Cinderella's new carriage

Lauren got this die cast car for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Brown.  Well, instead of putting it on a shelf to be looked at, she decided to stuff Cinderella, Prince Charming and all of there belongings inside of it.  Pretty dang funny.  I'm sure Matt's dad would be disappointed, but hey, she's definitely a girl.

The love birds going for a joyride.

The car is under her skirt.

Here......we.......

GO!!!!!!!

For those of you who love the mountains

Here is the view of beautiful Mt. Timpanogos from our house.  I post this mostly for those who have lived here and no longer do and miss the view.

Timp from the Orem High football field.  We sure do live in a beautiful place!

Craziness!!

So I have to post this right now because I'm still on an adrenalin rush from it.  About 12:00 pm I went outside to get my mail.  My neighbor kitty corner from me is always out in his garage doing woodworking stuff with his radio playing.  So I'm outside and I hear a loud bang from his garage and he yells, "Ow"  along with some other choice words.  So I kept watching the garage to see if he would move around or if his wife was home.  I thought I heard his wife talking to him (which turned out just to be the radio) and I still couldn't see him.  So I went back into my house to get Lauren ready for the preschool carpool and told myself that I would go back out in a bit to see what was up.  At 12:10, Lauren's ride came and I could hear the guy yelling HELP HELP HELP.  So I booked it over to his house in my bare feet and pajamas (Yes, I was still in my pj's) and he was laying in the back of his garage on the floor in A LOT of pain.  I called 911 and eventually they came.  Apparently, he was screwing something into the ceiling when the ladder fell and he hit the ground.  He said he was on the 3rd rung from the top on an average sized ladder.  He landed on his left side and his ear was cut open, his middle finger was dislocated, and his left shoulder was possibly broken or dislocated.  He was hurting so bad he couldn't stand up.  Luckily I think that is all that happened.  We called his wife home from work and they just took him to the hospital.   Unfortunately I'm a labor & delivery nurse and couldn't really do much for him.  Luckily Will was asleep and stayed asleep the whole 40 minutes that I was gone.  There are two good things that came out of this: 1 I was able to meet some new neighbors that I hadn't met before and 2 I learned to always listen to the Spirit because it told me to go check on the guy and I ignored it because I thought it was probably just nothing.  I thought he smashed his finger or something simple.  Luckily it wasn't something really terrible or I would feel really awful.  It just would have been nice to get him some help 10 minutes earlier.  I'm glad that he's okay and didn't break his back or anything.  Well, I feel better now that I have spilled my guts.  

Scrapbooking?

Do any of you out there scrapbook? I'd like to hear your thoughts and find out how you do it. I've always done it the traditional way, but since kids that hasn't happened. I've looked into digital and I'm trying Shutterfly. Does anyone else do that or any other company? How do you like it? How do you do it? Like one book per child per year or what? How many pages do you do? Any other insights would be great. Thanks, Andrea

Lauren's First Day of Preschool

Today is Lauren's first day of preschool. I can't believe it. She is growing up. I'm really excited for her though because I know that she is going to really love it. She will learn so much and make lots of friends. This morning I tried to get her to come and do her hair but she just laid on the floor and wouldn't come. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that she was nervous for preschool. I told her that it was going to be really fun and she would make lots of friends. Plus, her grandma (my mom) is her teacher. She's been to preschool a couple of times before and it was always fun. Once she remembered that she was really excited and ready to go. It's only for two hours a day, twice a week and it's during Will's nap time. So right now I'm all by myself. What will I do with my new found freedom? I'm sure I'll think of a million things.

Our Front Yard

Some of you were asking what our house looks like now without the bushes so here you go. Sorry, this one is a little blurry, but you get the idea. If you look close you can see William standing on the porch. We took several starts of perennials from my parents and Matt's parents. Hopefully next year they will get even bigger and start to fill in.

Here is a side view. We live on a corner for those of you who have never been here.

We had a volunteer tomato plant grow up in one of our flower beds. I left it just so see if it would produce at all. Today I noticed two small green tomatoes so it looks like we'll get something. I don't know if they'll be regular or cherry size.

This view is not so good because I took it in the morning and the sun is casting a shadow

I love the flowers in this bed. This is in the front corner of the yard. There used to be a huge prickly bush here. The purple flowers on the right are volunteer.

Same flowers, different angle. Matt installed a soaker hose system throughout our flowers so we're not wasting as much water. So far it seems to be working really good.

We didn't have the internet for a month and we just got it again yesterday so now I can post again!