Wandering Browns

After being ensured that we would not be starting our traveling until the middle of April, Austin and I found out Friday that we will now be packing up our house a month early- by March 21st. I was already planning ahead and trying to finish some projects I have been working on, so I'm hoping to finish those and wrap up my work. I will miss working with my clients (0-3 year olds) in physical therapy. It has been a great learning experience and so much fun to work with the best patients ever! They are so motivated to move and are so happy most of the time. I will miss working in general. It is a great feeling to be able to use my education, and be able to stay home most of the time with Landon. To combat these feelings, I am going to try to seek out opportunities to volunteer abroad. Even if it is just playing with kids in orphanages or helping take care of them, I really want to help out somehow. Our ward here is so great. I will miss all the friends we made here in Arlington H...

This winter may be the death of me. I am a self-proclaimed cold wimp. But even I, this week, as the temperature rose from below zero to 18 degrees, remarked that 18 degrees didn't feel that bad. Below zero feels like your hands are going to freeze off any second, so comparatively, 20 degrees feels like, "Wow! I can stay out here for a few minutes!" When it is not REALLY cold, it is snowing. I am hoping for a day when it is not too cold, and not snowing so that Landon and I can get outside and enjoy the snow a bit. There's enough of it in front of our house. 2014 is going to be a crazy year for our little family. For one thing, the blog will be getting a revamp and become much more interesting as it will be turning into a travel blog. Austin is going to begin his assignment traveling around the world for work, and Landon and I get to tag along! I was hoping that by making our availability date for sooner in the year, we would avoid some of the harsh cold. Unfortuna...