The Brown's

Goodbye Blog World...

2009-08-19T14:24:00.003-04:00

I think I will be deleting my blog...I'm posting everything on FB these days and just don't have time to keep this updated. My last post on here was three months ago and my life is just about to get a little more busy. So, with that I will say Adios Amigos :)

Field of Dreams

2009-05-16T16:18:00.003-04:00

A new post...

2009-04-15T20:02:00.002-04:00

Sure, I'd love to post new pictures...IF I HAD MY CAMERA!!! My sister-in-law Tina, her daughter Emily, and her friend Sophia came to visit a few weeks ago, it was the weekend of the Sweet 16, we went all over downtown, crashed a pep rally for the University of Louisville...if i hear that C - A - R - D - S cheer one more time...anywho...we took great pictures...then my camera got left in their car and all the way to Springfield it went :( So until I get it back...I have no pictures to share. The anticipation I'm sure is just about unbearable :)

WE LOVE THE CHARGERS!!

2009-03-08T14:33:00.006-04:00

THE CHARGERS ARE BACK TO BACK IACS DIVISION I STATE CHAMPS!!

Here is a group picture, and a slide show of the rest of the weekends events!

Playing Catch Up AGAIN...

2009-03-04T21:17:00.006-05:00

Our lives have been so crazy! Price and Zeke are playing in the Upward league at church/school on Saturdays, and that on top of us coaching and running upward, on top of our normal basketball season...there is never a dull moment. So I decided just to do a slide show of different things we've been up to. Stuff we've done with the ball team and cheerleaders. This coming weekened is our State Finals. This may be our last year to be in this tournament since joining the IHSAA this fall. We won it last year and we're hoping to be Back to Back Champs!! So there will be a post very soon about how we do...until then, this will have to do :)

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!

2009-02-05T21:00:00.004-05:00

OK, so this is the first time I've been tagged. Here's what we do. This game is called 5*5*5 You to go to your 5th picture folder and post your 5th picture in that folder. I like to play these kinds of games! =) So here is my picture!

This is Zeke when he was in kindergarten, two years ago!! This was a field trip to the apple orchard, it was quite fun. Here are the kids just running around on the bails of hay. Looks like the girl in front of his was not having it!!

I tag:

Jennifer S.
Jennifer C.
Ellen G.
Robbin P.
Mike - just so we can get a new post on your blog for cryin' out loud!!! But keep it clean!!!

PLEASE PLAY 8+D

HOMECOMING 2009

2009-01-25T17:40:00.006-05:00

Congratulations Lauryn and Kevin!!

You can check out the professional pictures at http://www.puchayphotography.com/galleries

SPIRIT WEEK 2009

2009-01-21T13:06:00.000-05:00

Closing Out 2008

2009-01-14T17:04:00.016-05:00

OK, before we get to what we've been doing in 2009, let's tell you about the last few things we did in 2008. For a class fundraiser the Juniors blew up balloons at the Hyatt for their New Years Eve party...2,200 balloons! They had a pretty cool set up, so it wasn't that bad...guess that's easy for me to say, I didn't blow up one balloon. :) Hey, I had to work. But the kids had a great time and they earned some phat cash.

Here is the view from the ground floor...that's 20 floors up! busy busy busy!!!
They were working on both sides of the nets...very scary!! I did get to go see their work...more about that later...
Here is a view from the 20th floor, through the net, down to the ground...my toes are getting quivery just looking at this picture!!
NIGHT AT THE HYATT!

OK, so since we were the only people up on that floor...because of the nets, we got to stay in one of the rooms...this was a Monday night...so I still had to go to work the next morning. I live 1.5 miles from my work, so to have to drive from downtown...I had to wake up a lot earlier! But it was worth it, the kids had a blast!!

I was trying to get a picture out the window...yeah...that didn't work so well.
So here are a few pictures of the "suite". The main bedroom connected to this huge room, and they brought the boys roll away beds, which they loved, the plasma TV in the room may have had something to do with it...
They have the plasma TV, but they are watching the little portable DVD players...go figure.
Just having a good time!! We walked over to the Circle Center Mall for a little shopping and dinner, then back to the hotel for swimming!!!
This is a picture from the pool...i thought this was cool picture...if i do say so myself. :) They've always gotta be at each other...and that's Price's toosh.
Here's Bobby checking out his Pacer tickets for the next evening...more about that later...

PACER GAME!!

OK, so because Bobby bought their team shoes from Dicks Sporting Goods, they sent us some really great tickets, and a parking pass as a thank you. So we took the boys back downtown again and had a great time.HOOSIERS BY BIRTH!
Alright, I know it's hard to tell...but that guy behind the backboard is Larry Bird...really...look closely at the picture below.Told ya so... HA HA HAAA...I was laughing so hard when i took a better look at this picture, you can see his face right in the square (I'm sure there's a technical name for it...but I wouldn't know it.) You should be able to click on this picture and open it up to a new window and it will be larger. His head is smack dab in the middle of that square!
It was a good game, even though the Pacers lost...

Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T19:31:00.002-05:00

We had a great Christmas! God has been so good to our family. Not because of the "things" we have, but because he loved us enough to send His only Son to die for us. It's because of Him, we celebrate! We can never out-give Him!

Chargers @ Conseco Field House

2008-12-28T18:22:00.003-05:00

Tuesday, December 23rd the Chargers played after the Pacer game. The weather was atrocious! Ice, ice, and more ice. The bus wouldn't start, and if it did...I don't think they would have gotten it out of the parking spot! So regardless we all carpooled and made our way downtown. The Pacer game was good, but the Chargers were better :) The kids love going down below where all the "important" people get to go. The night ended in a win for the Chargers bringing our record to 9-0!!

2008 HOOSIER HOLIDAY CLASSIC CHAMPS!

2008-12-06T22:53:00.003-05:00

Congratulations to the Chargers for their 3rd win in the HHC! This year was extra special because we hosted a team from Sydney, Australia. They only spent four days with us and by the time the left we were all crying because we were going to miss them so much! It's amazing how attached you can get to perfect strangers in just four days. We will never forget them.

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-11-30T19:41:00.012-05:00

We spent the Thanksgiving break in Springfield this year. Here is a bit of what we did. This picture was taken at Uncle Dave's house, this is where we always eat Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. What you can't see behind us is Fellows Lake.

