Spring Time...

The Weather has been nice for the past two weeks. We have been in the 50's and 60's with some rain here and there. We even had a day last week that was 75 degrees. It was such a blessing Joshua had ended up having the same day off of work because he had en-listed three young men into the Marine Corp. We had a ton of fun with the kids. We hope this finds y'all doing well in whatever part of the country you may be... :)

Love,
The Browns

Vacation to The Twin Cities...

The snow has finally started to melt. Howerver it was not that way about two weeks ago. Joshua had some training down in Minneapolis which is by our family. So the kids and I were able to go with and stayed through resurection Sunday. It was a great visit. When we pulled into town there was no snow and we did not have to even wear our coats. LOL... It was GREAT. The funny thing was though the next morning when we woke up the ground was covered in...Guess what...SNOW. Joshua and I laughed so hard. We had decided that the whole family would go to the cities so that the kids could play outsie and just for a little brake from all of the snow. Not to worry though by the end of the day the snow was once again gone and we were snow free for the rest of our tirp. And the best part was when we got back to Fargo yesterday there was no snow. I don't think I have ever been so excited for spring and summer to come. LOL... Hope this little up date finds everyone doing well.

Love,
The Brown Family

I have to brag on Tatum :)

About a week ago Tatum and I were the only one's up in the morning. I needed to take a shower so I told her that she could play down stairs and that I would be out in a minute. When I was done I came into the bedroom and there she was facing the head board of our bed. I asked her what was wrong. She turned around with a huge smile on her face. I stopped and thought for a second and then looked at Joshua's and my bed. She had made the bed all by her self. Now she is four and we have a queen size bed. I was so proud of her that I took a picture I called Joshua right away and sent him the picture. It is such a blessing when you see that what you are trying to teach your children is truly being instilled in them and in there character. And she did an awesome job. I can only imagine how hard it must have been for her to make it and to actually make it the way that we do. I just had to brag on her a little bit. They are such little blessings.

Love y'all,
the Brown Family
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" Proverbs 22:6

"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;" Romans 12:12

Now that the waters are residing and hopefully we have had our last blizzard we can look back on this past winter and see some wonderful things. Joshua and I were talking about the Bible and how the LORD talks about how there is a season for everything a time for snow and a time for sun. A time to live and a time to die. Then we got to talking about how the LORD is so good at showing us examples through his word. It is plain to see that the LORD has made four seasons. And when we stop and think of our lives it is broken down into four seasons as well. You have winter which is your childhood and youth. Which always seems like you can't get it to go by fast enough. Then comes spring when you enter into young adulthood and everything seems so fresh and vibrant. Then to follow would be summer the middle age ground and then fall where you look back on your life and start to think about the next season of eternity. Seasons come and seasons go but the LORD and his word never change. That is such an encouragement. Especially with the winter we have been through. I like the verse above from Romans. It is so true that as long as we stay close to the one who is in charge of all we will never fear and always have hope.

Love,
The Brown Family

In the Midst of The Flood Fight...

"THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods." Psalm 20:2-3

The Lord has been so good to our community over the past few days. He has given the people hope and amazing strength. It has been such a blessing in such a time of disaster. We have seen people come together like we never have seen before. neighbors helping neighbors and people helping those that they don't even know. This city is amazing. We know that a lot of you are worried about us and the family. As of right now we are fairing ten times better than many others. We are about 5 miles or so from the river. There is no immediate threat to us. Please continue praying that the dyke's will hold. As we have a long week ahead of us. As of right now the river is still rising slowly and they say it may fluctuate between a couple of feet for the next few days. We are also looking at a winter storm coming in that could produce blizzard conditions. We do not need those winds for the dyke's. please pray that the lord will hold back. For we know who is in control and right now has shown much mercy. The people here are awesome. Joshua made an observation that during other natural disasters in out country people have complained and wanted the federal help right away. Here they have been working so hard and praying the whole way. You can truly see the difference from across the nation. Attached is a video from a Person here in Fargo. Not a news crew. Please watch and see how amazing the people have been. We thank you for all of your prayers. BUT PLEASE keep praying. Our community is very optimistic but we are not even half way there. As our mayor said "we have not even made it to half time yet and boy this is a long half."

Love,
The Browns

Titus and The Book shelf....

Titus is all boy. And yesterday he had his first fight. With the books on the book shelf. LOL... He is always getting the books off of his shelf and smashing them through each other. But yesterday the books won! Poor Titus.. His first black eye:(

Love the Browns

Spring Snow...

Who would know a little girls (Tatum's) prayer would be answered in such a way... The other day we posted saying how excited we were that we could finally see grass. Well we take that back. There is no more grass. LOL. That is after the blizzard we had yesterday. On Monday night during bed time prayers Tatum had prayed that she would like to have more time with Daddy and that he always works. Well Tuesday morning her prayer was answered when the whole town of Fargo was closed down.
We had been under a blizzard watch. You know how weather men are sometimes right and most of the time wrong. Well not here in our neck of the woods. If they say it is going to Storm. It is going to storm and hey it will probably be even worse than they are saying.
It was a blessing. We got to spend the whole day locked up in the house with Joshua. We had a blast. The kids got to play and hang out all day with Daddy.
The storm was crazy the winds were between 24 to 35 mph all day long with wind gusts from 45 to 50 mph. There is snow every where. We took some pictures so you could see. I guess here the old saying April showers bring May flowers does not hold true. We will still be digging out of the snow. LOL...
Life is so great when you learn to find the joy in every part of it.

Love,
The Browns (Since we took the picture of the girls with the grass at Church the above picture was taken tonight at Church...) HAHAHA