Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake

Written by hbrown on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 ( One response )

I wanted to post a photo of the Minnie Mouse cake I made for Charlotte. I am quite proud of this! The second cake in the background was done last minute (morning of the party) after realizing that the one cake wasn’t enough to feed the number of people coming! Make a comment and tell me what you think!

Cougar Football Saturday

Written by hbrown on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 ( Start discussion )

Cougar Girls Rock!

Fight, Fight, Fight for Washington State!

Written by pbrown on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 ( Start discussion )

Charlotte has been wanting to learn the Cougar Fight Song this week with College Football right around the corner… Here’s a sneak peak inside our latest training session. Go Cougs!

Eleanor laughing

Written by hbrown on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 ( Start discussion )

Charlotte has named everyone in our family someone from the Mickey Mouse gang. She’s Minnie (of course), Pat is Mickey, I’m Daisy and poor Eleanor has been dubbed Donald… But Eleanor thinks it’s funny… enjoy!

A happy anniversary to us

Written by hbrown on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 ( One response )

Our 14th wedding anniversary was earlier this week and we celebrated with a kid-free night at the Westin in Seattle overnight. We had a great dinner at Morton’s, then went up the Space Needle to enjoy each other and the city lights. We remembered being at the Space Needle there just 3 years ago, on our anniversary, my tummy large just before Charlotte entered our lives.
We were very impressed with the Westin who put us on the 43rd floor with a beautiful view!

Photos: View of Westin from monorail; Us on the Monorail; view from our room
2nd line: daytime view from hotel room; the 43rd floor was very high up… just look at all the buttons!

Eleanor is getting so strong

Written by hbrown on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 ( Start discussion )

A little tummy time tonight

Browndepot Mobile!

Written by pbrown on Monday, August 10th, 2009 ( 3 responses )

OK, so we haven’t been so good at updating this page lately, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been hard at work. We’re proud to announce Browndepot Mobile, starting today. When you visit our site from your Blackberry, iPhone, or other mobile browser, you’ll get a nice streamlined view of our site. Check it out and let us know if it’s working for you!

Eleanor’s first Mariner game

Written by hbrown on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 ( Start discussion )

Eleanor and I visited Pat today during a Mariner day game, her first game (Charlotte was in school today).

Independence Day with Pat

Written by pbrown on Sunday, July 5th, 2009 ( Start discussion )

While my girls were marching in their first parade, I was travelling to Portland for another Portland Beavers game. When I got on the flight, I asked the captain which side of the plane he was going to put Mt. St. Helens on. He told me don’t worry, he’d put it on both. I wondered what he meant, but soon found out when he took us on a little side trip flyby of the volcano (after getting permission from air traffic control). I got this video as we passed by the first time:

On the way back I got some still photos, plus Spirit Lake and the Toutle River Valley. Also included in this gallery is a link to the live flight tracker, where you can see how we flew out of the way! Later in the evening I got some nice photos at the PGE Park fireworks display.

Happy 4th

Written by hbrown on Saturday, July 4th, 2009 ( One response )

As us three girls were out walking this morning, we discovered that the adjoining neighborhood was doing a parade and they invited us to join. So we walked around the block with all the other kids riding trikes and bikes. Their first parade!