Hanging out with the fam

Here is the newest addition to the Brown Clan. Ella Victoria. She is precious.

TURKEY DAY!! Tiffany, T-T, and Em
Me with the girls :)
Paco, Gucci, and Pops!

Larry and Whit

It was such beautiful weather that the boys all went and played golf after we ate (the first time), so here is Bobby after a shower, enjoying some coffee and watching some football. Good times.

SHOPPING!!!

OK - what you don't see in this picture, is that the time is 4:55 a.m.!!! Oh yeah, we were up before the crack of dawn ready to hit the stores!

Here's the gang at Wally-World, the sun finally came up!

Here's me and Em enjoying the massage chair...I was trying to explain to Tina how to work the camera..hence the odd look on my face :) You should have seen her in this chair!

Just being weird...

Being weird in Target. We ran in to half of the other family so we got a picture :) Poor Caden, he was so out numbered...but he's still cute as a button!So, do you think they had about as much fun as they possibly could?? This was on the way home on Saturday after spending the night at Chuck and Whitney's house for the new tradition "Kick Off to Christmas" They had all of the grandkids over. I can only imagine that this is how they spent the day too!

CHARGER NIGHT 2008

2008-11-15T20:03:00.009-05:00

Friday night was out annual Charger Night and Chili Supper. We have had our chili supper for about 12 years now, at least. It is always a great fundraiser for the cheerleaders. It was a great day for the kids, they started the day off with a pep rally at 8:00 a.m. a little early for screaming and yelling, but that's how we do it. Our supper started at 5:00, games started at 5:30 and we didn't get home until about 11:00!! Talk about a looooong day!!

PEP RALLY

CHILI SUPPER

Not exactly sure how Abby seems to get in every picture :) She's the red-head...but she should be a blonde! :) But she is presch.
Workin' hard...

Practicing in the old gym before our game...

Shoulder sits, yeah baby, taking everything back old school. For those of you alumni cheerleaders that see this...we brought back the "C" and a few oldie but goodie cheers. We actually have four shoulder sits, but i couldn't back up any further!Bobby was giving a "short" speech right before we unveiled the new State Championship banner!!

Here they are doing my favorite cheer...it has blades! :) But why we have a few girls doing something different is beyond me...but that's what Charger Night is for...to work out the kinks.

Upward Cheer Clinic

2008-11-10T20:15:00.009-05:00

This past Saturday Jenn and I took the girls to a church in town and helped them with their cheer clinic. There were about 60 little girls, and they just thought our squad was the best thing they've ever seen. They were so precious!! Our girls did a great job and were so good with the little ones. Towards the end the two seniors were giving their testimony and they were leading into a salvation message. They started out with being best friends, then they talked about parents, then Lauryn asked "Who loves us more than our parents?" And of course the girls were raising their hands, not even know what the question was or what they were going to say if called on, but finally she got to one little girl and her answer was "God, Jesus....and Joseph." It was the cutest thing ever. I laughed the rest of the day on that one...precious...

Teaching basics.

Group Photo!
Gettin' Crazy!
Here they are during snack time...they couldn't get close enough!

We had a little stunting time with the little ones, hysterical!

After the clinic we went to Jenns to work on the girls' binders. So much info...

VeggieTales Program

2008-11-10T20:04:00.004-05:00

The boys had their first school program this year. The theme was VeggieTales. I loved it because the boys used to watch those all the time when they were little. You can see Lara the Carrot, Pa Grape, Jimmy & Jerry Gourd, and obviously Bob and Larry!!

Price is in the back, just singing away :)And there's Zeke...oh, and Madame Blueberry!And don't forget those cute little French Peas :)And the happy family :)

CHARGER BONFIRE

2008-11-02T11:22:00.007-05:00

Saturday night we had our annual Winter Sports Bonfire! We could not have asked for better weather!! Normally we are so bundled up we can hardly move! It was about 70 degrees that day and the evening was awesome. Thanks to the Kirby's for opening up their home to us again! Here are some pictures from the evening...

Here is Zeke, in Matthew's room. He had been sick (and still is) so he played Playstation most of the night. I'd catch him every now and then outside...with no shoes, just his socks!!! He actually got sick on the way home, and as I type this on Sunday morning, I had to bring him home from church, he got sick as soon as we got there :( He's doing OK right now...we're watching Garfield II to pass the time.

Here is Price shooting some hoops in Matthews room...he kept Zeke company most of the time. He's a good big brother.

Most of the adults and kids were playing football...Bobby thought he was Tony Romo!

Here was out uninvited guest...Abby :) She just came gallopping over from the neighbors, and the kids were out playing football. One of the littler ones wasn't paying attention and then as soon as the dog got up to him he about had a heat attack!

She was getting lots of lovin's from everyone.

We've always got to be stunting :) (if all of our girls were there we'd have three stunt groups!! woo hooo!!!)

Here are a few of the girls. Now that they're getting older most of the older ones had to work :( Jenn also wasn't there because they were at a wedding. What you can tell in this picture is that Alyssa (the one in yellow) is crying because when we went up to elevators in the picture above, she pulled one of her quad muscles...an odd injury :( But when it's time for pictures, the girl can smile!

He we are later in the evening around the bonfire :)

I'm not even going to tell you why they are laughing so hard here...

Here is Bobby and Matt Ellis...looking tough!

And here is our bonfire!

Everyone sneeking back to the barn for more dessert!

Not sure...

Caylea & Jordan just hanging out.

Acapulco Joe's

2008-10-27T20:08:00.005-04:00

Danielle was one of our CCA staffers this summer. Her and her family were in town so we went to dinner at Acapulco Joe's, it is a little hole in the wall place, but it is so yummy!! We took the CCA staff to dinner here this summer, so when Danielle came back, we went again. When the staff stayed with us this summer the boys fell in love with them, Zeke was a little disappointed that Danielle's family was with her, he thought he was going to get her all to himself ;) As you can tell the boys love her, they couldn't stand still for a photo!!

We had to hold on to them to keep them still!!

I can't believe we even got them to stand still for this one!

We kicked the boys out at this point and just got a picture of us :)

Soccer Awards!

