4th of July Fireworks

Posted by Timothy

Family Reunion

Posted by Timothy

Q. What happens when Grandparents, Uncles, and an Aunt all fly down to visit us at the same time?
A. Family Reunion!

Q. What was special about this reunion?
A. We had not even seen most of them for a couple of years.

Q. What did we do during our family reunion?
A.(short) A lot.
A.(long) The first full day, we spent with just our grandparents. We don't see them very often, so this was a good time to get to know them better. We were even able to get a short video interview with our grandfather concerning his early life.
Later on we were able to spend time with our other relatives, whom we see even less often.

An Uncle...

Another Uncle...


And an Aunt!

And, we didn't forget a family picture:

Setting up: "What's taking so long?"

Ahh. Here we are!

We had a great time with our family and we hope we can do it again soon!

Father-Daughter Retreat '08

Posted by Gabrielle

Last weekend, June 7th, we three girls and Daddy had the privilege of attending a Father-Daughter retreat hosted by our church.

We began the day with tea at the Old English Tea Room and a talk about "The Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood"

me,(Gabrielle)

Arianne

and Christianna at the Tea Room.

Afterwards we went to the Browns for Father-Daughter games, High Tea and the rest of the "Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood" talk.

Daddy and Arianne

We enjoyed this day out with our father!
You can read "The Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood" here .

Benaiah's Cute Little Snarl

Posted by Gabrielle

Funny boy! (picture by Arianne)

Some More From Benaiah...

Posted by Gabrielle

Well, it's not yogurt but here is one of Benaiah's priceless 'yuck' faces!

Memorial Day 2008

Posted by Gabrielle

This was our second memorial day picnic at the Brown's farm. In preparation for the day we were working on matching colonial dresses for we girls and ...

here they are!

Benaiah and big-brother Timothy!

It is wonderful to have a day set aside to honor the veterans of WW2 who so willingly risked their lives for our freedom. We listened to speeches by several of the veterans recounting some of their experiences and lessons learned.
Also, there was an interview conducted by Scott Brown, one of the elders of our church, Doug Philips of Vision Forum and three of the Iwo Jima veterans, one being Mr. Brown's father, Bill Brown. All three had wonderful stories and experiences to share.

And we look forward to many more wonderful days of remembrance in the years to come!

Ready for Summer!

Posted by Gabrielle

Cute Benaiah, 9 Months Old!

Posted by Gabrielle

Oh that irresistible face!

Believe it or not, Benaiah looks like Timothy when he was 9 months.

Elliot's 9th Birthday!

Posted by Gabrielle

Yes, that's right. Elliot is nine already! We celebrated his birthday yesterday evening with a special Mexican dinner and dessert.

Happy Birthday, Elliot!

Arianne baked a beautiful blueberry pie upon Elliot's request.

We love you Elliot and pray that you may have many more fruitful years in God's service!

Timothy's Baptism!

Posted by Gabrielle

This Sunday was a bit overcast as we walked down to the lake for Timothy's baptism. Our dear friends, the Claytons came to join us for this wonderful time! And, as with Arianne and me, Daddy baptized him.

Mrs. Brown and the Claytons!

A large crowd of families gathered down by the lake. Every baptism is such a joyful time.

Scott Brown, one of the four elders of our church gives a short talk before...

Timothy comes up to give his testimony.

And Timothy comes up out of the water.

And, after every baptism we sing. This time we sang a beautiful hymn for the occasion:

There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.