Spike the Lizzard goes to school

We recently acquired a lizzard. His name is Spike. Meagan really loves this lizzard. She wanted Spike to go to school so bad. So Rod told her if Spike can get a note from the teacher to go , then he can go. We never dreamed in a million years that she would actually ask. She came home and said Spike had a note, but it was at school. We asked her teacher a few days later about the whole deal and she said that actually they were going to be learning about reptiles in the next week, so Spike could come to school one day the following week. Of course every morning we were asked "is this the day Spike can go to school.?" So we finally came to the day and Spike went for his debut.. Meagan was so happy to take him in.

May Happenings

May has been a busy month. The end of a school year brings many things to do. There have been competitions, programs, awards programs and Graduation.
Andrea and Zachary both love to draw. And andrea was asked by her art teacher to make a drawing for competition to represent there school. Andrea is my perfectionist so she draws, erases, draws, erases, crumbles up the paper, starts over, you know where this is going. So she got a little frustrated in the process. So she drew her rendition of the Jupiter lighthouse. She colored it with crayons and was pleased with her picture. Until... she took it in to show her art teacher and the teacher informed her she couldn't color it.. it had to just be in pencil with shading. She hadn't really done much shading.. so she came home all frustrated. Luckily Brittany had been taking art classes this year in high school and they had gotten into shading. So Britt helped her out and showed her what to do. She was well on her way.. almost finished with the picture. Well she left it lay on the table and walked away and Meagan decided to help her out and draw on it. So now she was really frustrated. She had to start over with only a couple days before competition left to finish. She worked hard, and we had a finished product. She new she could do better.. but we sent the picture to competition anyhow.WE were shocked when she came home with a first place ribbon!!
Zachary had to get in on drawing..although he did not take a picture to competition he drew one to display in the art room after on of their recent programs where he played his trumpet. He is my musician in the house.

Finally.. after many long nights in about a 3 week period, finishing up senior scrapbooks, term papers and all that homework we made it to Graduation.
So on May 14th Brittany graduated from High School. Another chapter closed in the book and a new chapter waiting to begin.

Brittany turns 18! Hard to Believe

On March 2nd 18 years ago Brittany entered this world into our lives. Time has flown by so fast. It's hard to believe she is a senior and going to graduate in a few short months. She's grown into such a beautiful young lady. Brittany I hope you have many more happy birthdays and a bright future ahead.






Brittany got 18 roses from Rod & I for her 18th BD




She finally accomplished her online Science course, so she received her Senior Key neclace




She always liked Barney when she was little .. so Rod wanted to tease her with a Barney movie



Her dog Izzie gave her a card with her paw print on it




Her younger sister Jess got her a necklace and earings




She was very windy at blowing out her candles. Thought we may have to call 911 for all the smoke





Britt made her own favorite chocolate cake. That's what she wanted





Britt's birthday choice... pork chops marsala, fettucine alfredo with Broccoli and Tomatoes and garlic Bread. Along with her surprise visitor Lex who flew in that afternoon.

Brown family Christmas

Sunday we had our family Christmas at home with our kids. I know it's a little early, and trust me I really was not ready... But we are preparing to leave for Ohio this Thursday. So this was about the only time we could do it without rushing to have it the night before we leave and then they don't get to enjoy anything. Needless to say.. My house is a shambles, my RV still needs packed and my house needs to be in working order before I can walk out that door come Thursday afternoon. I need some major energy to get it all done. Below are some highlights of our rushed Christmas . Enjoy!

Santa came to visit

Saturday was the community bag lighting in our neighborhood. As usual it had rained so there was not alot of participation this year. We had goodies and coffee and Santa paid a visit. Below are some pics from Santa's visit to our house.





Meg was scared of Santa, but we finally got a picture with Brittany



Santa and Izzie



Santa, Izzie, TJ and kevin's dog Buster



Buster & Tj



Buster & Santa



Meg, me and Santa

Our newest agent

After getting Britts senior pictures done we stopped by the office with the dog. Rod had to have pics of her. So she is now our newest agent in the office.

Welcome Isabelle Cleopatra Brown- IZZIE




Sporting some reading glasses



Checking out the computer



Trying to look important



What do I do next?

2009 Christmas parade

Lets just say the Christmas parade this year will be one to be remembered. It started off raining in the morning and continued off and on. I t cleared up just before the parade was to begin.. so they went ahead with it. They started about a half hour late. Probably if they would have started on time they could have made it through before the torrential downpour. Unfortunately it started pouring big time right before our group got to our office. I felt so bad for everyone in the parade. Below are a few highlights. You can see the cloudy skies and then see the downpour of rain. Everyone was a good sport about it. The poor cows had quite a bit of extra weight with all that water in the suits.