Funny sayings & a few extra pictures from 2018!

November 2018
Jeremy asked Beckham while they were changing a load of laundry if he checked the lint catcher...
Beckham pulled the dryer lint catcher out: "Cclleeeaaann as a baby."

I was making a smoothie and Benson ran up to the counter: "make a potion, Mommy!"

December 2018
Beckham: "I don't like MOMS. They just BOSS all the time."
Bridger: "They are supposed to boss kids out of their minds."

Anderson: *pulling on the Christmas garland wrapped around the stair railing*
Beckham: "NOO! He's destroying Christmas!!"

Benson: Came into our room with his usual "Good morning!!" and then he ran into our bathroom saying "need a go poop." *slams the door*

Me:  A few minutes later..."Are you done?"

Benson: "I'm wipin' my butt!" 

Jeremy runs over there (because even though Benson thinks he's old enough, and has thought that for months now, he's not) Jeremy twists the handle to our bathroom and it's locked. So he calls to Benson...

Jeremy: "unlock the door, Benson." 

Benson: "No!"

Jeremy: "unlock the door right now!"

Benson: "No! Wipin-a my butt!"

Jeremy: "If you don't unlock the door you will go to the calm place."

Benson: *unlocks the door* "Oh, sorry Daddy!"

LOLOL.

A few more pictures from this past year!!

"I'm wearin' socks Mommy!!"

We have seen the most beautiful sunsets from the front of our house here in Spanish Fork!

Jeremy went back to our Eagle Mountain ward for a baby blessing a few months ago and he and Bishop Larsen needed to get a picture to remember their bishopric days together. That opportunity was so good for us, and there are some really good memories from that two years. Bishop Larsen has texted to stay in contact with Jeremy, and has told him that he misses him and Garth! They had a good balance of fun and responsibility, it was such a great opportunity that we loved.

Their little joke was #legit.

Jeremy's birthday! Don't feel too bad, sweetie, I forgot the entire Halloween post, too.

That smoke!! 32 years old this year! :)

Christmas!! :)

Last semester was SO crazy. We literally had FOUR different viruses that continually overlapped and our entire family ended up being sick for a straight 2.5 months. It was awful. Then combine that with Jeremy being busy doing 17 graduate credits, and then all the kids took turns barfing the week of finals and we were just pretty much done with it all. lol. Needless to say, we were very much ready for a three week break from school. We spent two weeks down in Hurricane at my parent's house for Christmas, New Year's, Bridger's birthday and his baptism. So it was still busy, but good busy!

We decorated our tree at home right after Thanksgiving! We also started a new tradition called, "The Giving Manger." There is a little wood manger, some short pieces of hay and a little baby Jesus. During the month whenever someone does something kind they put a piece of straw in the manger so Jesus has a bed at Christmas, like a gift to Him, it comes with a sweet little book, too. We loved it!! We also had an FHE lesson on the symbols of Christmas and made some homemade ornaments and laminated them to put on the tree, they are cute. :)

It's a long time Brown Family tradition to do Christmas Jingo on Christmas Eve, all the kids love it! One of their gifts is always a new pair of pajamas from Grandma Brown to wear on Christmas Eve, which is so fun. :)

After Jingo we had a short Christmas Eve program where people shared talents, read stories, and we read about the birth of Jesus in the Bible and sang some Christmas songs to end it. 

A few other pictures from our Christmas break!

A few days after Christmas we took the boys to a big park in St. George and they absolutely loved it! It was pretty cold, so we didn't stay a super long time, but we still had a blast. It's nice having the help to keep track of all of them. Even with his squeaky shoes Benson was hard to keep up with! lol. :)