Merry Christmas

Clara getting into her stocking for the first time

Carlie digging into her stocking.

The girls sitting in front of our christmas tree

Isn't she cute. This stocking is the same one that she was put in when she was born in the hospital. My how she has grown

Such Big Girls

Here are the girls in their pretty
christmas dresses that they got for their birthday.

The Girls 1st B-day Party

The Day has finally come. The girls are 1 year old. I can't believe it. We had a birthday party for them on the 7th so everybody could come. We had a blast. I found these party hats in a box and so I made everyone wear one. We decided instead of giving our girls sugar shock we would give them Carrot Cake Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting(Which I made myself for scratch) Yeah for me!!! We had both Grandma and Grandpa's and Uncle Steven and Ryan and Cousin Diana and Some friends of our The Wells. The Girls liked the cupcakes, but they didn't make that big of a mess cause the frosting was white and you can't really see them in these pictures. Anyways I still can't believe my babies are 1.

The Brown Family

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Caught Red handed literally

So I was busy putting Carlie to sleep and I came out and look what I found. She has so many teeth that she was able to bite off pieces of this candy cane and some got stuck on her nose. I had to laugh. Then I saw the couch, it is a good thing we have a sheet over it so I can just toss it in the wash. I should have taken a picture of her face after I took the candy cane away. It wasn't as pretty.

My fashion queen

Well here is my fashion queen. I was in the bathroom and down the hall here comes Carlie with my pj pants wraped around her like a komono. I laughed so hard and just had to get a few pictures. She also loves to try and dress herself. The girls are just so funny.

Beautiful Fall

So I love the fall. Can you tell? I took tons of pictures this
year. It seems like we had a longer fall this year which I am so thankful for. I think fall colors are one of God's greatest creations. This pictures mostly represent Idaho Falls, but there are a couple from the mountains. Anyways I just wanted to share this beauty to all. ENJOY!!!!

Halloween

Well we had a great halloween. I got creative and brave and decided to make costumes for the girls this year. This is funny because I really don't know how to sew nor do I have a sewing machine. But I over heard a friend of mine talking about a sewing project she was working on and I asked for her help and as you can see from the pictures she gave it. I actually really enjoy the process. I learned a lot about seam ripping. (ha!ha!) I am looking forward to making more projects in the future and already have things planned for Christmas. Well even though daddy had to work on Halloween we still had a great time. Mike's family has a tradition to get together and have pizza so we did that and then went trick-r-treating down at the River. They were having an event down there sponsored by the local business and the single adults. I saw some of the cutest costumes. I will have to remember for next year. Here are a few pictures.

The girls helped us carve our pumpkins, well actually they just kept trying to get the knives and guts. So Clara is posing with hewr daddy's pumpkin and Carlie has her mommys great artistic carving. We had fun.

This night we went to our wards halloween party so I decided to get dressed up myself. I am a black eye pea and I have my 2 peas in a pod.

Sitting on Grandma and Grandpa Brown's Couch

Carlie is such a good poser

FEEDING THE DUCKS

So we decided to take the girls to the greenbelt to feed the ducks. Well there were alot more geese then ducks but we had a great time. I would give the girls little pieces of bread to see if they would throw them or to see if I could help them throw them, but instead every piece went into their mouths. It was pretty hilarious. And poor Carlie just doesn't have much luck with animals. The girls were sitting in the stroller (Carlie in front) and a dog ran towards the birds and so they started to scatter and fly away, well one of the geese was right next to Carlie and the wing smacked Carlie in her face. But other then that I think we all had a good time.

ZOO DAY

It was a free zoo day and so we took advantage of it. My mom and Ryan and his boys Josh and Peter came with us. We decided to get there as soon as it opened so we could beat the rush, because it was a Saturday. We did good because the crowds showed up about the time we were leaving. We got to watch them feed the penguins. And in the picture with the girls in the stroller, the monkey was watching them. I just love being able to stay at home with my girls so I can take advantage of days like this.

Mommy and Her Girls

My Sweethearts. What a joy they are to me and they are growing up so fast. Clara was definately a smiley face the whole time and Carlie had her moments. I don't think Carlie likes cameras, cause whenever they come out she puts her smile away. We had a wonderful day!!!

Daddy and His Girls

Daddy poses so well with his girls. This is the best they were the whole trip.

Froliking in the Mountains

We decided to take a trip up to the mountains to get some family pictures and we found some really pretty fall colors to pose in front of. The girls surprisingly cooperated to some extent. I am so proud of the girls cute outfits especially the headbands because I made them myself.

Clara was giving him kisses

Here comes Clara
Carlie wanted his eyes

Baby Hyde

We got to visit Hyde, the newest edition to our family. My sister Celeste delivered him on Sept 3. he weighted 8 lb 12 oz and was 22 inches long. He has tons of dark silky hair and he even has hair all over his back. He is so precious. He made the sweetest little squealing noises. The girls loved him. They wanted to touch him all the time. Here are a few pictures showing the girls loving Hyde.

Our Garden

Here is a picture of our hard work this summer. Don't look to close or you'll see that we didn't work as hard as we should have ( the weeds!!). We had a very prosperous garden this year. We were able to get a plot in our local community garden which is just down the street from our apt. I have already canned around 40 pints of green beans. The other day I had a salad and was so proud of myself that everything in it was from the garden ie, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, green pepper and carrot (but that wasn't from the garden yet.) Mike did most of the weeding since the girls didn't like to sit in the stroller while I pulled weeds and there wasn't anywhere for them to get out and play.

MR. ED at the fair

Grandpa was called up on stage to help the ventriliquist with his act and Ed did a great job. He just fit right in. The guy told him that when he touched his shoulder to open his mouth. He was a good sport and after it was done he said he was't scared and had a good time.

Grandpa snoozing

Grandpa was holding Carlie trying to put her to sleep and he did such a great job that he put himself to sleep.

We went to the Twin Falls fair and we took the girls to the petting zoo and they like to pet the animals, Clara didn't like to touch the goats, She would reach out her hand and then pull it back. She would squeal out loud when she touched one. It was so cute. Carlie was a little more apprehensive. But over all we think they had a great time. I really want them to get used to animals.

Clara conked out

Clara was so tired that instead of waiting for me to finish feeding Carlie she just put her head down and went to sleep. I wish they would do this more often. Less time for me to have to spend time rocking them ( even though I love holding them) I just can't all the time.

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