The Brown Bunch

We celebrated a huge milestone in our family this year with Nanny Shewbert's 100 th birthday. We are so blessed to have her in our family and so thankful that she has lived such a long and special life. As I've shared before, Nanny is one of my favorite people and Jake loves her just as much as I do. We had a reception for Nanny and her little sister, Anna Lee (who celebrated birthday #95 in December) at Mt. Yonah Baptist. Many friends and family came by to see Nanny and wish her a happy birthday. Of course I was busy taking pictures, but when I got home and looked through them, most were of my kids. What can I say? I'm a little partial to those two! Caco playing with Clarie Anna Lee (left) and Nanny Shewbert visiting with guests The excitement was just too much for Claire Kelsey and Jake Dede and Jake (Obviously, Jake made the rounds.) Allyson and Dede with Nanny Shewbert The whole family... or most of us anyway. Where's Jake?

We were so lucky this year to be able to spend an entire weekend for Christmas with the whole Brown clan. Nana, Papa, Chris and Julie with their kids, and the four of us spent an entire weekend fellowshipping , eating, and playing together. With all of our busy schedules, this is very rare so it was wonderful to be able to enjoy each other. The kids had a blast playing with each other and with all of their new toys! Jason, Jake, Claire, and I got to sleep in Nana & Papa's camper for the weekend. It was lots of fun to have our little space and it was our first "camping" experience as a family. I told Jason that we need to buy a camper for our family, but I'm not seeing that in our future anytime soon. Well at least we can go visit Nana and Papa every time we feel the need to go camping. =) Aunt Julie helped Jake open his presents Jake finally got the hang of opening presents and was ready to dig in. Cole and Uncle Chris Presents took a toll on Claire and she wa...