March 30, 2013

Devin's Mission Farewell

My little brother was called to serve in the Philippines Bacolod Mission and reported to the MTC on March 27. This boy will be the best missionary out there! We went to Utah for his mission farewell and a few days with him before he left. We love this kid so much and are so proud of him!



Last family pic for 2 years! (Rawson was sleeping)

Devin made this jewelry box for Avalynn, she wouldn't put it down for days!

Getting the missionary hair cut


Classic scene at the Brooks house. Everyone sitting in the living room watching TV and hanging out.

Avalynn loved Andrea's twins!

 Last sibling pic for 2 years. Love them!

Twins eating breakfast together

Chuck-E-Cheese fun


BYU basketball game



Saying good-bye! I couldn't help but cry!




Off to the MTC!



Kids Pictures

I saw a local photographer looking for kids to do a free photo shoot for to get her name out, and you better believe I jumped on the opportunity! I love how they turned out and it helped to finally get our gallery wall complete in the family room. 








March 29, 2013

Baby #3

Since we have a boy and girl I (Brennen wasn't too excited about the idea) wanted to not find out what this baby is. Here are some cute pics from the ultrasound!




March 26, 2013

Jump In with Cousins

Arch and Shantay were in town so we took the kids to Jump In one night. I wish I had some better pictures, but alas the iphone was all I had!




March 22, 2013

Best Friends

It's so fun to watch as these two get older how they play more and more together, and are becoming best friends. Rawson wasn't feeling well one day and I needed to put him down while I went to the kitchen to get something for him. He started to cry as I set him down and Avalynn said "I'll hold him! Come here Buddy." He sat right there on her lap and snuggled in to watch a show with her. I hope they realize growing up that they really will be each other's best friends throughout life!


March 19, 2013

Family Movie Night

Lately we have been trying to do Family Movie Night along with pizza every friday night. Man alive the kids LOVE it! I have hopes they will love this tradition so much when they get older they will still get excited to spend friday night with the family. I can hope right! =)

This particular Family Movie Night I was just taking in the kids and their adorableness. 

I posted this picture on Instagram with this caption:
"Those moments you look around and think your heart may just burst because you realize how much you love your life, make all the long hard days worth it!"



Sleeping Baby

One of my favorite parts of each day is watching my sleeping babies before I go to bed. All the long hard days seem to disappear as I watch for the ride and fall of their chest and give them one last kiss for the day. This particular night Rawson was just pulling at my heart strings all snuggled up with his bear!




March 17, 2013

St. Patricks Day

The extent of celebrating St. Patricks Day for us was making rainbow necklaces and wearing green!





March 16, 2013

Coach Ames

Brennen has been coaching track for Windsor High School this season. He loves being able to work with the athletes and it's no surprise they all love him. One of their first meets was at Windsor High School, so the kids and I went by for a little bit to say hi to him. Avalynn and Rawson were in awe of all the teenagers and everything going on. You better believe that Brennen is already giving them "track practice" in the backyard. We'll often find Rawson down in his starting stance ready to race!






March 9, 2013

Pinkalicious

Avalynn earned going to see the Pinkalicious play by keeping her underwear dry for a whole week! It worked out perfect to go while Mimi was here visiting, it was fun to have her join us in the fun!






We invited Kim and Savannah to go with us!

Mimi bought her this Pinkalicious wand, Avalynn was in heaven!





A little Cafe Rio for dinner after the show topped everything off