The Brown Family

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T22:31:00.003-06:00

Merry Christmas everyone.

These were our Christmas Eve pictures with our new Christmas pj's.

This was the note that Caleb wrote to Santa (all by himself). Oh, and we left Santa fudge, because we know that he gets full of cookies.

And here is a Christmas morning pic with the scooters that Santa left for them - Barbie for her and Spiderman for him.

I just wanted to get a few pics out today. Will update more later. Love you all.

I know - it's about time...

2008-11-25T11:48:00.014-06:00

No, don't faint, don't adjust your computer screen and no, you are not hallucinating. Yes, I am actually updating the blog after only ummmmm ohhhhhhh 4 months of silence. I have got to find a faster way to load pictures and then maybe I would do this more often. Any suggestions?? Oh, and since I have not blogged in so long I do not remember how to load the pictures in chronological order, so these pictures will be seriously out of order. Alright, now on with the pictures...

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Sarah and Riley came to visit us and while they were here I told her that we would be cleaning out my closet. I figured that since I had helped pack for her during the last 3 summers she could help me clean out. Anyway, these are all the bags that we donated to various causes. And we ended up throwing away about half as much as that. I know, my closet was a serious MESS.

Mr. Riley and Barry's hand. They were chillin' and and watching a game.

Hannah as Hannah you know who.

My cheerleader and superhero.

Hannah, Chiefs Cheerleader, Spiderman

Being goofy. They are so good at that.

So cute!!!

Mom and Sarah - don't you just love the dress. H does.
Their jack-o-lantern. Caleb designed it. Barry carved it.
The rough draft of the face.
These kiddos love to dress up. If you enlarge the pic you will see that Hannah gave herself marker pox. Luckily it was not catching.
My big boy is in the 1st grade. I can't believe it.

First day of school.

So big.
My birthday loot from my honey. He did so good.

When we got back home from TX this is what I found.

And this. No, he had not left the cake out while he was gone. He ran in and set it out while I stretched my legs a bit.

My sweet boy - the Ry guy. Aren't they all so sweet when they are sleeping.

And one of my favorite birthday presents this year - my Cabela's bag. I LOVE, LOVE, L.O.V.E., it. Thanks luke, Katie and Norah. Oh, and notice H primping. She does that a lot.

Poppie, C and H at the CDR gate.
It was 1000 degrees outside and R decides that was a great place to take a nap. Maybe I should try that next summer.

I thought this would make a good growth chart. To bad C was not wanting to cooperate.
H helping prep peaches for camp. She is already looking forward to doing it again next summer.
The cousins.

See, I told you these were in a bad random order. I apologize for the delay. And seriously, if any of you have any suggestions on uploading pictures more quickly I would love to hear them. Hope you guys had a fantastic Turkey and are ramping up for a great Christmas.

Pictures, Pictures and MORE Pictures

2008-07-15T21:49:00.012-05:00

HGB in her VBS program.

CDB in his program.
Prepping the millions of peaches for middle Sunday at camp.

CDB talking to Daddy.
Before the haircuts...
Before...
After.

CDB just posing with Mr. Gloworm.

Daddy, take a good look at Hannah's shirt.
Playing in the rain.
My nephew, Riley. Apparently his mom takes a lot of pictures and he gets tired of it.
Typical man.

Aren't the cousins so cute.

Uh oh - he's not happy.
Much better. I think she'll make a good mommy.
Aren't the cute in the TX Rangers garb.
Rangers up to bat. It was a very neat stadium. I hope to see more games there in the future.

HGB after her first day at Pee Wee camp.

CDB after his first day at camp. And no, I did not put that on his mouth - he did it all on his own.
Practicing his lightsaber moves.
You might have to enlarge this to see the afghan I placed in the middle of the bed. They were told not to cross to the other side.
The awesome PeeWee counselors that the kids had their session. Hannah declined to participate in the photo.

Mimi and Papa with us on July 3 waiting for the fireworks spectacular in Gilmer. BTW, we never got to see the fireworks - technical problems. But hey, we got to spend some quality time together.

CDB and a Civil War era cannon.
HGB had chocolate ice cream, can you tell?
Hannah finally posed with the cannon but would not get any closer because it was "stinky". They fired it a time or two so it did smell of whatever they used to fire it.
Just clowning around.

Poppie and HGB getting ready to go for a bike ride.

But, Poppie needed to tie a string on the bike so it wouldn't fall over and crash with Hannah on it. I do believe this was Hannah's brilliant idea.
The cousins in Memphis.
They're so silly.
Caleb got a Sprderman costume in Memphis and fell asleep in the car with the mask on. I wonder what the passing motorists thought when they saw him?

At the Balloon Glow in Longview. Super cool.

Can you tell that he is not in a basket - just a chair. CRAZY!!!!!
Hannah and Poppie trying to keep cool.
Silly face time.

Some WWII era planes participating in the Balloon glow - oh, and the moon.

Some of the neat balloons.
More of the neat balloons.
HGB swimming all by herself, and without a noodle.
CDB under the water.

Whew - I'm tired and I bet you are too. Thanks for hanging tough and getting through all of the pictures. Hopefully I will have more in the next few weeks. Ta Ta For Now.

Catching up - Part 5

2008-05-21T22:54:00.004-05:00

Mother's Day - First, I have to say that I have the best mom in the world. She was and still is such a wonderful example of what a mom is - selfless, caring, always loving, inventive, giving, resourceful...I could go on and on. And I have the greatest MIL and I know for a fact that I am her favorite daughter-in-law. I also have two wonderful grandmothers who have always influenced my life in great ways. I am so blessed to have all of the women in my life. And I am blessed that all of these women know and have a personal relationship with God and have passed that love on to me.

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My sweet honey surprised me with some beautiful hot pink roses. They were just gorgeous and were so fragrant.

This card is so appropriate for us. Hannah is always wanting to cuddle with us. On a side note, if you expand this picture look at Caleb's signature on the card to the left.
The first reason I am a mom.
The second reason I am a mom.

Catching up - Part 4

2008-05-21T22:25:00.006-05:00

Baseball (coach pitch style) - Caleb is playing baseball!!! And he is doing so great as the pictures below will show. He bats right handed but throws left handed. He likes the batting part of the game, but gets a little distracted in the field. Enjoy.

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C warming up before his first game.

His first at bat. Check out that stance!
Out in the field.

Another at bat. Again, the stance is great.

Expand this picture to the the smile. C saw us taking a picture and "cheesed" for us.
Manning first base. Could he take after his father?
Warming up on deck.

A third at bat.

