reservation on our way to find a rental I thought what are we doing? I was still apprehensive but I went to a play group with these women who I now don’t know how to live without; seriously I miss them if I don’t see them during the week. I love our ward, we have great friends, it is beautiful here Flagstaff has pleasantly surprised me. We have offically been here 2 years.  Tera has been all over surprise birthday parties, she threw one for Isaac and for me. So we were pretty happy she didn’t see this coming SURPRISE Tera!

I’m coaching volleyball again maybe not a big surprise, but coaching freshman. I think these girls were freshman when I started coaching. Surprise I now have girls I coached, and some are coaching some are married some are mom’s.

We were also excited to meet a new sweet niece Jenica 

We took the kids to Grandma and Grandpa Brown’s while I had volleyball 2-a-days. Heath can focus and work (surprise, suprise)

While they were there we worked on a surprise for the kids.

I didn’t miss them, well not too much which I actually suprised me and I feel a little guilty about. I was busy, but I loved having all week with Brant. It was a week where we felt like we were dating again it felt strange at first to have each other’s undivided attention. We laughed, talked, worked on the surprise, we just enjoyed the time we had with just us. It wasn’t like we did anything all that different or exciting it was just the break from being mom and dad. I love how we keep falling in love.

Camping with Boys

Here is another surprise for you we voluntarily went camping, Don’t be too surprised I told you we really like our friends and flagstaff! We had to keep the kids out of their rooms and although we had a few surprises on route to our camping spot. We made it!

Brant was rolling this log all by himself but by the time I got my camera more lumberjacks joined in

The log provided adequate seating around the fire.

This is hunting expedition caught a wild animal, surprisingly likes marshmallows

Maybe we should invest in more camping gear? It is no surprise if you can get him to hold still long enough he will fall asleep!

We took these dirty kids home for their surprises

Heath was more amazed that we moved his bed than the desk, but Rianne was very excited, she has wanted her own desk for a very long time.

I guess because we now have both kids in school and desks it is no surprise that summer is officially coming to an end :(

I captured this Perfect picture of summer, in Kanab, tree swing and backyard baseball with Grandpa Brown.