Happy Birthdays!

Dear Sam and Jordan -

Happy Birthday! I know you're excited, but it's really no reason to be quite so silly. And Jordan, who's your little buddy? I don't think we've been introduced. Sam, I think that bird pooped on you! That can't be sanitary.

Hope you both have wonderful birthdays!

Love, Betsy

Hi everyone, yes it's finally me!

Hey there everybody!  It's us, the other Brown family residing in Delta County.  At times I wonder if we really DO live here, since we seem to spend just as much time away from home as we do AT home.  HA!  We are all doing well and staying as busy as ever.  Both Tyler and Kianna are playing baseball right now.  Tyler pitches and shortstop.  Dave is coaching and is a little frustrated with the lack of discipline these kids have.  Tyler and maybe 3 others are there because they want to be there and because they want to compete.  The others really don't want to play or are playing because it's something to occupy their time.  It's been a challenge, needless to say!  Kianna wanted to play softball, but there wasn't a sign up for it until 2 weeks after we paid for baseball.  She's doing well but would rather play with the girls now that the boys are getting bigger and more aggressive.  She hit a home run last week and we'll see how she does tonight in Paonia.  Tyler knows the game better than anyone on his team and truly knows what he should do when in a position.  It's refreshing to see him know where and when to throw the ball and actually has made several double plays this season.  He plays tonight vs. the toughest Delta team and it's going to be rough. Tyler's team is down to 9 or 10 players depending, and our catcher is on vacation for 2 weeks which hurts us greatly.  OH WELL!  At least Tyler is having fun and enjoying his favorite sport.  He loves having Dave as his coach and they throw a ball around often.  Both kiddos are going to be taking semi-private swimming lessons starting June 16 for 15 days.  We start Vacation Bible School next Monday, and my mom and I are teaching the 3 and 4th graders.  We are going to Denver the 1st of July for 2 Rockies games and time with friends in between Dave's biannual visit to the specialist.  We'll see how far his disease has progressed then.  For now, it's good and bad days and he's managing.  Work for Dave is insane as the mine usually is, with loads of people quitting and more problems with high gas content and tough conditions.  The longwall has been down since February, so you can imagine the loss of money since then!  He's back to weekends, so that's good for summer but bad for the school year.  We'll see what happens throughout the summer if that can be changed or not.  As for me, I'm managing the family and juggling all of our schedules to the best of my ability.  I miss swimming, and don't get to Delta but maybe 1 time a week.  (Or more if we're playing ball, but not to swim)  As Lea mentioned, fuel prices rise and so does everything else.  WE won't be going anywhere far the rest of this year, that is for certain.  Camping locally will be our "trips".  Hope to hear from all of you soon and please forgive me for not checking the blog very often.  It's just not something I can seem to make time to do!  Love you all, Nath

The Return of Brown Family Trivia! Sort of.

Oh no! Our family has turned into a bunch of M&M's! Can you figure out who's who? (Mom, Dad, Bros and Sis' only - there's too many of us to do everyone!)

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Mom's Feelin' Fiiiiiiiine.

Yesterday, Mom said this to me as I went into the kitchen:


"Hey! Bring me the Oreo's and my Vicodin!"

Searcy Chicks

Chicks

Oh my! Have you heard? The Searcys just got chicks- 8 of them- and are planning to get more! So how did they convince their dad? Isn’t this a little sudden? Who will take care of them? Will they want eggs or meat?
Well, first of all, Mike Searcy was already planning to get them in his mind. Why? Well if you haven’t heard, food prices are going up fast, so if the Searcys get chickens, they will get free eggs!
Lots of people think that chickens would be easy care for. No. When they’re in their eggs they have to be kept at the right temperature. When they hatch you have to put them under a heat lamp for about six weeks. Then you have to build a coop to keep the hens in and predators out.
Right now it looks like Katie will take care of the chickens, since Angela has to care for the horse and Keith cares for the cows.
They are all very excited to have the chicks and can’t keep their hand off them. And they give their advice to you: GET CHICKENS!!

Happy Mother's Day!

On this episode of

You all know that Mom is having hip surgery this week. In preparation, she bought another walker so that she has one in both houses.

Steve and I wanted to do something special for Mother's Day, so we pimped out her walker.

Notice the bicycle horn, the basket, and the rockin' streamers.

Mom loved it. Look how cute she looks!

We love you, Mommy!

Hello, is anyone there?

Ok, it's been almost a month and no one has posted anything on this blog! I happen to know that there are several of us that check it often, but still - no posts. So I am going to post something just so there is a change of scenery. Here is a little update on my life:

Job: It's wonderful. It is not boring, but it certainly isn't anything interesting to tell about. I work great hours, no stress, and get paid as much as I made working at the group home. I get along really well with my main co-worker, who is a super conservative, card-carrying NRA member who chooses Coach handbags that have an extra pocket to carry her Glock.

House hunting: We put in two offers on places we liked this week and they both fell through. Still waiting to hear about the offer on the short sale. When we do get hints of how that's going they are giving confusing mixed signals. Hopefully we will here something definitive this week. We had no idea that buying your first house would be such a roller coaster. We feel excited, depressed, frustrated, excited, anxious and calm. These emotions come repeatedly and in quick succession. We need to get a contract ratified before we both go crazy.

Baby: We are on our 5th cycle of IUI's. We are about to enter the dreaded "two week wait" in which I slowly go mad thinking every twinge in my body is a sign of early pregnancy, just to find out that the side effects of the meds they make me take exactly duplicate signs of pregnancy. Is that a cruel joke, or what?

Husband: He is great and tells me I am beautiful and I am still totally in love.

How about a quick up date on everyone else's life? I want to know about LJ and his family, Tyler and Kianna and their impressive athletic achievements and what their parents are up to, how the parent's house is, what Lea's kids are up too, what Steve's plans are for the summer, etc. I know about Betsy's life because she actually posts on her own blog. (Thank you.)

Love you all,
Sara