Ooh...expand this one and you can see that he just hit the ball...
And he made it to first...
And then made it home. C did great during his first game. It will be interesting to see how he progresses this season.
And here is a picture of H that I decided to throw in. She is reading to all of her "babies". How sweet is that.

Catching up - Part 3

2008-05-21T21:48:00.007-05:00

California - Our preacher, Curt Sparks, and our praise team were invited to particiapte in the lectureship held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. Barry and I have been before, but the beauty of the campus and the whole Malibu area takes my breath away each time we go. The pictures below just don't do justice but if you haven't been, maybe this will give you a little hint of how gorgeous this area is. And there will not be any pictures of the kiddos since they didn't come with us - sorry.

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Flying above the clouds and enjoying some sunshine and leaving gray days in KS.

Some mountain ranges that we flew over.

Snowcapped mountains.Stauffer Chapel - where we had our evening programs. It was so beautiful.
The beach that wen on forever.

Barnacles? on posts at the Santa Monica Pier.

Anybody know what the purpose of this is? Do you climb through the hatch if there is a fire on the pier?

If so, why is it locked?

Yup, I was there.

My view from my table at lunch one day.

Where we ate lunch. Could the seafood have been any fresher?

A view of the ocean from the Pepperdine campus. I took this on my way up the 200+ steps from the fieldhouse to the campus commons.

A close-up of those beautiful flowers. Anyone know what they are?

Another view from the campus.

Another campus view. Seriously, how does anyone make it to class there.

Catching Up - Part 2

2008-05-21T15:52:00.004-05:00

Easter - Our church hosted an Easter Egg Hunt and the kids had so much fun. After spring break in TX, Granny came back to KS with us. It was so great to have her here during Easter. The last time she was with us for Easter, Hannah had just come home from the hospital. I'm sure this time was a little more fun.

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C getting a fun balloon hat.

Pretty cool, huh?
Did you notice the new "facial hair"?
C, Granny and H on Easter Sunday
How sweet are these kiddos?
Nice flower.
Cool rainbow.
Awwwww.
C creating a cool bunny frame. And it's still on my fridge.
H making a cool necklace which she still wears.

Granny helping H scope out some easter eggs.

H started out passing over all eggs that were not pink. She did change her mind and start t oget other colors. You know, more is always better when it comes to easter eggs.
C on his hunt.
Did they do good or what? Nice haul.
Very cool - a pic with the Easter Bunny.

Catching up - Part 1

2008-05-21T10:45:00.009-05:00

Spring Break - yes, I am super behind in all of my pictures so I am going to try to make up. These are pictures from Spring Break in Texas. it was so nice to enjoy some nice warm weather while it was still cold and gray at home.

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Nana found some neat chalk paint and the kids loved it. C wrote his name. H hada little help.

Nana, C and H - Very sweet. The Easter bunny left some goodies in TX. Isn't that Easter bunny smart.
My sweet boy.
C playing with a cool toy. Poppi is supervising the activities.
Cousin Paisley, Cousin Mahrey, H and C
Again, so sweet.
C and Aunt Sarah
C, Aunt Katie and Uncle Luke (Miss H was in a mood and was not taking pics at the moment)
Just a swingin'.

Again, playing with the chalk paint. Our greeting to Aunt Sarah and Uncle Russell.

Can you believe the hair??
Cuties.

Long Time No Talk

2008-04-13T23:45:00.002-05:00

Good grief - I am the WORST blogger EVER! However I do have a bit of an excuse - I lost my camera for a while (like 3 weeks). Until my fabulous husband found it today - but the battery was dead. I will update appropriately (with the pictures that you guys really want) later this week.

I just wanted to let those of you who still stop by here know that we are still here even though we have been in silent blog mode for a while. Oh, Caleb has his first baseball practice tomorrow so I will get some pictures of that too. He looks so cute in his little baseball uniform. Later gaters.

A Quick Howdy Do

2008-02-20T17:39:00.004-06:00

Hi all. Well we had a great trip to Memphis. Robert and Peggy, thank you so much for all of our goodies. It was so good to see you both. The kids now think that they should receive gifts from November (birthdays) to February - since we stretched Christmas out this year. I'm wondering if they are going to be a bit upset when all of the focus is on Barry in March (his birthday). I didn't take very many pictures in Memphis, but if I get some of the pics from Barry's sister's camera I will post them.

My schedule is changing a bit. I have been working two days a week (T/Th) at the preschool at my church. Well, my co-teacher fell at home this past weekend and broke her leg. She is going to have surgery tomorrow and then will be out for the next six weeks - poor Mrs. Sydney. And I was just telling her the other day that I didn't see how she worked all four days of school. I guess I will find out soon. Oh, and then my Monday/Wednesday counterpart is pregnant and due the middle of April. I guess I will be working "full-time" until May. I have it so rough, don't you agree.

We just had parent-teacher conferences with Caleb's teacher and she said that he is doing well. Main issue is that he has trouble transitioning from one thing to another if he has not completed the first activity. I wonder where he got that?! He is reading very well and still enjoys school. I can't believe that we are almost finished with our first year of school.

Hannah is doing well at school. She is always coiming up to me asking if she can go home with one of her friends of if one of her friends can sleep over. I mean she is 4 for crying out loud. I didn't realize that 4 year olds knew about sleepovers.

Hannah is having to fight right now with pneumonia. Her lungs were really sick when she was a baby so when she gets a cold it hits her lungs hard and we have to watch her closely so she won't crash with a bad pneumonia. I am so thankful for doctors, medicines and nebulizers. Spring cannot get here soon enough.

And I guess I can't leave Barry out. He is getting over a little sinus trouble but is back in the swing of things today. He's working and working out hard. Barry's parents have loaned us their video camera so we are hoping to get some videos of Barry's lifts and then we will just have to figure out how to get them posted. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Well, I guess that's all folks - at least for right now. Uh oh, spell check is not working and I need to go fix some dinner so I don't have time to re-read. Please overlook any mistakes.

Need a Little Advice...please

2008-02-07T22:47:00.000-06:00

Hi all of you serious pictures takers and blog updaters. I need a new digital camera. The one I have we bought before Caleb was born - in 2001. Needless to say it is now OLD.

So, my question to you is, "What kind of camera do you have and where did you get it?" Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a heap guys.

Just a quick note...

2008-01-26T16:22:00.000-06:00

Hi all. There really hasn't been anything exciting going on here. I don't have any pictures, but it is supposed to be nice here on Sunday and Monday so I am hoping to get the kids outside a lot and maybe get some pictures then.

