ADRIAN, CAISA, BECKLEY, CREW & McKAY BROWN

Monday, May 27, 2013

memorial day 2013

it was a fabulous day!
(besides the migraine part... bleh!)

i tried to describe the meaning of the day to Beck...
it didn't go so well.
(he was worried about who died...
and something about us "sinking"??)

so, i said
"well, today is a holiday!
and daddy doesn't have to work on holidays!"
then, he got all concerned/sad/upset and said
"but daddy needs to go to work 
and make money
so that we can go to Bawaii!"

Adrian & Beck
went boating our on the lake
in our neighborhood
while I chased after them pushing the babes in the stroller.
i LOVE summers in Daybreak!






we spent the evening at Adrian's parents house,
and the boys had the most fun!



i got my summer lights up...
and they make me SO HAPPY!

today was a great start to our summer!


Friday, May 24, 2013

The Twin's First Birthday Party is featured on Apartment Therapy today!



so so fun!



click here to see the feature.

and, click here to see my full post on the party.

and, if you are here from Apartment Therapy,
please check out my other blog...




THANKS!




Saturday, May 11, 2013

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM!



love you.

-Caisa

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Motherhood Series



If you haven't already seen my 
Motherhood Series,
go check it out on my other blog

you need to.
some AMAZING moms sharing their thoughts on motherhood.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

National Superhero Day!

today is National Superhero day!

this guy is our superhero today!



in less than a week,
he will do his first Half Ironman!!!

Adrian is doing the Saint George Half Ironman on May 4th.

A half ironman is:
first, a 1.2 mile swim
then, a 56 mile bike,
& lastly, a 13.1 mile run.

for, a total of 70.3 miles!!!



we are so proud of "our superhero"
for all the hard work & training that he has done over the past few weeks.

we can't wait to cheer him on this weekend...


"GO DADDY GO!!!"

Sunday, April 21, 2013

grateful



these two scenes/pictures
from my run yesterday morning
made me so grateful to be
an American,
a runner,
and a person of faith.

my little soccer monster!

Beck is SO EXCITED to play soccer!

I bought him a bunch of soccer gear for his birthday in February
and he has been wearing it a lot over the last couple months.

He would always tell me
"sign me up mom!"

so, i did...
but then it took FOREVER
for the coach to call.

to satisfy this little soccer hungry boy, 
we took him to get some "soccer shoes with bumps"
(totally not necessary at his age, 
but totally worth it to see how excited he is about 'em!)

he even slept all night long with them on that night!

before going to bed one night,
Beck said to me
"i think my coach forgot to call one little boy"
i asked "who?"
and he said "me".
poor kid.

well, about 10 minutes after he went to bed that night,
his coach called.
as soon as he woke up the next morning,
i let him listen to the message.
before the message was even over,
Beck said:
"my coach is GURL!?!?"



ha!  i love that boy.


here he is so "bescited" to go to his first practice





i LOVE his little "excited dance"
that he does each time after he kicks the ball.



 GO BECK!



and, here is my handsome little guy
all ready for his first game!


Beck was in his own little world during the game...
and he LOVED it...
until, he "runned out of energy".
(he later told me that all his energy went into his soccer ball)
He kept pretending to fall down (& laughed every time)...
he stood with the wrong team...
he and his buddy (Nixon) ran the wrong way...
but, my Beckley boy had the time of his life!


the twins joined in on the fun too!


 and were the cutest little cheering section!


 i hope that Beck keeps up his excitement & love for playing soccer!

oh, and Beck's suggestion for the team name was
SOCCER MONSTERS
and all his teammates loved it!
can't wait to keep cheering on 
& laughing with/at
these cute little soccer monsters!!!

Friday, April 19, 2013

hold tight




my babes are napping
and i can't stop watching the news...
be safe Boston.

i had a bad migraine this morning
and wasn't able to take care of my boys.
some amazing friends came to our rescue.
(2 of my girl friends even took all my kids
as well as their own to gymnastics.
that is 8 kids 3 and under!)
there really is so much good in the world.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Easter Celebrations 2013

this picture about sums up our Easter Sunday!
some great moments
and some not-so-great moments!


A few moms in our neighborhood plan a
flash night Easter Egg Hunt.
Beck had so much fun!
but, Spring in Utah is cold
so this is what he looked like as he left...

Mimi sent the boys these silly Bunny Teeth lollipops.


We also had an Easter Egg Hunt with the Browns
the day before Easter.

Beck & Crew loved it.
McKay wasn't so sure... and was happy just running around.

LOVE these silly boys!


EASTER SUNDAY
the Easter Bunny came!




our Easter Sunday was honestly pretty crazy & not so much fun.
Adrian was super sick...
the boys were crazy...
and i was tired.
we did make it to church... so that's good!

but, this is how our night ended...
adrian was sick in bed
and the boys were fussy & naughty.
i was about to lose it.
so, instead of going to the family Easter party
(which i knew would be a disaster because my boys were a mess!)
i put all the boys in the car at about 5
with lollipops & bottles,
and with only diapers on
and just drove around until bedtime
while they watched a movie.

sometimes you just do what you have to do.
you just survive
and hope for a better day tomorrow!



Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Mommy brain... again!

i bought beck some cute/cool new shoes.
he wanted to put them on right away.
we had a hard time putting them on &
he was walking a bit funny...
but, i just thought he was being a silly 3 year old.

well, the next day...
my mom put the shoes on him
and found this...



ha.  poor kid.

either these shoes are too big
or my beckley boy already knows that sometimes you have to suffer a bit of pain
for cute shoes!