Bree's Baptism

Bree has been living with us for 6 months now and we've definitely had a good time, but this was the greatest day ever for us! Before Bree was living with us she started taking lessons from the missionaries and when she moved in with us she decided that she wanted to be baptized. One night Tyson and I were driving down the road when we spotted two missionaries. We both looked at each other and we knew that we needed to turn around and go talk to them. Tyson flagged them down and told them that our sister had already had the lessons and that she wanted to be baptised. Well they were pretty thrilled but they wanted to come visit with Bree to get to know her and interview her. When they met Bree and saw how much she knew and could tell that she had a very strong testimony one of them asked her "Why are you waiting 3 weeks to get baptized? You could do it tomorrow if you wanted to!" It was really awesome. When the day finally came for Bree to get baptized we were all so excited, but I don't think anyone was more excited than Bree...

Here are the Wolstenholme girls. Bree was waiting for the big moment and she was so nervous but VERY excited.

This is Elder Yamaguci and Elder Druck, the missionaries that Tyson and I flagged down a month earlier. They were really great and we enjoyed getting to know them. Tyson and Bree were really excited to wear jumpsuits as well:)

Bree and Dad right before the baptism.

Bree asked Tyson if he would be the one to baptize her and our coarse he so happy to do so! After a great program we went to our house to have lunch and to socialize. We had a really nice meal and had a great time with our family celebrating Bree's big day. Thank you to everyone who helped us put it all together!

Wow it's been awhile... Here we go!

So it's no news to anyone that I am TERRIBLE at this blogging stuff. It has been forever since I have last updated this thing, and I'm sure that I am still doing it wrong, but I thought I'd make another attempt anyways.

Like I said, it has been a long time since I have last posted anything and we've been up to quite a bit. Our Christmas was great. Our new years was awesome. And we've just been having a good time with family, friends, and getting back into the groove of school.

Christmas Eve we slept over at my brother Josh and his wife Patrice's house and had a wonderful Christmas morning with my family. Christmas Day, Me Tyson and Bree headed down to Annabella to see Tyson's family and to go ice fishing (I'm sure I'll be blogging a lot about ice fishing this winter ha ha). Ice fishing is one of the most favorite of activities amongst the Browns!

Here is Bree at Fish Lake. The ice was so clear that you could see the reeds underneath you! It was a little creepy, but so fun. Bree caught this MONSTER fish and won the category of "the biggest fish" for the day.

Of coarse, over Christmas break, we had to go see Avatar in 3D! It was a good movie, but I got sick since we were sitting on the 3rd row from the screen... Blah

Here are the cute parents sportin' their 3D glasses, excited for the movie

We had a little get together on New Years Eve at our house with Tyson's sister (Laurel) and her husband (Nate) along with Tyson's cousin (Heidi) and her husband (Josh). It was fun to eat lots of good food, play games, and celebrate the new year with them. Laurel and Nate also brought their dog Bella along. She was pretty funny...

This is Bella. She stayed here ALL night long staring at our bunny Hopscotch. She would not take her eye off of her for anything! She stood like a statue in front of Hopscotch's cage for about 5 hours! It was hilarious

You know it's a happy new year when you have sparklers:)

New Years day, Josh and Alicia invited us up to Fairview to go snowboarding. I had never been there before and it was really hard work the first few runs where we had to break trail. The snow was AMAZING and we had such a good time! Good workout too!

This weekend we headed down to Annabell another ice fishing adventure with the Brown clan. I was freezing the whole time, so Zach and Julie built a fire right on the ice!

Everyone had a great time ice fishing. Thanks so much Lou and Julie!

Having Issues...

Ok I think I figured it out. Anyone should be able to post comments on here now. Sorry! I'm still learning...

Temple Square

This past weekend, we thought we'd get out and get away from studying for awhile. We decided to go see the Joseph Smith movie and then check out the lights at Temple Square. It was really fun and SO nice to get out of the house.

Bree had a good time. This was her favorite
decorated building. She is too funny.

Tys and I loved all the orange lights.











We had a really good time downtown and getting out of the house. Now it's back to studying for our finals! We'll be done by Thursday and Tyson will be officially DONE with school! Wish us Luck!

Bree's Dance!

Bree had a good time at her dance that was a few weekends ago. It was a crazy week but when Saturday came it was all worth it in the end. Bree's group started the day making gingerbread houses and later they went to the dance and played games after. The stinker didn't give me any pictures... So here's the ones I took

Bree looked so darling in her dress!

Bree and The Parents

I made Bree's date's boutineer because she waited too long to order one! I also put these gold beads in her hair barrette to match her dress.

So we were very busy getting ready for the dance that week. In all, Bree had a good time and Tyson and I are glad that it is over!

Bree's Upcoming Dance

So for those of you who don't know, my little sister Bree is now living with Tyson and I. Bree is sixteen and moved in with us back in October. This has been a big transition for Bree, from going to a charter school in Riverton with 500 students, to going to Pleasant Grove High with 1,800 students. She has been doing great here with us and has made a big impression on everyone ha ha. We are so glad to have Bree living with us. She is so much fun and she keeps things interesting for us!

This coming weekend is the girl's preference dance at PGH. Many of you heard how Bree was planning on asking someone and are probable wondering what happened next! Well here you go!!

This is how she asked him. If you can't read it, it says "I would DIG IT if you would go to the dance with me" and we buried her name in the dirt, which was actually chocolate cake, and he had to look through the dirt to find her name! She was so nervous!

The next night, Bree found this on the porch!

This is what it said...

Yes or no. What will it be?

YES!! Turns out Bree will be going to the dance on Saturday after all. Way to cut it close Bree!

Thanksgiving Weekend

So Tyson, Bree and I had a great Thanksgiving. Tyson's family gets together at a church every year to have Thanksgiving dinner. Ever since Real's win, Tyson has been dying to get a soccer game going, so before dinner we set up some goals and played soccer in the gym. After dinner it's tradition that everyone gets together to play warball ( a more fun version of dodgeball)! It was such a good time.

After a few crazy, competitive games of warball we headed off for Anabella ( a little town outside of Richfield where Tyson grew up). I have been waiting and waiting for Thanksgiving to be over so that we could go down to Anabella to get a Christmas tree. Bree came along and had a good time.

*The Brown Family Christmas Tree*

Tyson was set on making sure that Bree would get the full Anabell experience, so of course, we had to go shoot guns!

Shooting clay pigeons

Bree shot the target first try!

It was a fun Thanksgiving weekend. We were so glad that we could spend it with Tyson's family and with Bree.