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2012-01-21T16:20:00.003-05:00

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Sam is so Funny
Miss B and Dad
Pip, Stephen, Dad,
Abigail opening her gifts on the floor
Dad, Mom, Grace, Stephen, Shea, Claire,(c and s have the same size foot) Sam, pip, Miss B,

Out of the mouth of a 5-year-old

2011-12-26T17:09:00.003-05:00

This evening, we were having our family devotions, going through Mark 9. After we read, Dad was discussing different topics about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Dad then proceeded to speak to Shea on a different matter, more specifically, if God has the right to take lives, when Sam turned to me and yelled,

"Stephen! So God and Jesus are the same person?!"

Me: "Yes, Sam, that's right."

Sam: "But they have to be kinda different."

Me: "Well, not really, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all actually 3 persons in one. It's kind of hard to understand, I know Sam, but as you get older you'll understand more."

Sam: "So do God and Jesus wear the same clothes?"

The whole family broke out in laughter.

Favorite Quotes From Christmas

2011-12-26T09:19:00.005-05:00

Philip- opening a book from his Aunt Gina

Said with gusto "This is my favorite book. I haven't read it yet!"

Stephen- Opening "fun" gift from Mom and Dad

"You have got to be kidding. This is my real gift?"

(25 piece Angry Bird puzzle, yes it was a gag gift)

Our bet

2011-12-25T19:40:00.006-05:00

I had a Starbucks Mocha riding on this one.

Steve, Stephen, and myself were in the kitchen cleaning up after dinner. We were listening to a Christmas CD and the

song "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" was playing. Steve decided to skip the song but Stephen continued to sing

the lyrics. As he sang I started laughing and asked if he was serious. He was. I had a hard time not rolling on the floor

in laughter. His father said, "Oh come on you can not be serious." Stephen was so serious and confident he bet

me a Mocha he was right in singing the lyrics. You decide who was right.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose.....

Stephen... "Muletide carols being sung by the choir."

Me............"Yuletide carols being sung by the fire"

By the way, what is a muletide?

How does Santa do it??

2011-11-30T20:18:00.001-05:00

My brother sent me this the other day; it was too funny not to share with y'all :) Btw, we don't believe in Santa...

I. There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau).
At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per house hold, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.
II. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house.
Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second --- 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour.
III. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them--- Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch).
IV. 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance --- this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake.
The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip.
Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accellerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to centrifugal forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo.
Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now.

100+ things I'm thankful for

2011-11-28T21:46:00.002-05:00

Happy (late) Thanksgiving all! I hope you had a wonderful time, as I did. What did y'all do? We went to one of our friends house, along with some other people. I also went Black Friday shopping with some friends, which was loads of fun. Anyway, I made a list of 100+ things that I am thankful for, here it is:

1. the LORD

2. my parents

3. Stephen

4. Shea

5. Claire

6. Samuel

7. Philip

8. Abigail

9. my other relatives

10. salvation

11. grace

12. mercy

13. God’s creation

14. coffee (esp. black)

15. dark chocolate

16. playing harp

17. my goats

18. my dog and cat

19. friends

20. our church

21. our house

22. cameras

23. cute coats

24. jewelry

25. baking

26. health

27. gourmet food

28. the bible

29. Dad’s godly council

30. Mom’s sacrifices

31. Stephen’s joyful countenance

32. Shea’s helpful nature

33. Claire’s giving spirit

34. Samuel’s smiles

35. Philip’s hugs and kisses

36. Abigail’s laugh

37. driving

38. curling irons & flat irons

39. sewing

40. books

41. our christian forefathers

42. our fifteen-passenger van

43. polka dots

44. flowers

45. cowboy boots

46. music

47. the ability to sing (not necessarily well)

48. bonfires

49. God’s provision

50. conferences

51. traveling

52. my Donald Duck voice (because it helps entertain little children so well ;P)

53. email

54. thrift stores

55. blue corn chips (I know it’s really crazy, but I love them)

56. cheese (love that too...)

