ADRIAN, CAISA, BECKLEY, CREW & McKAY BROWN

Sunday, November 4, 2012

road trip to AZ

in mid-October,
we took a road trip to AZ
for 2 family weddings.

at least 30 hours in the car
and 4 different hotels/homes
over 5 1/2 days
with 3 kids 2 & under...

and, WE SURVIVED!
and, had lots of fun too!!!
(although, as expected, there were plenty of painful moments as well)


here is what our trip looked like...



LOTS of time in the mini van

donuts in bed.




early morning walks with babies that woke up way too early!


pool time!
Aunt Corky


me & McKay sharing a cookie






family...


Mimi!

Beck loves baby Jackson!

sleepovers with Mimi & Papa


baby races down the hotel hallway
too funny!


Papa!




mexican food!


Wedding fun...



meeting a little "Caisa" for this first time...
this sweet little girl was named after me

this little guy definitely takes after his dad on the dance floor





fun cousins






sitting in the hotel hallway waiting for the babes to fall asleep in our room...
oh the fun of traveling with so many "littles"! 




some fun pics from a little hike one morning






the cemetary to see
Grandma Block, Grandma Marge & Zachary




cheeto faced tired boy!


visiting Adrian's Aunt Sandra & family
(they basically live in Mexico)


 visiting Adrian's grandparents...





lots of late night transfers
of sleeping kiddos
from the car to a hotel room


we were finally on our way home...


playing at a park while Adrian did some work




the drive home was never ending!
and this is how Beck and I felt about that...



 we had SO much fun
and were able to see SO much family!

SO, i'm sure we will brave another road trip
with all our "littles"
but, it'll be awhile!
i'm still tired.



 (none of my kids are looking,
but i'll take what i can get these days!)

CATCHING UP (September): Red Rock Relay

our ward had a girls and a guys team
that ran the Red Rock Relay
in Southern Utah
in September.

Adrian was on the guy's team
and I was on the girl's team.

Every team that does this relay
has 12 runners,
(each runner runs 3 legs of varying lengths)
2 vans,
runs 186 miles
over 2 days.

it was crazy fun!
(i don't have any pics of the guys team... sorry adriano!)

our whole team at the start

my van

we actually saw the guy's team more often than i thought we would...
which was super fun!

road kills are how many people you pass 




handing off the baton/bracelet
at the start of my first leg

we spent lots of time in the car!

i was able to run part of Adrian's late night run with him!


at the finish line.

(have i mentioned that i LOVE to run?  because I DO!)


I ended up running about 27 miles
and Adrian about 21 miles!
wowza.


we both totally want to do another relay someday!


(thanks for watching our kiddos mom & dad!)

Thursday, November 1, 2012

some firsts...

(here are the babes having their first ketchup!)


in the past week or so,
we've had a few firsts at our house...

McKay got his first tooth!
(Crew is still a toothless wonder @ 13 months)

& Crew took his first steps!

(there has been lots of clapping around here!)


YEAH babes!!!

princess mommy

Beck like two movies with princesses...
Tangled & Enchanted.
he refers to them both as "the princes movie".

a few weeks ago, he noticed a framed wedding picture
of me & adrian
and said "mommy you are a princess".

we have been to a few weddings lately
and he always is in awe of the bride
and calls her "a princess".

so, i decided i'd show beck our wedding video.
he LOVED it!
and he now asks to watch it multiple times every day.
"i want to watch the movie when you are a princess mommy"




he also started asking me to wear my princess clothes
any time we left to go anywhere.
well, I figured that Halloween night was the perfect time
to make his wish come true.


he LOVED it!
(and, i got a few compliments from trick-or-treaters
on my costume)