Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a great one. Ours was a bit different than originally planned, but that's ok. We were supposed to be in Washington for Christmas this year, but because of a job Travis is doing we weren't able to get there. So Christmas eve I made a nice dinner and decorated the tables all fancy. It was fun. We invited the Hillman's over and had a very nice dinner.





The kids got to play ( Peyton was pretending it was raining. It was cute.)

Then they got pj's on and I read them a Christmas story. Then we went upstairs and watched Shrek the Halls. All in all it was a really good night.

Christmas morning the kids got up and opened presents and I mad German pancakes. Travis got McKenna her own tools and tool belt and she thought that was the coolest thing ever. She can't wait to go to work with dad. Travis was a very proud daddy to see her in this.




Maddie got a little stroller that had a toy that attatched to it that played music. She just liked the toy so she could dance to it. I thought it was pretty stinkin' cute. I just spent forver trying to upload a video and it's not working. I will try again tomorrow.

I love Washington!

I got to go to Washington for a week and had a ton of fun. I got to hang out with the fam and friends. One fun thing all of us siblings did was we finally got all the babies in bed (that in itself was quite a feat) and we all went bowling. It was way fun just being silly and snapping a million pictures. I think there was more picture taking than bowling going on. tee hee









We also went to the town's performance of the Nutcracker. It was fun to take McKenna to it. She liked all the girls and their costumes. She talked really loud and made some hilarious comments. I'm not sure how much everyone around us appreciated it. One of the ballerinas had a really long dance and McKenna kept trying to get her to go off the stage. It was funny.







It was a really fun trip. It was fun to have all the siblings together again. It was great. Thanks again!

Root beer taste testing!

So I have been in Washington and one of things that we did tonight was hilarious! It was really fun. We had 15 different kinds of root beer and did a taste test. To see the results go to http://www.abunchofbrownells.blogspot.com/

Updates!

There are sooooooo many things that I have needed to post and update on and haven't had a minute to do so. So here I go on just a few of them. The day after Thanksgiving we loaded up the 4-wheelers and headed to the hills with the Hillman's to find each of us a tree. It was cold, but not too bad. There wasn't any snow, but we all bundled up in our snow clothes to stay warm anyways. That was especially nice while riding the quads.



It was fun having Travis' brother Shane here for the weekend. The kids always like to see him.



Instead of snow balls this year McKenna was finding leaves.

She at least found a frozen mud puddle she could ice skate on. She thought that was pretty fun.



Then these next two pictures I just thought were pretty cute and hilarious. She just wanted me to take her picture.



Now the girls and I are in Washington once again. I had a program I was singing in (which is the reason there haven't been any posts lately. I had to write a few songs and get everything ready for that) and while we were there Travis got a job that has to be done during Christmas break so we extended our stay a little since we won't be able to come back for Christmas. The girls did so good on the way there. They had fun. Well there are still plenty more updates, but those are just a couple!

So cute!

So I know I say my girls are the cutest ever, but I think I just have to say it one more time! I could just take pictures of them all day long. (They wouldn't cooperate that long, but it would be fun.) I love my girls that's for sure!

I love my girls!

I was looking through some old pictures and came across these and I just can't help but smile when I look at these two. I have the most beautiful girls in the world! (I might be biased) If I am having the worst day all I have to do is look at them and they instantly make me feel better. I'm so glad that I get to be their mom.

God, PLEASE, bless America!

" Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. . . . . " Ronald Reagan

So I am so very dissappointed in the election result. I just have a sick feeling in my stomach about the whole thing. Obviously, there is not a whole lot that I can do about it now, but vent. Sorry you all have to be the ones to recieve the venting. I just have such strong feelings about this amazing country that GOD set up for us to be free to have a democracy and not a socialist nation and having the government force so many policies upon it's people. Which brings me back to how grateful I am to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I love so much having a prophet and apostles on the earth today so that we actually have one place that we can look to for absolute truth. It's just so great to listen to them and know that what they say is true. They aren't worried about pleasing specific interest groups, lobbyists, or political parties. The only person they are worried about pleasing is God. I love America and hope that we will be able to continue to enjoy the freedoms we have always had.

Happy Halloween!

Here are my cute girls in their costumes. I thought they both looked pretty adorable. McKenna wanted to be a good witch and look cute instead of wearing a green face or something like that. She's pretty funny that way. I loved Maddie's little costume. It didn't help in making her look any less round. Tee hee. It was pretty cute.





We went over to a trunk or treat and got plenty of candy. They didn't need to go anywhere else to get anymore that's for sure.





Hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend!

Pumpkin Patch

There is a pumpkin patch that we usually go to around here and this year we (the Hillman clan) decided to do our own. Sheila grew an amazing pumpkin patch of her own and Darwin got some straw to put on the trailer so we could have a hay ride and everything just like at the other pumpkin patch. But this one was even better because it was FREE!



The pumpkins were HUGE!















Then afterwards we built a fire and roasted hot dogs! What a great night. Thanks everyone!

Tis the Season?

So yesterday I just couldn't help myself and I filled my stereo with Christmas music! I know what you're thinking, it's not even Halloween yet. But honestly I am surprised it has taken me this long to get them out. Happy Holidays! HAHAHAH