Caleb is doing really well with his reading. I am so proud of him. It is so wild to be driving around and hear him reading street names or store names. Oh, and we are going to sign him up for a coach pitch baseball team - he seems really excited about that. The dad of one of his classmates is going to be coaching a team, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm sure that will provide plenty of picture opportunities.

Hannah went on her first sleepover this past week - one that was not with a family member. She is such a girly girl and loves her friends. If she could go over to a friend's house or have someone come over every day, she would be the happiest kid in the world. She has such a big personality and I love seeing it every day.

Barry and I are doing well, too - just in case you were wondering. We have everything we need, most of what we want and our family is healthy so we are very blessed. I thank God every day for our blessings and for the family and friends that are and have been in my life.

Well, that's it for now. I will try to post some pictures in a few days. Have a great weekend.

Christmas, Part 1

2008-01-03T14:36:00.000-06:00

First, I must warn you that there a a bunch of pictures, but then with me that is nothing new.

I can't believe that I didn't get a picture of our Christmas tree this year. It really is/was a pretty tree. I must do better next year a get a picture. Our original plan for Christmas was to celebrate Christmas day at home with our family and then go to TX and then TN. Well, at the last minute Barry found out that he couldn't be gone from work as long as we were planning to be gone. So since we saw Barry's parents at Thanksgiving and had not seen mine since August we went to TX and will be celebrating Christmas with the Brown's in February, when Caleb has an extended weekend from school. The kids are going to go through present withdrawal come March - they've only been opening presents since their birthdays in November.

Now on to the pics...

This is what Santa left for Hannah. She is very much into the Princess and Barbie thing right now. She has two Barbie movies and could watch them over and over all day long if we let her. Oh, an she was very specific about the Baby Born that she wanted. It had to be the swimming one. She was very happy with her gifts from Santa.

And Mr. Caleb was very pleased with his gifts from Santa, too. He is on a big Star Wars kick right now, so he thought the light saber was awesome. Oh, and at the last minute I thought it would be neat for us to all have some new Christmas pajamas. I was just able to find pajama pants for C, and then had to improvise with a t-shirt.When Hannah was getting PT and OT, it was very difficult for Caleb to understand why Hannah got to play and do all of these neat things, but he couldn't (however, the therapists were awesome and would include him). I had bought Barry and PS2 Pac-Man game a few years ago and pulled it out for Caleb to play during these therapy sessions. Well, he beat Pac-Man World 2 a few months ago and was able to find him and Pac-Man 1 for Christmas. He was super excited - can't you tell?One of Hannah's gifts was a set of Mrs. Pattycake's videos. She loves to sing and dance along with Mrs. Pattycakes. Oh, and how do you like her Christmas pajamas. They were a little big and I nearly didn't get her in them, but somehow I convinced her that they were okay to wear, even if they were a little big.
I couldn't pass up this shirt. If you enlarge it you will see why.
Another one that I just had to get.
Caleb and Darth Vader. For some reason he really likes Darth.
Opening some presents in TX.
Caleb digging in to his stocking - it's a big thing with the Dean's. You never know what you might find in you stocking - especially as you get older.
This year Hannah got quite a few "beauty" products - lip glosses, toe/fingernail polishes and bath fizzies. She is definitely a girly girly girl.
We we to my Aunt's house for more Christmas and all of the cousins that I grew up with now have kids of their own (pictured below). I was surprised at how crazy a group (5) of 2-6 year olds can get. How come I don't have that much energy any more??? There was one present at the party that was "wrapped" in a huge bag. After the gift was taken out of it, the kids had a blast getting in the bag and playing like they were the present.
Just a cute picture of C.

Hannah checking out Nana's tree.
We kept trying to get a picture of Hannah with Aunt Sarah, but H was not being very cooperative. You would think that we are trying to get her to eat a bug or something.
This was the best I cold get, and it's blurry. I guess the camera thought that I wanted a clear picture of the purse, and not the people.
I just thought this a a good picture of Caleb and Poppi.

Earlier in the pics I mentioned that Hannah was really into Barbie and one of the gifts was Santa was a Barbie from the movie. Well, Mom, I-I-I mean Aunt Sarah, found this awesome dress-up dress for Hannah that was exactly like her Barbie. As you can tell we was super excited. Admiring the dress.
It didn't take her long to get it on. The back view.
The front view. I think that she wore this the rest of the day.
Well, that's it for the first part of Christmas. Thanks Mom, Dad, Granny, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Russell for a great TX Christmas. Unfortunately we were not able to see Uncle Luke and Aunt Katie this trip, but I plan to see them more this summer. School starts back for C on the 7th and for me and H on the 8th. I am going to try to get back on the school bedtime schedule tonight. I don't think the going to bed part will be hard to re-start, it's going to be the getting up and gone by a little after 8:00 that;s going to be hard to do. Can't wait.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope that we all have a healthy and happy 2008. I can't wait to see what it will bring.

Birthdays, Playing and Randomness...oh, my

2007-12-22T14:36:00.000-06:00

Long time no update, huh? Sorry about that. Things are good here Since I last posted we have celebrated 2 birthdays, our 14 year anniversary, 10 years in KS, Thanksgiving, and I think that's it. So I will now get to the important part - the pictures, of which there are a lot.

Take a good look at the taco sauce flavor. Caleb is definitely his father's son.

A close up of the sauce in case you couldn't tell what it was. Seriously he loves the stuff.
Caleb's birthday hat from school.
I asked Caleb what kind of cake he wanted, thinking he would say chocolate or something like that. Instead he said that he wanted a Pac-Man cake. I think I did a pretty good job.
We celebrated the big 6 at Chuckecheeze's.
Hannah and Autumn. If you enlarge the pic you can see how well Hannah fixed her hair that night. Caleb prepping to blow out the candle.
Smiling for all of his fans.
An now successfully blowing out the candle.
This is not a very good picture, but it was the best of the ones that I took. This is from Caleb's "Kindergarten Pow Wow". The kids put on a little program with several songs - they did a great job. Made me really want to get a video camera.

Caleb in his pilgrim outfit.

Would you believe that these next few pictures were taken on the Monday or Tuesday before Thanksgiving???
I do believe that she would wear a skirt ever day if she could.

The sweetest, right?
No, I think this is the sweetest.
Nope, maybe this is the sweetest.
This is Hannah's birthday cake. She wanted a Princess cake, but I couldn't do that so we went with the chocolate cake with pink icing. I had to buy food coloring for the first time. I may turn into a crafty mom after all.