2008-10-27T19:54:00.008-04:00

Well another sports season has come to a close...thank the Lord!! :) NO, I'm just kidding, although the weather is a little cold now for soccer, so I'm glad that we've moving indoors. The boys improved so much this season, it's fun to watch them grow and learn new things...even though they think they know it all already! Here are a few pictures of the last day and their awards.

SIGN LANGUAGE

2008-10-13T20:56:00.004-04:00

The Cheerleaders, Jenn and I performed sign language on Sunday "Friend Day". The song is Completely by Ana Laura, it is from the movie Facing the Giants, which I can't recommend enough! This song was the theme song for cheer camp.

This was Bobby's first time to run the video :) We learned that when you zoom in or out...it cuts out the sound. Note to self...

IU CHEER CLINIC 9/20/08

2008-09-21T21:35:00.001-04:00

Junior/Senior Retreat 09/08/08

2008-09-21T21:28:00.004-04:00

Price is in the Double Digits!

2008-09-06T18:22:00.008-04:00

Where did those ten years go? WOW!! I can not believe that Price is 10!!

We celebrated his birthday today at the gym. He had about a dozen kids show up, and Daddy had to entertain them all. They started out with some Wiffle Ball, then went to Flag Football, ate some cake, opened presents, played some Dodge Ball and ended with a little Basketball! And boy am I tired!!!

Price with his spread (minus cake and ice cream)

Me with my boys! Anyone notice my shirt??? I know you're jealous...it's an Eisenhower Cadet (my H.S.) t-shirt complents of Mrs. Felton :) Thanks Mrs. Felton, I love it!!! :)

Bobby being "all time quarterback"! Price and the Gang!Having some cake in the old gym.

Watch Out David Beckam!!

2008-09-06T18:13:00.004-04:00

Today the boys had their first soccer game. They are on the same team, which makes it so nice! As you can see they play for GALAXY...cause they're out of this world!!! :) Here are are few action shots.

p.s. Could someone please cut the grass :)

Evening Serenade

2008-09-05T21:46:00.004-04:00

We were serenaded this evening by 15 teenage boys! Josiah's birthday was yesterday, the one in the green and white, so his birthday party is tonight/tomorrow, so they decided to come serenade us. They started with Happy Anniversary, then by the time I got my camera, they went in to Amazing Grace. I was actually sittin at my computer and could hear them whispering outside the window...so I went to the front door, whipped on the light and opened the door and they about had a heart attack!

All the Crazy Boyz!

UpperCase Living

2008-08-26T16:45:00.011-04:00

OK - so here's my new hobby. It's called UpperCase Living. You'll have to check out the website! http://www.uppercaseliving.com/ Here are the things I've put up so far. I have two left, but I need to paint the laundry room first and find a shelf for the hallway before I know where to put the others. So you'll have to wait...

This is in my kitchen...Winona...do you recognize that plant? You bought it for us almost 14 years ago (next month) when we got married!! It was just a baby then.

OK - funny story - when I was getting ready to put this up, I had to climb up on this tall ladder (shocking that I wasn't tall enough to reach it myself, I know) so I had the boys hold the bottom of the ladder...so after a bit Price says "who's coming over", I was like "what?!" and he kept asking, then I realized that he read it and thought I was putting it up for someone in particular that was coming over...so I had to 'splain that one to him :) It was precious. Then they got tired of holding the ladder cause their show was on and kept asking "are you almost done?!" so I told them to just go and if I fall...go get the neighbors!!!

Still in the kitchen...obviously...

Yet again in the kitchen...by the table. Now I turned this picture...why is it not turned here??? grrr...well tilt your head.This one is in our bedroom...precious, isn't it? ;)
Just another angle because I kept getting a glare...odd how the wall color looks totally different.
Anywho...this is it...for now. I should have lowered that "Always"...too late now!

OK - here is the lastest one I put up.Now I just need to finish putting up all the family pictures! So if you want to be on the wall...send in those pictures!!

First Day of School

2008-08-16T17:40:00.007-04:00

Bobby and the boys are back to school!! Price is starting the 3rd grade, Zeke is starting the 2nd grade, and Bobby is in the 11th grade...again!! Naaahhh...he's just the Junior Class sponsor...which we all know means that I am the Junior Class sponsor too :)

They just can't stand to take a picture without doing something like this...
Big Daddy and the boys :)
I finally had to tell Price to keep his eyes open when he's smiling for a picture :) He just like to cheese it up!!
OK - while I was waiting for these pictures to upload I went to the pictures from last year...I'm amazed at how much they've grown and changed so just look at the bottom two pictures from last year!! Just look at where they are in comparison to the light post outside, or the light switch on the wall in the kitchen. Amazing.

CHEER CAMP!!

2008-08-09T17:25:00.003-04:00

CHURCH CAMP

2008-08-09T13:06:00.003-04:00

This was the boys' first year to go to church camp. At first they didn't want to go...because there wouldn't be any X-box! Needless to say, we made the decision that they were going :) We went down to get them on Friday night, and wouldn't you know...they had a BLAST!!! But boy was it hot...and sticky!!!

Here are the kids singing on Sunday night. They sang songs that they had sung during the week and some kids gave testimonies, it was precious!!!
Trouble...with a CAPITAL T!!

UPWARD BASKETBALL CAMP

2008-07-24T21:23:00.004-04:00

This week Bobby ran our first Upward Basketball Camp. We had 32 kids initially register, and we knew we would have additional kids come on the first day so we had to guess how many would show up. So we ordered 40 kits!! Monday came, registration started, and 39 kids showed up!!! What a blessing!! It was a great week, the kids learned about basketball and that Jesus loves them.

Upward Mission Statement: Introduce children to Jesus Christ by creating opportunities to serve through sports.

Here a just a few pics from camp:

He just couldn't help himself...

4th of July 2008

2008-07-17T20:46:00.005-04:00

Well here are our 4th pictures...finally :) We made the trip to Springfield and had the best 4th yet!! Although we missed you Nathan! Here are some of the crazy pictures that we took.

Our Annual Family Fourth Picture!

Price and Christian are ready to take on the girls!

