So I finally got a video where you can make out Eli's whistling. It starts with Micah's attempt, and you don't actually hear Eli until briefly at the end, but I got it. Enjoy!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
February Pictures
Life's been busy, so my apologies for not keeping the blog updated lately. Here's February's pictures to tide you over until I can come up with a real post.
https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=292155&id=506485788&l=e7160ddcf1
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Swagbucks
Okay, so this post has nothing to do with my family, but I wanted to say a little something about Swagbucks. If you've never heard of them, Swagbucks is an online points system that rewards you for searching the internet (among other things). You set up an account and use their search engine, and you can win "Swagbucks" when you perform searches. Points can be redeemed for many prizes, including gift cards.
I started using Swagbucks a few months ago, and I've earned more than $30 in Amazon gift cards, just from doing what I already do online. There are other ways to earn Swagbucks besides searching, if you would like to try them, but I find that even just by performing my typical searches, the points add up pretty quickly.
So why am I telling all eight of you who read my blog this? Well, two reasons. 1) I think it's a good deal to get rewarded for something you already do. 2) If you sign up through my referral link below, I can win extra Swagbucks when you win. I generally don't try to get people to do things purely for my benefit, but I think this is helpful to anyone. And if you want to sign up, but don't want me to get credit, you can certainly just go to Swagbucks.com and sign up there. :)
So, get a Swagbucks account! http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/brownbrie
I started using Swagbucks a few months ago, and I've earned more than $30 in Amazon gift cards, just from doing what I already do online. There are other ways to earn Swagbucks besides searching, if you would like to try them, but I find that even just by performing my typical searches, the points add up pretty quickly.
So why am I telling all eight of you who read my blog this? Well, two reasons. 1) I think it's a good deal to get rewarded for something you already do. 2) If you sign up through my referral link below, I can win extra Swagbucks when you win. I generally don't try to get people to do things purely for my benefit, but I think this is helpful to anyone. And if you want to sign up, but don't want me to get credit, you can certainly just go to Swagbucks.com and sign up there. :)
So, get a Swagbucks account! http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/brownbrie
Sunday, January 23, 2011
December pictures and Christmas
So, here's December's pictures, including Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Brown's house in South Dakota.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=278116&id=506485788&l=ca074a93d5
We had a great time up there, as usual. Some of the highlights were helping Kayla's fiance Travis move into the house that they just bought and making flowers and invitations for their wedding this summer. We also got to go looking for bridesmaid dresses. Of course, we played lots and lots of Mexican Train dominoes (or Dom-ee-ohs, as Micah calls them).
Micah had a great time, too. He went outside several of the days we were there to play in the snow. There's a fast-moving creek right across the road from the house, and Grandpa and Micah had a great time throwing sticks into it. We came home with lots of gifts, including the movie "Happy Feet," which Micah calls "Baby Penguin Movie." He likes to dance "like a penguin" now....sooo cute!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=278116&id=506485788&l=ca074a93d5
We had a great time up there, as usual. Some of the highlights were helping Kayla's fiance Travis move into the house that they just bought and making flowers and invitations for their wedding this summer. We also got to go looking for bridesmaid dresses. Of course, we played lots and lots of Mexican Train dominoes (or Dom-ee-ohs, as Micah calls them).
Micah had a great time, too. He went outside several of the days we were there to play in the snow. There's a fast-moving creek right across the road from the house, and Grandpa and Micah had a great time throwing sticks into it. We came home with lots of gifts, including the movie "Happy Feet," which Micah calls "Baby Penguin Movie." He likes to dance "like a penguin" now....sooo cute!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Just to tide you over....
Well, I'm way behind on blogging. Yesterday, I finally uploaded pictures from December to my computer. My project for the next couple of days is putting them online and updating the blog with our happenings. Until then, here's our crazy son to entertain you.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Christmas Letter 2010
Merry Christmas from the Browns!
Josh also had the privilege of performing his first wedding this summer. His brother, Matt, married our new sister, Courtney. Josh officiated, I sang, and Micah was the ring bearer. It was a really special experience for all of us.
The biggest major event for us this year was the birth of our second child, Elijah Malcolm, born April 9th. Eli has been a very good baby, and it’s hard to believe that it was just this year he joined our family. We’ve already seen him learn to smile, roll over, sit up, crawl, and eat snacks. The phrase that best describes him is “Mama’s boy.” He’s a super happy guy, as long as someone’s holding him and he has someone to watch. And he’s huge—consistently in the 90th percentiles at his well-baby checkups.
In January, Micah was just learning to run around and had only begun to say a few words. Now, he’s 35 pounds of constant energy. His favorite things to do are wrestling with Daddy, running, jumping, and spinning in circles. He’s a very sweet big brother (most of the time!), and he talks all the time. He loves to point out letters, numbers, shapes, and colors when he sees them. He tries my patience sometimes, as any good two-year-old will do, but it’s a joy to be his mom and to watch him grow and develop. As a bonus, he’s very entertaining, constantly cracking us up.
2011 looks to be another busy but rewarding year. We look forward to another wedding in June (Josh’s sister, Kayla), and to more ministry and family fun as we live out God’s calling on our lives. 
2010 is nearly over, and it's time to sum up the years' events. Here's what's been happening with us.
