Volley Girl

WOO HOO!  Aubrey tried out for her school Volleyball team this week and she found out this morning that she made the team!  

Congratulations Aubrey Anna!

Last Weekend: A Jaunt to the Park and to Logan

We had a fun weekend.  Steve was out of town last week, but made it back in time to enjoy the weekend with us.  On Saturday we slept in and it was lovely, since we had children in school last week and I had to go back to waking up to an alarm.  It was an absolutely beautiful day so we decided to go picnicking in the park.  My mom and sister Lauren joined us.  It was a little chilly outside and thankfully we had blankets in the back of the van.  We had so much fun munching on pizza and cupcakes, playing games, running around the park and just being together.

 Addy was pouting because no one would play pirate with her.  Zac gave her a ride on the Z train and then he was nice enough to be the bad pirate in her game.

 The life of a bad pirate is very tiring.

 On Sunday, we went to most of our wards Sacrament meeting to hear my friend April speak.  As soon as her talk was over we snuck out and headed for Logan.  Zac had a friend who was leaving on a mission and we went for her farewell.  While he was eating yummyness at her post sacrament meeting shindig, we were at a nearby park eating our lunches we packed at home wishing we were eating the same yummyness as Zac.  We hung out at the park for about an hour while Zac hung out with his friends he worked with at the Scout Camp he worked at a few summers ago.

After we picked Zac up, we went to the Logan Temple and walked around the beautiful grounds.

One person was too stuffed to walk and the other was too hungry to walk.  They passed out on the grass.

 We came around the corner and spotted the most beautiful blue flowers.  We were trying to figure out how they came to be such a lovely hue.  Steve made a joke that they were spray painted.

 Upon closer inspection we found out that his joke turned out to not be a joke.  They really were spray painted.

Addy had to make sure to touch the temple.

I asked a lady that was with her family nearby to take this picture of our family.  It turns out she was a friend of our family's from Texas.  Small world!

After strolling around the temple grounds it was getting pretty late.  We began our journey home so we could get ready for Zac and Emily's first day of school the next day and Aubrey and Addy's second week of school.  I am so thankful for my beautiful family that my Heavenly Father has given me.  We always have so much fun together and I can't imagine my life-or my eternity-without them.

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Sunday With the Brown's

Back Row: Allyson, Porter, Aubrey, Zac, Kay, Lauren, Ashlynn, Alisha, Cynthia, Emily

Front Row: Emma, Ellie, Kayla, Addison

Every summer my Aunt Cynthia comes to Utah from Texas for a visit.  Cynthia is my father's sister.  She was in town yesterday, along with her granddaughter Kayla.  Kayla's sister Ashlynn was here in Utah helping her Aunt Alisha.  They all came over for dinner last night.  We had such a fun visit with them.  And we taught them how to play Speed Rummikub, of course.  We had a fun time visiting with them.  We played Rummikub late into the night.  I am so thankful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with such wonderful extended family and I am so thankful for the opportunity to meet new family (This was my first time to meet my cousin Tanya's daughters Kayla and Ashlynn).

Earlier that day....

After we got home from church we were all starving.  We had fun making our own personal pizzas.  They were delicious!

Saturday at Provo River Falls

On Saturday August 9th we spent the day at Provo River Falls.  We had the best time!

We started the day off with a picnic lunch near the falls.  Steve is pointing out dueling woodpeckers in a tree.

It was a pretty overcast and chilly day in the mountains, which made hiking in the freezing cold water all the more fun!  It took me a few minutes to convince myself I wanted to get in the water.

 In the picture above, Zac was goofing off and making faces at Addy.  She was goofing off and making faces back.  That is when she slipped off the rock she was standing on and fell in and got completely drenched in the freezing cold water.

 They made it all the way across!

It was time to head back.  We took the forest route this time in hopes of drying off a little.

Back to our picnic spot.  We cooked dinner over the fire.

 Zac bought this hammock a few months ago and hadn't had the opportunity to use it yet.  He brought it along and made good use of it that night.

A friendly game of Frisbee.

On the way home after a fabulous fun family day.

A am so thankful to my Heavenly Father who created such beauty for us to enjoy.  I am thankful for the family He has given me.  And I am thankful we had this opportunity to enjoy both our family and His creations in such a fun way.