Weekend

We had a nice, relaxing weekend. Hope you did too. We played around a little with our tiny Kodak Play Sport video camera. (I have a ways to go before I get as great as my friend Anne is with her flipvideo. And, I'll admit that watching parts of this video make me a little nauseous from my shaking hand. woops.) In any event, one of my resolutions (just made it actually) is to make more videos of our family. I'll aim for one a month. How about you?


Untitled from Brooke Brown Photography on Vimeo.

Hub

Its a rare occasion these days that I take a shower AND blow-dry my hair AND put on make-up.  I found myself in that situation yesterday and asked Mike to take a quick photo of me for the bio section of my website.  While I set up the shot, I took this one of him.  Its a little brighter on one side than the other, but whatever....he's still a super cutie {men do just keep getting better with age, don't they?}

Post Holiday Post

I'm working my way backwards with holiday postings.  Here's a little post holiday update:

We got back from Christmas and immediately had a fun night with the Williams. A little sushi and a little play time with our new presents.


{i think its so sweet whenever griffin and ella pair up}

We also had a fun visit with Mike's parents (Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Bob) and then with Mike's sister Shannon and our niece, Mason.  Their visits crossed over for a couple of hours, so we all piled onto the couch and got a Brown-Brown-Bailey photo.


It was really fun to have Bob and Peggy here for a few days.  Bob and Mike went on their usual rounds to Dick's Sporting Goods, Circuit City, Trader Joe's etc and Peggy and I rearranged all the furniture in the downstairs of my house.  We were all in heaven.  :)


One of the things I was looking for in the rearrange was a spot to put a big coffee table/game table. I want a space where we can all play Sorry!, Guess Who?, Battleship, Rummy-Qube.....I'm a girl that loves game time. :) We found the perfect table at one of my favorite local shops and the kids started playing games there IMMEDIATELY. Mission accomplished!


{Miles' victory dance and Mason's irritation over it crack me up in this photo}

We spent New Year's at the Williams' House and it was MUCH fun. The kids (9 boys, 2 girls) all ran around together while we adults played a fun game. We also had AWESOME food and some hilarious rounds of some wii dancing game (we don't have it, so I can't recall exactly which one it was)


{ella and mason had an instant connection}

{i read about this game hours before the party. the person next to you writes the name of a famous person on a sticky note. you put the sticky note on your forehead and try to guess who you are. it was HILARIOUS and much fun.}



{a little movie time}

{and a little dancing...this game is now on my 'need to own' list}



A great way to wrap up 2010 and ring in 2011!!

Snow Day Part II

Yesterday's snow was fluffy and light (good for walking in and eating).  Today's snow was i-c-y (great for stomping, throwing, licking, biting, and speed sledding).  The boys had fun both days -- but the icy snow was definitely their favorite.









We're done a great job enjoying the snow.  I'm pretty certain tomorrow a movie theater outing is on the docket.  I'm ready to mix it up.  :)

Snow Days

Its been fun to wake up and see a yard full of snow. The next question the kids immediately ask is: "can we stay in our jammies?!" We've spent the last two mornings playing with legos, reading harry potty aloud, playing with play-dough, reading harry potter aloud, having snacks, building puzzles and reading harry potter aloud.  Its been great.  :)  Here are some photos from Snow Day #1.







There has been lots of time for snacks and trying out new Christmas gifts (check out the lego head lamp...hehe)


We ventured out both days after lunch.











Thanks to the terrible/awesome weather. Mike's trip to Boston was canceled this week. Love.



Love these of the boys.




The boys were excited to have a reason to have hot chocolate and marshmallows, too.


(reaching for "just a few more" marshmallows)


We'll have an opportunity to do it all over again tomorrow.  No school Wednesday!

I Heart Faces - Smile

This week's I Heart Faces theme is SMILE.  I love the smiles in this photo -- and I love the smile it brings me each time I look at it. 



Come see the rest of the fun smile photos here.  They're great!