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Jim & Joell's House Pictures Litter A & B

Pictures Added to Christmas in Utah... 2007

Pictures added for Christmas in Utah 2007

Pictures Added to Christmas in Utah

Christmas in Utah.. Litter A & B

Greetings to all... especially Pepper and Archie... way down under... Merry Christmas... it is Christmas day there... Christmas Eve Day here... all seems so weird.. but... Merry Christmas to you!!!

We had a great evening at Jim & Joell's Saturday evening... no one played basketball with the skill and intensity that you did last year, Archie.

We had the same old food menu... maybe a little more varieties... bigger roast and bigger ham.

Lisa's Sarah had a baby... in the hospital... right during the time we were eating... how rude...

Lisa called us and gave us the details... 5 lbs 15 oz... you might say 6 pounds... Braden Deem...

Picture attached... I am going to post more pictures than you want... Temple Square... and the likes... Jimmy's house... woops... don't know how to do that by each article or statement... guess they will just be lu

Yesterday after Church, during which time I might add... Amber played the prelude... did the accompanyment for the singing... played piano and prayed in Sunday School... Conducted and taught R.S. ...Her Bishop is so complinentary of her... doing a fine job!... we had your Cafe Rio food for lunch... went to Doug Brown's house... Ordained him a High Priest... went to the hospital to see Sarah Mollerup Deem and young Braden... then on to view the lights at Temple Square...

Went home... more food... mostly left overs... shrimp... Cafe Rio... Brownies... Pepsi... etc...

Then Mom and Chelice Cooked while all the others went to Jaron's to play video games... Guitar Hero seems to be the hot thing this year...

Things settled down shortly after midnight... dear old Dad... got up at 4:30 a.m. today to put on the Turkey... and giblet pot... Mom is now fixing breakfast for all of us at 9:45 a.m. boys are all still sleeping..

Ice, Ice, Ice

These are not pictures of our house but give a great visual of the damage that is all around us. Try to imagaine the huge cracking noise as the trees break and the boom as they hit the ground or house or whatever.

Its Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

woo hoo 19 days to go!

Pretend it's November 19, 2007

I seriously wanted to post a clip of Archie and I singing "Endless Love" (which we have casually been practicing for the last year) as a Tribute to Madre y Padre's big 25th. However, it didn't quite happen. Lamentable for all, I know. However, I have also been meaning to put together a list of a grand events, over the last 25 years. As you can see there are some major gaps, so help me fill in the blanks and make corrections. Post a comment and I'll add it to the timeline.
1982: Billy marries Suzy
1983:
1984: Chelice, enter world
1985: Move from Mesa to Clinton
1986: Danny, welcome to the family
1987: Amber, so special
1988: Move to Summerland
1989:
1990: Move back to MS; Derek, early-bird
1991:
1992: Bryce, last but not least
1993: Mom & Dad married 10 years; 7 kids; and a partridge in a pear tree
1994:
1995: No more kids in diapers. Way to go.
1996: Count-down to empty nest begins (Pepper goes to BYU)
1997: Move to Broken Arrow, OK
1998: Jaron gets his mission call to Maracaibo, Venezuela
1999:
2000:
2001:
2002:
2003:
2004: Jaron & Jess get hitched
2005: Danny leaves for Mexico
2006: Archie & Pepper get married; Olivia is born
2007:

HAPPY ANIVERSARY!

No joke I came across this in the sand on Nov 19th. And no, neither Archie nor I wrote it.

Squid

I dont know how these videos has not yet made it upon our blog. The flailing arms and legs get me everytime.

Everyone's Favorite Squashie

Happy Thanksgiving. Cheers.

French Silk Pie

Oreo Crust
1 6 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup egg product
Whip cream for topping

Melt and cool chocolate chips. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. Gradually add eggs while beating on high until light and fluffy. Pour into the crust. Cover and chill for 5 hours. Garnish with whip cream. Enjoy

Christmas without sprinkles is like raisins without wrinkles...

