Brown Family

New Year Resolution

2012-01-26T15:12:00.000-08:00

Well, I am pretty happy I was able to do or mostly get done one of my New Year Resolutions. My goal was to potty train Lance before the baby arrives in April and he has done amazing at it. He does get busy sometimes and forgets to go into the bathroom. I am so proud of him. I am hoping that we can soon get him to use the big toilet instead of his little kid toilet. He would love to be a big kid and stand but he is still a little too short for that.

Catch Up!

2011-12-07T10:58:00.001-08:00

Sorry, I haven't posted anything in awhile. I think about it but by the time I remember a lot of time has pasted. I need to try and be better. I think that is going to be a new goal of mine.

Well, I guess it is time for an update since July Taylor received all of his clearance(s) to finally get to work. He loves working down here. The only thing he doesn't like is the travel time to and from work but he says being at work makes it worth it. He actually just received his review of his progress and all of his co-workers said that he got an excellent review so that makes us happy, especially him that his hard work is being recognized. I am often asked if it is hard for me to not know what he does at work, I just have to say I am used to it because my Dad's company has a government contract too, so it doesn't bother me. Taylor and I have talked about it a few times and he says it is nice because when he is at work it is all about work and then when he comes home he doesn't have to think about anything and it is just his family. So it is good to know that he gets to enjoy us when he is home.

Lance has gotten very big. Since July he has learned a lot and the scar on his head looks a lot better. He celebrated his 2nd birthday in October with some friends of ours that lived here. We are so glad that our friends were able to come and Lance enjoys playing with their kids. He received a tent and tunnel from his Nana, Papa, and Uncle Skyler and he loved it. Since then he has just been a busy little boy. He loves to test our patience I have decided. He loves to sit and have books read to him.

For me nothing new has really happened for me. I am a stay at home mom and for me it is hard because I like to stay busy and I get tired of having to stay busy by cleaning the house all the time. We found out in August that we were expecting another baby.

In September we found out that we would be able to go back to Idaho for Thanksgiving, we decided that we would not tell my mom and surprise her for her birthday since it was that week. Surprisingly enough we actually pulled it off and my mom was really shocked to see us. We were also able to surprise my Grandma June. The weeks leading up to our trip our families asked us several time, mostly mine, when we would be able to find out what we were having and we told them that we wouldn't be able to get an ultrasound until after Thanksgiving week. We actually found out the day before we left that we would be expecting a little girl. We saved this information to surprise everyone else. They were all excited to find out that we would have a girl.

For Christmas Taylor, Lance, and I celebrated by ourselves. It was different not having family. My parents were able to come see us the day after Christmas for a couple days. Then a few days after my parents left Taylor's parents and Skyler came to visit us. With Taylor's parents and Skyler we went to Tournament of the Kings, Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, but Skyler wasn't very happy that we were in the bad guys section, he was not going to cheer for the bad guy.

Now with the new year started we are working on potty training Lance. Hopefully we can get that done before the baby comes in April. I guess we will see.

Things Since We Have Been In Vegas

2011-08-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

Well, the nice thing about where we live is that we have so many things close to use. I can walk about a block and a half or so and there is a plaza that has Target, Bath & Body Works, Marshall's, Micheal's, Pier 1, PetSmart, Krispy Kreme, a dentist office, a Verizon store, and a few more places. Then there is another little plaza about the same distance and it has Lowe's, Home Goods, Fed Ex, a Game Stop (Taylor likes that but I am glad that he understands we are on a budget still), there are a few more things in that one too. Across the street from that plaza is the hospital where we went for Lance's head, and a few check-ups. That is all within about a 10 minute or so walking distance. A mile from our house we have a Super Walmart, Home Depot, Ross's, PetCo, Home Consignment Store, Sam's Club, and a few other places in that plaza. Also within about a mile in a different area we have a Neighborhood WalMart.

One of Lance's favorite things is to go and play at the parks. We have one that is in walking distance which is really fun. Here are some pictures.

We also have another park that is near us that has water shooting from the ground. It is a little bit further way so we drive to that one.

I will update a little more when I don't have Lance trying to shut off my computer.

Visitors

2011-08-08T20:59:00.000-07:00

We are now settled into our new house in Las Vegas and things are slowing down. Taylor has had his clearance for about six weeks or so. Now we are waiting for Taylor to get his Access which will allow him to actually start to do what he came here for. We have really grown to love our new home and we really enjoy the area.

