The Brown Life

SO you know when you have those moments in life, where you know you are doing things right? We were at dinner tonight in downtown Phoenix and Brynklie noticed a homeless man on the street.....in the rain. This made her upset, and she wanted to go and give him money. We told her that we would give him some food when we left. She must have asked like 10 times what were we going to give him. At the end of dinner she asked the waiter for to-go boxes and plastic silverware. I noticed that there was a large portion of her meal that she hadn't even touched. She scooped it all up into the box, and found some other food that hadn't been eaten. She and my friend Michelle went outside and gave the man the food. Not even one minute after she came back in, had he tore into the box and started to devour the food. She felt so good, and had a beaming smile the rest of the night. It made all the adults at dinner appreciate her thoughtfulness. She is such a great kid!
Kenedy danced at a benefit for the Helping Hands Organization tonight. She had to spend almost her entire Sunday at the theater preparing for the show. In the car on the way home she said she was bummed that her Sunday was gone. But earlier she had heard about all of the wonderful things the organization does, and she was grateful to be apart of it:) It makes me feel so great when I hear my kids say and do things that aren't about themselves. As parents, our lives really do revolve around our children. Everything IS about them. I was so grateful to see that they really "get it." Maybe Jake and I aren't doing such a bad job??? :)

Well it was project week in the Brown house. We had to make

Nelson Mandela out of a 2 liter bottle! What do you think?