Florida
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Valentine’s Day After Children
Sunday night, Chris and I went out to dinner for an early Valentine’s Day. We tried a sushi place for the first time and we were not disappointed. I think I ate my…
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TV Time Out
I’m not one of those mom’s who keeps vigilant watch over how many minutes or hours of TV Bean watches. As long as he has more hours doing active, creative, stimulating things than…
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It’s Why I’m Here
This week, my sweet dad has been driving over an hour to my house every morning in order to stay with Bean during the day so that Chris and I don’t have to…
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A Blast From the Past
I will be the first to admit that I am terrible at keeping in touch with people. I’ve always sort of known this about myself, but it was confirmed recently when my high…
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Oh, There You Are, Peter…
A little over two months ago, I shared on my blog that I was struggling with depression. 2010 was a rough year for my family and all the pressures and anxieties that come…
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How to Tie a Bow
Every Christmas, my gift wrapping is put to shame at Chris’s grandmother’s house. In my family, we use the bag of pre-made bows on our presents. Wrap the gift, shove the bow on…
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Christmas Week, Part Three
After a week of preparing and waiting, Christmas morning finally came. Bean’s little eyeballs lit up when he saw what Santa had left him and thanks to his visit earlier in the week…
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Christmas Week, Part Two
Thursday night after the ladies of the family had pampered ourselves silly and the boys had destroyed each other on the golf course, there was a mysterious knock at the door… And who…
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Christmas Week, Part One
Well, Christmas has come and gone in the Brown household and it was the best one yet. We spent Monday through Thursday at my parent’s house and then on Friday we headed down…
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The Hardest, Holiest, Happiest of Holidays
A couple weeks ago, I met with one of the ministers at my church to talk about my depression. Though I really feel like I’m on my way to pulling myself out of…