57. sunglasses

58. people who are not afraid to correct me when I am in sin

59. people who either have mentored or are mentoring me

60. goat’s milk ice cream (esp. the making-it part)

61. Dad and Shea’s Lemon Curd (seriously, that stuff is amazing)

62. tea cups/teapots (I have a collection going)

63. scarves

64. the process of sanctification (although it does hurt)

65. God using every situation to teach us something

66. family worship

67. the girls’ mentoring group that we sometimes have after church

68. the mountains

69. the beach

70. autumn leaves

71. our prayer meetings

72. board games (like Quelf ;P)

73. big purses (because I keep everything in my purse)

74. dishwashers

75. changing seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter)

76. the cross

77. the ability to memorize scripture

78. water

79. swing dancing

80. God always answering my prayers (and knowing what’s best for me)

81. medicine

82. the Holy Spirit

83. not always getting what I want

84. babies

85. ribbons

86. my kindle

87. trials that make us realize how blessed we really are

88. candles (although I don’t like them as much as Stephen does)

89. swimming

90. picture frames

91. christmas trees

92. braces (because they can correct my bad teeth)

93. being a poor, deprived (that was sarcastic, btw) homeschooler

94. Mom’s lemon & lime trees (they have not produced anything yet, but they have survived everything that a lemon and lime tree possibly could)

95. the coffee bar in our house

96. school

97. America

98. our farm-fresh eggs

99. rain (most of the time)

100. knitting

101. crocheting

102. flip-flops

103. edifying conversations

104. my adopted aunts and uncles

105. God never being finished molding me into His likeness

106. wisdom

107. many, many other things...

Out of the mouth of babes

2011-11-01T15:18:00.002-04:00

In our family we love apples and try to always keep them in stock. So, this afternoon, Claire was getting herself an apple to eat, and wanted it cut up. We own a little gadget that cores and slices your apple for you... with enough pressure applied to the top. Claire couldn't push hard enough, so she employed mom to push it down for her. Mom did it really easily as Claire looked up in amazement and said "Wow mom! You weigh a lot!!" Yeah... we all had a pretty good laugh over that, except for Claire, who was wondering what was so funny. (This was posted with full permission from mom and Claire)

Living On The Edge

2011-10-13T22:50:00.004-04:00

Rather, sleeping on the edge.

I'm An Indian, Can't You Tell?

2011-10-13T22:44:00.003-04:00

We were buying headbands for Abigail at Target and Philip decided to try them on. He decided they were for Indians. What an imagination!

Abigail Constance is 9 months old

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Puppy Love

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Sweet Millie loving on Abigail.

Millie is 9 weeks old and 20 lbs. Abigail is 9 months and 18 lbs. They love each other and Millie is patient with the rough loving given by Abigail.

Happy 44th Birthday Dad!

2011-10-02T21:20:00.013-04:00

On this Sabbath day we celebrated Steve's birth 44 years ago. After church we walked around the property with our new farm dogs which were his birthday presents.

We ate meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn and drank sweet tea. Later we indulged in coffee and Coconut Creme Pie. Once again Grace created a masterpiece.

Abigail was delighted by our off-key singing and was intrigued with the hats. Her hat did not last long and her smiles were intensified as Grace grabbed all our hats and

made a spectacular display atop her head.

I'm Stuck!

2011-09-21T22:03:00.004-04:00

Indeed we are Pandemonium Plantation. This is a re-enacted photo but here is the story behind it. We have a new electric fence for the chickens, most of the children do not know exactly how to unhook it to be able to enter into chicken territory. Claire and Samuel were sent out to collect eggs for Stephen. They remembered the egg basket this time. About half an hour later they had not reappeared so I told Shea to ring the bell for them to come in. I thought they had decided to play outside since I had not given clear instructions to collect eggs and come in. Shea rang the bell and then told Stephen to come out because they were yelling like crazy. She was a bit concerned. Stephen went out and yelled for them to come in. Claire yelled back "We're stuck!" "Where are you stuck?", "In the chicken coop." We quickly realized what had probably happened and rushed around to the back of the house laughing. There was the step ladder, on the outside of the fence. On the inside were 2 children and several chickens. The children had climbed up the ladder and hopped the fence not thinking through how to get back out. Stephen unhooked the fence and let them out. A great lesson for everyone on how not to be lazy and how to think through their actions. Guess what happened to Stephen....the very next day. That is a story for another time.

