its about time

what to say


hmmm


there is nothing interesting to say.

just the humdrum day to day life of a stay at home mom



little sleep
lots of whining (eliana or me depending on the day- ha!)



we are still working on the other house
still searching Gods heart on our next steps



i think i will wait to post an update until i have something intelligent to say, but i DO have new pictures to include here, so that has to be worth something!! :)

a lesson to chew on for a while

perspectives on the world christian movement


it is a class


it will change every thing you believe and how you live... so take it if you dare





seriously though, i think it should be required for every one who calls themselves a follower of Christ


www.perspectives.org





so on tuesday,


Brad Buser of new tribes mission spoke about pioneer church planting


i wish i could type a transcript, but he spoke soooo fast that i couldnt even take notes! teacher me- ME! no notes! how on earth did that happen??

take a southern californian SURFER city boy, put his life in Jesus as a senior in high school and pair him with a youth pastor who was brutally honest and had a passion for the nations and get a man who by the Spirits power moved with his wife and babies to a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea and shared the Gospel with them.


over 20 years time


they lived there for 5 years before they even started sharing the Gospel, sharing love and learning the language and culture.

learner then trader then storyteller


wow


so i wonder



in our day of

SHORT TERM EVERYTHING


where are people who are willing to give their LIVES for the long haul of the Gospel??

where am i??

ON AGAIN AND OFF AGAIN

on and off

another crash





aargh!!


we have to send the computer BACK in.


gag me. i am sick of this.




alas, my wonderful super hero brother came to the rescue to allow us to borrow the computer so we could get the taxes done... translated- i got 2 hours of sleep last night from about 4:30 to 6:30 am... and now i have a few minutes to get on to try to do everything else.

once you are an addict- computer addict- that is- like me, when it is gone you feel a severe loss.

sad day.


i miss email

i miss blogging

i miss my "mommies" on my site

and i have so much to DO on the computer



come back, Mac!

little things

so i will have to catch up in multiple posts

1= because there is a two year old on my lap now

2= because the times that both of the other babies are sleeping is short

3= because there is sooo much to say

4= because i need to do laundry, taxes, remodel the new house and clean the old house

5= because i keep having the delete my mistakes because it has been so long since i have typed so much!! ha!

ok so the little things-

Ayelen is getting 2 more teeth! woohoo this will make 8 for my 9 month old... but the sad part is that she bit me while nursing the other night. ouch ouch ouch.

We got the house that we have been working to get for like 8 months- YEAH!!! It is right across the street, 2.5 times bigger (3 beds and 2 baths!!) AND has a shop for our business (Advantage Remodel) AND a garage AND a laundry room.... AND i got a new fridge with ice and water in the door.  i feel big town now. :)

sadly it looks like we don't get to go to africa this summer.  seven of seven people have backed out of our team.  this makes me extremely sad and leads to some of the "bigger things" that i will post about later.

when we got our computer back, i - nimwit mother- had not backed up data since july 11. that means i lost all of Ayelens pics from 3 weeks old to 8 months old. i am at a loss.  so two things: 1- BACKUP YOUR DATA NOW and 2- i am begging anyone with any picture of her to mail or email it to me so that i can atleast have enough to complete her scrapbook.

and...

last for now

i started a creative memories business- check out my website at http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/christybrown

i really am excited about helping people save their memories in a variety of ways

check out our new spring aqua and navy  "bundles" here for over a 50% discount- what a great thing to make a mothers day gift with!

i'm baaacck!!

i need to give lots of updates-

lots

for now, dear friends, i just want to see if anyone reads this. :) 

mia me

missing

in

action

my "uncrashable" mac crashed

the hard drive is bad

$300 to replace

$1000 to recover data

NEVER buy your mac from comp usa- never buy their coverage plan that they tout to be better than apple care....

i will be back someday :(

google me???

of course

we have all googled our names.

well, at least, i think we all do...

i have

and my husbands name

and my kids names

most recently, i was just googling Eliana Grace's name just to see if our blog showed up.

sadly, it didn't.

BUT

did you know there are other "eliana grace's" out there??? i had no clue anyone else would name their daughter such an awesome name- i had never heard it when we chose it for its meaning.

AND the super cool part is that it seems like others who chose the name are Jesus lovers too!

nerd me, i have to share what i have browsed online:

but i do have to admit that i feel a bit like a peeping tom- even though their pages are public ;)

 http://www.kremerfamily.ca/index.cfm

http://www.norgauer.blogspot.com

http://ourradiantfamily.blogspot.com

ps- anyone know how to make google find us too???