Miss H with her cake and many presents. I was able to find a princess candle.
This was a yummy cake, fudge chocolate cake with a chocolate middle icing and the vanilla icing turned pink. The pink icing was a little tough for Barry to get past, he kept thinking it was going to taste like strawberries. He is so OCD!!!
Oh, I found the cookies at a craft store that begins with the letter "M". The cookies come baked with the icing and princess outline on the cookie and the you color in the picture with the food color markers. Very cool. We had a lot of fun doing this at McD's. Which is where H wanted to go for her b-day dinner.
Now, I just had to take a picture of this. Hannah put this ensemble together for church recently. I think the socks really make it, don't you?
I have been looking into getting a sewing machine and my mom found this one for me online.

I also found this bookshelf on the same online site.

Well, I guess that is about it for now. Oh, if I think about it again I will try to take some pictures of our Christmas decorations. Since I probably won't post again until after Christmas...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We love you all.

Two More Halloween Pics

2007-11-05T23:23:00.000-06:00

They used to be so little.

Halloween 2003 (before Miss Hannah).

Halloween 2004

For some reason I am drawing a blank for a 2005 pic. Anyone able to help me?

Oh, how they grow

2007-11-03T23:51:00.000-05:00

I could only find pictures from last year. Iwas hoping I had others, maybe I do somewhere else. Oh well.

The three in 2006

A close-up
And in 2007.
Good honk!!! They are growing up so FAST!!!

Pictures, Pictures and More Pictures

2007-11-03T14:44:00.000-05:00

Hannah's "boyfriend". A younger fella and his name also begins with "H". Oh, and Hannah took all of these "H" pictures. Isn't he just a cutie??

I had to keep telling her to move her fingers from in front of the camera.
Great smile!

I think Caleb took this pic. Nice crazy hair, huh?
Caleb posing with his toys. Hannah took these, too.

Hannah was not feeling cooperative at the time. Can you believe how long her hair is?!
Caleb was feeling camera comfy.
See, still not happy with camera.

And she has now decided to work with me.

Still happy with the camera and showing her pet, Piggy.
Caleb was very proud of his work.
Refused to give me a nice face, insisted on a silly face.

One sweaty but happy boy at a fun birthday party.

Enjoying his cupcake and the company.

My social one.
Practically a class picture.
The birthday girl and Caleb.
Last Saturday we went from the birthday party to Trunk-or-Treat. The kids had a blast. Quite a few of the trunks had fun games for the kids to play in order to "earn" their treats. here is Caleb playing one of those games.

Playing a little b-ball.

Hannah's turn.

Standing in front of Frankenstein - it was the cutest thing.
On the hay ride.
Another try at getting them both to look at me.

Hannah and her BFF Lauren.
So cute. Some future heart breakers. Watch out boys.
Caleb and a friend about to parade through the school before the "Fall Harvest" Party.
Our cute party craft. See what the wings are made out of. Caleb wants to put it on the Christmas tree. We'll see.
Playing bingo.

He insisted that he stand this way for the picture.
But I had the hardest time getting him to look at me. See what I mean? Still not looking at me.
Trick-or-treating at Ms. Yois' house.
They had more fun riding on this family heirloom rocking horse.

Now it's Hannah's turn.
Our traditional Halloween picture with Autumn. I will look back through my old pictures and see if I can find pictures from the past. I think it would be neat to see how the kids have changed.
Take 2.
The two super heroes ready to fly away.
Trying again.

Miss H on her own.
Another pics of the 3 buddies. They have all grown up so much - almost unbelievable.
A short lived slumber party. Hannah wanted to sleep in her sleeping bag and she gave Autumn her bed. Sweet, huh?
Sweet baby. I always say that when I check on them before I go to bed. They are so sweet when they are asleep. They look so angelic and non-mischievous.

Well, that's all for now. Hope you enjoyed my little recap of the last week or so.

And now the rest of the story...

2007-10-21T22:44:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone. I am such a horrible blogger. I should just start posting pictures and not worry about the writing part. I hated writing papers in school and I'm still not that fond of writing now. That said, here are some pictures that will chronicle our activities over the last couple of weeks. I bet you guys are mostly interested in the pictures anyway - am I right?

Barry and I were cleaning out some files and had quite a few personal papers that needed to be destroyed. Hannah's paper from school (below) gave her teachers a little idea of what we had been doing at home.

A picture of some of Caleb's work. He really is doing well. I can say that because his teacher told me that at our conference.
There is a town nearby named Louisburg and it has a Cider Mill. Every October the Mill has a little festival (however it is no Yamboree!!). Here is Caleb sliding down the big inflatable slide. He loved it. Here is another picture of Caleb and if you look really hard (you may have to enlarge) you can find Hannah.
Hannah climbed up to the top but could not gather the nerve to slide down so the lady managing the slide climbed up and gave Hannah, and another little one, a ride down. After the initial co-slide Hannah wanted to go again, but it was not allowed.
The big ticket item we did at the festival was face painting - Caleb got a tiger.
Hannah got a butterfly.
Cute, cute, cute!!!
After the festival we stopped at a nearby pumpkin patch.
Tired and pouting - not wanting to pose for a picture and Caleb refused to cooperate.
Silly goose!

Do you remember the "Where's Waldo?" books? Well, this is "Where's Caleb?"

"Where's Caleb?" level 2. Will definitely need to enlarge.
Hannah finally deciding to cooperate and pose. What is it with things having to happen on her terms. I have a feeling the teen years might be interesting.

Really warming up to the camera.

Ah ha!! I finally caught you!! He thought that I had forgotten about him. But I fooled him!!!
Just a picture of the pumpkins in the patch.
Hannah and Autumn at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant.

Caleb and Hannah being totally distracted by train.

Again, being distracted. OK, you see the little phone there? Well, when you are ready to order you pick up the phone, push a button and place your order with the operator.
Caleb checking out the model train driving by our table.
Once your order is ready a little train brings it to your table via high platform the then lowers to your table. The kids loved it!
This is a picture of the hot dog that Hannah ordered for lunch. Apparently this is one of their trademark things.
A picture of the three of them after lunch. Hannah is not wanted to get her picture taken. Can't you tell?
Caleb is so cute. Hannah is pouting.
He is getting to be so big! Just a random pic.
After lunch we went to Hallmark's Kaleidoscope, downtown at Crown Center. Caleb loved it.
More pics.
Caleb being creative.

A good picture of our friend Autumn.

Hannah being creative.
Caleb's creative accomplishment.
Could she be any cuter?
Just playing.
More playing.

Happy Hannah!
Working hard.
More creativity.
Happy Happy Joy Joy

One of the neat things at Kaleidoscope.

The kids were able to design their own puzzles. They drew whatever they wanted and then ran it through a special machine that cut out a neat puzzle.
Working on a puzzle.
This is the hand washing station. How cute, huh?
A group picture. At the end of the day.