A Day In The Life Of Pandemonium Plantation

2011-09-01T08:36:00.002-04:00

Have you ever had one of those days where you are going a mile a minute and your plans for the day keep changing? Today was one of those for me. It started so perfectly arranged: meet new harp teacher for lessons, have lunch out with Grace, stop by Walmart for a few things, go to her hair appointment. As we are leaving I remember the really expensive harp can not stay in the back of the car, the heat will warp it. Change of plans #1- no lunch out with Grace- we must quickly bring the harp home after lessons and before hair- 20 minutes each way. At harp telephone call from a farm customer- I forgot Wednesday is the day to drop off eggs and milk- change #2 race home after hair, grab eggs, switch Stephen for Grace be there by 4:30. Dropped off harp at home and decide to go to Walmart during Grace's hair appointment to save time-change #3. After Walmart and hair appointment receive call from Stephen saying Steve wants to come drop off eggs with me. It is a new location and not a great neighborhood-change #4. Drive into driveway-the pregnant goat is in labor. Grace quickly exits the car (forgetting to turn it off, it was in park) to get dressed for the upcoming delivery. I quickly get Abigail out of her seat, grab groceries, yell to Stephen to go be with the goat in case of complications until Grace arrives, and rush into the house to change myself. Steve was in the shower and is oblivious to what is going on so I give him a brief rundown as I change. He calls our buyer and lets her know he will be late- change #5. I put away groceries and rush outside with Abigail. Claire is running in to get our laboring supplies. We head outside together and begin waiting-who knows how long yet we think it will be relatively short. Steve decides to leave to deliver eggs by himself but receives a telephone call delaying him- change #6. After 5 minutes outside the goat begins to moan (yes, they do moan) and the pushing began. The baby is delivered shortly after the pushing began, we are relieved at the ease this time, last delivery was a bit harder. The kid is wiped up and the next one slips out. YEAH! Two new additions to our herd the question is what gender? Relief at the outcome-one boy and one girl. Mama goat tends to the babies, Steve is still here and decides I need to quickly change and come with him so we can speak to one another today-change #7. I rush in and change and head to the car with Abigail. We drop off eggs and decide to go to Sam's club since we are halfway to Fayetteville- change #8. We pick up snacks for the upcoming trip and Steve decides we need to eat out- change #9. We have a relaxing time eating while Abigail eats napkins and generally wants to move around. We stop for coffee and as we head home receive a call saying the little boys are misbehaving what should they do? Answer- leave the boys alone and Daddy will take care of them when we arrive. Arrive home- make sure farm chores are done, try to decide on names for baby goats, discipline boys, put them to bed, prepare Abigail for bed, sit on couch and rethink the day and realize I never accomplished some important things like phone calls. As Scarlett O'Hara says "I'll think about it tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day."

Grace's Goat Has Kids!

2011-08-31T18:28:00.003-04:00

Earlier this afternoon, Grace's goat, Crescent, had baby kids! They are so cute and are just learning how to walk. Here are some pictures of them with their "Mommy"! :-)

Taj Mahal Chicken Coop

2011-08-22T14:53:00.004-04:00

The chicken coop project began as a design to hold our 50 egg layers. It seemed to blossom into a grand mansion for our fine feathered friends. The children want a play house just like the chicken coop.

Paul laid the felt paper down as Steve watched from the ground. Who has the harder job?

We do not have a ladder so the step stool was used. Obviously the warning of do not use this as a step was ignored. Do not try this at home! Professionals were involved.

The proud builders with all their body parts intact and only a few bruises, scratches, and achy backs.