Ambrose and Zeke hamming it up! Here are all the grandkids that were present. It's amazing how much they grow every year!
Tina decided that we're going to have a "Crazy Hat Contest" every year...can I just say that her hat it a food cover with a horn stuck in it :) A for effort T-T!!! Everyone looked great! Maybe next year my family will actually participate.
Doesn't Christian just look so happy to recieve his snow cone!! This is my annual treat for the kid-o's. Normally it's 175 degrees in Springfield on the Fourth, however, this year was rather cool, so the ice wasn't melting as soon as it came out of the machine :)

Finally enjoying the fireworks!

Perfect timing!!! I have this same picture of the boys each year. Zeke's didn't turn out so great, but this one was awesome!
Finally figuring out the setting on my new camera. I loved these fireworks, they went off like a ton of sparklers.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

Here Fishy Fishy

2008-06-24T20:35:00.005-04:00

This aint no fish story...we've got pictures to prove it!!! While I fixed dinner tonight Bobby and the boys went fishing...and here's Zeke's prize fish. Notice he's not touching it, nor would he get close to it. That's Ross holding the fish, Daddy wouldn't even hold that catfish!!! And I can't say that I blame him :)

It really started wiggling here - Zeke was scooting further and further away!
We put it back in the pond. Bye fish fishy!!

Just Regular Guys

2008-06-24T19:15:00.008-04:00

Friday night we took the boys to an Indianapolis Indians game. A few years ago Zeke was talking to my Dad on the phone while we were at a game and my Dad said "Are you watching the Indians?" to which Zeke replied "No...they're just regular guys." HA!!!! I love when kids don't even know they're funny :)

Here's Zeker talking to Grandpa, making sure we're just watching the regular guys :)

It was a great night and the Indians won with a three run walk off homer, if I said that right. There for awhile when we were behind Price was all mad cause he thinks that everyone should win at home!!

OK - we started playing with the settings in my camera - HA HA HAAAA!!!
The boys had a hard time telling us how to get our heads in the frame...
I love pictures like this :) More settings :)
Princess Bobbie (as my mom spells it) What is this face he's making?!! ha ha haaaa....
Fireworks are hard to photograph...I wonder if I have a setting for that???

And the rockets red glare...for those of you who have seen Christmas Vacation... :)

Girl's Can Play Ball Too!

2008-06-19T21:19:00.004-04:00

The boys aren't the only ones who can play ball...Mom played ball once upon a time. Our church has a team in a rec. league and I filled in this week. I was already sore from cheerleading practice cause we've been working out, so I thought this would be a good idea...yeah...not so much. Naaahh...it was really fun...I just couldn't sit down for two days :)

Heather - doesn't this just take you back to our softball days?!! If we only realized then what great shape we were in...

This guy was a lefty so I was scared to death every time he got up to bat that I was going to get wacked in the head!! The team we played were killin' the ball!! Did I mention that they threw me on first base...did they NOT know how long it had been since I played first base??? :)
I think I prefer to Coach :)

For Love of the Game

2008-06-19T21:04:00.004-04:00

Well, the little league baseball season has come to an end. This year was a much colder season than last year. I remember sitting out in the hot sun quite often this year, or laying on a blanket...this year, I was wrapped up in the blanket!!

The boys played so well and it's fun to see them improve and learn. Price got to pitch one game this year, that was his goal. He even struck a few kids out!! Way to go Price!! Zeke missed a few games cause he had a "buckle torus fracture" on his left pinky. Regardless, he finished out the season. Here are a few pictures of their last games.

Zeke with his medal

Run Price Run!!

Father's Day 2008

2008-06-19T20:49:00.002-04:00

After church we drove out to Plainfield to take Bobby to Red Robin for his Father's Day lunch.

Nothing like seeing yourself in the window after you've taken the picture :)

Here is Price finishing off dessert - Mud Pie!!!! Yummm...he looked like he had a chocolate lip liner on.
The boys didn't make it home awake. I got Zeke here in mid-sleep, Bobby had just hit a bump and Zeke thought about waking up...but he was out! Notice my huge umbrella in the back seat. :)

Happy Birthday Bobby!!

2008-06-17T22:13:00.004-04:00

For Bobby's birthday I took him to Mitchell's Fish Market up in Carmel, which is like driving to Budapest! So, we've never been there before and it's at this out door mall place, so we pull in there, let me rephrase that...I pulled in there and I see it up on the left hand side up at the next intersection, so I quickly glance over to the right to see if there are parking spots and BOOM, there's an open spot, so I whip the Durango in that direction and low and behold...there's a curb!!! And as you can see behind Bobby in this picture, there is a car coming up the little lane there, like you're supposed to...but like I said before, we had never been there...so who knew! :) We laughed so hard!!! Bobby said that he was impressed because I didn't even slow down! So here he is pointing to my tire marks :)

And here I am admiring my work :)

Class of 2003 Reunion...Well Sort Of

2008-06-17T21:43:00.005-04:00

The Class of 2003 tried to have a five year reunion...and we didn't have a lot of takers, but those of us that did show up had a blast!

Thanks to Rachel and Scott who opened up their house!! Just to explain - We were their class sponsors when they were at B.A. Cause I think we all know that neither of us graduated in 2003!!!

Playing the Indiana Game - Corn Hole!! Every family in America needs this game.

You also need this game...and I don't even know what it's called...but it's fun :)

Hopefully we can get more people to participate in our next reunion. Granted this was put together in about two weeks, so what do you expect. Did I mention that there were only about 20 students in the entire graduating class???
Here is Rachel and Scott's new bundle of joy, Brayden. We wont even tell you how dificult it was to get this picture. Not because the baby wouldn't cooperate, as you can see he was as happy as could be...No...Rachel couldn't figure the camera out and was taking videos!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-06-17T21:33:00.003-04:00

My Mom turned 70 on May 20th. I flew out to surprise her...can I just say that people better be flying East when I have my next milestone birthday!

We had a great weekend and it was HOT!!!

Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters...(sing along with me...)

Mike and Ellen trying to stay cool. See those tents and canopies behind them...they don't last the whole evening, a huge wind came up and about took them all up over the house, it way hysterical!!!
Eric & Donald looking cool.
Here was our source of music...Kids, this is called a record player.
Here's Mom opening up her gifts, her sister Judy gave her a Wii, now we all have our own :)
Happy Birthday Mom - I love you!!!