Whew, that was a lot, huh? I hope you guys enjoyed the pictures and what I may start doing is just loading pictures without comments on a more regular basis. Just a thought. I will definitely post next week after Halloween.

A Taste of Things to Come...

2007-10-17T14:07:00.000-05:00

Okay, I finally get to the point where I have plenty of time to do a blog update and the picture uploading capabilities are not working for me so this will have to do for a bit. And I apologize for the once again blurry pictures, I don't know what the deal is, but it is totally making me MAD!!! Caleb is out of school for the rest of the week and it is going to be a rainy few days so I am hoping to get a super-long-filled-with-pictures blog posted by the end of the week.

Here C and H are at Kaleidoscope downtown at Crown Center - a stone's through from Mercy. I was nice to be in the area without going to the hospital.

As we were leaving, I looked down the street and saw this...the new Sprint Center. Got to tell you, it looks like a space ship landed in the middle of downtown KC.
Another angle.
We had a little neighborhood get-together last weekend and one of the attractions was riding a pioneer-type wagon. We had a neat ride. Made me realize how tough the early settlers were to ride in one of those for weeks/months on end.Just another shot of the wagon.

I will try a little later today to load more pictures - i only have 100 or so to choose from.

Catching up...

2007-09-10T16:47:00.000-05:00

Hi all, just a quick little note to let you all know how we are doing. We are doing fine. I am starting to beat my allergies and the weather here is turning cool. Right now it is 63 degrees - I KNOW, nice, huh? I have opened the windows and turned off the air. I could totally get used to this. All this to say that we are doing well.

Oh, I just realized that I don't have any pictures of Caleb in this post...shame on me. I promise that I will do a post all about Caleb very soon.

This is what greeted me in the car the other day. It is just a toy, but it really startled me at first. Guess who put it there - CALEB!! He thought it was pretty funny. Boys!

We celebrated the end of summer fun time at the pool last week with Barry's bosses family and this is a picture of his daughter Cassie, hanging out with Hannah - just catchin' some rays. Hannah just loves Cassie. Thanks Cassie for playing with Hannah.
Caleb just got PacMan 3 on Friday and couldn't wait to play it. We were out kind of late that night, but we had promised him that he would have some PacMan time. So after baths Barry and Caleb went in to play some PacMan. Well, about 10:30 they turn off the game and we start getting in bed, but couldn't find Hannah. It turned out that Hannah had fallen asleep watching the boys play PacMan and they didn't even realize that she had been in the room with them. This is how I found her. And this is me being proud of me. I made a cake! And not just any cake - a 2-layer cake. I don't know if I've ever made one before.
Oh, and I put it on my cake plate. It's taken me almost 14 years but I finally used my wedding gifted cake plate. YAY, ME!!

Oh, and then we actually came home for Sunday lunch and I made Chicken Parmesan. It was super easy, just a little messy. Can you tell I am pleased with my domestic accomplishments this past week.

Oh, just a thought...our computer crashed a year or so ago and when it crashed I lost quite a few pictures of baby Caleb and baby Hannah. If anyone has some pictures in their files, would you mind sharing them with me? Thanks!

My Brilliant Idea

2007-09-01T22:36:00.000-05:00

I never understood how allergies affected people until recently. I never had allergy problems, but last year I got to where I could not mow the front yard without sneezing 87 bazillion times and not being able to see due to watery and itchy eyes. Well, this year the allergies hit me again. I decided that the best thing for me to carry around for my runny nose is a roll of toilet paper, but I was having trouble finding a good place to put it in the car and then I thought of this(see pics below)...

I know!! Brilliant, huh? I'll keep you posted on any other brilliant ideas I have in the future.

Such a big girl!

2007-08-31T13:50:00.000-05:00

Hannah finally started to school yesterday. Since Caleb started to school (2.5 weeks ago), Hannah has been asking me every morning if she was also going to school and I had to keep telling her "No, not today". Needless to say, she was so excited to put on her backpack, pack her lunchbox and go to school.

So CUTE! And no, she did not wear the flower headband to school.

Have I mentioned how cute she is?
I thinks she's cute - you? Can you guess her favorite color?
Like the backpack? It used to be her diaper bag. I was afraid that she would insist on a Princess backpack, but so far she's fine with this.
I took this because I wanted to show that the backpack is almost as big as Hannah. I can't put too much in it or she might fall over backwards. Hannah found this praying mantis sitting on our front door window. I just thought it was neat and wanted to share.
Pretty cool, huh?

Summer Recap

2007-08-28T14:20:00.000-05:00

I know, I know - it's about time I got our summer pictures posted. I finally moved all of the pictures from Barry's computer to my computer and then I had to sort through all of the pics to get rid of all of the horribly blurry ones. And just so you will know, these pics go from most recent (at the top) to the oldest (at the end of the post). We truly did have a great summer and I can't wait to go visiting again next summer. Oh and for those of you who are wondering, Caleb is still enjoying school and tomorrow, Aug. 29 is picture day for him. Hopefully he will take a nice picture - we will see.

These are what Caleb's toes looked like when I picked him up from school today. I hoping that he didn't go to school with them like this and that they got dirty during recess. I guarantee you that I will now be checking his toes better - I mean GROSS! And since I was taking pictures of Caleb's toes, Hannah thought I also needed to take pictures of hers, too. They are cute, aren't they.
This week is the last week that our neighborhood pool will be open, so we went on Sunday afternoon for a bit.
And they wanted to do some silly faces - beautiful, aren't they.

Trying to take a pic of me and Hannah.

And me and Caleb.
Caleb just chillin'.
Hannah in a pout about something - not sure what, though.
I made lasagna on Saturday for dinner and Hannah helped.
More great helping. And she loved eating it, too.
Just posing. For some reason she thinks that people think she is so cute. I don't know where she got that idea...do you?
The kids posing with Caleb's Web-kinz. After finishing his first full week of school he was able to pick out a treat - the tiger one. And I stressed to him that this was not going to be a weekly thing - this was a special treat. Another "family" picture. Caleb got his first one (the frog) from Aunt Jeana` and cousin Anna.
While we were in Texas, my parents and I were able to celebrate our birthdays together - we all have the same birthday. This is a picture of the aftermath. I know, it looks like we are just missing the Christmas tree with all of the tissue paper on the floor.

