Peyton had the best night of his life last Saturday. We have lived in Cedar for many years now and we have never been to the Summer Games opening ceremonies but we decided to go with some friends this year. I am so glad that we did it was so much fun! Peyton honestly had a blast. I was worried how things were going to go because he hadn't had a nap all day and it was going to be a late evening but he did great and had the best time. He loved being outside, dancing with his friend Jerzi and seeing the fireworks. It was fun for us to just sit and watch him have so much fun, it was the perfect evening.

The place was packed so we set up camp on the track which turned out to be the perfect spot with plenty of room for the kids to play and we could see everything great.

It was so funny to watch Peyton and Jerzi dance around they were cracking us up! They both had some serious moves and they weren't being shy:)

More dancing, they were getting ready to do the worm it looks like.

Peyton and Daddy watching the motorcycles doing there cool jumps during the Nitro Circus part of the evening.

It was pretty sweet, you can see the motorcycle in the distance.

My favorite and probably Peyton's too was the fireworks. They do a great firework show at the summer games. I love this picture of Peyton in awe of the excitement.

Then he was just getting excited he loved all the colors and music, it was great!

The ending of a wonderful evening! 

Since Shaye was going to be working long hours all weekend Peyt and I decided to take a little trip and go visit our family up north. We had a great time going to Thanksgiving Point and visiting Farm Country there. The kids had a blasts seeing all the animals and going on a wagon and pony ride. Here are all the cute kiddos. Bridger, Kaleb, Kaija, Peyton and Blake.

We even got to catch up with Uncle Nate while we were there. My mom was in town picking Nate up from camp-K so they joined us as well. It was Dairy Days at the farm so we got to learn how to make our own ice cream by shaking it in ice in a zip lock bag. It turned out pretty good, Peyton sure thought it was tasty!

Yum Yum!

One of Peyton's favorite parts of the place was this little play house that said Kitty's Dance Hall on the front. I told him it was a dancing house and he went right in and started dancing up a storm. That kid loves to dance!

Dancing with Auntie Emily, they made quite the pair!

They are pretty cute too:)

Peyton digging in the sand for a prize at Blake's party. Saturday Brittany had a great birthday party for Blake who just turned the big 4! All the kids had a blast playing all the games and especially jumping in the pretty cool bounce house! 

It took some encouraging to get Peyton to get in the bounce house. It was very big and Peyton seemed excited but he was nervous and he wouldn't let go of me to get in. Finally my aunt Natalie was holding him and took him over to the bounce house and he was hesitant but he let her put him in. Once he got in he didn't want to get out! It did look pretty fun, I kinda wanted to get in and try it out myself:)

I spied in and found Kaija and Peyton playing so nice together. They were taking turns talking in the little microphone. Peyton would say something and then hand it to Kaija. It was too cute, and best of all they were sharing and having a great time! (It kinda looks like he is yelling at her but he's not, they were laughing:)

We always have a great time with our family and we are so glad when we get a chance to see them. We had a full weekend and then came home Saturday night so we could enjoy Father's Day with Shaye.  Peyton must have been worn out from all the fun we've been having, he slept in until 10 o' clock this morning! I couldn't believe it but it was nice to catch up on some sleep!

Around the house lately with my two silly boys. Peyton loves to play with his dad and looks froward to him coming home every day. If he thinks he hears him come in he'll start walking around the house saying, "Daddy, Daddy....Dad.....Shaye!" It is so funny it makes me laugh, if he doesn't get a response from Daddy he'll start yelling Shaye! What a funny kid he is, he makes us laugh all day. Except for when he's not feeling good then he's just sad. He was not feeling well this past week and there was mostly just sadness and whining around here. So glad that he is feeling better and back to his old self now, life is good again!:)

 Peyt and Dad playing on the stairs. Peyton loves playing on the stairs and he also knows if I say he needs to go to time out he will go sit on the bottom stair:)

 Kisses for Daddy. Peyton is a very fair kid, if he gives one of us a kiss he will always look up and offer a kiss to the other. It's so sweet of him, he wants us both to feel loved:)

 Guess they both fell asleep:) This is one of Peyton's favorite games. He will lay down anywhere and pretend to snore and be asleep. I don't know why but he thinks it is so funny and I must admit it is pretty funny, I always laugh:)

 Me and my man:)

 Peyton had a blast swimming with Daddy at his Aunt Janet's house this weekend. Peyt loves swimming especially with Dad, he loved riding around on his back and jumping in from the side.

 When things got a little to cold in the pool as the sun went down everyone headed to the hot tub. No worries it wasn't really hot just nice and warm for the kids to enjoy:)

Peyton and Janet playing and enjoying life:) It was Mataya's birthday and we were glad we could come and join in the fun!

Brown Family Reunion 2012

We had an eventful time in Kanab enjoying the Brown Family Reunion this past weekend. It is something we always look forward to and it never disappoints. I think I have said it before that we have been having a reunion every summer for as long as I can remember. It is just with my Dad's immediate family but there are nine children so now the family has grown to 81! I think we had about 75 people there so it was a full house! I was really sad when we got there and I realized that I had forgotten the camera so all of these pictures were taken on Shaye's iphone, so sorry that the quality isn't great.

 So we meet again Mr. Puppy! Peyton's favorite part of the whole thing was hanging out with his best buddy, Tank the puppy. I know I have told about Peyton's great love for puppies and it gets stronger everyday it seems and funnier to watch him interact with them too.

 He is not scared one bit and will get right down there in his face and repeatedly say puppies, puppies! Until the poor dog wants to bite him just so he'll stop saying it:) He didn't get that from his momma, she is such a wimp and I don't know why. When I think about the dog I am just fine and I'm like, it's no big deal it's so small. But then when it comes towards me I am like no no don't touch me and I am so awkward.

