Oregon!

Yes, we are in beautiful Oregon! This was the sunset on the first day we were there...

We left Logan at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and arrived at our condo at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday. We were so sleepy.... this is us later in the day on Saturday, we took a few pictures before, but we looked sleepy, so this is us looking wide-awake!

Here's a picture of Stu on the beach. It really is a very beautiful place, the view from out condo is gorgeous. I'll post some more pictures a little bit later.

Sledding!

Nicole and Jeremy stopped by on Saturday and we all got to go sledding on the hill by our house! It was FREEZING outside, but it was tons of fun!

Makelle's hat may not have been super warm, but it was "cute"!

The Burton's.... plus Morty :)

Stuart catching some air off of nothing...

WHAT?!? A NEW FLU?

So, a few days ago I had a close friend (sorry no names) tell me a funny little story. She had the TV on the news but had the volume muted. As she was watching, the bottom scroll bar mentioned something about the HINI (obviously pronounced hin-e) flu. Now, this friend of mine was shocked to hear that there was a new flu out! It was only later that her husband was kind enough to explain to her that the "I"s she saw were actually "1"s! :) I'm sure some of you can guess who this lovely person is. Here's a clue for those of you who might get it: "Limiat-ed.... limitat-ed...." (lol)

For Annaka ...

Ok, so has anyone seen New Moon yet?!? This post was requested by my darling 18 year old sister Annaka. All of us sisters went and saw New Moon on Saturday night, we had a blast, and we all agreed that Jacob is HOT! This was the best picture I could find but his body is awesome. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. :) I thought it was perhaps important to point out what I got to go home to though! :)

MUCH hotter than Jacob!

I love you honey!

My Handsome Hubby...

As many of you know, Stuart is in the Young Men's Presidency. Well, all the YM leaders decided to grow mustaches for 2 weeks and then wear them to church together. So, Stuart actually grew a beard for 2 weeks (which was very attractive), then shaved it for Halloween (see picture below) and then to just the mustache for church. Now, I am a huge fan of facial hair, but after this fun little experiment, I've realized I'm not a fan of ALL facial hair! :)

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had our annual party at our house. It was a ton of fun! These are all the characters that showed up!


We had a fun "candy-corn toss". If you notice Whitney, we had some cheaters... or maybe it was just strategy? :)

As per Paul's request, we had to have a drinking contest. Stuart's idea this year was to have O'douls to drink. It's farily obvious we don't have may alcoholics in our family as nearly everyone was gagging theirs down. Although, Justin drank his fairly quickly... :)

More Games...

Dougnut Eating contest! The kids were so cute, we let them go first and they were a little un-sure of what we wanted them to do, but they all got the hang of it pretty quick!

Then it was the adults turn...it's harder than it looks!


We also had a pinata! I bought it at the dollar store and it was made of cardboard... I guess you get what you pay for, the kids tried it for a while, then we had to call in the adults to break the stupid thing! :)

Just bad luck...

Whitney, Stuart and I went 4-wheeling today down at my mom's house. Stuart decided to go through the creek, well, he made it fine, but Whitney was only in 2 wheel drive when she went....

and she got stuck. No problem though, we sent Stuart for a tow-chain....

and he got stuck! Luckily we had 3 4-wheelers there, so...

we pulled him out then Whitney next, then I thought, "I'll bet I can make it through..."

and I got stuck! :)

Happy Birthday Howie!

Howie (Hadley) celebrated her first birthday today! We got to go to her party out at my Mom's house and we had a blast! She is such a cutie!

Cake

Hadley got to eat the center of her birthday cake all by herself. She was enjoying it until she rubbed her eyes... poor thing. I guess frosting doesn't feel too great in your eyes!

New Website

Well, it's official... Stuart has his own website! :) We've been working so hard at getting it up and running, and I think it turned out really well. Check it out for yourself
www.utahidahohomeloans.com. I can't believe how difficult it was to put together! We've worked weeks on it now... although if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

4-Wheeling!

The Brower-family boys go on an annual 4-wheeler ride every year. This year Justin, Michael, Stuart and Ethan went. They rode from Millville Canyon to Bear Lake (120 miles round trip). It took them 11 hours! They had a blast!

Stuart getting ready to ride.


Apparently it was necessary to "Fuel up" with some Mountian Dew before the big trip!

Here is Ethan securing the extra gas tanks.

Here they are getting ready to go!


Stuart showing just one of his many talents!

This is poor Michael trying to get to the top of Mount Logan on his 2-wheel drive 4-wheeler... everyone else had 4-wheel drive. Needless to say he made it about 10 feet from the top and had to walk the rest!


The view from the top of Mount Logan! Beautiful!!!

Well, apparently when you register your 4-wheelers, they want you to stick the new little stickers over the old ones! :) Yes, they were registered, and yes they got pulled over by a park-ranger. Luckily the guy was nice and just looked it up and saw that they were telling the truth! :)

Here is Michael getting pulled out of the mud.


This is Ethan and Michael... yes Ethan rode the same trail as Michael... yet Michael is un-recognizable for all the mud!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Saturday was my Grandma's birthday! So, all of us local girls ran on down to Layton to have lunch with her. It was a blast! Grandma looks great and is still so young! Only 77!!! We love you Grandma, thanks for letting us share part of your day with you!

BOOKS!

Ok, well Whitney and Lauryn have both written on their blogs about these WONDERFUL books we have been reading! Yes, they are romance novels (but clean ones!). The author's name is Marcia Lynn McClure. You seriously cannot put them down. Annaka started reading them then got us ALL into them. My mom even loves them and she's not a reader. If you decide to reward yourself by reading one of these books, start with "The Visions of Ransom Lake" It is my favorite! :) Enjoy!