My dad's big birthday present was bed frame extenders (in the long box) and then he got to pick out new mattresses. He had not been sleeping well since my sister took his bed (a queen) after she got married. Poor dad, two year of bad sleeping (on a full). However, he has been sleeping much better since he got his new bed - so he says (wink, wink). I did get to lay down on the new mattress and I have to say, it was SUPER comfy. Got me thinking that maybe I need a new mattress.
The kids playing with all of the tissue paper.
Where is Hannah??
More birthday pictures.
Me looking at the movies that I got - all of the Janette Oke "Love Comes Softly" series. Loved reading those books, can't wait to watch the movies this winter -when it's too cold to do anything outside.
Aunt Katie with the kids - they wore her out.
On the way to Tyler after visiting the dentist (for the first time) in Paris.
Needless to day, I enjoyed a quiet drive to Tyler.
Dr. Clint - our favorite dentist.
Hannah let Clint look in her mouth and count her teeth, but that was it. Hey, I'm just glad that we were able to get that much done.
Caleb's clean teeth.

Caleb being a great patient.
Still doing a great job!
About to begin!
Hannah and her friend Honor at Camp Deer Run. Check out Hannah's shoes - not really camping compatible, huh? but that is definitely Hannah. She is such a girly girl. Aren't they just stinkin' ADORABLE!!!

Making silly faces.
I was trying to get a picture of Caleb's filthy face. He is ALL boy the dirtier the better. Remember the dirty toes earlier in the post?
Caleb riding a horse. I know, the picture is not very clear, but this is probably the best picture of this.
Me and Roselyn (Clint's daughter) at Camp Deer Run. You can see more pictures of her here - http://www.clintandrachelspencer.blogspot.com/
Caleb playing on the camp playground.

Miss Hannah on the tire swing. Like the shirt? It used to be mine. Thanks mom for saving all of those dresses/shirts.
Hannah about to pour out the pool water at Nana and Poppie's house.
Caleb moving his pool.
They used most of the pool water to water all of the flower beds, instead of just dumping the water out.
Watering the flower beds.

My Papa has been driving bulldozers for 60 years or so. While we were in TX, he was working on a project, so the kids were able to take a ride. Below is a kid of blurry picture of the kiddos with my dad and Ashley, my cousin's step-daughter.
Here they are trying to take off with the truck.
Cutsie toitsie! 13 more years and we'll be scared of Hannah behind the wheel.

Hannah riding on the tractor.

Caleb riding on the tractor.
This is the way Hannah and her babies travel...just teasing. While I was getting ready for one of the summer trips, Hannah decided that the suitcase made a great play toy.
Our neighborhood had a 4th of July parade, so Hannaha strolled her baby. Doesn't she look so patriotic?
The parade ended at the pool.
The kids stayed in Memphis for a few more days and Barry and I came back home. When I went to change the sheets on Hannah's bed, this is everyting that was in the bed, besides bedding. I don't even know how she had room in her bed with all of that stuff!!

Hannah playing a little ball at Aunt Stephy's house.
Caleb and cousin Anna looking at all things Web-kinz. I must say that Caleb is a bit addicted.
Aunt Jeana moving the kids out of the way before Daddy (in the yellow shorts) cannon balls the pool.
Just hangin' out.
Caleb helping Granddaddy mow the yard. It just irks me that this is blurry!!!

While we were in Memphis we met Mrs. Jenny and her daughter Keri (two great friends) for lunch. I can't believe that I didn't get a picture of Keri with the kids. Shame on me. Thanks for lunch Mrs. Jenny.
The kids playing on the slip-n-slide at Grandma's and Granddaddy's house.

OH MY LANDS - this is the biggest post I have ever done. I am EXHAUSTED now!!! Seriously now, we had a great summer and I can't wait to do it again next year. Ok, I think I am totally caught up on my pictures for a while - YAY! I hope you enjoy them. Time for me to do something productive around the house now, like laundry or something else almost as fun.

Miss Hannah

2007-08-21T09:51:00.000-05:00

Miss Hannah woke up in a much better mood this morning and allowed me to take a few pictures of her so here they are. I am going to try to get more pictures throughout the day going forward - now that I have easier access to a computer.

Don't you just love the dress. She picked it out all by herself.

Such a silly girl!
I'm not sure about this pose. I'm sure there was a reason, but I can't remember. Oh, and he is still liking school. I keep waiting for the morning when he has a strong resistance to getting up and going to school, but we will see.

I'm Baaaaaack - Finally

2007-08-20T09:55:00.000-05:00

Hello again everyone. I know, it's about time I updated this! Wow, what a fun summer we have had. Since my last post we have been to Memphis and Texas. And then the biggest news of this year...Caleb started Kindergarten! So far, Caleb is really enjoying school. Hopefully that will continue throughout the school year.

Getting ready to walk to school

on the first day.

Caleb in the school building.

Caleb outside of his classroom.

Another one from outside of his classroom.

Sitting at his desk - he is in the red group, which is his favorite color.

Oh, and this is how I am able to update this blog during the day. My sweet husband bought me a computer for my birthday!! What a sweet guy. Although I don't know if he was trying to be sweet or just tired of me being on his work computer. I'm going to go with the sweet theory. More pictures are on Barry's computer so once I get those off I can post more pictures from our summer and some of Hannah. I asked Hannah if I could take her picture right now for the computer and she shook her head "no". And for some reason she's a bit grouchy today so I would hate to make her even more grouchy by taking her picture without her permission.

Hopefully this will tide you all over until I am able to get the other pictures off of Barry's computer. Thanks for being patient with me and now that I have my own computer look for more regular posts.

More Fun Pictures

2007-06-07T00:08:00.000-05:00

Well, I thought I would update the pictures for all of our fans. We have been enjoying the start of our summer and are looking forward to visiting with all of our families. I hope this finds everyone doing well. Everyone at the Brown home is feeling "healthy, happy and terrific...ALRIGHT!!!".

It's camp time folks and boy am I ready to get out there. All of my CDR people know what I'm talking about, right. Oh, and for all of you staffers that are missing staff meetings, how about a little - Zip zip zippy, zap zap zappy, H-A-P-P-Y, We're Happy!!! There, don't you feel a little better. I bet you have a huge smile on your face now. I have wondered how my days would go if I started my mornings with that cheer and had the kids do the other one. Mybe I'll give it ta try. It might put us all in super pleasant moods...we'll see.

Anyway, enough about camp...I know that you are really here to see the stars of the blog, so heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Caleb and Hannah (cheers and much applause).

One moment in time when I caught them sitting together nicely. For some reason they mostly like to aggravate each other.

