Welcome to Stephanie...the newest member of the Brown family. Yeah!!

Wedding...May 9, 2009...Bountiful TempleIsn't she lovely?

Between both families, there is only 1 boy. Girls rule!

My baby brother Paul. He'll always be my baby... I love you.
Brown grandkids....my girls and Dean's Mckaydin.

The Brown and Peterson families. My Grandma (89) and Grandpa Brown(92) were able to be there as well as Grandma Peterson (a youthful 49...what?) This is about 1/4 of the total family. We're a big clan.

Isn't Grandpa cute?

"Mom, did they kiss on the lips on the alter?" Of course Charlie would ask this.

Stephanie's side of the family. Her sister Natalie & brother in law Jared with their kids to the left. Her sister, Heather from Wisconsin with two of her five children to the right. Mom and Dad, Gina and Dave above.

Steph is a natural with children. They love her.

Brown immediate family. My brothers Dean (top left), John (next to him), Chad, Dad (Glen), Mom (Kathy), Paul, Steph and me. Emily(John's wife) was on a service mission in Thailand.

These two and cute stinkers together!

This is Emily's cute sister Betsy.

Ava's blessing day

Ava was blessed on Sunday. It was a great day full of family and friends. Chad gave a beautiful blessing, as usual. My family saw me bear my testimony...a rare privilege. Our thanks to all those who helped us make this a great day. I forgot my camera so here are some I got from others. Doesn't Ava look older than 9 weeks?

Imagine this every time you pee...

Okay... I know not all of you are fans of anatomical jokes and interesting medical facts, but; Here is what I expel during just one sitting on the toilet.

This is a collection of about 10 days worth. Looks like a lot of fun, huh?

Ava is loved to death...sometimes literally

Aquarium with Grandma - March 2009

The aquarium is having a new South American exhibit complete with piranhas so we had to go, of course. As we're driving down, Hannah says "Mom, are we going to South America?" Remember she is 9. We had a good lesson in geography!

This is about 4 weeks after having Ava. It's nice getting out of the house.

Nemo and Dory are in this aquarium.

We saw the octopus eat a fish.

Do you think Ava will remember the fish?

L-I-A-R-

My cousin Ashley was playing with the girls last weekend and related the following Charlieism. Ashley asked Charlie to come in and ask me if she could play outside. She disappeared inside and then came out.

Ashley: "What did your mom say?

Charlie: "She said yes"

Ashley: "Are you sure?"

Charlie: "Yes!"

Hannah: "Ashley, you have to be careful cause sometimes Charlie is a LIAR."

Small little chuckles.

Baby Ava Noel

Ava at one month old. She was not cooperative, but we got some good shots.

Easter Dresses

My good friend Melissa took some beautiful pictures of the girls in their Easter dresses. Thanks, Mel.

Invasion of the giant kidney stone

Okay y'all. I thought my health problems were over but...NO! I had a gigantic kidney stone lodged just below my kidney plus a moderate one in my kidney and 4 more in my left ureter. Let me tell you, I thought I was birthing Ava's late coming twin. After 5 days of no movement the Dr.'s decided to do a small surgical procedure and break up the stones. I go back next week to see if it was successful, if there's obstruction they'll have to go inside and remove it. Right now I have some minor pain while I pass the broken up pieces. This picture is the closest I could find to the length of my stone. Mine was a little thicker.