We have had lots of visitors too. My parents helped us move down and get settled. Then, I went home for a week for one of best friend's wedding and to be with our families. Taylor wasn't able to go home because of work. My sister Nicki and her husband Matt were able to come visit us about three weeks after I got home from visiting Pocatello. It was nice to have them here so I could have something to do while Taylor was at work. Our last visitors were about two weeks after Nicki and Matt, it was Taylor's mom, grandma and his sister Raegan. They cam down for Raegan's birthday present. Her mom treated her to a show down here. We were all able to go to Phantom of the Opera, which was amazing, I recommend it to anyone who wants to see a show in Las Vegas.

Raegan and Tricia also went to Jersey Boys and they said it was a great show, you just have to be prepared for the New Jersey language.

While Taylor's family was here we went swimming one day and Lance threw his ball through the fence and decided that he wanted it and started running to the gate to try and open it but as he was running he slipped or tripped over his feet and hit the pole that was by the gate and split his head open. So we had to run to the ER to get his head checked out and get it taken care of. Lance had to have five stitches in his head. Now he has a matching scar to his cousin Sheldon. His new nickname with my family is Scarface II.

Lance after we were admitted and waiting for the Doctor. I finally got him calmed down.

This was after the Doctor came and informed me that his cut would have to be stitched up. Lance doesn't like doctors anymore. He has been to the children's clinic here a few times and he cries every time.


This is after the doctor and his nurse stitched him up. The swelling is from the stuff they numbed Lance's head with.

This is Lance's head a day or two after the stitches were taken out. It looks really good.

The rest of the visit from Taylor's family was great. I am so thankful for all of our visitors because it has helped my homesickness. Thank you everyone and I love you all very much. Keep visiting.

Long Time

2011-04-22T09:29:00.000-07:00

Well I know that it has been awhile since my last post and in that post I mentioned trying to get caught up, I don't think that I will be doing that since more than 6 months have past. I am really bad at this blog thing apparently. I don't know if there is much that I can update on in the past 6 months besides Lance turning 1 and the fact that Taylor got a job for when he graduates in May and we will be moving to Vegas. I am a little excited about the move but nervous at the same time. I don't know how I will handle it being away from all of my family and everything I have known for well my whole life. We have had a few ups and downs getting to this point. We have both realized that packing up everything in our house is our least favorite activity. I am so worn out by the time I get home from work that I don't want to do it and well we are both lazy. Hopefully the unpacking will be a little bit more exciting. Let's hope.

Well I decided I will talk a little bit about the things that I haven't shared from the past 6 months. Lance's 1st birthday was pretty hectic. We wanted my family and Taylor's family to enjoy the experience but we knew how hard it is to coordinate things and since Lance's birthday is two days after my nephew Luke we decided for my family we would do his birthday and Luke's birthday at the same time with my family. Knowing how big my brother-in-law's family is we thought it best to do a party in Soda with Taylor's family. We were lucky enough to have Muga and Papa Lynn (Mitch's parents) there. We were very excited because Taylor and I don't get to see them very often. It was a really small party since it only ended up being Taylor's parents, his dad's parents and Skyler, but it was way fun. Lance of course didn't care much about what he got, but it is a great experience remembering him and the day he arrived to our little family. Maybe I will post these pictures when I get a little bit more time (more like after I get settled into our new place).

Halloween. Lance was a monkey this year and he made a pretty cute monkey. He was really excited to find out that People would just give him candy. He is a Brown through and through, he loves his sweets. We also spent Halloween with some friends and played games. It was a very long night if I remember correctly.

Between Halloween and Thanksgiving I believe was the time that we found out that Taylor would be working for JT3 a company down in Vegas area that works with the Air Force. This job offer also meant that we would have to move.

I guess the next thing would be Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving we spent that with Taylor's family at Bear Lake. It was fun like always. I love to spend time with them. My parents decided that they would ditch us for Thanksgiving and go to Disneyland with my sister and her family. I of course was really jealous of this because that made it twice that I haven't been able to go.

Next is Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve and morning at Taylor's parents house with all of Taylor's siblings. We woke up at about 7:00 to open presents. Lance and his cousin Carter had a lot of fun playing the boxes of the presents. Lance even enjoyed playing in the popcorn container with the little bit of popcorn that we didn't eat. We have some pictures of this that I will have to post if I can find them. Taylor's parents and sister-in-law tried to get the boys to stay in a room so that we could try and do other things but of course if you know Lance he doesn't like TV and he must have figured that we were all doing other things so he of course and to go and find some trouble to get into. I believe at some point this was the day that he played with Taylor's phone in the toilet. For some reason no matter how many times we have told Taylor's family you have to make sure that the doors to the bathroom were closed they didn't.