Guess Who's Got a New Camera?!!!

2008-06-17T21:30:00.001-04:00

ME!!! Well...truth be told, I bought it for Bobby for his Birthday. But I think we all know who'll be taking all the pictures :) OK, so let's catch up...

ALL AMERICAN BOYS

2008-04-19T17:33:00.003-04:00

Opening Day for Little League Baseball 2008!!

Zeke plays for the White Sox
Price plays for the Tigers
Zeke in action!
Price in Action!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZEKE!!

2008-04-19T10:02:00.003-04:00

Zeke is the big 7! He had his first friend party and boy was that interesting. 10 kids from his class came and they were a riot! He had a football theme party, all because of these napkins he liked. So everything revolved around that :) He had a football pinata, and that was interesting...I was more afraid that the kids were going to wack each other. I made them all put their hands on their hearts and repeat after me "I _______ will not hurt the person beside me, I will wait until the person with the bat stops swinging, and I will share the candy." But they didn't so much stick to that...not with candy flying everywhere!

Zeke with his cake.

It's raining candy!!! We took the kids to the basement, where they could do the least amount of damage. :)
The kids kept creeping closer and closer with every present.
They're taking over... ha!
Here is Zeker's big present. I felt that since I ran over his bike last year, that it was only fair that we get him a new one :) Ya know...if you're not going to put your stuff up...I just might run it over.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

2008-03-08T10:04:00.003-05:00

The Chargers are '08 IACS State Champs! We had the #1 seed going in to the State Tournament and our guys played their hearts out.

There were about a million cameras going off, but here's one that's halfway normal :)

The team dedicated thier win to the memory of Matt Edwards.We miss you Matt!

YES - WE'RE STILL ALIVE

2008-03-07T18:52:00.007-05:00

We've just been a little busy. Let's see...the last time i updated this it was early January. Let's see what has happened. Well...life in the Brown household is all about baskeball. In January we went to Baptist Bible College for their annual High School Tournament. We didn't do so hot, but the kids had a great time. Well, most of them. One of my girl got strep, my back went out and we were laid up for a few days and didn't get to enjoy it as much as the rest of them.

Here are a few pictures from BBC:

This is us at Lamberts. The home of the thrown rolls. Yeah, I've been here before, and it's not my most favorite place. Before we went in I told the girls, "when they start throwing those rolls, cover your drinks!" So low and behold, they start flyin' and I am on the cell phone cause Bobby's at urgent care with Zeke - which is a whole different story - so that is using one hand, then I cover my drink with the other hand. Then I can't help but laugh hysterically because a roll lands smack dab on my hand, and it's burning...but can I say anything to anyone to get it off...NO! I'm laughing too hard!! Then I got wacked in the back of the head with one...OYE!!

This picture was taken before all the pandamonium set in!

So here we are with our dollar that we all signed. We like to pretend that we're famous :)

On Friday, we went to my sister-in-law Tina's house. She had the girls over for a luncheon. They thought they were big time to get their very own luncheon :) So here we are playing Guitar Hero. There were two guitars at one time but the batteries died...one minute in to my song, which was good because I was laughing so hard I couldn't concentrate. I've got to get this game!!! Thanks T-T we had a great time at your house!!

OH GOODNESS!!!

So, this is the night that Krista and I stayed at the hotel because of our illnesses...and this is what happens :) Our girls team played at 9:00 P.M. and we all went to cheer them on, looks like Krista and I really missed a good time!

The one guy with the Wendy's wig on...he needs professional help ;) He'll wear that in the cafeteria at school and start chanting "HOT - JUICY - BURGER" It's hysterical! Nice pyramid guys!!

If these are our leaders...be afraid...be very afraid!!!

I'm glad I didn't see them like this...they would have given me nightmares!! YIPES!!

Old School! Yeay Baby!

ICE SKATING!!!

2008-01-20T16:05:00.000-05:00

The cheerleaders spent the night over break while Daddy was out of town.

We took the boys ice skating...what an adventure.

Gettin' the hang of it...
Yeah baby!

Let's Catch Up...Shall We?

2008-01-20T13:26:00.001-05:00

Now how could Santa pass up these sweet faces?!

We got a Wii from Grandma & Grampa...and I had to cart it through two airports! But it was worth it! So Happy!!!We got the boys these Nerf guns and they are hysterical. Most days I walk in my room and there are about five darts hanging from the curtains. And you do have to wear those fancy glasses, you crank those things one time and they shoot out of there so fast! We found that out the first time the hard way. :)
Here are the boys playing the Wii...we were cracking up!!! They get so in to it with their motions!

SURPRISE!!!

2007-12-22T20:03:00.001-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

I flew to Washington to surprise my Dad for his 70th birthday. It was quite the eventful trip. I arrived in Seattle around 10:45 p.m. on Friday. My luggage, however, didn't arrive until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. We were supposed to leave for Yakima at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday...so we went through the whole "do we just leave now and just buy everything I need, or do we just wait." We decided to wait. The birthday/Christmas party didn't start until 6:30 p.m. and since my Dad didn't even know I was there, we just went back to the airport (after talking with someone from American Airlines, which invloved a few tears) and I got my suitcase as it came on to the carousel. Then I booked it out to the car before Ellen had to circle the airport again. Phew...then we were on our way.

Here we are an Snoqualamie Pass while Tom got a gallon of Pepsi :) Look at all that SNOW!!!

Here's me and Winona. It's good to know my long arms come in handy for picture taking :)

Here is my Aunt Shirley and my Momma, it was quite the feat to get this picture, my mom kept talking so we ended up with numerous pictures of her in mid conversation :)

My Uncle Doug & Aunt Shirley

Can we just take a normal picture? Oh...this is normal :)

Mom and Ellen dancing before the wonderful DJ started...OYE!!!
Michael did not get the "rhythm" gene. Here he is doing his asthma inhaler dance!Here's my Dad eating some of his birthday cake :)
OK, I hope you laugh at this picture as hard as we do. I mean we about can't breathe everytime we see this picture. Donald was taking this for us and so he's looking at the screen, then all of the sudden he looks up at us over the camera, and I knew exactly what he was doing...the other sisters didn't...sad that the youngest sibling is the smartest :)
Mom & Dad dancing up a storm.
This is my second cousin Janet K and her hubby Mac. She used to teach me dance lessons when I was little.
Here we are attempting to take a family picture. First of all...that's Ellen in the middle, and she's standing straight up...still can barely see her. Donald looks like he's about to grab that candle, and we don't even want to know what he's going to do with it. Focus People!!!!
This is more like it!