Breakfast

2011-08-22T14:46:00.005-04:00

Abigail is now eating solids and enjoying feeding herself. It is so fun to watch her concentration as she tries to grab her food. This morning breakfast consisted of fresh blueberries and oatmeal. The oatmeal is everywhere: hands, neck, hair, nose, ears. Blueberry remains are smashed in between fingers and still clinging to her face. She is sweet!

A Pacifier in a Pinch

2011-06-01T21:28:00.002-04:00

Fun fishing

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Abigail at the Biltmore

2011-05-12T10:12:00.000-04:00

Abigail ia so sweet!!

Ice cream sundaes.

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We had a lot of fun decorating our Ice cream sundaes.

Celebrating 20 Years at the Biltmore

2011-05-10T16:23:00.004-04:00

At 11:00am on Monday morning, May 9th, we left Cameron, NC to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary (May 11th). Somehow, I was able to keep the destination a secret until we were right outside the gate of the Biltmore Estate. Here we are in our hotel room that first afternoon. Our only complaint: it is too quiet. Where are all the children and farm animals?????

Fun at the Park

2011-05-02T19:57:00.005-04:00

Philip is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the park

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At the park

Baby Abigail

2011-04-21T12:25:00.001-04:00

Here is a photo of Abigail.

Our Newest Blessing

2011-01-13T14:54:00.003-05:00

Our newest blessing arrived yesterday at 12:09 pm, weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces, and 20 inches long. Her Daddy has not named her yet, but she still is beautiful! Here are a couple of picutures:

Snow in NC

2010-12-26T13:11:00.004-05:00

Here in North Carolina we are enjoying 6-7 inches of snow. Kristina says it's the biggest snow since we lived in Michigan. The forecast says that it will be snowing for the rest of the day. Here are some pictures:

Beach Pictures

2010-11-19T14:45:00.003-05:00

Don't get wet!

Cutie Pie!

A Family Photo

Walking Along the Beach

The Beach

2010-11-12T15:38:00.003-05:00

Today we arrived at Bethany Beach, DE for a family vacation. We are renting a beach house right on the shore of the beach. It's beautiful but it's FREEZING! Here are some pictures:

A family photo

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN

2010-10-24T07:33:00.003-04:00

On Saturday, our eldest boy turned 13. God has been so good to us and blessed us with Stephen. We are thankful for all God has accomplished in his life.

The Baby Conference

2010-07-29T17:00:00.002-04:00

On Tuesday, July 6, we went down to Texas to go to "The Baby Conference" which was a conference hosted by Vision Forum. We had a great time and really learned a lot. The Allens, a family that goes to our church, went to and spoke on one of the Panel Discussions. I really liked Kevin Swanson's talk on raising your children. We stayed with the Hawleys, who are a wonderful family. They made us feel like we were at home even though we were in Texas. We got back on the 12th after driving through the whole night. We were very blessed by this conference!

If you want to buy the audio, click here.

A Sunday Thunderstorm

2010-07-29T15:40:00.003-04:00

On Sunday, we had a pretty big thunderstorm go through our area. The thunder was pretty loud and the lightning was really cool. Grace and I went outside and Grace videoed it while I took some pictures of it. The rain helped raise our pond too. It was really fun!

