the lights...

Corey and I really wanted to take Charly to see the lights this year. She loves seeing our neighbors as well as our lights on, so we figured she'd love them! She calls them "pretty lights". So we made our trip to gateway for some light shopping and then went to see the lights at temple square! She liked the water fountain at the gateway and the lights. But by that time it had gotten pretty cold! She was a good sport though!

a family shoot...

we may be related...but i think they're a pretty cute family! see more of them HERE!

birthday wishes...

The cutest dad & husband ever is celebrating his 29th birthday today! Hope it's a good one!
Love you,

Brandy & Charly

all things halloween....

i was a really good mom this year for halloween...
a) i made my daughters adorable costume from scratch, no pattern
b) i threw a cute little halloween get together with some friends
c) i decorated with spider webs and all the garb
but then also i was a really bad mom this year for halloween...
a) i took no actual pictures on halloween day
b) we trick or treated to two houses + grandparents
c) charly didn't even like our ward activity...wouldn't let us put her down!
d) and no pictures of our cute pumpkins that we carved, now long gone at the dump!
okay... so here's what I did capture...

THE CUTE OWL

THE PARTY COMERS
(by the way...so cute)

little lamb leighton jo


the whole gang
leighton - charly - mack - nyasame as above
drivin' the helicopter
mack the monkey

thanks guys for coming! i wish i would have got them all in their costumes...but it just so happened to be 80 degrees that day. the kids got too hot and we had to take off their costumes!

CHARLY'S FIRST PUMPKIN CARVE
she liked it, but didn't really want to get her hands dirty...weird since she loves to play in the mud and sand! oh well, it only took about an hour to empty this cute little pumpkin out! then i carved a baby jack-o-lantern (no picture) and that was that! later i lit them and her lid shrunk and fell into the pumpkin only to burn to a crisp!

so here's to next year...i'm hoping i can be a fun AND on top of it mom for halloween!

another newbie...

twice in one week...how lucky am i?

want another peek...click HERE!

baby roman...

more sneak peek, here...

half way there...

oh my has this pregnancy seemed to fly by! i'm halfway to having another baby in our home...CRAZY! things are going great, baby is great and healthy, and i'm feeling quite good! nothing to report or complain about yet, so that is totally a bonus! here's the damage for being 20 weeks....

I swear i'm pregnant...promise!

So anyway, everything's good as I reported above! This little baby is a mover, just like Charly was! In the ultrasound yesterday i couldn't believe how fast those little legs were kicking and cruising all over the place! oh ya.....and did I mention it's a BOY! So now we'll have one of each! Yay, we're excited and now I'm just trying to prep for two little kids!

more of this cutie....

see even more HERE...

18 months...

Charly Monson
Weight: 23.4 lbs. - 40%
Heights: 33 1/4 in. - 90%

summer...

where has the summer gone? it's getting colder and obviously school is back in session, but i'm not saying summer is over yet! however, here is a recap of what i've captured so far...it's not much!

BEACH MOMENTS

NAT'S SHOWER

BOATING/SKIING

FIRSTS

cool new shades

swinging and enjoying it
piggy braids

tractor rides with grandpa

PLAYING WITH FRIENDS

cute kids!