Aren't they adorable? Again, they are being sweet. I have to remember what I fed them for breakfast that day, so I can do it again.
Wading in the water, wading in the water - do you know what song I'm singing right now?
I wish I had my pictures of Hannah from last summer. She had a hard time climbing on and off of these little toys at the park. This year it's not even a tiny challenge for her. Go Hannah!
My sweet boy. Pausing for a brief moment while trying to play. Apparently I was annoying him trying to get his picture.
These flowers are in our yard - just thought they were pretty. Actually, I'm pretty proud that I haven't killed them over the last three years.
Hi Aunt Melita. Thanks for my Spiderman activity bag. I got this with my Christmas money that you gave to me.

Aunt Melita, we also were able to get some sidewalk chalk and a bubble blower. Thank you so much.
Caleb in his cool man shades.
We went to the pool today and it was freezing. The kids were turning blue and shivering and their teeth were chattering, but they refused to get out of the pool.
Caleb is doing really well getting around in the pool with his floaty swim suit on. He will even run and jump into the pool and go under the water.
Could this be the next new rapper...Hannah Banana. Kind of catchy, don't ya think?

After our brief visit to the pool we came home and put the kids in a nice warm bath. The pool might be warm enough for me sometime in July - I am such a cold water chicken!

OK, well I must go to bed now, my eyes are a bit sleepy. Have a great weekend everyone.

And As Promised...

2007-05-23T23:57:00.000-05:00

Caleb at his pre-school graduation.

Hannah posing at Caleb's graduation. She couldn't stand not getting all of the attention.
Hannah pushing Caleb in the stroller - can you believe it?

Caleb's stepping stone from pre-school to Kindergarten.
Hannah's absolutely filthy bare feet after going bare-footed all day.
Aren't they horrible?!?! They make me laugh. She and Caleb love going bare-footed.
More pictures from Caleb's graduation. I guess in the future I should categorize these a little better before I load them on the blog. Trial by error in the learning process here, I guess.

This is a picture of Caleb with his "tattoos". Self-inflicted, I might add.
This is the bucket that we keep all of the whiffle balls in. Caleb decided to see if he could fit in it. He thought he was being pretty funny.
This is Caleb trying to get out of the bucket.
Hannah just being cute. Can you believe her HAIR!!!
More playing outside.
Caleb playing at school.
Saying the pledge.
Playing with bubbles - she loves them.
Apparently not getting her way about something.
Mastering her fear of heights. Mom, you can join her this summer. I know you are looking forward to it. (Hee Hee)
My new kitchen table. And as you can see, Miss Hannah needed to be photographed - again.

Sprinkler time.
Hannah playing a little ball.
If you look very closely, you can see that Hannah has hit the ball. Don't you like her casual ball-playing outfit?
Hannah at school.
Hopefully these pictures will be sufficient for a few days. We should start seeing some of you in person soon. The kids are looking forward to all of our trips and fun times to come. Actually we all can't wait to see you all soon.

Until I Have More Time...

2007-05-23T00:19:00.000-05:00

I do apologize for the lack of updates but SOMEONE has been hogging, oops, I mean working on the computer time until all hours of the night. I mean, how dare he do that...right? Anyway, I do have some cute new pictures of the kiddos and will try to get them posted in the next day or so. Until then, maybe this will tide you all over...

It's Me Again...Finally

2007-05-06T22:04:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! Did you miss us? We have not been doing anything exciting in the last couple of weeks, just going to school and work. We are really looking forward to the summer and our trips to Texas and Memphis. And then can you all believe that Caleb will be starting kindergarten this fall - KINDERGARTEN!! Where does the time go? And speaking of time, you will see some pictures below from the past. I wish I had more, but I lost a lot when our computer crashed a while back.

Barry and Caleb have been "practicing" baseball lately and this weekend I took some videos of him batting. He's pretty good and can bat right and left handed. Here are some videos of his talents: right-handed and left-handed. Between switch-hitting and pitching Caleb might make a name for himself in the big leagues and be able to set us up in a nice home in our old age. Aren't you all glad that I have such plans for my child. I guess you could say that I am looking out for our future ;-)

Here the kids are playing in the pool yesterday. They had a lot of fun.

They really enjoy the swing set. Hannah has just started using the "big kids" swing. Here is a picture from 2005 (I think). Can you believe much Hannah's hair has grown since then? And I think this is from 2006.
I subbed in Caleb's class one day last week and here is a picture of him drawing Spiderman. He really is such a good artist. He definitely did not get that from me.
This picture scares me a bit - I get visions in my head of Hannah being the next pop star. She got this headset with her Happy Meal on "Special Friday Lunch Day". (She usually gets Taco Bell)
Isn't she just a cutie!!!

And here are my "blast from the past" pictures...

Hannah at Mercy, waiting for her esophagus to grow.

Caleb being a "cool dude". Like the toothpick?
Caleb at Christmas in 2003 - eating his then staple meal of eggs and pancakes.
Here is Hannah after she came home - Just hanging with the Andy's.
My cute kiddos.

Making Up for Lost Time

2007-04-22T22:47:00.000-05:00

I have to say that it is good to be back out in blog land. For some reson Barry thinks that he needs to use the computer all the time for his job - how dare he, right. Barry started his new job on April 2 and it is going very well. He is learning a lot and is thoroughly empressing his co-workers.

Let's see, what else...OH!...Hannah is going to start going to school on Wednesday as well as Monday starting this week. There was an opening in the class on that day and she really likes school so I thought she could finish out the school year going at least two days (like Caleb) and possibly more if I sub at the school. Speaking of school, one day this week we were getting ready for school and went to pick out clothes. As she is looking at her clothes in the closet she says the following, "I have to pick out something that will be pretty." And the other day whene she didn't want to get dressed she told me the she didn't have anything to wear.

Caleb is doing well. He has become quite an artist lately. Some of his pictures are shown below. Oh, he is also batting the ball really well. Barry and Caleb went on a special trip to Wal-Mart yesterday to pick out a whiffle bat and some balls and then yesterday afternoon we spent a while in the backyard "playing baseball". I realize that I am a bit prejudiced, but the boy has very good batting form. He was talking today about playing more, so I have a feeling this will become a regular activity.

What else...the kids had a slumber party on Friday night. Our good friends, Alan and Shari, took us to odinner on Friday night. Their daughter, Autumn, came over to our house and Shari's nieces Beth Ann and Sarah then babysat the kids. I do believe that fun was had by all. Saturday morning Caleb came in my room and told me that "they might die if they didn't eat breakfast soon". I took that as a pretty strong hint that they were a little hungry.

Isn't that sweet. Our betrothed children having a sleep-over.

And here is Miss Hannah.

And here is the whole layout of the whole room during the sleepover.