 This visit Tank seemed to like Peyton better and tolerate his presence. I think he was happy to have someone to play with.

 Here's Brandon and the boys during some of the reunion activities. Sadly it was somehow cold and windy in Kanab this weekend so we spent most of the reunion at the church. Brandon loves hanging out with the nephews and they love playing with Uncle Brandon!

 More puppy time! Seriously it was pretty funny to watch him with Tank. He loved sitting in Tank's little bed with him. Sadly I think it made Tank mad and the rest of the day Tank was fighting with his bed and sitting in it upside down. I don't know if he could smell Peyton or something he kept sniffing it and he was very unhappy with it. Sorry Tank hopefully his smell will wash out so you can enjoy your bed again:) It was so funny though to watch Peyton while Brandon was getting Tank to do a few tricks. Brandon would tell Tank to jump and Tank would start jumping and Peyton would try to jump too but he couldn't figure out how to get both feet off the ground. Seriously it was so funny. Then Brandon told Tank to sit and Peyton looked at him for a second and then slowly sat down. Ha ha it was so funny, he can be trained! I'll have to have Brandon and Tank potty train Peyton I'm sure he'd do it for them:)

 Peyton had fun playing with Brittany's boys, Blake and Bridger. They stayed at my parents house with us so we had lots of fun. They were loving tub time with the bubbles! Blake is such a cutie and always call Peyton, baby Peyton and want him to do stuff with him, so fun to have cousins to play with!

 We enjoyed a great dinner and fun in Grandma and Grandpas backyard. Peyton's favorite was when I would pull him around in the red wagon. There was a blanket in there and he would just lay back and enjoy the ride.

 Another great thing that came of this weekend is that Peyton and Tavin have decided to be friends!! It is so funny, they have never got along so well but suddenly they have decided to put aside their differences and be friends:) It was so funny to watch them play together and chase each other all over. Tavin would come and take his hand and they would walk down the hall. So glad they can have fun together now.

 Shaye and Jerron were keeping track of them and they ran off in the church and they found them sitting on the stand, looks like they are ready to speak in church:)

 One of the activities of the reunion was that we built a fire pit in my grandparents backyard. It is great and everyone enjoyed roasting marshmallows and telling stories around the fire.

 Monday morning we all ventured out on a hike. If anyone saw us all leaving my parents house they would have really wondered where all of those people were headed as about 50 people headed up into the mountains. Here are a bunch of the happy hikers on the K on the hill.

 One more fun picture of play time with the dog and Uncle Brandon. The reunion was great and we are so glad we could spend time with so many people we love. Can't wait til next year:)

Here's a bonus picture from today. This is Kinley, our neighbors daughter that I watch several days a week. She is just learning to walk and Peyton likes to hold her hand and help her walk around the house. It is pretty funny and pretty darn cute!

Bring on Summer Time

Time is cruising by and we are happy to be getting into summer and loving life. We have had a few fun events lately and it seems we are always staying busy.

 A couple weeks ago Shaye took Peyton to the evening activities of our wards Father's and Son's outing. It turned out to be a great evening for all of us. Peyton had a great time playing out in the dirt and being with his Dad. Plus I got to enjoy a girls evening out and went to a movie with a friend. Peyton is here enjoying some cornbread around the camp fire.

 This is Peyton and I on Mother's Day. I am so very thankful for Peyton and feel very blessed to be his mother. I love hearing him call for me around the house saying Mommy! I love watching him learn and grow and figure things out. He is starting to talk so much now and it is so fun to listen to him, he keeps us laughing all day! Thank you Peyton for making me a mother, I love you more than you'll ever know!!

 This is just a funny picture. Shaye was laying on the couch reading a hunting magazine and Peyton decided he really wanted to read it too. So I watched as he climbed up and squeezed his way onto Shaye's lap and got in just the right spot to look at all those big deers!!:)

Our next adventure took me and Peyton down to Palm Springs for the weekend. It was a last minute trip and I couldn't believe I was going to go. I really probably would not have gone but Shaye just kept telling me to go and said there was no reason for me not to go. My Aunt Lori had invited my mom to join her for a last minute trip and so my mom asked if Peyton and I would like to drive down with her. So with Shaye's encouragement we decided to go and I'm glad we did!  The resort we were at was really nice and was very kid friendly so Peyton had a blast!!

 Of course any trip wouldn't be complete with out a good nap in the stroller:)

 The first morning we went for a nice walk around the resort. It was so big it was like a little city. It was beautiful weather and the scenery was fabulous!

 Here's Lori and I. I guess my mom was trying to get more of the flowers than she was of us:)

 Peyton was a great little traveler and he loved being in our condo. He had all sorts of new doors to open, rooms to explore and trouble to get into:)

 He loved enjoying his breakfast every morning at the table.

 Ha ha, are you loving my hat?! It was so hot there and I decided to wear one of my mom's hats one day to get some relief from the sun. Peyton loved playing with Aunt Lori and Grammy in the pool, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to any picture taking.

 Peyt playing in the fountains. It was so funny to watch him try to close to the fountains without getting sprayed too much in the face.

 Here he is out on our back patio watching for ducks, airplanes, birds, butterfly's and whatever else might happen by.

 He loved waving hi to any workers that passed by on there golf carts and then he'd say bye bye.

 One last trip to the pool before we headed home on Monday. It was really fun but it was getting hotter everyday so we are happy to be back to a little bit cooler weather.

Thanks Mom and Lori for letting us come join you on your girls weekend. It was great fun and Peyton is still talking about the pool and his swim suit:)