Christmas Program

2007-12-22T19:48:00.000-05:00

" Christmas at Bethlehem Gulch"

The boys had their Christmas program last week, it was super cute. I just love to watch kids perform. You just never know what's going to happen :)

Here's Zeke in his spot.

It was hard to get this picture of Price, he was hidden by some other kids during most of the program from where we were sitting. You'd think on the front row that you'd be able to see a little better.

Here's Zeke singin' away :) Bobby leaned over during the program and said "he's just like his Momma" :) Precious...
With Mom
With Dad

Building a New Church!

2007-12-09T18:40:00.000-05:00

Villa Oaks Baptist Church had it's ground breaking service today. The weather wasn't the greatest but God was just showering his blessings on us. Here are a few pictures of the mornings events.

This picture is of us with Mrs. Hale. Her husband Dr. Clinton Hale was the founder of Villa Baptist Church and Baptist Academy. She's a wonderful Godly woman and she's just as cute as can be :) And you've gotta love her hard hat...I wanna know where we can get one :)

Here's Pastor Willis doin' some diggin'! He just learned how to run this a few days ago :) He's a quick learner!!
This is some of the Deacons and Pastor putting some muscle behind those shovels.
We are so excited to see what God is going to do at our new property. We're praying that the school will be moving not far behind.

Circle of Lights

2007-11-26T20:41:00.001-05:00

Since we decided to stay in town this Thanksgiving we finally got to go downtown to the Circle of Lights. Our downtown has "Monument Circle", they always have cool things going on down there and the day after Thanksgiving they always turn the lights on the largest tree in America! Sandy Patti sang with Ben Utecht, a Colts player, she also sang with the African Childrens Choir. There were all sorts of other acts, including the PaceMates, so the boys were all happy about that :) Bobby's parents just got in to town and off we went, we met up with some other families and all cuddled together to stay warm.

Here are the boys and their rosey cheeks! This is me and Robyn Willis...if you can focus hard enough :)
This used to be a lot easier when the boys were smaller. I had Zeke on my shoulders at one point...think it's time to make a visit to the chiropractor!
Here's me and Jerrica again...in those cute sweatshirts :)
This was the view from where we were standing. There's the monument before the lights were turned on.

There is an American flag waaaaaaaaaay up there...I took this picture during the National Anthem and I was thinking "they normally light this building up with something, like the flag or a Colts symbol...

Then BOOM!!! They didn't let me down :)
BEFORE...
AFTER!
Then there were fireworks.
Here is Pops, Granny, Price & Zeke all bundled up!

uh...you need to hold the camera still until it's finished flashing. :)

Here's me and my Baby :)

Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T20:35:00.001-05:00

We spent Thanksgiving across the street at our Pastor's house. The Willis' and us moved to Indy the same year, back in 95 and it's always good to have a neighbor that can run you to the hospital, should you decide to cut your finger off with a Pampered Chef kitchen slicer :)

Here is Bobby cheering for the Cowboys! That's another thing we have in common with the Willis'...they're Cowyboys fans!!!

Here is Zeke - not so sure why he's laughing so hard.
This is one of our cheerleaders Jerrica, her family came over for Thanksgiving also. Look at that cute sweatshirt...someone must love her :)

Snug as a Bug in a Rug!!

2007-11-12T09:23:00.000-05:00

The boys slept in Zeke's bed last night, and when I went in to check on them...this is how I found them :)

PRECIOUS!!!

Charger Night

2007-11-12T09:15:00.000-05:00

Here are a few pictures from our Chili Supper & "Charger Night". This is an annual event at out school. The cheerleaders host a chili supper and they did a great job this year, they raised BIG BUCKS!!

Once we started serving chili, the line went all the way along that far wall...it stayed there for a solid hour and a half!

Here are the girls working and having a good time.
2007-2008 Varsity Cheerleaders!!
Here come the Chargers!!! Price lead them through the breakthrough sign, then they passed him up...but he's runnin' hard!!

On Display

2007-10-21T20:33:00.001-04:00

Here are the pumpkins on display in the foyer on top of the trophy cases.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-21T17:38:00.000-04:00

Jen and I are coaching the Varsity Cheerleaders this year and after practice on Saturday, we took some of the girls to the pumpkin patch, then to our church's chili cook-off, then back to the house to decorate our pumpkins :) We had a great time and pumpkins are darling :) If I do say so myself!

OK - for some odd reason, I'm not able to move these pictures around like normal so they're not in the right order...and you know that's probably driving me crazy!!! So, we're gonna just have to deal with it.

I guess I should clarify for those of you who aren't as familiar with our school. The pumpkins are spelling out B. A. Chargers - that's not all one word :) After I published this post I realized that it may look a little funny.

We dwindled down to about half of our girls by the time the night was over.
Here is Wes helping us with our lighting :)
Zeke took this picture for us :)
See...there's more than corn in Indiana!!
The girls were a little worn out.

Hay ride!

Say What?!

2007-09-19T10:44:00.000-04:00

We all know the little hymn "hallalu hallalu hallalu hallalujah - Praise Ye the Lord", right? Well...this morning at breakfast, Zeke starts singing "alley-oop alley-oop alley-oop alley-ooooooop, Praise Ye the Lord." I thought I was going to die laughing!!!!!!! ALLEY-OOP?!?! The poor kid has been raised with a basketball in his hand, he don't know no better. :) But he's just praisin' the Lord!!

I Love a Parade!