This is some of Caleb's artwork. There are two pictures of LarryBoy, one of Pac-Man, one of Spiderman (I think) and then a landscape. He is quite versatile.

Hannah did not want me to take her picture so she is making a face or holding her breath, not sure which one.

And here she is pushing her baby in the swing.

Caleb and Hannah got these shirts in their Easter baskets. How cute, don't you agree?

And this is what my children do with bubbles. Some kids blow them into the air, but not mine, they pour them on the driveway and then walk around in them!

Here they are after a day of playing and getting dirty and sticky, like all 3 and 5 years old kids do.

Hannah was ready for her close-up.

Caleb playing with his tractor.

Oh, and I had to get a picture of this. If you look really closely at Hannah's sandwich you will find a fried egg. Now, Hannah will eat this if I call it a "breakfast" sandwich, but if I mention the word "egg" she says that it's yucky and then won't eat it. And Caleb is eating his favorite food - the pancake.

And this is what our yard looked like on Saturday, April 14. I don't know if we set any records, but it was quite interesting to thave snow on the ground in mid-April.

Catching Up

2007-04-01T23:40:00.000-05:00

Hi all. Well, I don't really have much to say today. The kids are well. Oh, I do have a funny - this evening Hannah was supposed to be cleaning up her room. Well I heard her whining in the hallway and asked her what was wrong. Her response was that her "thumbs hurt" so she couldn't help pick up. What will the child come up with next.

Caleb and I attended Kindergarten round-up last week. Now he keeps wanting to know when he will be going to the new school. I need to mark it on the calendar for him - he likes to see things that way. The kindergarten teachers were impressed that he could spell his name for them. But since we all know that he is a genius, it is no surprise to us what he can do, right?

The pictures below are a little out of order (I'm still learning), so I will explain as we go.

Hannah in one of her many outfits one day.

Caleb with his Happy Meal toys. I couldn't take the picture without him holding them. He thought you all would want to see them.

Hannah in outfit number 2 for the day...

Our home church held service at the Kansas City Hospice and provided a meal. Here are Caleb, Hannah and a friend eating lunch after church that day.

One of the hospice residence treated us to a karaoke concert. The kids danced and danced and danced. We all really enjoyed the concert.

Caleb was enamored with this fountain. I kept having to tell him that it was not for his hands.
One day last week we were out playing and it started to rain lightly. The kids were so excited because they were able to play with their birthday umbrellas.
And I just had to get a picture of this. Hannah added some hair accessories before we went outside.
Hope everyone has a great week. I am going to try to post more this week. Hopefully these pictures will make up for the delay.

Sweet Babies

2007-03-27T23:08:00.000-05:00

Please keep Jaymie and Kory Phillips in your prayers. Jaymie gave birth to Jayde Spencer (girl) and Kanyon Luke (boy) on March 26. Jaymie was 25 weeks into her pregnancy. You can keep up with the babies here - http://thephillipsphamily.blogspot.com/.

This family needs all of our prayers.

Thank you.

They're Just So Cute

2007-03-22T22:46:00.000-05:00

Well, not much to report - we are quite boring, which is nice. Anyway, just wanted to show some recent pictures of the kids. Hannah really likes to dress up in her girly clothes (who would guess that). Thanks Aunt Jeana` for the pretties. We wear something pink and frilly every day.

And Caleb has become quite the artist lately. I can't wait to see how this progresses.

I had to take this picture a couple of times so he could get his light saber straight. Very particular, this one.

And this was from today as we were coming home from the gym. FYI - Caleb picked out Hannah's outfit today. Hannah didn't want to pick anything out and I thought having Caleb pick something would get her to pick out something. I thought Caleb did a good job. Hannah added the hair bows.

Doctor Appointment

2007-03-20T14:37:00.000-05:00

My apologies. I have missed a few days on my blog- shame on me. Well, Monday was a big day...doctor appointments for the kids. I thought that both kids would need shots, so I decided to do their appointments over Spring Break. Those of you who know me know that I do not do well with needles, so I told Barry that he had to go with us. It turned out that only Caleb needed shots (3 of them) so Barry helped the nurse while Hannah and I left the room for a little walk. The kids are both growing - Caleb weighed 39 lbs. (33rd percentile) and was 43 ins. tall (18th percentile). Hannah weighed 27 lbs (3rd percentile) and was 36 ins tall (12th percentile). Finally, Hannah weighs more than 2 out of 100 other children. We are definitely going in the right direction. Here's a picture to tide you over and I will download more pics soon.

Caleb and Hannah wore these outfits to the gym the other day. My little eccentric dressers.

Drama!

2007-03-16T23:43:00.000-05:00

We never know how the day is going to be around here - it depends on the mood of the princess when she wakes up. Yesterday, Caleb and Hannah asked if they could have a protein shake when we were done at the gym. As you can see from the picture below, Hannah was not thrilled with my answer. She was barely able to walk out of the gym since she was so distraught with my, "not today" answer and fussed all the way home.

After Hannah's good cry session and then some lunch she made a palette in the guest bedroom and took a nap. Crying wears a girl out!!!

Ok, here is Barry squatting 817 lbs!!!! (I'll post a picture of me doing the same weight next week. Ha Ha) The person behind Barry is his training partner - he makes sure Barry stays safe during his heavy lifts.

And here is a picture of Caleb from last summer. I have some recent pics on my camera that I need to download. I'll do that tomorrow.

Painted Toenails and Spring Fever

2007-03-14T10:32:00.000-05:00

Okay, here is my second post in two days! I don't know how long I will be able to keep this up, but I will try my best. Today Hannah and I are having a "girly" day while Caleb is at school. She has wanting me to paint her findernails, but she has been biting them. I told her that they needed to grow out a little before I could paint them, so instead of painting her fingernails, I painted her toenails.

Oh and Caleb wanted to know why he was going to school today and I said that we was going "so he could learn". He then said "he was tired of learning". I told him to get used to learning - it is an everyday occurance.

We have pulled out the summer clothes this week as we have started having temps in the 70's, which has made me so happy. I have had the windows open on the house for a few days now. Today, however we might hit the 80's so we'll see if it gets too warm to leave the windows open. Yeah, yeah, I know...some of you have been in these temps for a while now.

And this week I am hoping to post some pictures of Barry lifting some heavy weights.

Jumping In

2007-03-13T10:06:00.000-05:00

Hi family and friends!! I am so excited to finally be entering the blog world. I have so many things to share with you about our family. My goal is to make updates to this site everyday or at least every other day. I am going to be taking my camera with me everywhere now. I hope you guys will enjoy seeing the kiddos - they are growing so fast.

As promised here are some pictures from Christmas and then some other random pictures.