New Year's Eve. For New Year's Eve we spend another night playing games with friends again. We have enjoyed playing games with friends, it is a good thing that we have some friends that are moving to Vegas for work too. Of course like most times Lance feels the need to be into everything even when it isn't our house. We were trying to play a game and he kept pulling things off of our friends' pantry shelves and then finally when I was about to tell Taylor that we should go Lance decided to fall asleep. Thank heavens.

On to February. I can't really think of much that happened in February. There was Valentine's Day that we spent with some friends that invited us over to have fish and crab. I was more excited about the crab, for all those that know me know that I don't like fish too much. We also celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary (well not quite our anniversary, we have our actual anniversary next year. What do you expect when you get married on leap day). This was also probably the saddest month that we have had as a married couple. We announced to our family the weekend before Valentine's Day that we were expecting our second child. Come a few weeks after that when I went in for my first appointment with the doctor we found out that there wasn't a heartbeat. It took Taylor and I a minute to let this sink in and then began the hardest day that we have had. By the end of the day we had accepted that God wasn't ready for us to have this child yet.

March. Well this was the actual month that we found out that we had a child that wasn't quite ready for us to have yet.

April. This is the month that we had our trip to Vegas to find a place to live and for Taylor and his class to go to NAB (big electronic convention, I like to call it the Nerd Convention). We looked at a lot of places with our friends who are moving down and Taylor and I couldn't seem to agree on a place until finally we walked into a place and we both said that it was it. So we signed the papers and sent money for the townhouse that will be our house. We are excited for this new adventure but nervous at the same time.

Well I think I am all caught up. I will try to add photos of these things when I can.

Labor Day Weekend

2010-12-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

Well it has been awhile so I am going to just update from my last post to now.

For Labor Day weekend we went to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone with my mom, my grandma, Cody, Tessa and Taylee.

Our trip was going really well until the day we were leaving Jackson Hole to go into Yellowstone. In the morning when we were getting ready to leave Jackson my grandma started to not feel very well so my mom decided to take her home. So, Taylor, Lance and I rode in the car with Cody, Tess and Taylee. It is a good thing that we didn't have anyone else because I don't think that we would have fit. Well our trip to Yellowstone was really good though. We saw so many buffalo and elk.

The kids seemed to have as much fun as we were. The kids were have so much fun not seeing very many animals so the kids decided to take a nap which made the ride a little easier when we didn't see any.

While we were driving, heading to go see Old Faithful, the traffic got really bad and then we found out why ...

It was really funny because when the buffalo got this close we all started to lean to the other side of the car. The next stop on our trip was Old Faithful. It was really cold by the time that we reached this point. The kids were ready to be out of the car but we all wanted to see Old Faithful.

It was kind of funny because when Old Faithful erupted the wind started to blow and Tessa, Lance and I all got really wet.

On our way out of Yellowstone we were blessed to have some snow. It was snowing until we reached Island Park.

Look for more posts from the things we have done over the past few months.

Summer

2010-10-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is a little late. I typed this back in like late July or early August. I just forgot to post it.

Well as summer is getting ready to come to a close we have been very lucky to enjoy having Taylor's little sister live with us a few days a week so she can work and while she has been waiting to move back to Pocatello to start school. It has been great for us to have her around. We really enjoy her and the help that she has been for us.

We were able to spend time with Taylor's parents and little brother last Saturday and it was great for us since we don't really get to see them since our schedule is so hectic. Skyler is so proud of his nephews. Taylor and I went wake boarding with Raegan and her boyfriend JT and his parents. It was fun. Taylor got up but never gained control but it was a good effort, I think it was because his arms were so tired from shooting with JT earlier. I was able to get up but I couldn't stay up for too long because the boots on the board were a little big for me so my feet were sliding around.

Summertime

2010-06-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

Well, it is suppose to be summer but it doesn't seem like it here in good old Pocatello. Instead it feels like spring has finally got here. It looks like we are going to be having a short summer again this year. I hate it. Lance seems to enjoy being outside but he hasn't got to spend much time outside since all it seems to do is rain.

