June 8th

I took pictures of my little bro, Shawn, and his cute family before they move to Las Vegas to start his medical residency.

 

 

 

 

The boys.

 

We'll miss you guys!!



June 7th

Lots of swimming.

 



June 6th

I took these two to our pediatrician's today for physicals.

 

I'm used to bringing in babies & toddlers, so it was pretty funny.

 

 

 

They're pretending to be scared & feeling violated. Not looking forward to the 'turn-and-cough' part.

 

Or maybe they weren't really pretending.  :)

June 5th

Jake taking a dip in the pool after football.

 

Could he be any cuter!?  I mean really !!!

June 4th

 

Ok, so I'm cheating a little bit. These are from a few days ago.

Our awesome friends, the Stapleys, invited us to go paddle-boarding down the river on Saturday night.  A little energetic for us, since our usual Saturday night usually involves sitting in a restaurant & maybe a quick WalMart trip. But it was super fun, because things are always fun with the Stapleys! I think I was 12 the last time I've been down this river! And I don't think it's changed much since then.  Lots of really drunk tubers. Lots of tattoos. But lots of fun.

Thanks Stapleys!! 

June 3rd

 

We've had "Doctor Caroline" in the house today, leaving a trail of bandaid wrappers behind her.

She seriously called herself "Dr. Caroline".

And we seriously went through almost 2 boxes of bandaids.

 

 



June PHOTO-A-DAY

I've always wanted to try a Photo-A-Day challenge, where every day for a month you take & post a picture, usually of every-day-life kind of stuff.  I'm needing some motivation to get back into regular blogging, and to push myself to take more pictures of our daily life. To document. So here we are. It's June already, after a ridiculously busy May, and I'm already a day behind!  But here was yesterday.....

June 1st

 

 

Post-yardwork swim.

 

I was working in my office & watching the kids in the pool through my window.  I watched Max be the cutest big brother to his little sister. Not even knowing he was being watched. So genuine. And always willing to help out.  Man! I love this kid!! 

 

 

 

June 2nd

 

 

My view during Sacrament meeting.

These two always have to be practically on top of me. So conducive to the spirit, right?

 

 



Prom 2013

 

Marlee's last high school dance.

 

 



 

She walks out in her dress, and Caroline's eyes go wide with awe & wonder, and she touches the dress & says, "Monny! You're a PRINCESS!!"

 

I think Mars might miss this little sister when she leaves in a couple short months.

 

 

So Marlee's Prom date was her favorite friend, Weston, who recently received his mission call to Peru.

They had big group pictures taken, but of course I had to take some of my own.

 



They were just so adorable!

 

And I'm pretty sure they had a great time.

 

And now we're on the countdown til the end of the schoolyear, and the end of these guys' high school career. I think we're going to make a paper chain.

 

Big things ahead for these two. That I'm sure of.

Shenanigans

Zane thought it would be funny to draw moustaches on these guys.

 

 

Which of course they thought was a great idea.

 

 

And I was just hoping it wasn't permanent marker.

 



She kills me.



Hermana Brown

 

This is Haley.

She has been our favorite over-night babysitter & we ADORE her.

She's the one who got Caroline off her binkie habit when we went out of town. And I'm hoping she has time to potty-train her before she leaves! Haha!

Because Haley was called to serve a mission in Peru!!

She will be such a FABULOUS missionary, and we will miss her beautiful face.

 

 

Best wishes Hermana Brown!

 

We love you!!!

 

Sadies 2013

I volunteered to take pictures of Marlee's Sadies group.  Down by some railroad tracks in downtown Mesa.  Apparently it's against the law to be on railroad tracks, as we found out.  So we had to make it quick.

 

 

 

 

Here's Mars & her date, the studly neighbor & friend, Trevor.  They're being naughty and breaking the law. Criminals.

 

 

Some of her friends and their dates.

 

Love these girls!

 

 



cousin noah

 

This little muffin turned one.  So we had a little photoshoot.  And he was not a fan of the party hat. :)

 

 

 

 

Is he not the cutest little booger or what?!!

 

 

He looooves his blankie....

 

 

 

.....and Mommy.

 

Happy Birthday Noah!



My favorite 2-year-old

She loves her books.

She loves to dance.

She loves looking at herself in the mirror.

She loves stickers and markers.

She loves watching Peppa Pig.

She loves pretending she's a princess.

She says "sonch" for sandwich.

And "buffin" for muffin.

And asks me every day if she can go to school.

She plays with my jewelry.

She looooves swings and slides.

She ends up in bed with us most nights.

 

And I just can't get enough of her.

 

My little sunshine.



So ready.....

 

 

.....to bag the routine for awhile.

 

 

 

 

Because I swear, if I have to do the whole morning routine thing

 

ONE

 

 

MORE

 

 

TIME.......

 



 

Just

 

 

Get here already, Spring Break!