Did anyone else know that this cherished book is selling for $250-$500 online?? That's nuts!

Anyway, Christmas is sneaking up on us, just like that crazy sprinkle snitcher Jaron so wonderfully portrayed in our family Christmas plays so long ago, and I've been thinking about what we, the Brown siblings, could give to one another this year.

What if we were to do something a little different this year and use the money we would spend on one another to provide Christmas for an individual or family in need?

If everyone is up for this, there are a few options I've come up with that we could pursue to make this idea happen...

1) Find someone or some family within one of our communities (through wards, work, etc) that we could "adopt"/provide Christmas for.

2) Go through an organization such as Toys for Tots to give us a family to adopt, Or

3) Donate the money to an organization that will allocate the money for us.

I'm thinking that no dollar amount should be set to make this Christmas gift idea happen. I figure everyone could pitch in whatever they feel comfortable with.

With all of us being kinda spread out, we could use PayPal to easily combine our dinero. But before going any further, could everybody give me feedback so we can decide on what we should do or if we even want to do this altogether?

glorious fall has arrived

just a few photos i snapped whilest i was driving around in my day to day life

Uncle Danny

Spidey Man?

this is from my most recent adventure to Zions Nat'l Park, on a hike or rather rapell called Pine Creek. This was our last rapell. It made us feel slightly like spidey man. not to mention our sweet spidey kicks.

billy goats gruff

this is my new pet billy. we met on top of timp. and this is what the sun looks like.

Hiking Timp

Some of the beautiful foliage we encountered on the 16-mile journey. My legs are still recovering.

Prairie dog Amber at the summit. 11,750 feet above sea level. Don't worry that I actually asked if we really needed to go all the way to the top to see the same view, cause we did.

Almost to the top, City-side of the ridge. Japanese style.

Almost to the top, backside of the ridge.

Welcome a Picture of Bryce

Bryce, I laugh every time I see your pointy tongue. I felt like you needed a debut on the family blog.

Oh isn't he Dreamy?

I am fairly certain that I might face a certain death for posting this picture. Sorry for doing this to you Archie.

Dan the Man

I came across this picture of Danny and thought I'd share. This is from the fake Stewart Falls hike, as opposed to the real Stewart Falls.

I'm ready for WINTER!

I'm ready for WINTER! Well, maybe not really, but I would be okay with it not reaching 95 degrees everyday. I came across our pictures from the Ouray Ice Climbing trip and thought I'd post a few. There is truly fun to be had during all seasons.

Yeah for Mom!

Mom, you are awesome for posting recipes. Way to figure out the blogging business. Now, can you show Dad. Anyways, just wanted to give you a personal shout out for getting on the website and adding your bit. Love you tons!

Oklahoma Lake Trip July 2007

Danny is a bonafide GENIUS!

Click on the link "I'M STARVING! WHAT CAN I EAT?" on the upper right-hand corner which will take you to our recipe blog dedicated solely to items that mights be consumed when hungry. Mom, it is your civic and motherly duty to post some recipes for your children here. Everybody was sent another invite to join this blog...I figured it will keep all the recipes on one glorious site.

a request for recipes

It has become more and more apparent to me in these few months that i have been here in provo that there is little satisfaction brought by a meal such as mac n cheese or tuna fish, especially when the same meal is eaten repeatedly within the course of a week. As it is my current plight to reach out and expand, searching for ever more delicious and wholesome things with which to satisfy my hunger, i feel that it is necessary to make the request that, among other things, the family blog should entail a full variety of family recipes... such as the bread, roast, perhaps garlic toast, and enchiladas as well. And in sight of the current web address (texasfudgecake.blogspot.com) I feel that it might also be worthwhile to include the recipe for texas fudge cake, just in case anyone that doesnt know the secrets of texas fudge dares to venture into such a realm and attempt to unlock its mouthwatering goodness.

Number One Best Picture of the Brown Family Lake Trip

Thanks Peps for starting this blog. It should be great fun!
-Jess and Jaron

Testing one two

Test, this is a test.

So Pretty