Boo! And counting

My little monsters sure our ready for Halloween, we have had something every night this week! Ria's Party (blogged earlier),

Pumpkin Carving, Hosts of the carving event, (Pictured above, in super cute costumes) we had fun Halloween Food and too much of it! Rianne Carved her own Pumpkin, and Brant Carved the Face Heath drew it Turned out very Good!

We also had Bat night (Ria's school), City League Volleyball started J!
Had to add this Photo of 2 cute babies @ Pumpkin Party!

I have been wearing this for 10 years, (Spooky, I know)!

And tonight we are going out on a date! It's been a while so I am pretty excited! I still love my ring and the Man who put it on my finger!

Age of Accountability

I have to share this at the end of May; Rianne was talking to me about this birthday. This is kind of how the conversation went:

Rianne: Is everybody tempted when they turn 8?

Mom: that is when Satan can tempt us and we are accountable for the choices we make, He will try to put bad thoughts in our heads.

Rianne: We get the Holy Ghost when we get baptized right?

Mom: Yes and he helps us know things are wrong and gives us good things to do.

Rianne: I hope I get baptized on my birthday I don't want to go too many days without him (Holy Ghost)!

She was also very concerned for all those people who aren't baptized (especially a particular friend). We had a pretty good talk about everybody being able to make good choices. Taking on the name of Christ gives us more to do so we need more help so we get the Holy Ghost. It was pretty sweet! Her Baptism will be November 28th in Kanab!

Well she has reached magic # 8! I cannot believe my little girl turned 8 on Monday. Rianne loves horses. I had an idea for a cake with an 8 and it turned out how I pictured it!


I asked her what she wanted for her birthday dinner and she said she wanted to go to dinner with a friend. Okay, where would you like to go? She is only 8 so she is either ready to retire or a little more white trash than her mother.

Village Inn was her choice, what 8 year old picks that? We had a great dinner with her friend Hailey.

After dinner we had a little FHE party with a few families. Gifts, cake & ice cream,

and of course her birthday spot light, (a slide show of pictures done by Brant).

After the Party we gave her the gifts from us a camera (Remember to live so your memories bring you happiness) CTR ring (Remember to make good choices.) We also let her open Grandma & Grandpa Brown's present (her own set of scriptures)

This little girl has brought more joy to my life than I thought possible from one kid. She is so thoughtful and helpful she reminds me so much of her Grandma Brown. She is always looking to do good things and serve. She is a wonderful care taker. I'm so glad she came first; she is just what I needed to help me enjoy motherhood, when I was so scared to take it on. She has taught me so much! I love you Rianne, I love being your Mom! Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Cast off! 4 Photos

Rianne is happy to have her cast off. I loved the before and after X-rays!

Thought I better post Heath's 4 year old pictures!

WOW, Hot Dog!

I received the coveted Wife of the Week award! This is an award not to be given lightly; it was awarded on a Monday! Who just gives that out so early in the week? My husband! If you know Brant you know how much he loves hot dogs! Well, I got him the nice polish dogs put em' in sleeping bags and

I was the obvious choice for Wife Of The WEEK (WOW)! Sorry to all my competition (wives 2 and 3), it is all me this week! Brant is covering some additional travel for work, I am not a good single mom, but I am Wife of the Week! Come home soon & safe. We miss you already!

I had to give in!

Sunday night he asked, Monday morning he asked twice. "Can we now? How about now? Monday night he asked. Tuesday morning he asked, "Can we now? Then again on Tuesday night. First thing this morning he asked. "Please can we today, mom". So after 3 days of begging, I had to give in. Instead of making bread today this is what we did:

Sorry the pictures aren't great! I have never seen a kid so excited to clean out the fridge! He just kept saying "see how long my arms are?", "I am making it sparkle and shine." When we had it all done and the food put back in, shut the fridge, he said "I did a pretty good job". What a kid, I hope this is just the beginning of the Fantastic 4's!

HB, HB

Happy Birthday, Heath Brown

Can you believe my baby is 4! He now has the power to CLAP the lights on, amazing

He is still determined and it takes a lot to change his mind!!! They sang to Heath at church and he was convinced Sunday was his birthday after dinner he asked for his cake! I wanted to do a little get together with a few of his little buddies but I was having a hard time balancing everything school and time, so we were going to try and squeeze it in to our busy Saturday! Well there are some amazing people here in flagstaff and they put together a little party for him on Friday, so that his buddies could come.

