Starts a Little Deep, so BEWARE!

I was just lying in bed and decided to pull out some of my old journals. I don't know what it is, but I feel like in certain aspects of my life I have moved backwards rather than forwards. It's weird, but as I was reading about old boyfriends and crushes- too hilarious and uncomfortable to share, reading about dear friends that I am no longer in contact with, reading about the fears I had as I was about to start my first teaching job, I wondered where I am right now. I guess I feel lost at times. I miss teaching. It was such a part of who I am that I feel a part of me is missing. There's a void that needs to be filled and I don't know how to fill it. I know that's dramatic, but it's true. I'm in a funk and need an out. I guess a little self-examination has to begin.

Now that was deep for the normal silly Shauna, so I guess I'll include the very fun weekend we had. Doug had to work up in Steamboat, so Jaden and I tagged along for an adventure/ pre- Anniversary Weekend. We hiked about 8 miles round trip up to 2 waterfalls that were gorgeous. Thank goodness Doug carried Jaden because if I had to, we would have made it just past the parking lot. It was a pretty good hike to say the least!

In front of the first waterfall

Yeah, I was struggling a bit!

Jaden loved it. He loved head butting Doug and touching Doug's sweaty hair- gross!

Finally to the 2nd waterfall
Once we got there Jaden had to throw rocks!

So beautiful!!

Saturday we swam at the community pool and tried to keep up with Jaden.

On our way home we stopped at Winterpark and Jaden and I rode the Alpine Slide. It was an adventure taking Jaden up on the chairlift and riding down! We both LOVED it!

I still can't believe we are celebrating 5 years on Friday! It has been an ADVENTURE to say the least!!

Ponytail Perfection

I am terrible at doing hair- period! I just don't have that gift. Now, I'm not asking you to make me feel better and comment by saying, "Your hair always looks good- blah blah blah!!" I need some major help. I am getting ready for work and at the very professional job of waitressing, I have to wear my hair in a pony. I love the messy pony look and I've tried everything to achieve it. Some days it's pretty good and others, it's just a mess and not a cute stylish mess. My cousin Allison is a genius at the messy ponytail and she was supposed to teach me P.T.P., but it never happened (she's a busy girl in Hawaii right now). So if any of you have any suggestions, send them my way. I think I get good tips at CPK sometimes because the customers feel bad for my sad hair! I hope it's not this bad!

2 things I love: Summer and Dads!

Thank goodness it is finally summer here! I mean, really summer, where days are spent in the water and nights are spent outside in the cool air. I'm loving it right now!

Swimming at our community pool- Jaden is a fish, no really, I think he has gills!



He LOVES edamame- real normal for a 1 year old. He won't eat pizza, but he'll eat soy beans!

Friday night we went to a new outdoor mall called Southlands. It was so much fun. Jaden LOVED running through the fountain. It was hilarious because there was a crowd cheering him on- too funny! QUESTION!!! I'm trying to upload video off of You Tube and it's not working. Any suggestions??
Jaden got soaked on his last run!

Saying "Bye" to the fountains.
Today has been a great Father's Day! Not to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty proud of myself. I made my first iDVD for Doug for Father's Day. Thanks to Joe, he helped me conquer my Mac problems and make the DVD. It took awhile but it actually plays in the DVD player and Doug loves it! I'm really beginning to love this Mac! For Young Women's (church youth group) we made Father's Day ties for all the Dads to wear to church. Doug wore his proudly!

A friend at church gave us a Lost calendar and this is how I found it on Doug's nightstand. I'll let him keep it like that since it is Father's Day. Doug tries to tell me I look like Kate- yeah right. We have 2 similarities- dark hair and we're girls. Don't think it's going to be December in this house all year (that's Jack's month).

Happy Father's Day to the best Dads and Grandpas ever!!

Family Photos- BEWARE!!

I know I should be cleaning the office right now, but I'm procrastinating. I went through the photo booth and found some real gems of the Brown clan!










We're one good-looking family, that's for sure!

One Project- DONE!

I just spent over 2 hours going through all of my digital photos that are downloaded on the Mac. I put them in albums and then folders by year. I am pooped. Now I need to clean this very MESSY office! As you can tell by my face, I'm NOT excited for the next project!!!

Answer: Yes, we did get a Subaru

A number of you asked if we got a Subaru and I wish I could say I got an Audi Allroad, but let's be honest- way out of our price range! We did decide on the Subaru Outback. It was between another Jeep Grand Cherokee (my pick) and the Subaru, but with gas prices the Outback made more sense. I really do like it, but miss my Jeep.
It was hard to say good-bye as it was towed away- so sad!

The new Mommy mobile!

Happy B-day Mason!

Jaden went to his friend Mason's 3rd b-day on Saturday and had a blast. He loved the baseball pinata and the candy that went along with it!

Child Labor: I LOVE it!

Hiking with My Buddy

I just downloaded pictures and had to post pics from our first Mom/Son hike we did Wednesday morning. We "hiked" a trail with 2 other Mom's and their little ones. It was so much fun to be out and hike around. I am trying to appreciate where we live more, since lately all I want to do is go to the beach, yeah I'm a little homesick. The summer does that to me! I had Jaden in the backpack for awhile but then my back was killing. Obviously I'm a rookie at this.

Jaden and Tabitha


Jaden in the backpack

Thanks M.E.

I was just checking my friend Fergie's blog and little did I know, she is now a pro-blogger and had downloaded music to her blog. Yesterday Jaden and I had been rocking out to some tunes and the volume was up rather HIGH. Well Jaden had been taking a nap until "Says M.E." appeared on my screen and Jaden woke -up...


Too funny (not for Jaden but for his parents, obviously I had to take a picture)!! I LOVE YOU Fergie!

Your Son has an Arm!

Today. . . waiting at the doctor's office with Jaden- a 20 month old that THROWS everything, and a number of other patients.

Mom: "Jaden would you like some string cheese?"
Jaden: Shakes his head "yes" and grabs the cheese. Eats about 3/4 of it and drops the rest on the floor.
Mom: "Jaden, go throw the rest in the trash."
Jaden: Throws the cheese from about 20 yards away and nails a lady in the head as she is reading a magazine.
Mom: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."
Lady: "Your son has an arm."
Jaden: "Throw, throw, throw."
Nurse: "Shauna Brown, we're ready for you."
Mom: Running to get out of that waiting room.
Jaden: "Throw, throw, throw."

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

This weekend we were supposed to go to a Rockies Game Friday night, which moved to Saturday night, which never happened. Doug was sick all weekend so it was a big time bummer. I was able to plant flowers and hang out with Whitney and her little boy Scottie, while Doug was sick and Will worked. Jaden and Scottie have too much fun together. Here are pictures from going to a game a few weeks ago where we saw Barry Bonds and heard a lot of booing.
BEST Papas ever!



I LOVE Scottie's face in this picture!



Walking back to the Light Rail, Denver's version of the BART.

False Alarm, dang it!!

Once again, I should be catching some ZZZZZZs but I'm not. Jaden woke-up at 2 am and stayed up until 4:15 am, I know, lucky me! He of course acted as if it was 2 in the afternoon and had to watch Elmo, eat Kix, strawberries, and drink some milk- normal right?? I'm tired and Doug isn't feeling well. He's drugged up on Nyquil and a minute ago I heard some talking, so I ran in the bedroom in hopes of a repeat of "Burritos y Arroz con Leche", but false alarm. Obviously if Doug busts out some humorous conversation, I will for sure blog about it.
P.S. Lisa, go pack!!!