Beatin the Heat

Who needs a pool when there's sprinklers that can cool you off? We're cooling off old school style today. The end of September and it's HOT. Welcome to Fall in the desert!

A Birthday Party

A superfun, superhero birthday party. Luke and Mason turned 5 with a big bash. The pinata was bigger than most of the kids, the food was delicious and since the weather was great the kids were able to run and run until the sugar wore off.

Labor Day

Labor day weekend was work, work and a little more work on the new house. But, we were able to squeeze in some fun. Mark had a college football tailgate party at the club. We didn't have any college t-shirts so Drew and I borrowed some of Peyton's and did the best to make them work, which is why mine is so little. The weekend ended with drinks, swimming and relaxing with the Hershbergers. A favorite activity of ours.

Place your Bets......

Meet Team Brown......

and Team Black......



Meet my co-workers. Here's just another idea we've come up and ran with. The team names came from the show the Biggest Loser. Apparently Team Brown has always been very successful at winning and Team Black is pretty much because that's the main color of my wardrobe.



A friendly, somewhat competitive, completely voluntary version of Biggest Loser. We each complain of our weight. Some want to trim down, some want to bulk up on muscle, some want to stay the same but just be more toned. Well, we've decided to motivate each other. We've split into 2 teams. This is completely on the honor system and we have until the week of Thanksgiving to hit our goals and set out to do what we've claimed we want to do. The prize is excellent and will be explained as the deadline gets closer. Wish me luck! :)

The Lake

The Lake. Probably our favorite summer activity. A place to go that's so close to home. A place to hang out with family and friends, watch the kids play and beat the summer heat. I love it. It's where we learned to wakeboard 3 summers ago while the kids cheered us on from the boat. It's a place Mark and I talk about each winter as we're longing to go back. Not sure what it is, we may just be easily amused, but we love it there. The best part is now seeing the excitement on the kids faces. They are now loving it as much as we are.