Well, this weekend was actually a pretty busy one at least for me. I of course really enjoyed it because I was doing the thing I love to do in the spring and summer and if I could all year round. I was able to play in a softball tournament this weekend. We didn't do the best but man I sure loved it. I love to be able to catch pop flies and bat even though I am not the best batter but I love to run the bases and try to make it possible to score the runs and confuse the fielders on where to throw the ball.

Well to update you on what is going on in our lives...

Taylor is busy doing some work for part of the summer in his program getting everything set up for next semester. He is really loving it. I love to hear how happy he is about what he is learning and the knowledge he is gaining from doing the work. It has him so excited to be doing it for a job hopefully next year when he is finished with school. There are a few places that he is wanting to work. He has his sights set on INEL and JT3 down in Vegas which we will be happy with either. I guess we just have to wait and see where life leads us.

Well,Taylor's little sister graduated on May 28, 2010 and it was fun to get to spend time down in Soda Springs with Taylor's family. They have always meant so much to me. Raegan has grown into such a beautiful woman and is very important to me. Well for Raegan's graduation present from her parents she got to go to Boston (Go Red Sox) which she seemed really happy for. While the family was all gone well, Mitch, Tricia and Raegan, Taylor and I had the adventure of watching Skyler on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial weekend. He is such a handful and ball of energy. We went to Bear Lake for that weekend since we were just going to leave Skyler there to spend time with his grandparents. While we were there it was warm enough that we could go down to the beach and enjoy playing on the sand. None of us were brave enough to get in the water since it has been really cold down there. While we were down at the beach we let Lance play in the sand. He LOVED IT!! Of course dad was very careful to make sure that he didn't put any sand in his mouth.

Well, right now I can't think of what else has been really exciting to post. So have a great day.

Catch Up

2010-03-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

Well it has been awhile since I last posted and a lot has happened.

To start off, Taylor and I had our little boy on October 26, 2009 and he is growing way to fast for us. He is rolling over and loves talking. I posted earlier that we named him Lance Burton Brown the first name because we liked it, the middle name is Tricia's maiden name and Taylor's middle name so we thought we would keep it going. His uncle Matt likes to call him Magic Lance which some of us are adjusting to him having that as a nickname since we always get asked if we named him after Lance Burton the magician. Most of the time we just call him Booboo.

We are all moved into out house even though our extra room might look like we are still trying to move in but we have gotten rid of a lot of things that we noticed that we didn't use very much which is usually good.

Taylor is getting ready to start his final year in school in the fall and deciding where he wants to go and work. He is looking at going to Las Vegas a a place called JT3 which would be a good choice since it is something that he really wants to do. It will give our families a reason to come visit us.

More News

2009-07-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

Well it has been awhile since I last posted anything and I can't believe that I forgot to let everyone know who follows my blog that we are having a little baby boy in October. We are going to name him Lance Burton, not after the magician. I have always loved Taylor's middle name and so we decided to keep it going. We are so excited to see him and be there to watch him grow.

Some other good news is that we are waiting to close on a house at the end of this month. We are way excited for this new adventure ahead of us. It is a small house but just about the right size for our little family. I am getting excited to paint and decorate without having to worry about the landlords and everything. Taylor says he excited to finally fix things and do things to the house to make it better for us. We will have a really big backyard so I will be able to teach Lance how to throw and catch a ball. We may even be able to have BBQ's and things with friends and family.

New Baby

2009-04-21T12:18:00.001-07:00

Well it has been over a month since I last posted anything. Well, Jordan and Felicia have finally had their baby, Carter. He was born April 10. Taylor and I are so excited to finally have another nephew. Carter is the first on the Brown side which is even more exciting.

News

2009-03-20T09:26:00.000-07:00

Well, most of everyone has heard by now. We are expecting a baby in October. We are very excited. Taylor has been a great support for me even though I haven't had anything really. I haven't been too sick but he is always making sure that I am eating and keeping things on my stomach which is very important. We are also getting ready have a new nephew born into this world next month. We are getting way excited for these changes on both sides of our families. We love everyone who has been there to help us. Thanks.

Our Life

2009-02-26T14:50:00.000-08:00

Sorry our lives are kind of okay a lot busy with our schedules. Taylor is in class from 8-3 and then has to go to work usually at 4-930 and then comes home and does homework and then prepare his lesson for Sunday. For me have work 8-5 Monday through Friday for the both of us and then I have class Monday and Wednesday at 1-2:15 and class on Tuesday and Thursday nights and Relief Society Presidency meetings on Wednesday nights. So we don't have a lot of time to do many things and the time we do have we are usually trying to get caught up on other things.

