Fall Festival...

Today I took the children to the fall festival at our local Rehault Farm. We had a great time. This is one of the perks to living in a small town or city depending on where you are from :) They are very family orriented and things don't cost you an arm and a leg. It was so much fun just to hang out with the kids and do all stuff that they enjoy. Hope you enjoy the pictures...

Love,
Brittany and the fmaily




The kids riding the ponies and the barrel train...





The girls making their scarecrow hats...


Tatum and Elyssa making their cookies...



Titus in the hall closet taking out the vaccuum before we leave :0

Once again Titus with the vaccuum...Let just hope he keeps his love for clean floors...LOL:)

"Freedom has a price the protected will never know..."

Tuesday was one of the hardest days I have been through in a long time. We attended the funeral off SSGT Todd W Selge(Army). An old high school friend of ours. As I had mentioned in a post before he has a wife and two little boys. The message was amazing and it was such a relief to find out that he was saved. As I saw the flag draped over the casket it made me think of this old phrase my Dad used to say to me. "Freedom has a price the protected will never know." When I was younger he had told me that this phrase was on one of his favorite bumper stickers. Maybe you have seen it before. I saw the price! A young twenty five year old mother left to raise two amazingly beautiful little boys alone. She lost her Love, her high school sweet heart. As there youngest son ran around the church and up and down the aisles during the service it made me take an inventory on my life. This little guy only two getting ready to turn three was running around his Daddy's coffin holding the program with a picture of Ssgt Selge on the front. He ran past the parent room a couple of times and held it up to the window with a big smile on his face as he pointed to the picture and told us "Daddy". My heart went out to this family. It made me think how much more I need to be thankful for the time the LORD has given me with my wonderful husband. And to cherish every aspect of life no matter what comes along. Please pray for our family as Joshua is up for re-enlistment. I know that being a military wife may seem like such a burden to some. But I am so Proud to say that I am. Yes times may get rough, the hours may be long and some times you will be separated for months on end, and never know when that next phone call will come through on the line. You sleep with your cell phone because suddenly time does not matter. If the phone rings at 0115 and you just feel asleep you bounce up all chipper ready to greet you love from half a world away. And though all this seems so tough and it is at times. I don't think I would know what to do if my life were lived like a normal wife. Or what ever is normal any way. I love being married to my Marine. No matter what comes. As I know Ssgt. Selges(Army)wife Did also. And she put her thoughts aside and served right beside him. So I thank her for giving the ultimate sacrifice also. As she will be in our thoughts and prayers for the years to come... So thank you to all those families who have given their loved ones for the cause of Freedom. Your Sacrifice will never be forgotten...

With Love,
Brittany Brown

"Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble." Proverbs 3:23

It has been a while since my last post. We have had an incredibly busy summer. Everything from weddings to cabin trips and anything in between that we could fit in. This past week we found out that an old high school friend past away in Iraq. He left behind a wife and two beautiful little boys ages 6 and 2. It got me thinking of the many fears a person has. These men and women that risk their lives on a daily basis so that we can have the freedoms we enjoy, have fears just like you and me! But they choose to put them aside for the greater cause of our nation. It made me stop and think of how thankful I am for their willingness to leave their families behind and potentially make the greatest sacrifice anyone could make. To lay down his life for his country. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13... I know that I am married to a marine and every day I wake up, I find a since of pride in that but also a humbling since of gratitude that has a small stale fear that follows. I know that my husband would give his all for his country and his family and friends. I thought of how fear dictates so much of our society and how in Christ there is no cause for fear. A couple months back we heard a great message preached on fears. I took notes because it made me think of my own personal fears that I have, and how many of them are really just to much focus on self. Pastor Scheving had said that "he who lives in fear will never be a free man." Our fear's make the wolf bigger than he really is. "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe" Proverbs 29:25... I love this verse. No matter what may happen to us we have nothing to fear as long as we have put our trust in the LORD :) Pastor Scheving also gave some statistics on people and their fears. You can see these and then put some of your fears in the percentage where they belong. 60% of things we fear really are not there. 20% of all fears are behind us in the past. 10% don't even really matter, they are so small. 5% are ones that we can't do anything about anyway...In a time when our country is at war, our economy is not the most stable, and people have fears that are out of control we need to turn our eyes upward to Christ and his peace and security that he offers to anyone that will accept his gift of salvation. As I think of this family and how much they must be going through, it really hits close to home. I even caught my self fearing the time when Joshua may have to deploy again. Now what good does that do me. We are on recruiting duty for at least another year and a half and if that time comes as it has twice before then I will turn my fears and worries over to the LORD just as I have in times past. To chase away our fears we must stop looking sloe on our self and ask ourselves, are my fears even real, and have faith. Faith...One should count each new day as a separate life. If we lived like each day was a whole new life we would see so much more wonder and joy through the foggy mist of discouragement, discontentment and fears. The Bible says that Pure Love casteth away all fears. "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." 1John 4:18... Walk in love, it is such a powerful thing. You know they say the number one biggest fear is the fear of death. The fear of the unknown. You can know what lies ahead for you. God has not kept this a secret. He has already told us how we can know what happens after this life. There are 365 fear not's in the Bible. One for each day of the year if you need it. The only good fear that we can have is a reverential fear of the LORD and his holiness. "The fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge." Proverbs 14:26. As you read this I ask that you would remember this family in your thoughts and prayers and that you would count each day that is given to you as a blessing. That you would see the good in everything that this life has to offer. No matter what cards you have been dealt, there is always something to be thankful for. Let us place aside our fears and really start living!!!

Fear Not for tomorrow, for God is already there...
Love,
The Browns
(The above and below picture are of Titus. So young with no fears. He was standing on this toy truck thing and then lunged forward to jump. This is where most of my fears come from. Raising a boy...:) LOL... He is always jumping off of something.)