St. George Fun

I have been wanting to go to St. George for the longest time (hadn't been in like a year) so me and Andrea planned a week end and went and had the best time.

I took Carlee and Chelsie with us and they met these 2 way cute little friends at the pool.

Brooklyn got her shorts wet so she took them off and just ran around in her undies (oh to be little again) it was so funny.

Brayden was just sun tanning (it lasted like .05 sec)

While at the outlets I decided to take some pictures and told the kids to look at me. Carlee and Chelsie did a little pose and as soon as Brooklyn seen them she had to do one also SO DANG CUTE.

Brooklyn and Brayden didn't want to swim so they just ran around this table and followed each other crawling under it. They had so much energy just watching them made me tired.

Andrea bought A Goofy Movie on the way down and the kids watched it like 10 time in between all the stuff we did.

The kids did so good, once we got Brayden this mitt he was in heaven and just sat in the stroller the whole time and didn't make a noise.

At first Brooklyn wanted to ride in the stroller and Brayden wanted to push her all by himself, he is such a strong little guy.

I love his little smile, I'm sure this is when he snuck over and put a knife in my purse that I just found yesterday.... LOL

The kids bein so patient at Wingers.

I didn't get a pic of us at IN N OUT but needed a pic so here it is! We ate here 2 time in 2 days I loved it (I had never had it before) We also at at Jimmy Johns another great new place to eat (a kid I work with is opening a Jimmy Johns in Provo and I'm so excited, such good sandwich's!!)

65 Questions You've Probably Never Been Asked...

So I saw this on facebook but couldn't figure out how to do it on there so I just decided to put it on my blog instead.


1. First thing you wash in the shower? The body
2. What color is your favorite hoodie? Too many to choose from
3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? YUP.
4. Do you plan outfits? Depends on where I'm goin or what I'm doin.
5. How are you feeling RIGHT now? Stressed finals are this week
6. Whats the closest thing to you that's red? hahaha my shirt (Brit had to help me out I couldn't find anything)
7. Tell me about the last dream you remember having? That Karen had BABIES
8. Did you meet anybody new today? Ya people that my dad knows
9. What are you craving right now? Chocolate chip cookies
10. Do you floss? Sometimes
11. What comes to mind when I say cabbage? Salad
12. Are you emotional? YUP
13. Have you ever counted to 1,000? nope I don't think so
14. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? Oh hurts to think of biting it
15. Do you like your hair? No I really what to chop it! just don't dare yet
16. Do you like yourself? Sure.
17. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush? Heck yes I would
18. What are you listening to right now? Extreme Home Makeover
19. Are your parents strict? My dad is at times
20. Would you go sky diving? YES I WILL DO IT ONE DAY
21. Do you like cottage cheese? Oh yeah with salt and pepper and crackers
22. Have you ever met a celebrity? Yes they come through the airport every once in a while
23. Do you rent movies often? Not really I always forget to take them back...
24. Is there anything sparkly in the room you are in? Just Brittanys eyes LOL j/k
25. How many countries have you visited? If layovers count allot! (there are allot of stops between here and Kenya Africa X3)
26. Have you made a prank phone call? Who hasn't?
27. Ever been on a train? Ya almost every weekend when i lived in new york.
28. Brown or white eggs? White.
29.Do you have a cell-phone? Ya and gonna die any day now been almost 2 years.
30. Do you use chap stick? Yes now love Alba
31. Do you own a gun? Ya but don't know what kind it is my dad just tells us that that's what we get and they are in his safe.
32. Can you use chop sticks? Nope might as well use my fingers
33. Who are you going to be with tonight? Just Nikki when I go to bed (yes she still sleeps with me LOL)
34. Are you too forgiving? Ya a trait my mom passed on to me. :)
35. Ever been in love? Yup too many times!
36. What is your best friend(s) doing tomorrow? I have no idea
37. Ever have cream puffs? Yumm I love em
38. Last time you cried? Today
39. What was the last question you asked? Who is asking you these questions?
40. Favorite time of the year? Right now summer cause I'm sick of winter but in the summer I will want it winter.
41. Do you have any tattoos? Heck no NEVER will!
42. Are you sarcastic? Sometimes
43. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect? No
44. Ever walked into a wall? Hahaha ya way too many times
45. Favorite color? Pink and Brown
46. Have you ever slapped someone? Yup
47. Is your hair curly? Cant get it to curl
48. What was the last CD you bought? WOW I have no idea its been way to long
49. Do looks matter? Sometimes
50. Could you ever forgive a cheater? Never.
51. Is your phone bill sky high? Ya I dint know why though
52. Do you like your life right now? Not really (wish it was a little different)
53. Do you sleep with the TV on? For 30 min till the timer turns it off
54. Can you handle the truth? Most of the time
55. Do you have good vision? Yup the only one in the fam
56. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people? No
57. How often do you talk on the phone? HAHAHA ya (maybe that why my bill is high)
58. Who did you hold hands with? No one right now
59. What are you wearing? PJ's
60.What is your favorite animal? almost anything but a cat
61. Where was your default picture taken at? Brown Christmas party at the church
62. Can you hula hoop? Heck yes I'm the hula hoop queen!!
63. Do you have a job? Yup and so happy for it right now
64. What was the most recent thing you bought? Stuff to make fruit salad and treats for church
65. Have you ever crawled through a window? Ya allot of times!

sWiMmInG LeSsOnS

I know this is not an all that exciting of post to everyone but it is for me!! I am so excited to be doing swimming lessons again this year (I missed it so much last year)!! Let me know if anyone wants their kids in or knows of people that want their kids to take, I am doing 3 sessions so let me know.

