Oh where, oh where, have the Browns been lately?

**Warning- A Ton of PICTURES- no joke!!!**

Well, as most of you know, NOT BLOGGING!!!! It's already February and I haven't posted one thing in 2008. Could I possibly be the worst blogger ever?? Even my brother-in-law Dave (it's his b-day today- HAPPY BIRTHDAY) has redeemed himself and now I'm the slacker! I guess I'll do a "quick" recap!

We were in CA for the holidays and Jaden and I stayed until the middle of January. Before we left for CA, we had Christmas with Doug's parents and then it was in the car for 18 hours of driving- YUCK!!

We all went to Disneyland on Christmas Eve- best trick ever to have your kiddos sleep in Christmas morning!!

We all went to celebrate our Grandpa's B-day!

How cute are they??!!

And he's out!!!

Christmas morning!

The craziness!

The guys getting their croquet on!

A little Christmas Night Rock Band with the fam- hilarious!!

Hanging out at the beach

Visiting with Tyler and Kate and their 2 boys.

Mountain biking

Hitting The Grove

Yeah- Suzanne!!

Waiting out at the Rose Parade- I already know we're crazy!!

Taking the kids to Legoland

Lunch date with the Fergs!!

One of the best things about going home is that every time we go, my Grandma Heyman, Aunt Barb, and Eric fly from AZ to spend a day with us.

Grandma kicked some major booty on the wii!!

4 Generation Picture

The boys LOVED Uncle Matthew

We love Jer!

Balboa Bars- YUMMY!

Celebrating Grandma Renee's B-day!

Jaden loved Uncle Mike!

We're now home and enjoying the winter weather!!

The LATEST!!

P.S. Notice the posting time, Jaden has turned into me- a NIGHT OWL- ugh!!!!!!

CRAZY!

This is a story of a crazy family and their many CRAZY adventures!!

The crazy Dad decided to go goose hunting and then to Zion and hike/ swim/ climb in the freezing weather with his work buddies. Of course, on the way back, they had to hit the slopes!

When he told me he got one and I saw the pictures, I thought, "How could he not?? Look at all the geese just hanging out." Apparently, those are decoys- pretty tricky!

I think I married Bear Grylls!

Notice the lovely ice floating in the water- PSYCHO!

Meanwhile, the crazy Mom was hanging out with 2 CRAZY 2 year olds all weekend.

One little guy, who shall remain nameless, still will not sleep properly!!

So the crazy Mom, decided to bust out a Christmas present early, so her son could entertain himself and she could rest!

Now the crazy family is finally back together and decided to build a Gingerbread Train .

Notice the licking of the candy!

Did the crazy parents really think the train would last for more than 5 minutes??

Blogger Burn-Out Big Time!!

I know, I 'm the worst ever! I can't believe I haven't busted out a post in almost a month. I am filled with excuses and the most pathetic thing is the guilt I have- WHY, but it's true, I feel guilty. Things have been crazy, now let me explain. . .

#1 We've had about 2 weeks of pure insanity when we took Jaden's soother a.k.a. pacifier/ binky away from him. I can't even explain how terrible it was. I thought I had it under control, but oh NO!!! Poor little guy, he wouldn't sleep, threw himself on the ground, kicked the door, etc. He's soother free and we're finally getting a full night's sleep- AMEN!

Packing up ALL the soothers to give to a baby at Target, now that he's a BIG BOY!

He traded his soothers for a Thomas the Train pillow, which he doesn't even want to sleep with!

#2 We were hit with the stomach flu which ended with throw-up all over me and a worn out little guy!
#3 I'm pregnant and have been sick! I'm finally starting to feel normal again, but the last few months have kicked my booty! I was so spoiled with Jaden because I wasn't sick one day! I now have more sympathy than ever for all of those women who have difficult pregnancies. It's NOT fun!! We're so excited and can't wait until May 20th!!

Now that I have been Debbie Downer- sorry, we have had some fun in between all the craziness. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Doug's family and loved spending time with Joel and Monica!

This is for you Tiff, of course I made Jaden make his annual turkey name tags!

The beautiful Thanksgiving table!

Jaden's favorite buddies- Joel and Monica