December in Washington

Christmas morning.

Traditional Brown family shot. The kids line up on the stairs in order from youngest to oldest. I think we need to figure out a better way to get everyone showing. Jared, Meghan, and Sofia came the next day from California.

One of my best bud's (and old roomie) Natalie was in Washington for Christmas seeing her sister and her sister's family. She came down for an afternoon with her fiance Justin. It was nice to meet him and get to see Nat for a little bit. See you guys in March!

New Year's Eve. We celebrated Jennifer's, my sister-in-law, birthday with good food and rockband. We counted down the East coast's New Year and then everyone left. Mark and I stayed awake for the West coast's New Year and peered out the window at all of the fireworks on the Puget Sound.

December in Vegas

Mark went on a day hike with his 11 year old scouts. This is the new bridge they are constructing to divert through traffic from the Boulder Dam.

Our nephews, aka Spiderman and Superman. I bought these mask/cape combinations in Mexico this summer and we gave it to them for their birthdays!

My good friend Rachel came to town to run the Las Vegas marathon. We got to go hang out and have dinner with her and her family the night before the race.