People that I love part 1

These are not going to be in any special order!!
***NIKKI***

I am so thankful for Nikki she has and does put up with ALOT from me.

I am so glad that she let me drag her to Kenya. It was so special to have her there with me to experience all the great things that she heard me talking about for so long

She did so good with the kids. She would talk to them, even though they didn't understand what we were say half the time.

She would pick up any kid or baby that would let her pick up or wanted picked up.

She is such a fun person to have around and can (almost) always make me laugh

***MY MOM***

The next person is my dear sweet mom I love her and miss her SO SO SO much

She was such a trooper. The Christmas right before she died we took one last family trip to Disneyland and she went on almost everything there just for the memory, even though she was in alot of pain. She also was smiling the whole time.

When she was in pain she would grab her sucker and just keep going. (the suckers were her pain meds, you can see it in her hand here.)

Oh and here. But she is still smiling even with the sucker in her mouth

Nikki was really sick on our way to California and my mom just sat and rubbed her back and held her hair for her even though she herself was not well. Like I said I MISS HER SO MUCH. I have been wanting to do a post just about her but don't have the strength to do it right now so be watching it will be up one of these days~!

Church in Mombasa

So every time we go to Kenya we drive in from the village to attend church (they dont have it YET out in the village) its about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour drive. It is so cool to see the church is the same even all the way around the world. The little girl in the video is singing out of the Children's Song Book it is so cute.

This is Mama Cindy with the missionaries and some of the branch members.

Here I am playin with some of the primary children.

Me and Vee with the kids.

Veronica Lucy and I in front of the church. It is just in the upstairs of this office strip thing.

This little girls is singing Keep the Commandments (in case you couldnt understand her)

Evelyn Brown School

We decided to raise some money and build a school in Kenya in my dear moms name.It is a village called Vikolani. Here are some pictures that Nikki and I took while we were there. Its kind of cool it started out as just a kindergarten ran by Koins and is now a government recognized school.

Vikolani is putting out some of the smartest kids right now and im not just sayin that out of prejudice they really are some of the smartest. Last year Koins had 4 boys that passed there final exam to get into a college and 3 of them were from Vikolani!!!!YEAH

This is the work the teacher was giving them they are adding "chairs" but dont really know what chairs are. Notice there "chairs" are logs.

This is the kids showin me there homework they were so proud of them self's.

This is the building where they used to attend until we build the other one. There is only one teacher and there are 64 kids.

This is the restroom that all 64 kids and the rest of the village use when they are walkin by.

These are our ladies caring our water notice the middle one is going to add another addition to the Evelyn Brown School.

This is it on one of the 1st days before they plastered it and started our 2nd edition.

These are some of the kids that are attending the school.

Some more of our students inside the class room in front of the chalk board.

Some of the guys that were on the trip with us finishing up with the last little bit of paint.

Notice what the plasterer is standing on (nice stable surface)

These are the ladies that were caring the water for the school. They are so amazing one of them was like 8 months pregnant. The water hole was about a mile and a half away and they would carry water on their heads non stop for about 8 hours. Im so thankful for them, with out them the school would not have been able to be built.

Here are some guys makin the plaster for the wall inside and out.

It is basically a man made cement maker.

Nikki standing in front of the school.

This little girl was concentrating so hard to get it done and get it done right.

I just love this little kids shirt so cute. How many people do you think have worn it and how many countries has it been to before him claiming it?

This little boys shirt says 2 Pac around the collar another cute shirt that makes you wonder how many people have owned it until it now.

Kenya

I love Kenya and the people of Kenya!!! I have made 3 trips over to the same village and im addicted. These are some pictures of my last trip. (Oct. 2007) Nikki joined me for this trip as well.

So we had a lady that went with us that wanted to teach the women to sew. That way they could sew there own school uniforms and make money rather then having to buy them. This is Mama Fatuma she did so good at it.

This is at the little local clinic. I got to spend a few hours in there with the dr. and watch how they do thing. WOW very interesting!!!

This is baby Zuma his mom was in the sewing class so we got to play with him alot. It was funny the 1st day she brought him all bundled up with like 5 layers and beanie on (it was like 95 with humidity at 80) so we striped him down.

This is before we took his clothes off isnt he just so dang cute!!

So this thing was out in the middle of the field and we figured out that it was there "basketball hoop" its crazy while we were over there we learned that the boys play soccer and the girls play basketball. This picture is Nikki showing them how to do it. I love this picture it was taken at just the right time as the ball was goin through.

This is one of the school that Koins replaced that is actually a wall not the door.

Just a cute group of kids that were chattin with us.

Me and one of the school girls.

This is how all of the babies over there are raised. They are on there mothers back through everything. This lady was helping to do the foundation for the Sean Michael's special needs school. These ladies are AMAZING to say the least.

This little girl was at the SM school with her mom and I was talkin to Nikki and Megan and said that she is so cute I could take her home with us, little did I know our translator was tellin the mom everything I was sayin and asked me if I would please take her, that she would run back to her (grass) hut and pack up her things and be back not to go anywhere that I could take her if I would give her a good life and send her to school. It was so hard to explain to her that I would love to take her but I couldnt. Its crazy that these mothers will do anything to give there kids a better life even if it means they will never see them again.

This is a class room. These kids sit there for 8 hours a day rain or shine and learn. Remember the temperatures get extremely high. e have it so easy here in the states.

This is Nikkis little friend she met at the SM school. They told us that she was mute and that was why she was goin to be attending. Well little did we find out she isnt mute at all. Bret picked her up and started throwing and spinning her around and she started to squeal at the top of her lungs and giggle it was so fun to see that part of her come out. She latched on to Nikki and just snuggled her and wouldnt let her put her down. It was fun to see Nikki interact with her.