2007-09-15T21:26:00.000-04:00

Today we walked in a parade!! My very good friend Jill Wright's husband is the Mayor of Beech Grove, it's a small suburb of Indy. So we showed up, got our orange t-shirts and grabbed a few bunches of balloons and headed up the street. Their headquarters are on 5th and Main. We were assigned to the block of 17th street to pass out our balloons...well first of all...that's 12 blocks!!! Do you think you can walk 12 blocks with HUGE bouquets of balloons and not hand them out to precious little kids who ask you for a balloon??? I think not! So needless to say our supplies were not as abundant when we arrive 12 blocks later :) But no one went without an orange balloon :) So then, we walked with Mayor McCheese 12 more blocks back through the parade route. I thought my feet were going to fall apart...something's wrong with them, but do I go to the Dr. to see what the problem is (who happens to be in Beech Grove)...no...I prefer to just complain :) Anyways, we had a great time and we threw out candy and little frisbees. Which we happened to run out of in our first few blocks, so if we missed anyone at the end our our trek up to the beginning of the parade route with our balloons...we more than made up for it with all the candy we threw out :) Now I need to go soak my tootsies.

Why does Zeke look like he should be in ballet class?!

Can we not just take a normal picture?! :)

He's having fun now!! :)

The Orange Amy!!

Me and the First Lady ;)

The boys with Mayor McCheese. (I've called him that before he was ever Mayor...I don't think he'd let anyone else call him that) :)

Talk About Cool Riders!

2007-09-13T18:37:00.001-04:00

Jennifer & Wes babysat the boys last friday night so we could go out on a date and Wes took the boys for a ride. Why they insist on acting like homies is beyond me. Everything has to be "peace out".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRICE!!

2007-09-04T20:32:00.001-04:00

My baby boy turned 9. It's his last year of the single digit!

He's sporting his Seahawks t-shirt with his Colts cupcakes.

Now he just needs something with the Dallas Cowboys and he'll be set!

Bobby's infamous rendition of "Happy Birthday" You've just never heard anything like it.
Price with his goodies :)
All the Price's :) Price Allen, Christian Price, Price, & Price Andrew

Sunday Morning at The Lexi House

2007-09-04T20:11:00.001-04:00

Sunday morning we had our church service at The Lexi House, it is a ministry for women who either are pregnant or already have children and are homeless.

All the men took turns praying with Nathan.

It was such a special weekend for everyone.

Cousins :) Tiff, Ashley, Lindsey, Whitney, & Emily

Vicky, Shontina, Whitney, Tracy, Tina, Steph, Wendy, & Lisa

Here's the boys piggin' out!

Lexi singing "Jesus Loves Me" She is so precious.

Who wants to hear some Johnny Cash?

Ambrose busted out a little "Ring of Fire" for the crowd.

All the cousins Us with Lexi - she is a doll...and if you could only hear her southern drawl!

Us with Lexi a.k.a. Emma Jean Leadbetter :)

DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!!!

2007-09-04T18:32:00.000-04:00

There just really are no words to explain this...

WE ARE FAMILY

2007-09-04T18:15:00.000-04:00

There was a party for Nathan on Saturday night and the family got together and said things to Nathan and about Nathan. Mark was glad that Nathan joined the Marines so that he could disguise his male pattern baldness :) Chuck didn't know that they let biters in the Marines :) There were a few funny comments but for the most part there wasn't a dry eye in the place! Everyone just gave testimony of what a great person Nate is and how they look up to him and thanked him for what he is doing. Here are a few pictures from that night.

THE BROWN FAMILY

(Don't bother counting - there's 35 of us and 5 weren't able to be there)

Here is Nathan with my boys.

Sweet Home Alabama!

2007-09-04T17:47:00.000-04:00

We went to Alabama for Labor Day Weekend to see our

oldest nephew Nathan before he leaves for Iraq.

We had a great time, here are some pics from the eventful weekend :)

@ the pool

Sweet Baby Emma

Can we just be normal?
Just floatin' around.
Soaring!
They were all supposed to be doing a belly flop, but Zeke's doing some twist thing!
Not quite sure what we were going for here...

CHICKEN FIGHT!

It's Not Delivery...

2007-08-16T21:45:00.001-04:00

IT'S JACK-O!! :)

Jack-Jack came by to see me today at lunch so we were looking to see what we might have and look at what we found in the freezer :) It was too funny to pass up :) He even thought so.

1st Day of School!

2007-08-13T21:37:00.001-04:00

Ready for the big day!

They really look like they love each other here :)
Price cheesin' it...
Zeker cheesin' it...
And you know where they get it. :)

Back to school! Here are all my boys going back to school...even Daddy :) Doesn't he look smart in those glasses? The boys were so excited to go back to Baptist Academy. Zeke didn't end up having the greatest day, but we wont even go there, we're just going to hope for a better day tomorrow :)

Happy 1st Birthday Ashton!!

2007-08-13T21:30:00.000-04:00

This little bugger is Ashton Kord, he just turned ONE!!! His Mommy and Daddy were in our classes back in 2003 & 2005. Duane is in the Marines and has reinlisted for another four years so please pray for him. They're on their way back to Cali so we're gonna miss them. But I just had to share this picture cause Ashton is just precious!! :) This picture was taken AFTER he devoured his own cake :)

Day @ the Zoo!!

2007-07-25T17:03:00.001-04:00

Here we are at the zoo. This picture was taken under the dolphin show tank, you're in this tunnel like thing and the water is all surrounding you. So this is our first time to the Indy Zoo, we've lived here for 13 years, and this was our first trip. So we didn't know what we were walking down in to, needless to say Bobby was a little "tripped out". It was quite comical, so we took this picture and got out of there. We prefer the water below us :)

Here is Caley, Price, and Zeke checking out the sharks.
This thing, whatever it is, was gross. It looks like it's coming right at Price!
This is another shark tank where you could touch the sharks...no thank you...

I'll just take the pictures :)
Here's Price being brave!
We had to stop at the penguins, my Dad's favorite. They just stood there...not too exciting...
Bobby putting the choke hold on Price...say CHEESE!!
These guys were cracking us up. They just stood there and you could see that there must have been cold air blowing on them, they were just soaking it in :)
This polar bear was one of my favorites...he kept doing the same thing over and over again.
It looked like he needed a buddy.
Photo Op!
You should have seen Bobby jump when this bull walked up to him, we were rolling!! Then he got brave and decided to pet him...even though the sign says quite the opposite! The boys got to feed the birds, it was pretty cool.
Last but not least...the gift shop. And our little sharks :)

Vacation 2007

2007-07-11T22:28:00.000-04:00

On our way to Seattle!

Roughing it! "Don't bother me."
What would you do with a four hour layover in Dallas?!

