Cousin Time!

Brea has been loving a little extra time with Carter and Brooks this week. They really could not be cuter together!

Our State Fair is the Best State Fair...

...except in the pouring rain, of course. Niki, Cole, Brea and I were able to have lunch and see a few animals before the monsoon began. Thanks, Cole, for lending Brea a jacket! I guess we'll have to wait until next year to experience all the fair has to offer.


Since we didn't have a ton of luck at the fair, I offered to take Brea to see the ponies at Farm Country, but she opted for the Dinosaur Museum instead. When you go just before closing you have the place to yourself!

As we were getting Brea changed the other day her shirt got stuck on her huge "heed." Perfect photo op!

We just can't stay away

Baby Ty is just too darn cute! And we could never turn down a chance to see Erika... we were certainly missing Jensen on our little jaunt to Saint George, though. Kandis took this cutest picture ever of the handsome boy with his amazing mommy~ Poor baby Ty was smothered by Brea all weekend. When ever he would make a peep she'd say "cryin'... kiss, kiss" and of course kiss his head.
Baby Ty is a fast learner. How can I know this so soon, you ask? Well, just check out the look on his face whenever Brea would come near:

There was also a lot of this (Suz and Erika caught in the act of fighting over the baby). I guess Brea isn't the only smother-er afterall~

I'm amazed at how quickly Lou has been able to be out and about after the C-section. What a trooper. I guess fried bananas could get just about anyone out of the house, however.

What a cute little family we have! Let's do this more often, ladies!

Labor-Day-Go-Kart-O-Rama

Watch out when the Payne family shows up at the Miller MotorSports Park ready to Go-Kart. We will pass you on corners, flip rocks in your face, and probably run you off the track.

And have the time of our lives doing it!

Surprise, Surprise... A day of golf

Yes, we are forcing our habit onto our child, but we do have limits. We only make her sit in her stroller for 9 holes. If we play 18, we let her ride in a cart for the back 9. She loves driving the cart, but putting is much more difficult with Brea on the loose!

After a day of golf, what would be the logical thing to do?
Go mini golfing with the family, of course!

Putting is especially difficult with Brea AND BrynLee on the loose!

Farm Country Family Style

Brea has been counting down to Dan, Tawni, and BrynLee's visit. She was in heaven when she got to bring her cousin to her favorite place~

A Day in the Life of Brea

This is pretty much a typical day for Brea:

first, spend some time on the deck with her friends~ In case you haven't met,

I'll allow Brea to introduce you to her baby~

Next comes a round of golf. Brea typically watches Sesame Street, Dora, or Blues Clues on my iphone while we push her in the stroller during our daily round of golf. Occassionally, however, she experiments with my apps. Here she is trying out my camera app. Now you know what golf from her perspective is like~

Then on to two bowls of icream for dinner~
And finally, time for bed. Brea typically will invade our bed in the middle of the night. It used to be so hard to resist when she'd stand at the edge of the bed saying "hold you, peeeaaasse." In order to break her of this habit we have bought her fun "bed toys" and made her bed into a fort. We'll see how it works~
Pretty nice life for a kid if you ask me!