The Carolina Tour: Day 1: Cowpens

2010-06-21T09:41:00.008-04:00

On Thursday, we went to Cowpens. Cowpens was a battle fought between Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and Bannister Tarlton. Tarlton was very arrogant and thought that this would be a easy victory over the Patriots. He was soon to be proven wrong. At 6:45 A.M, Tarleton met Morgan at Cowpens. Morgans plan was simple: he had 4 lines. The Skirmishers, The Militia, The Continentals, and the the Cavalry. When Tarleton saw the Skirmishers, he ordered his Dragoons to attack them. The militia fired a volley and dropped 15 Dragoons. They then retreated to the Second line with Pickens militia. The British infantry attacked again, this time reaching the militia. The Militia poured 2 volleys into the British and 40% of the British casualties were officers. Pickens' militia then filed around the American left to the rear as planned after getting off their second volley. The 71st Highlanders were ordered to flank the American right. John Eager Howard spotted the flanking movement and ordered the Virginia militiamen manning the American right to turn and face the Scots. However, in the noise of battle Howard's order was misunderstood and the militiamen began to withdraw. It was now 7:45 am and the British had been fighting for nearly an hour. They were tired and disorganized, but they saw the militia withdrawing and believed the Americans were on the run. They charged, breaking formation and advancing in a chaotic mass. Morgan ordered a volley. Howard's militia stopped their withdrawal and made an about-face. The Virginians fired into the British at a range of no more than thirty yards, with deadly effect, causing the confused British to lurch to a halt. John Eager Howard then shouted "Charge bayonets!" Some of Tarleton's men surrendered. Others turned and ran. Tarleton managed to escape and reported the defeat to Lord Cornwallis. The battle was won by the Americans.

I thought it was really interesting. Here is a map of the layout of the battle (Click on the image to enlarge it):

The Carolina Tour: Day 1: Ninety-Six

2010-06-21T08:33:00.007-04:00

On Thursday, Grace, Dad, Shea, Claire, and I took two of the Allen children (Mary and Jon) with us to a tour on the southern campaign of the American War of Independence. It was the first day of the Tour. First, we went to Ninety-Six which is a strange name for a town. The reason it was called Ninety-Six was because the citizens thought it was 96 miles to the Cherokee town of Kiowee.

There was a Fort located on Ninety-Six called the Star Fort. It was built by Col. John Cruger to defend his troops from Major Gen. Nathaniel Greene and his troops. As General Greene was preparing for an attack, he learned that Cruger was receiving 2,000 more reinforcements from Charleston, SC. Greene had three options

1. To stay and attack the reinforcements
2. To retreat from the Star Fort
3. To make an attack on the Star Fort before the reinforcements arrived

General Greene chose the third option which was unsuccesful. The results were that Greene lost 150 men while Cruger lost less than 100. It was really interesting. Here are some pictures:

Mr. Potter giving a lecture on Ninety-Six

A picture of the bloody attack on the Star Fort

This is where the Star Fort was located

Claire Bear taking a break

David and Monica's Wedding

2010-04-09T18:34:00.001-04:00

On Saturday, March 20th, 2010, we had the pleasure of seeing Monica Daming and David Brown united in marriage. It was such a joy to see 2 of our very close friends getting hitched. Shea and Claire were flower-girls and Stephen was an usher. Mr Horn gave a very good presentation of the man's role in marriage and also the woman's role. We also saw some of our old friends at the reception. Our family had a very good time. We will post some pictures very soon.

Thanks!
The Breagy Bunch

God's Providential Hand in the Founding of America

2010-03-06T17:31:00.004-05:00

On March 4, we started our conference on the Providential Hand of God in the Founding of America Conference! It was a blast! I was doing CD's and I was really busy. The auditorium where we were having it was so big. It could seat 800 people! Daddy did all the introductions but Dr. Morecraft gave all the lectures. They were really good. I really liked how he talked about Oliver Cromwell and his army. If you would like to order the CD's, click Here.

Here are some pictures:

A Labor Intensive Work Day

2010-02-26T11:53:00.002-05:00

Yesterday, we had a couple of the young men (including me) from the church come over to help clear our pond of all the dead trees that were around the pond. When they got to our house, I went out to help them. It was about 35 degrees and the wind was blowing around 15 mph. Mom brought us some hot chocolate and it was so cold that I took a sip right away and scalded my tongue. My job was to work with Cooper and Lucas (two of my best friends down here) and make piles of the trees and hook them up with a chain and use Cooper's truck (he has his license) to haul them to the burn pile. We would ride on the trees while he floored it around the pond! Lucas took a couple of videos that I will put on a little bit later. It was so much fun but now my muscles ache really badly! After we were all done we had a burn pile of around 15 feet high! And boy oh boy did we have a fire. It was HUGE!!!!! I will post some pictures of it soon!

