Milestones
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15 Facts on Our 15th Anniversary!
Today is mine and Chris’s 15th wedding anniversary! Yay for us! In honor of the Baby Brown’s who got married young and dumb 15 years ago, I’m sharing 15 fun facts about our…
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How We Talked to Our Kids About Racism
I’m going to start this post out by saying that I have zero answers for anything happening in our country right now. I have no idea how to love POC better. I have…
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I went to Key West and all I got was this tattoo…
Last week, I was working with a school district in North Carolina. Friday afternoon, instead of flying home to Orlando, though, I flew to Key West, where I met Chris and our best…
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The First Day of School (…one week later)
So, I meant to post this blog post last week, but… life. Despite the late posting, our first week back was really great! The kids have excellent teachers this year and both have…
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Self Care for Business Owners
If there has been a bright side to our miserable summer, it has been the rapid growth and success of ClassMax. What started as a little something I was cooking up for my…
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WARNING: You are now entering the “too cool” phase of parenting!
This Sunday, we were sitting in church together as a family. The first 20 minutes or so of our service is praise and worship music, and so we were all standing up singing…
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Endings, Beginnings, and the Waiting in Between
Well, friends, another school year has come and gone. Bean and Gracie have continued to grow, despite every direct order I have given them to knock that crap off. They have made new…
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Big God. High Peaks.
We are halfway through the first quarter of school and I am happy to report that I am finally hitting my groove at my new school. I’ve gotten to know my students and…
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Hurricane Irma
This past Sunday, Hurricane Irma hit Orlando with a vengeance. Thankfully, we had enough time to prepare, but we weren’t exactly sure what we were preparing for. We knew we were going to…
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First Day of School, 2017
IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which, at least for the time being, is super exciting around my house. One day, I’m sure this will not be such a happy day for them,…