the brown family

"The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." 1 Thess. 5:24

I don't even know where to begin! We are so thankful and overjoyed that David graduated this past weekend! He started Gordon Conwell in the fall of 2005 so it has been quite a journey. We weren't even married then (just had gotten engaged)! David graduated with a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Christian Counseling - a lot of classes and a lot studying! Eventhough David has learned much from his time in seminary, more than anything I can see how God has used this time to draw us both closer to Himself, and for that we will always be thankful.

After the Baccalaureate Service



After the commencement -
with Nate and Joni (Nate and David started school together and were able to
finish together! Their friendship is invaluable to us!)

David with buddies Nate and Mark.


David's parents and brother, Russell.

With my parents and a 32 week pregnant me :-)


Celebrating at home - this is actually for David's 32's birthday -
we celebrated a few days late when our families could be here. Charlotte
is helping blow out the candles.

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at at 7:43 PM 0 comments  

We went to North Captiva Island, Florida with the Brown family a few weeks ago and had a wonderful time. It is a very quiet island - no cars on it, you actually take a ferry over to get to it. It was so relaxing!

Charlotte and Daddy in the water.


Nene and Charlotte playing in the sand.


Choppa and Charlotte having a moment on the deck.




Making silly faces!

Me - 28 weeks pregnant, Russell - ?



The highlight of the week for Charlotte - ice cream! She still talks about it!

Posted in: on Monday, May 3, 2010 at at 8:34 PM 0 comments  

David and I celebrated a very romantic Valentine's Day....well not really, but it was tons of fun anyway! We actually went to lake Toxaway with our friends the Appletons and the Hornes. We all drove up friday afternoon and barely made it there because of all the snow! Our car and the Hornes' car got stuck on the way up so Nate and David had to get out a couple of times and push our cars out of the snow and ice. Thankfully, the Appletons have 4-wheel drive and were able to make it more easily. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted and don't have a picture of Nate and Joni - hopefully I'll be able to add some pics of them later to this post as I get them.

Valentines Day 2010 - the Appletons.

Valentines Day 2010 - the Browns (the lake is frozen over in the background).

Everyone had a child strapped to them for our walk except for me, but being 20 weeks pregnant might count too?!

Bath time.

The girls - Charlotte (20 months), Kara (4 months), Abigail (2 1/2 yrs. old)

Sledding on cookie sheets.

Posted in: on Monday, February 15, 2010 at at 8:20 PM 0 comments  

Charlotte and I went with Choppa and Nene to ride the train (light rail) this past week. Charlotte wasn't sure about it at first but she soon loved it. We took it from the end of the line to Uptown and looked around the ImaginOn, the children's museum / library. We ate lunch at Brixx's pizza and of course had to grab a cookie before heading back. Charlotte passed out in the car on the way - she had a lot of fun!


Waiting for the train while eating her cookie.

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Its a ....baby! Despite my extreme curiousity, we decided not to find out the sex of baby #2. We had our ultrasound where they scan the whole body - heart, brain, etc. and everything looks very healthy! We are so thankful to God for this new gift of life!

Posted in: on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at at 7:36 PM 2 comments  

We actually had some snow here recently though it was probably only an inch! Its also been raining a lot here too which can be tough when Charlotte wants to go outside everyday. Here are some pics from the "big snow" and others of Charlotte.

Charlotte at 20 months.

Showing off those pretty teeth.

At Nate and Joni's house.


Playing in the rain.

Posted in: on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at at 11:29 AM 0 comments  

Happy New Year! We had a wonderful Christmas with both sides of our family, being gone about 2 weeks. First we went to Spartanburg and had a great time with the Moxley family. We were able to go to the Christmas Eve children's service together with the Browns, though Charlotte wasn't that impressed. Then on the 26th we headed to lake Toxaway to have Christmas all over again with the Browns. Charlotte loved all her presents from everyone!

Playing with her new kitchen from Nene and Choppa.

With Uncle Russell.



With Uncle George.

Posted in: on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at at 5:13 PM 0 comments