Up early in the morning to play video games! Cheese!!!
My Mom, me, and my sister Ellen.

The boys in their new ride!!! Everyone after Grampa!
Jana working with her kids makin our fancy wooden race cars!

We were about to go deaf with all that hammering around us!!

Me and Jana!

Getting ready for the movie.

Move at the Park

Bobby organizing everyone for a game of kickball. Popsicle time!
Me and my "little" cousin, Lydia :)
Me and my cousin Kari. Price and his 3rd cousin Douglas

I love when Michael laughs hysterically :) Playing with the toy correctly... Why do boys always gotta do this kinda stuff?! :)
4th of July

It was just too hot to be playing outside ALL day! Mike making his salsa
Movie Star!
Too bad Mike doesn't have a swimming suit.
99 bottles of whatever on Mike's head...and I'm not sure

what kind of fashion statement George is trying to make.

O' Christmas Tree...
Some people light fireworks...we light Christmas trees!

LEAVENWORTH

THE HAT SHOP!!

The new party glasses!

Such a joker
Captain Zeker

We needed some ice cream to cool us off!!
Turn out the lights...the party's over!
Can you say HOT?!?!?!
With Grampa!

Chillin' @ McDonald's

Off Roading...well sort of.

No Hands!
McDreamy!
My real life McDreamy :)

St. Louis

2007-06-15T22:31:00.001-04:00

We spent our last days of Memorial Day Weekend in St. Louis. We kept promising the boys we would stay sometime and go up in the Arch. We drove up from Springfield on Sunday and went to a Cardinal's game. We got really cheap tickets, that's all they had left (standing room only) but it poured rain for a while an 100's of people left, so after they started the game again, we just moseyed our way into some seats :)

The boys had a great time. There was all sorts of stuff for them to do, cause you know they don't want to sit there forever and watch the whole baseball game!

I took the picture above from where the boys are standing in the picture below. As you can tell, it's a little high off the ground, and I was a little shakey sticking my hand out there to take the picture...and you want me to go up in that arch, that if you look in the far distance of this picture, you'll see the top of it!

I love this picture.

Hi!This is the boys doing their Rocky impersonation :)
Here they are looking at those view finder things. Here they are with Grandma :)
They weren't so much in to learning all this history stuff...especiall this guy that moved and talked, it was kinda creepy.
We're so excited to go up in the Arch!!
Can you see how small that door is behind them? This is where we get on to ride to the top..."Lord, please don't let this be the day that this thing breaks down..."
Hi, can you say TINY?! And can you breathe in there?! We made it!!!

Tim & Brittany's Wedding

2007-06-15T20:56:00.000-04:00

Our newphew Tim & his fiance' Brittany were married on Friday, May 25 in Springfield, MO.

OK, so here's the situation...we had to put those white covers on all of those chairs, there were like at least 400...no kidding...so then we had to tie each chair with these silver sashes...so Tina thought she was being pretty funny and wrapped one around her neck, so you know I had to take it a step further. I call this my Christina Aguliara look :) Don't worry, I didn't wear this to the wedding. (Why am I such a wierd-o!?!?)

Me & Vicky in our black & white.
We had to be at the church at 2:00 for pictures, the wedding started at 6:00...Zeke made it down the isle (he was the ring bearer) and he sat in the front pew, made it about 5 minutes and then he was out!!! He started sliding sideways so we had to stop him from falling out of the pew :)
Here is the happy couple getting ready to take off in a convertible Rolls Royce.

We bought them this car for their wedding present :) Yeah, right.

Zeke was about done with the picture taking. Just chillin' at the reception, eating little cookies with Tim & Britt's picture onthem...talk about biting someone's head off!!!

The Price's Right :)

Lisa, Emma, Vick, Cheyanne, & Emmy dancin' the night away.Are we having fun yet?
The happy couple.
I think my 2007 New Year's resolution will be to not scrunch down in every picture I take.
This is one of my very best friends from college. We haven't seen each other in 12 years!!! We were bustin' a move.

Bobby's Side

2007-06-15T20:24:00.000-04:00

Alright, this is Bobby's annual family 4th of July reunion.

Here are his siblibing in order from oldest to youngest.

Brother Allen & Family

Please pray for Nathan - he is currently serving in Cuba.

Sister Tina (T-T) & Family
Aunt Kimmie & part of family :)
Brother Larry & Family.
Sister Vicky & Family

Us again...still trying to grow out that mullet!!

Brother John & Family

Brother Chuck (yes, Charlie Brown) & Family.

And last but not least, Brother Mark & Family.

And the two responsible for this...

And here are all the grandkids on this side.

Steph's Side

2007-06-15T19:52:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures from our visit to Seattle last Mother's Day 2006.

We are getting ready to go again in two weeks. We are so excited!!!

This is my Mom, Winona, Ellen and me :)

This is my oldest brother Michael and his family.
My Sister Winona and her family.

My sister Ellen and her family.
My bother Donald and his family.

And us

(this is the year of the mullet...ugh!!!

What an awful memory!)

These are all the grandkids on my side.

Here is Bobby feeding a seagul on the pier after we ate at IVAR'S!!!
And here is Uncle Donald teaching Price a wonderful game...NOT!

The dog was as tired of that game as the rest of us were!! :)

Here are my mom & dad,

does it look like she's trying to get away from him?!

Baseball

2007-06-15T19:19:00.000-04:00

The 2007 Little League Baseball season is coming to a close.

Zeke had his last game last Saturday.

He will participate in a skills competition this Saturday,

and will have his awards and picnic next Saturday.

Price has two more games and then his tournament will start next Saturday.

They are quite humorous to watch.

This was on the way to the parade on opening day!

Price was throwing the candy a little too hard.

Zeke's team was the VERY last team of the parade...way to bring up the rear!!

Price moved around mostly in the outfield.

He played catcher a few times and played third base this week!

Price got the game ball this week!!!

Zeke moved all over the place.
He got the game ball after their first game, he made a pretty awesome catch,

I think the coach was a little shocked.

Eccl. 9:10a Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might...

Getting Started

2007-06-15T18:30:00.000-04:00

Alright, after being inspired from Heather, I'm going to attempt to get this blog thing started...so let's see how this goes.