Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Brown Family Reunion 2008
This has been an amazing Christmas! I added a link to the Brown Family Reunion blog on the right-hand corner of this page but to make it easy the link is http://brownreunion2008.blogspot.com/. It's a work on progress but will soon be a place where we can all post pics of our time together here in Redding.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Day 2008!
Merry Christmas! The family fun has just begun! Joel, Emily & Ella arrived late last night after a delayed trip out of Indianapolis/Denver. They were happy to report that Ella was an angel on the trip and did very well on the way out. Way to go Ella!
We went over to Mom and Dad's in the morning and were happy to see the reunion of Ella and Priya. they had both just woken up so it took them a while to warm up to each other again but all was well and we had a wonderful time watching them follow each other around the house with various sizes of teddy bears in hand. Grammy and Grandpa Penner basked in the glow of seeing their grandchildren together in the same place. For them this was a 1st time experience.
At about 4pm we had the Brown family gathering (those who had arrived thus far). We had a deli-supper together and had fun with a gift exchange. We enjoyed watching the growing number of kids milling around and enjoying each other.
Below is Cristi and baby Samaria (daughter of Jeff & Kara Brown).
Priya cautiously checks out Grandpa's new Homer Slippers.
Priya enjoyed hanging out with the Meredith family. She is pictured below with Holli. TJ is behind her and Caleb Brown (Kara and Jeff's 1 1/2 year old) is behind Priya.
Ashish had a wonderful time seeing Priya enjoy herself during the evening.
Ella had a grand time playing in a rather large Christmas gift bag. Priya eventually joined her and was a little less enthused.
We went over to Mom and Dad's in the morning and were happy to see the reunion of Ella and Priya. they had both just woken up so it took them a while to warm up to each other again but all was well and we had a wonderful time watching them follow each other around the house with various sizes of teddy bears in hand. Grammy and Grandpa Penner basked in the glow of seeing their grandchildren together in the same place. For them this was a 1st time experience.
At about 4pm we had the Brown family gathering (those who had arrived thus far). We had a deli-supper together and had fun with a gift exchange. We enjoyed watching the growing number of kids milling around and enjoying each other. Below is Cristi and baby Samaria (daughter of Jeff & Kara Brown).
Priya cautiously checks out Grandpa's new Homer Slippers.
Priya enjoyed hanging out with the Meredith family. She is pictured below with Holli. TJ is behind her and Caleb Brown (Kara and Jeff's 1 1/2 year old) is behind Priya.
Ashish had a wonderful time seeing Priya enjoy herself during the evening.
Ella had a grand time playing in a rather large Christmas gift bag. Priya eventually joined her and was a little less enthused.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Let the Christmas fun begin!
This year is a very special year for our family. We are having a huge reunion here in Redding. My mom comes from a family of 6 kids and all of them will be here with their spouses, kids, and grandkids. All of my siblings will be here with their spouses and my niece. There will be 47 of us in all! My sister Judy and her husband Kyle have already been here for a few days. And tonight we went to a Christmas Eve-Eve service at the church my parents attend when they are in Redding.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Christmas decorating is fun!
Our camera has unfortunately bit the dust. Hence the lack of updates/photos on our blog as of late. But Grammy and Grandpa have come to the rescue! They returned to Redding last week and were able to get a few fun shots for us. They spent the weekend decorating their house for Christmas and Priya had a great time joining in on the action.
Monday, December 1, 2008
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