As you know, today is Veterans Day,
If you do not, today is the day we give praise.
Today is the day we say our thanks and prayers,
For all those people who have served for many years.
As early as some can remember,
There were people, who served as a member,
In the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines,
We can see them protecting us in many picture scenes.
We have participated in many a war,
Our country’s life has not been a bore.
From the American Revolution that ended in 1782,
To the war that covered all corners of the world which was World War II.
Then there was the Korean War,
Is it really the forgotten War?
The Vietnam War was the longest the United States had fought,
It was also the only one the United States has ever lost.
Then there was Desert Storm in 1990,
Which was the last war of the 20th century.
This is the earliest war that I can remember,
But I will never forget all of the serving military members.
This leads us to what happened on September 11th,
All those people who are now in heaven.
Watching the Twin Towers crumble to the ground,
All I could do was cry and frown.
Operation Enduring Freedom came to us on this day,
Now we are participating in the Iraqi Freedom still today.
With all the wars the United States has been through,
We need to remember all of those service people who,
Have given up their time and their lives,
For one simple prize.
Our freedom is important to all of us here,
We need NOT forget this any time of the year.
But on this day we really need to remember,
This being the 11th day of November.
This is the day we give our thanks and praise,
To all those people who have served for many days.
Through the years, we have lost many family and friends,
Will the wars ever really end?
On all of our money whether new or covered with rust,
We can all read “IN GOD WE TRUST.”
We need to remember these four simple words,
These words are why many have served.
So on this day,
Do not forget to say,
Thank you to those who have served,
They seldom lost their nerve.
Uncle Sam always said, “I want You,”
I add to this just say THANK YOU!

Summer 2010

Well here we are again on vacation and I am posting once more. I have been told that I need to post more often, but where is the time??? So here are some pictures - please enjoy!
Started with a Carrie Underwood concert. Then we had Rhoade School house for Sabrina.

Then came the next several weeks of family issues that I could not wait to be on vacation, or is a mom really on vacation??? Oh but Sabrina's Birthday for the grandparents happened on the last week of school.
So here we are on Saturday after we arrived into Carpinteria, CA. We had some of Rusty's family over for dinner, the husband is a cook, so him and I work well in the kitchen together and the spouces clean up well. So we went swimming in the ocean and then the pool. Then we had a great dinner. We visited for a while and then it was just us.

We then went horse back riding on Monday. We went to a new location this year and it was a great time.

We spent some time on the beach on Tuesday, even though it was cold and foggy. We even got to see some Dolphins swimming just off the shore. Family came over to celebrate Sabrina's B-day, so we had fun.

Today we are just lounging around, Breanna is not feeling well. We might head into Santa Barbara a little later for some sunshine.

Here we are almost a year from the last time I posted onto the blog, and I have heard about it many times. I look at it as where has the year gone??

The Brown family has been very busy. The rest of our summer from last year, 2009, was spending getting Justin ready to go on him mission to Montana. What an experience. He is still there and doing well from what we hear. Elder brown is now past his 6th month mark and getting used to the cold weather.


Breanna is loves being at Arden Middle School It does have its regular drama, but she still comes home every day with a smile on her face. She has made lots of new friends. She has been having problems with her knees, but with no running, jumping, skipping, hopping or just being a kid will help heal the knees. She has now gone back to horse riding; she had to take 6 weeks off. That was very hard on her.


Sabrina is now at a new school called Del Dayo. She is fitting in quite well. We just had to move her out of the environment at the school she was in. She already knew a lot of kids at Del Dayo so the transition went well. This picture is her during the first week she was there and the class had been working on a woman in history report for many weeks. Sabina wanted to participate, so I let her.





Rusty and I are doing well. He is fallin ginto place being in the Bishoric at church. I and still going to school adn carrying 8 units this semester.

Than you all for all of your support and we love you all.