Seeing God's Goodness

I thought it would be fun to start getting the Brown girls together once a week for an afternoon of crafts. Today was our first craft sessi...

Autumn, this is the story of your birth. You are my first child and the story of how you came into this world is one full of blessings, chal...

Wow... it is slowly sinking in. Our baby girl Autumn has arrived, we are parents and our world will never be the same. We are so full of j...

Every moment is one moment closer for us to get to meet our baby. I am content, but things are happening that make it very real that we sho...

8 weeks, 19 weeks, 24 weeks, 31 weeks, 34 weeks, 38 weeks My pregnancy count down now says 11 days! Crazy!!!!!!!!! By looking at the abov...

I made these last night! Easy and yummy! INGREDIENTS * 3/4 cup all-purpose flour * 3/4 cup whole wheat flour * 3/4 cup ground flax se...

I had my ultrasound yesterday and found out from the Dr. today that everything is just fine. Baby is growing, placenta looks good and there...

I'll be full term on Wednesday! These last 8 1/2 months have completely flown by - especially this summer. Now all the summer events h...

This weekend we celebrated 6 happy years of marriage! It is a bit crazy - walking down the isle, saying I do, eating Pecan Caramel Cheeseca...

The baby room is almost complete - I just need to hang a few pictures. I can hardly believe that I'll be full term in 3 weeks and certa...

Aaron went backpacking and so for the first time in I have no idea how long, I spent the entire day by myself. After I took him to meet up w...

Time is flying by - only a little more than 8 weeks until our estimated due date. No new news - baby's heart rate was 150 and I got to ...

We had our ultrasound this morning and everything looks good. The baby slept through almost the entire session in a nice little ball - head...

I've been making lots of smoothies lately and have been trying to figure out how to get my green leaves in without having to taste them....

We've been home in Loveland for over 2 weeks and are still getting settled in. I hit it hard the first week and have now slowed down, j...

I feel like we just released the pause button. Two years passed by in another world for us and now we are back in our house, with our car a...

It is hard to believe that I'm now 27 weeks along in this adventure to mommyhood. My baby bump keeps getting bigger and I've gotten ...

We are all moved out of the condo and sold our car.  If buying the plane tickets did not do the trick in making this move feel real - then b...

Polo Beach May 24th Crazy - it is May 25th!!! These past few weeks have flown by! We have 6 days left in our apartment and fly to Kona in 1...

This last week has been filled with more and more thoughts of becoming a mother. In a short 17 weeks I will have a child, a little person th...

Another week has slipped away. It has been a nice week - our friends Todd and Alissa Murphy are here and it has been fun enjoying Maui wit...

Why is it so easy to be offended? I even had the thought earlier today that I need to be offended less often - as choosing a reaction is mo...

Crazy - I'm 1/2 way there! 18 1/2 weeks left to go and I'm looking the part! It has been a fun week hanging out with my parents an...

It has now been 14 weeks since we left the Big Island and I'm still waking up in the morning wishing I were there and not here. I know ...

Making progress!! This week I got - "oh, I can see your little bun!" and "if you're pregnant, you need to get fatter....

Well, I'm still waiting. On Thursday morning I was at a new school I'm servicing and was explaining to the vice principal why I cou...

Well, I was going to post some more pictures - but there isn't much to show. I look pretty much the same as I did at 14 1/2 weeks, but ...

What a great couple of weeks! This spring break two of my very good friends came to play in Maui with me! It was just what I needed and suc...