Our Little Teddy Bear!

Holidays are so much more fun with this little guy! He was our sweet little teddy bear for Halloween and we had so much fun! Thanks to the U crew for a fun filled night of soup and bread bowls, lots of laughs, lesson on photo shop, and spending time with three of our very favorite people! We are so thankful for great friends and for such a wonderful little boy. What a great day :)

Halloween Fun!

Our little pumpkin family!







Everyday is full of so much fun and excitement with our little rascal! We are loving this time of year and so excited for the holidays with our sweet baby boy! We sure do love him!

Eight Months Already!

Happy 8 months old little buddy! You are the greatest thing that has ever happened to us! We love you more than words can say... we just wish you would slow down and not grow up so fast :)


I love my feet!

Chillin like a villain

Dad, his very best pal! Mark is truly amazing to me! He takes such good care of the babe while I am at work, keeps the house clean, takes classes online, plays with the babe, does honey do's, plays some more with our sweet baby boy, and then goes to work, and comes home and helps even more! Thank you for being such a wonderful husband and dad! We truly are the LUCKIEST!

Hangin out with his cute cousins! We love to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Go Aggies!

He is so lucky to have the two cutest aunts! They just love him and spoil him with lots of hugs, kisses, and attention!

Just love him!

I have the HOTTEST husband! I love you babe! Thanks for taking such good care of the babe and me.

This is my favorite picture! Our cute little Aggie family :)

My Six Dollar Make Over!

Mark and I explored the wonderful Logan DI last weekend and found this little beauty for $6.00. I thought it would be a perfect "author's" chair for my classroom.


Two cans of spray paint later, some cute fabric, and wonderful Mod Podge, it looks like this! I am so excited to use it in my classroom and currently looking for more pieces of furniture, picture frames, or shoes to make over!

Our Little Munchkin!

We love our little munchkin!

Seven Months Old!

sitting up. laughing lots. rolling over. wanting to get mobile. loves reading books with mom and dad. trying all kinds of new foods. watching lots of football games. grabbing everything in sight. playing with dad all day. coming to visit mom at school. taking great naps. making cute cute faces. being SO SWEET. growing and growing. making mom and dad the proudest parents ever!

Go Aggies!

We are TRUE BLOODED AGGIES!

Grateful for...

It is so good for me to step back and realize all that I am GRATEFUL for... here are just a few of the things I have been thinking about lately:

- a beautiful, healthy, and happy baby boy
- an amazing husband, who is the best stay at home dad a kid could ask for
- modern medicine and technology
- a great doctor's check up to tell us everything is looking a-OK
- an amazing little sister who helps us so much
- wonderfully supportive family and friends
- a good job in this awful economy
- a mortgage payment (that means we are paying ourselves)
- fresh, ripe, garden tomatoes
- every night and weekend I spend with my boys
- students at school who help me remember that I really do LOVE my job
- amazing teachers to work with
- a supportive principal
- Fall (UEA) break
- my student teacher
- beautiful, warm, fall weather
- Friday night football games
- college football games
- a husband who LOVES football games
- a sweet baby boy who will still fall asleep in my arms
- financial security
- a thoughtful husband who: loves and cares for our baby boy, does the laundry, helps with the dishes, does schoolwork while taking care of our sweet baby boy, runs to Wal*Mart to buy a furnace filter for cold weather tomorrow, loves me unconditionally, supports me in all that I am doing, and makes me the LUCKIEST girl in the world to be married to him!
- fresh, homemade salsa
- date nights
- date night at the temple
- prayers that are answered
- trials that make us stronger
- so many more blessings... I could go on forever!

P.S. I will be posting pictures soon of our first Aggie game!

Six Months Old!

Our sweet little angel is six months old! I can't believe how fast time flies... we are having so much fun with our beautiful boy! He is:

- sitting up on his own
- smiling
- laughing
- grabbing everything within reach
- blowing raspberries
- eating lots of solids (sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, pears, peaches, prunes, graham crackers)
- telling stories
- loving books
- rolling over
- so much more!

Thanks to Jaci for taking these amazing pictures! She truly has such a talent for photography! Thanks for capturing our favorite faces of Beckam!

It Will All Work Out...

Well, school has started and our amazing summer is officially over. It was SO HARD to go back to work and be away from my two favorite boys! I miss them so much during the day, but I feel so grateful that Mark is at home with Beckam. I have been continually reminded the past few weeks of President Hinckley's constant advice,

“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. If you do your best, it will all work out."

We have definitely seen the hand of the Lord in our lives in so many ways. Mark is now taking care of Beckam during the day and then we trade off in the afternoon. My principal is so GREAT and hired Mark to work at my school in the after school program. So when school gets out we switch and I take Beckam and Mark goes to work. I have been truly amazed to see how everything really does work out as long as we do our part.

Here are some of the sweet memories our cute little family shared this summer...

- Summerfest
- Camped out at Tony's Grove
- Planned and LOVED the Taylor Family Reunion
- Off Roaded up Providence Canyon and enjoyed the beautiful waterfall
- Drove to Porcupine Resevoir
- The Oaks in the Ogden Canyon
- Lots of shaved ice!
- Amazed by the houses on North Logan's east bench
- Cache County Fair
- Morgan County Fair
- Box Elder County Fair
- summer walks (lots of them!)
- Explore Wellsville
- Attend the temple
- Cracker Barrel in Paradise
- Star Valley, Star Valley, and more Star Valley
- Family nap time
- Brown Family Reunion
- Visited our sweet grandparents
- Hello Dolly - Hale Center Theater
- Miniature golfing
- Off roading up Green Canyon
- Elements restaurant
- Celebrated our 3rd anniversary!
- and so much more!!!

What an AMAZING summer and we have so many more to look forward to. Mark is back at school going into Secondary Education, so our summers together have just begun! YAY!!!

Happy Anniversary!

We celebrated our 3rd year anniversary on Saturday and what a sweet day! Mark surprised me with breakfast in bed that morning and these beautiful long stem red roses. I am so thankful for such an amazing man in my life! I feel so blessed to have shared three wonderful years together and I am looking forward to many more! Thanks for making our day so memorable sweetie, I LOVE YOU!

Thanks to my sweet little sister for watching Beckam, we were able to go on a date. It was such a fun afternoon. We went on a drive up Green Canyon and then miniature golfing. It is the greatest feeling ever to be married to your best friend and have so much fun together. Thanks for such a wonderful day babe!


We tried out the new restaurant in Logan - Elements - and it was so good! We were very impressed and they even surprised us with this cute dessert plate.