Josh still holds the job of Student Ministries Pastor at LifeSpring Church. He spends his weeks preparing sermons, attending meetings, meeting with students and parents, teaching Bible studies, planning events, and attending students’ various activities. This keeps him really busy, but he was glad to welcome on a second full-time student pastor in April to share the load. (The previous second pastor moved on to church planting in September of ‘09, so Josh had been on his own for several months.) His major events this year were a mission trip to Mexico in February, being the speaker for a middle school retreat in May, and three weeks of camp in July. He’s continued to take seminary classes, starting in on Greek this fall.
Josh also had the privilege of performing his first wedding this summer. His brother, Matt, married our new sister, Courtney. Josh officiated, I sang, and Micah was the ring bearer. It was a really special experience for all of us.
The biggest major event for us this year was the birth of our second child, Elijah Malcolm, born April 9th. Eli has been a very good baby, and it’s hard to believe that it was just this year he joined our family. We’ve already seen him learn to smile, roll over, sit up, crawl, and eat snacks. The phrase that best describes him is “Mama’s boy.” He’s a super happy guy, as long as someone’s holding him and he has someone to watch. And he’s huge—consistently in the 90th percentiles at his well-baby checkups.
In January, Micah was just learning to run around and had only begun to say a few words. Now, he’s 35 pounds of constant energy. His favorite things to do are wrestling with Daddy, running, jumping, and spinning in circles. He’s a very sweet big brother (most of the time!), and he talks all the time. He loves to point out letters, numbers, shapes, and colors when he sees them. He tries my patience sometimes, as any good two-year-old will do, but it’s a joy to be his mom and to watch him grow and develop. As a bonus, he’s very entertaining, constantly cracking us up.
As for me, I spent January and part of February finishing up a long-term sub job for a little Christian school. Since then I've been kept busy just figuring out how to be a mother of two while still keeping a home running. I also teach a small group of Jr. High girls and help out the youth group however I can.
2011 looks to be another busy but rewarding year. We look forward to another wedding in June (Josh’s sister, Kayla), and to more ministry and family fun as we live out God’s calling on our lives.
Much love,
Josh, Brie, Micah, and Eli
Josh, Brie, Micah, and Eli
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Thanksgiving!
Hi friends! I'm way late in posting this, as usual, but I thought you might like to hear about our Thanksgiving with the Headlee side.
We were blessed to be able to spend Thanksgiving with all but one member of the Headlee family. We all made our way up to the farm in Bancroft for a 36-hour Thanksgiving/Christmas whirlwind. As our family gets bigger (adding a girlfriend and more grandkids to the mix), it's harder and harder to get everyone together, and it's even harder for all of us to get any sleep while we're there (five grandkids under five is tough!). But it's so worth it!
Here's Mom and Dad with their "granddarlings," as Mom calls them. We bribed them all to be still with candy canes (and a carrot for Eli). Micah went to town on that candy cane. In the two or three minutes that we were taking pictures, he ate it down to the U-shape. Sheesh. L to R: Cady (age 4--Kellen's), Natalie (Age 3--Eric's), Micah (2), Kenny (1--Eric's), and Eli (7 months).
Kellen decided that we all needed to go to a Husker game together, so we bought our tickets, put on our red (and our layers), and went to Lincoln for the UNL-C.U. game on Friday after Thanksgiving. Of course, we had to go watch the band warm up in front of Westbrook. Here's my dad the Band-Man watching and loving it:
And some pics from the game. Love Kenna's hat!
This random old guy behind us gave Josh a hard time for wearing a Broncos hat. Like the Huskers and the Broncos are rivals or something, geesh. It was COLD. Hats of any kind were necessary.
And not one day, but two of the days we were together, Kenna and I dressed very similarly. So we took a pic. Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters.....
We were blessed to be able to spend Thanksgiving with all but one member of the Headlee family. We all made our way up to the farm in Bancroft for a 36-hour Thanksgiving/Christmas whirlwind. As our family gets bigger (adding a girlfriend and more grandkids to the mix), it's harder and harder to get everyone together, and it's even harder for all of us to get any sleep while we're there (five grandkids under five is tough!). But it's so worth it!
Here's Mom and Dad with their "granddarlings," as Mom calls them. We bribed them all to be still with candy canes (and a carrot for Eli). Micah went to town on that candy cane. In the two or three minutes that we were taking pictures, he ate it down to the U-shape. Sheesh. L to R: Cady (age 4--Kellen's), Natalie (Age 3--Eric's), Micah (2), Kenny (1--Eric's), and Eli (7 months).
Kellen decided that we all needed to go to a Husker game together, so we bought our tickets, put on our red (and our layers), and went to Lincoln for the UNL-C.U. game on Friday after Thanksgiving. Of course, we had to go watch the band warm up in front of Westbrook. Here's my dad the Band-Man watching and loving it:
And some pics from the game. Love Kenna's hat!
This random old guy behind us gave Josh a hard time for wearing a Broncos hat. Like the Huskers and the Broncos are rivals or something, geesh. It was COLD. Hats of any kind were necessary.
And not one day, but two of the days we were together, Kenna and I dressed very similarly. So we took a pic. Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters.....
Ahh, I love my family. Can't wait for the holidays in 2014 or so when the stars might align so we can all be together again.....
P.S. In April and May, we'll get two more grandbabies. Jenny and Elizabeth are both pregnant! Woo-hoo!
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