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Monday, March 8th, 2010We enrolled all the kids in gymnastics recently. They each love their classes!
Paul goes to the Mommy & Me tumbling class. He was afraid of the teacher the first day. The second class he was afraid but got over it very quickly. It is times like this that I [...]
Yard Sale
Monday, March 8th, 2010Around the 6browns home we have a couple of things we no longer need. We know many may need them and we would like to offer them to you here. If you are interested in something send me an email and I will tell you how to buy that item. All items [...]
Somebody thinks we are special
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010I received an email this morning notifying me that I was included in a list of the 50 top Mummy Blogs.
Looking over this list there are some pretty impressive blogs listed. I am humbled and honored to be among them.
Contrasts
Thursday, February 25th, 2010This last weekend I witnessed two episodes that made me so proud of my girls (and, by extension, our parenting efforts). One took place at a bowling alley and the other at a McDonald’s. They were the exact same scene, but they played out very differently.
We were waiting patiently at the bowling alley to inquire [...]
We are never on this journey alone
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010This last week the weekly update from the adoption agency we used for Paul’s adoption suggested that families not tell people they were on the journey to adoption until later in the process. I was stunned by this idea. In life you are never on a journey alone.
There is an emotional [...]
Heart Warming
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Because in life it is those little unexpected things that make your heart swoon. This is what I found on my legal pad this morning.
The kids know I am a list woman and they know where to reach me. Love that! I also love her revisions to [...]
Feeling better
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Everyone around here is doing so much better. Kids are back at school and we are beginning to find normal again.
The Torch Gets Passed
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Today we had the third annual meeting of the Brown Family Chapter of the Polar Bear Club. As President, I was honored to induct a new member: Madeline Brown. She was very hesitant about the initiation ceremony, given that the water was a frigid 51°F, but she jumped in and got it over with as [...]
Be the Match
Friday, February 12th, 2010Recently I looked into Be the Match. As I was filling out the registration form I stopped for a moment. There was a moment of reservation. If it were only myself I would have no trouble signing up right away. The reservation wasn’t because I felt like I couldn’t do it, [...]
Playdough kind of day
Friday, February 5th, 2010The other week the kids were home from school on a half day. I thought we should do something a little different so we made homemade playdough. The kids were very excited!
We gathered our ingredients and started to mix them in the pan. Once we poured the ingredients in the pan the [...]
Snow Trip #2
Monday, January 18th, 2010The last time we went on a snow trip we didn’t know what the day would someday mean to us. This photo was taken of our family December 9, 2007 in Flagstaff, Arizona.
That is us on the day Paul was born half a world away. So going to the snow again [...]
Riding off into the sunset
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Today we were out riding bikes. Annie asked if she could try it with her training wheels off. I thought today was as good as any day to try it out.
She was so determined that she could do it on her own. She was very wobbly and I held on for [...]
Reflecting on a year gone by
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Life moves so quickly. Another year has flashed before my eyes. So many images, sounds and thoughts flood my brain. It was a complicated year, full of lots of adjustments, lots of learning moments, and millions of beautiful memories.
As I reflect on my resolutions from last year I can see how much [...]
Christmas 2009
Friday, December 25th, 2009We have been busy getting ready for Christmas. The joy in the children’s faces as each of them cherish different things about the same holiday.
Each morning last week I was woken up by the sweet face of Annie telling me how many more days until Christmas. Her excitement and enthusiasm for the [...]
Baking days
Sunday, December 20th, 2009We started baking in early December. The kids really like to have holiday treats around throughout the month and baking with them is always fun. Yesterday we had our big baking day with Grammy. We made peanut brittle, white trash, spritz, oreo balls and Uncle Jake made chex mix and peanut butter [...]
Guest blog post by Grammy
Monday, December 14th, 2009Saturday night we (Bill and I) had the pleasure of going to the GoDaddy.com Christmas party. We had a wonderful time and loved every minute of it.
While we were gone Grammy and Papa came over and took care of the kids. I asked Grammy to write up a blog about her [...]
Fiesta of Lights Parade
Sunday, December 6th, 2009This year I finally braved the cold and took the Girls to the Fiesta of Lights parade downtown. It was wonderful! We had a great night with family. It was pretty chilly out and unfortunately the parade was delayed for about an hour, which made sitting in the cold that much harder, [...]
Hearing issues
Monday, November 30th, 2009For about 6 months now I have been having intermittent hearing loss in my left ear. It comes and goes, somedays is far worse than others.
I went to the audiologist today and there is significant hearing loss in the left ear compared to the right. The hearing loss is just in [...]
Christmas Card photos
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Today we took the kids out to do the photos for our Christmas card. Thankfully we headed and completed the adventure just before a storm blew in. It took 55 photos but we finally got a couple that were decent. Trying to get all 4 kids to be looking in the [...]
Ornament tradition
Friday, November 27th, 2009Kimberly:
1st Christmas: Elephant cookie and baby bib with picture
2nd Christmas: Gingerbread house with crayons on it
3rd Christmas: polar bear with the ice cream
4th Christmas: reindeer that says Daughter
5th Christmas: Rose Fairy (which is perfect because she loves her middle name)
6th Christmas: Rudolph and elf
7th Christmas: Cookies on a cookie sheet
Annie:
1st Christmas: Giraffe cookie and baby [...]