Good Week

Grammy and Papa are now home and Emily loves every second of it. Her and Grammy have rode bikes, cooked together and just had some fun. Max loves Papa and Grammy because they always make them laugh. Overall it is nice for them to be home.

Also this weekend we celebrated Emily's cousin Mason's birthday at Chuck E Cheese. Emily had so much fun. She won the jack pot and got herself a hundred tickets, she also ate cupcakes, rode on this spinning swing thing. Needless to say she did not want to go home. Overall we have had a good week.

What up Mom

They just keep coming and coming and coming and coming

Hey Loser check out these tickets

she can find a swing anywhere

mmmmm me like cupcakes

Fun Week!

This week has been super busy for all of us. Jason this week had to go to a VDOT benefits fair. I have been busy at school. Emily is as cute as ever doing more and more things everyday. She is becoming moer and more helpful as well as independent. She tells us when she wants a nap, unfortunatley it is not always when I feel it should be so I put her in bed and she either screams and yells or plays. She also is getting so grown up in just he way she looks. However what Mom would find funny is her obsession with not her blanket, but with max's as her own. (who did that??). Sometimes I know for sure she is related to me purely because of her love of chocolate...she tells me she is done I offer her brownies or ice cream magically she is hungry again. One of the funny things she did this week was when her Jason and Max dropped something off at school for me, she went to my desk and sat down and pretended like she was working. I love her so much.

I Mommy....I Teacher

mmm brownies

Maxi is doing good he is a walking champ and his favorite thing in our house is the stairs, which woudl be fine if he knew how to go down. His new favorite toy is the rat or raccoon things of the old toys that have a vibrating ball or diapers you take either one of those from him it is WWIII. I love my little boy he is growing up so quickly.

get up!

Playing in the rain and Mud...I took his pants and squeezed out water after this

mmmmmmmm...I like hashbrowns and eggs

In other news Max gets to meet Grammy and Papa for this first time this week and I think he is very excited!

Crazy Kids!

I Love my family so much. Emily is becoming more and more of a daredevil and to be honest I love it. Going down some crazy slides, running and jumping off things and most of all just seeing what she is capable of doing. I looked at her shins yesterday they are covered in bruises and it honestly brings a smile to my face to know she is going to be a tough girl.
On the other hand she is crazy girly, she got up yesterday morning and she was wearing a dress because we were going to go shopping. Then when we got home we were going to on a walk and she demanded her clothes be changed so she put on shorts and a long sleeve shirt. Then when we got home from our walk we ate lunch an dput her down for a nap and when she woke up from her nap she was wearing a different dress. Whose child is this? It does put a smile on my face knowing she is a girly tom boy.

A Classic Emily outfit

Max is getting more and more brave he has decided climbing the stairs is a great pass time ( to bad he cannot figure out how to go back down without falling). He loves his fridge DJ thanks to his Aunt April and Uncle Adam he walks around holding this music busting a jam to the ABC's or couting some frogs. You take that way like I tried to yesterday because it got on my nerves. He was not  a happy camper. However you can always make him happy by breaking out the vaccuum. At least he is happy while I am cleaning.

He is so darn giggly

State Fair 2013

After we got home and the kids "napped" we headed out to the state fair. Boy did we have a good time! TO start off though I led Jason once again in the wrong direction we were trying to park and they were directing us, but then they stopped directing us so I assumed that must mean we go straight, however that was not the case so we had to get back on the interstate and go through again what we just went through with a crying kid. Whoops! We saw a ton of animals and even a giraffe, Jason even fed the giraffe. We learned some agriculture things and Emily played a carnival game and won a dragon whom she loves. We saw a bear show which was cool and watched people go up in a hot air balloon. However, I feel if you ask my kids what their favorite part was it was definitely the funnel cake. Then we played in the corn box which both kids loved and then it was late so we headed on home. Max slept the whole way while Emily ate food.

Emily and Max our official John Deere Fans Now

Close                                                               Far away

My Children our professional Tractor Drivers now they are going to go Help Great Grandpa B

playing with each other waiting in line

Look

mmmmmmmmmmmmm....food

Alpacas

Corn Box

Corn Box

Checking out some animals

Giraffe.....

Proof they had fun!

5k for food

We started of yesterday with some good ol running. They called it a 5 k but it was further Jason, Emily, Max and I all ran it. It was a blast and the route was pretty. The first part of the race was the hardest for Jason because he was pushing the stroller on the grass trying to run and our stroller does not have a whole lot of grip so it was difficult. We both ran way good and max and Emily had a blast.

We were chasing each other all morning

Running and playing (note the waffle)

AHHH...Emily is going to take my waffle

After the run was service projects we tried to go plant trees but I got us lost from where we were supposed to go. So we tied to blankets had Emily and Max eyes checked by the lion's club and then headed home. Overall is was a great morning perfect weather for running.

Emily Running with bread....had to keep her motivated one way or another

Looking Good after our first family 5k

Kids are weird

I have some cute kids and they love their tepee grandma made them. They play in the teppee for hours laughing and giggling I love it. Yesterday while Jason was out doinga  service project Max, Emily and I went to the library. Which was a blast, we made some new friends and Emily was able to lay some kids her own age. Max is walking more and more especially at the library. When Jason came from the service project we went for  a walk...all and all all is well at the Browns. In other news things I learned about my children this past week. 1. addiction to mini wheat cereal 2. love of puzzles 3. Emily loves to laugh at people getting hurt, wonder where she got that from.

Taking care of Baby after church

Taking care of baby

Just back from our walk...Jason was a little annoyed with down pour

She demanded this picture be taken of her hand....afterward she was looks like and me and says look picture

mmmmmmmmmmm...mini wheats

Catch up

So it is official my children the cutest children on the planet. I woke up this morning and decided to take a picture of Max, then emily demanded I take pictures of her. Needless to say we took a lot of pictures of both of them.
As for this weeks happenings not a lot. Emily and Max are adjusting well to getting babysat they loved Sadie and I hoe she at least tolerated them. Jason is doing good at work, and I am surviving school. This coming week we have PALs testing and it will be a rough week but interesting. I am adjusting to my class and my class is adjusting to me. We are almost on the same page and I only yell sometimes.
Emiy is growing up quite fast she talking full sentences all the time , her new favorite phrase however is I need that, super annoying (thanks ammon). Yesterday we went yard saling and I bout a crane ramp thingy and she loves, but the bad thing is when she loves it she does not share. So we have had a few (i use this lightly) blow ups.
Max is taking many many steps now, and thinks about walking first but gets frustrated or if you are looking at him he crawls. What a weird child.
Yesterday we attended our primary activity we were missionaries Emily had a blast, probably more for the food but it was fun. Jason was able to tell everyone about his mission.

This reminds me of Emily's pictures when she was little

Demanding her morning bread

Giddy up Maxi

What up

Strike a pose