Bella's 1st Birthday Party!

We had her birthday party on saturday with just a few family and friends. We had a BBQ and then Bella had a cupcake instead of a cake and she went at it! She had so many presents and had so much fun. One of the gifts we got her was a tunnel she could crawl through, she loved it!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BELLA!

I can't believe my baby is 1 year old today!! We are having her birthday party on saturday when her brother and sisters will be here and so will my parents and sister Heather and her family. We love you BELLA BOO, Happy Birthday!






Bella and I went to the mall today for her to ride the merry-go-round and see the Easter Bunny.

Valentines Day.....

We decided not to do to much this year. Steve gave me some beautiful flowers and some perfume, and I gave him some shirts and a big candy bar card. Some friends of ours invited us to go to dinner with them on Monday to the Roof (13th floor) at the Joseph Smith Memorial building.....WOW was it yummy!!

Valentines Day

Megan got back together (again) with her boyfriend Mitch and he asked her to the schools big Valentine Dance, she looked so pretty!

San Antonio

Steve, Bella and I went to San Antonio for a week to visit my sister Kim and her family, Steve has a dealer down there so he worked most of the time with him and at the Livestock Show. I was so excited for the warm weather....but the whole week it rained and was soooo cold! While Steve was working at the Livestock Show Kim and I hung out, and played with Bella, Rob drove us one day up to Luckenback.....wow, if we would have blinked we would have missed it. There was a sign that said town loop next right, well the next right was a dirt road, we turned and sure enough it was right, it was the town loop of just a post office, dance hall and 2 or 3 houses that's it!! In the back of the post office (also a little store where they sell t-shirts and stuff) is where Wayon Jennings and Willie Nelson use to play, it was pretty cool! We had a great time and loved hanging out with Kim and the bunch, we look forward to going down there again when the weather is hopefully warmer.

This gave me goosebumps

A friend of mine sent me this poem and I wanted to share it:

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile

They said had run the light

That caused the six-car pileup

On 109 that night.

When broken bodies lay about

And blood was everywhere,

The sirens screamed out eulogies,

For death was in the air.

A mother, trapped inside her car,

Was heard above the noise;

Her plaintive plea near split the air:

Oh, God, please spare my boys!

She fought to loose her pinned hands;

She struggled to get free,

But mangled metal held her fast

In grim captivity.

Her frightened eyes then focused

On where the back seat once had been,

But all she saw was broken glass and

Two children's seats crushed in.

Her twins were nowhere to be seen;

She did not hear them cry,

And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,

Oh, God, don't let them die!

Then firemen came and cut her loose,

But when they searched the back,

They found therein no little boys,

But the seat belts were intact.

They thought the woman had gone mad

And was traveling alone,

But when they turned to question her,

They discovered she was gone.

Policemen saw her running wild

And screaming above the noise

In beseeching supplication,

Please help me find my boys!

They're four years old and wear blue shirts;

Their jeans are blue to match.

One cop spoke up, they're in my car,

And they don't have a scratch.

They said their daddy put them there

And gave them each a cone,

Then told them both to wait for Mom

To come and take them home.

I've searched the area high and low,

But I can't find their dad.

He must have fled the scene,

I guess, and that is very bad.

The mother hugged the twins and said,

While wiping at a tear,He could not flee the scene, you see,

For he's been dead a year.

The cop just looked confused and asked,

Now, how can that be true?

The boys said, Mommy, Daddy came

And left a kiss for you.

He told us not to worry

And that you would be all right,

And then he put us in this car with

The pretty, flashing light.

We wanted him to stay with us,

Because we miss him so,

But Mommy, he just hugged us tight

And said he had to go.

He said someday we'd understand

And told us not to fuss,

And he said to tell you, Mommy,

He's watching over us.

The mother knew without a doubt

That what they spoke was true,

For she recalled their dad's last words,

I will watch over you.

The firemen's notes could not explain

The twisted, mangled car,

And how the three of them escaped

Without a single scar.

But on the cop's report was scribed,

In print so very fine,

An angel walked the beat tonight on

Highway 109.

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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to Spare. This morning when the Lord opened a window

to Heaven, He saw me, and he asked: 'My child, what Is your greatest wish for today?' I responded: 'Lord please, take care of The person who is reading this message, their family and Their special friends.This message works on the day you receive it .Let us see if it is true ANGELS EXIST But some times, since they don'tAll have wings, we call them FRIENDS.

Happy Birthday Jake!

Jake turned 14 on Januray 23th, he had a sleepover party at his moms house friday and then saturday we had a party. We went to Rodizio Grill for dinner and then came home and had birthday cake and played games with some of his friends and our friends Nate and Liz across the street.

Bella is growing so fast!

Bella loves riding with Daddy on the 4-wheeler to clean up snow, and she has a little friend named Halle who lives across the street she likes to play with.

Brown Family Christmas...

Well this year we had our Christmas Party the day after Christmas because is was so so hard with every ones schedules to make it work before, but it turned out great because it was still Christmas after Christmas!! We left for Parowan Friday morning and got there around noon, we ate and played games and opened presents. I have to say that every year my mom really goes out and makes Christmas really fun for everyone, games for kids and adults, I will always remember how fun each one was....Thanks mom!

Bella has found her nose!!

CHRISTMAS!

Bellas first christmas!!! I'm sure I was more excited about it than her. We woke up Christmas morning about 7:00 (that's when Bella woke up), made breakfast and opened presents from each other. Bella opened just a few because we wanted to wait for her brother and sisters to be here to open presents with them when they got here at 2:00. I think Bella was more interested in eating the wrapping paper than the gifts, put she did eventually like playing with her new toys. Megan got some clothes and "Viva La Juicy" Perfume, Jake got his Miami Heat Jersey and DJ Hero, and Kelsey got a new bike, Zhu Zhu Pet and some clothes. After all the opening we just relaxed before we headed to the Mills Christmas Party at 6:00 that we have at Saddle up, it was a lot of fun! BELLA GOT HER TOP 2 FRONT TEETH FOR CHRISTMAS......really!

Steve wrapped himself up for Christmas

Mills Christmas Party

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Steve and I and Bella, opened our Christmas Eve gifts (I'm sure you all now what they were....PJ's), and then we watched "It's a Wonderful Life" in color! What a great movie.