It meant a lot to me. Thank you all so much for coming.

I hope it was fun. All I did was the cake (which looked better in my head).

Heath's Birthday was SUPER special!

I think each phase seems to get more fun as they grow up. Heath keeps me on my toes and is so very funny. We are so glad he joined our family. Happy Birthday to my SUPER Kid, Heath Marlin Brown Bear!

I am really not one of those mom's who cries when their kids go off to school. Maybe it is because Rianne was 4 when Heath was our little baby. But seeing him grow up does make me want our next baby to find our home, soon.

Heath is sort of our little miracle max. I'm about to share some details of how he joined our family, it is just good to have them recorded. If you don't want to know, don't read on.
I had my 2^nd miscarriage on the 23^rd of December; I was unable to get into the doctor. In January the specialist that we had been on the waiting list for called and had an opening in February. She asked us to take a pregnancy test before we came in so the day of the appointment I took a pregnancy test, it was positive—Which spooked me because the last 2 tests that were positive led to miscarriages. I went in nervous but we really were pregnant! However, there was a cyst about the size of a baseball in my uterus, so the doctor said "it was good I could get pregnant unfortunately I would miscarry this one as well". She put me on some heavy drugs, I asked how it would affect the baby she said It causes birth defects like clef pallet but don't be concerned "your body will keep the cyst and loose the baby". I had not shed any lining from the miscarriage because I was holding the cyst (later we would find out that is how Heath was able to stick). We'll see you in 3 weeks; call if you miscarry before that. The drugs were making me so dizzy and sick that I told her I just couldn't keep taking them. Brant gave me a blessing that my body would be strong enough to keep the baby. We went back in three weeks to take a look at the cyst the ultrasound found the cyst which had shrunk to the size of a golf ball and then a tiny flash on the screen the doctor seemed shocked and said we have a heartbeat. We were on careful watch for those first few weeks but the cyst kept shrinking and the baby was growing! We were warned about the possibility of clef pallet and about 75-80% chance this baby to be a dwarf. Brant assured me that in his family that is about 5'6" J I was so worried about the drugs I had taken and when we went in for another ultra sound Heath pressed his mouth up, perfect little lips, it was the reassurance I needed. Brant and I had our battles through this pregnancy, He went into protector mode, and he practically had me on bed rest before the doctor did! I don't think I did a single load of laundry through my pregnancy. Why did that bother me? It was a good thing I was coaching because I think I may have gone crazy! (He did sneak in and check on me in the gym). After as much bed rest as I could stand, bumpy rides,spicy foods, blue cohosh & everything else we could think of:) Heath came 2 weeks early weighing 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21inches long (not a dwarf)! He was healthy and happy! It shouldn't surprise me how determined he is, he came that way. From my first contraction until his birth was 2 and a half hours, we were at the hospital checking in at 7:30am and He was born @ 8:04am. What a kid!

Grandparents are Great!

Thank You Grandma's!!!!
This is the best Grandma picture. Grandma Brown fixed the skirt, grandma Silly Sally found a perfect shirt to match and Grandma Mary provided the perfectly matched hair accessories.

Labor Day weekend Brant's Parents came to visit. We absolutely loved having them here. We showed them all around Flagstaff, and Brant's new work place. We also took them to Mount Eldon Ruins. They are such good sports. They brought us yummy food from the garden and we watched some football, Grandma explored with the kids finding wild Gourds, and treasures in the chicken coop. Grandpa helped make a little bike path for Rianne. We had Grandpa & Grandma crawling through and over fences for pictures.

Grandma Mary came this week and it was great to have her we love all our grandparents. Rianne has so many new hair accessories thanks to Grandma Mary! She was also great to help get things ready for Heath's Party, she made all the superhero masks! This week we also got quick visits from Tyson, Wenda and Tayla whom we've been missing so much! Quick visits from Travis and Grandpa Jeff too! We love to have visitors and hope they know how grateful we are to have them, come anytime!