About Chelsey

2009-01-27T08:12:00.000-08:00

I am the youngest of 4 children. My sister, Nickole, is almost 8 years older than me and is married to Matt Romriell. They have 4 children Sheldon, 8, is who is the athlete and loves to talk sports with his uncle; Shelby, 7, she is our little girly girl; Alexis, 2 1/2, she is the girl with an attitude; and Lucas, 1, he is so much like his brother. My brother Dallas, about 6 years older than me is married to his high school sweetheart Bryn. They have 2 girls Shantae, 5, who is more of a tomboy but can be a girly girl too she loves to go hunting and fishing with her dad. Her little sister Addison is almost 6 months old. My brother Cody is 3 years older than me and is married to Tessa. They have a little girl Taylee, 3, who is a handful but a miracle to our family. She was born 3 months premature and weighed 1 pound 10 ounces. My mom Tammy is one of my best friends and she means so much to me. My dad Ken is someone that I look up to everyday and wonder how he deals with everything he has to deal with.

About Taylor

2009-01-27T08:00:00.000-08:00

Taylor has 3 younger siblings. He has a brother Jordan that is 2 years younger than him and he just was married on January 3, 2009 to Felicia Henderson. His sister, Raegan, is about 6 years younger then him and she is probably the most honest person I know. His littlest brother Skyler, will be 4 on February 28, was adopted in the summer of 2007 right before Taylor came home from his mission in Peru. His family was a foster family for Skyler for about 2 years before they officially adopted him. Skyler is a trouble maker and likes to be around when anything is going on, I can't tell you how many times we have found out that Skyler has broken something or did something he wasn't suppose to (Taylor wants a kid just like him). Taylor's parents are probably some of the most important people in my life besides my family. His mother Tricia is probably one of the closest people to me, while Taylor was on his mission she became one of my best friends who I could tell things to that I was struggling with or just the experiences I have had. Taylor's father Mitch just became a judge in Soda Springs and moved the family that is still at home down there. Mitch is someone that I can watch sports with besides my brother (he gets to into it that I can't handle being in the same room) I always tease him that the New York Yankees stink and the Boston Red Sox are so much better. He gets so mad because when I am visiting Skyler is always on my side just to tease his dad.

The Story of Us

2009-01-26T21:27:00.000-08:00

To begin, Taylor and I didn't know each other until February 2003 (our sophmore year in high school). I played volleyball with some of his girl friends and they asked him to ask me, a girl that he didn't have a clue who I was to Sweetheart Ball. Our friends kept trying to point him out to me but I thought that they were pointing to someone and I always mistaken which one he was. So February 7, 2003 I got already to go to this dance with someone I really had no idea who he was. We started hanging out as friends and then through the summer we began to date and things took off from there. We graduated in June 2005 and we both had decisions to make. Taylor had to decide if he wanted to go to school or sever a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I had to decide if I wanted to go to school and what I was going to study and the type of job I wanted while I went to school. Taylor left November 16, 2005 to serve a 2 year mission in Lima, Peru East, I had made one of the hardest decisions ever and that was to be here when he returned home in 2 years.

I made it the 2 years with a few growing experiences and nothing compared to the experiences Taylor faced on his mission. Taylor returned home from his mission on December 4, 2007, we were both nervous when we saw each other for the first time in 2 years. Well by the end of the night on December 4 we had almost picked up to where we left off. I had informed Taylor that I didn't want to be proposed to on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day because it seemed a little cheesy to me. So instead on December 23 after we were heading to my house after branch prayer Taylor asked me to be his wife in his car and I said yes.

When we went to go tell my family that we were engaged, we informed them that we were planning on getting married February 29, 2008. So during the week after Christmas with our wonderful wedding planner (my mother) we had all of our plans figured out and were just waiting for February 29, 2008 to come our way after only 2 days.

When people first heard that we were getting married February 29 they thought that it was odd and teased us about only having an anniversary only every 4 years. We thought it was a unique way for us because we are a unique couple who were together for 5 years. On our special day we had both of our families there and it was honestly the happiest day of our lives. We are coming up on our first year and through a little bit of rocky spots we have reached a great mark with many more to follow.