Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve at ET & Kristin's with the

Glenns and Grandma and Grandpa.

We had a great program that ET organized.

The kids acted out the nativity

Katie Cassidy and Kimberly were angels

Bennett was a shepherd

The cast

Some of the grandchildren played the piano

as we sang along

Grandpa and Grandma shared a Christmas Story

and their testimonies.

We ended the evening with the traditional Gift Exchange Game,

Abby was a bit sad that Haley "stole" the necklace from her

and Yahtzee was what she ended up with.

She was such a good sport!

It was a wonderful evening and we loved being with our loved ones!

Brown Family Christmas Party

The annual Brown Family Christmas Party was a success!

There were about 70 people in attendance for the

soup and salad buffet and the much anticipated

Gift Exchange Game.

The boys were able to talk sports!

All the cousins loved being together...

Bella and Lucy

Curt is sooo baby hungry!

Lyla, Curt and Tia

Casslyn and Reagan

Alisa, Corbin and Blake

Love all these cuties!

Bennett and Naaman

One of the most coveted gifts of the night.

Matt & Celeste were the lucky winners!

Grandma & Mel so excited to receive from all the kids

season tickets to the Hale Theatre!

Christmas Service

Since we were not going to Mexico this year to build houses,

we did a family service project with the

Cowley's, Allens and Stewarts.

We helped clean up an elderly couple's yard.

There were lots of weeds to whack...



All these muscles were put to good use

filling this dump truck to the top.

Clark, Bennett, Jason, Cannon

Haley, Ashlyn and Kadyn added a

Christmas touch with some lights

The boys were intriguied with Van's tales

and were fascinated with his cat "Patches" that

he has saved over the years...

We wanted to help bury "Patches", but Van declined and wanted

to keep him just as he was!

It was a rewarding activity and it was fun to be with

great friends.