Snow in NC

2010-02-22T11:27:00.000-05:00

We had snow in North Carolina for the second time this year! We had 2-3 inches of snow the first time and 3-4 inches of snow the second time. We were so excited! Shea, Claire, and I got up as quick as we could and looked out of the window. Outside there was just a gentle blanket of snow carpeting the ground. We got our snow suits on and then went outside and played in it until it all melted. We also made a BIG snowman. It was about as tall as Dad! We will post some pictures later!

Rejoicing in the Lord!

2009-12-29T17:00:00.002-05:00

The whole family was sorry to hear that Kristina miscarried the baby. This has never happened to us before that we know of. We had a family meeting and Dad decided to go through Job. He had planned to do this even before Kristina miscarried. We were all so very encouraged by the words, "The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Please pray for us as we go through this tough time.

Great News!

2009-11-24T12:28:00.003-05:00

We have great news! Kristina is pregnant! We are all so excited. It is truly a blessing from the Lord! We are all hoping for twins. The girls would like two girls and the boys would like a boy and a girl. We are so excited about our new addition! We will post as soon as she has the baby!

God Bless,
The Breagy Bunch

Puppies!

2009-11-24T12:03:00.002-05:00

About 2 months ago, we brought home new puppies! They are really cute! One of them is a yellow lab mix. The other is pure black. We named the yellow lab "Courage". The black one is named "Clementine". They are growing so fast! It is nice to be able to have dogs after we weren't allowed to have any dogs on seminary housing! The children like to take them on walks up to the mailbox. They love it! Here are some pictures of them!

Puppy Love!

Stephen and Courage

Shea and Courage

Clementine

Courage

Reformation 500 - BOSTON day 2

2009-07-01T21:16:00.011-04:00

The day was cold for the North Carolina crew, we are used to 90 degree days. Shea and Claire huddled with the Muse ladies to keep warm.

Shea and Claire were up front to listen to Mr. Dan Ford give his talk on the Old South Meeting Hall. We learned so much.

Claire started the day gazing out the window, as only a Claire Bear can. Hair waving in the breeze and joy radiating from her countenance. She is joyous to look at.

The Revere Bell

2009-07-01T08:16:00.003-04:00

On Tuesday, our family went to First Presbyterian Church, a church that George Whitefield preached right outside of Boston along with our Friends the Browns, the Horns, and the Damings. We learned this bell was made by Paul Revere and put in the chuch. It was very interesting. In order to get up to the bell, we had to climb tight stair cases, walk past creaky floorboards, and step over broken stairs. When we got up to the bell, it was very chilly and foggy. It was a little scary being up so high!

Notice that these are the original rafters of the church built in the 1700's.

The Sound Staff

2009-05-19T23:00:00.002-04:00

The Sound System run by a team of boys,
ages 10, 11, and 14.
What can go wrong?

A Sweet Boy

2009-05-19T22:46:00.003-04:00

Samuel was so very helpful to his mother this weekend. He knew it was hot and brought her a glass of sweet tea to keep her cool. He made sure he walked slowly and kept his eyes on the glass to keep from spilling it.

A Swinging Boy

2009-05-19T22:36:00.005-04:00

The Joy of a Swing

2009-05-19T22:15:00.004-04:00

A swing at the Smith Family Farm brought incredible happiness this weekend.
Shea used her strong arms to push Samuel and Claire. They loved the Underdog!

Hope Baptist Church Deacons

2009-04-10T13:14:00.002-04:00

This past Sunday our church raised up four deacons. We are so excited they are going to be working side by side with our elders.

New Bike

2009-03-31T22:12:00.002-04:00

Somebody got a new green bike for their birthday! This was one of Samuel's favourite birthday presents. He is now ready to keep up with all of his brothers and sisters. Watch out though, this child has no fear of danger.

Happy Birthday Samuel!

2009-03-31T21:59:00.004-04:00

Samuel turned 3 on March 20th. His good friend, Isaac Daming, turned 2 the same day. Our families decided to celebrate together. We invited Gran Mary and Gan Brown. It was wonderful to celebrate together with hamburgers, cake and ice cream, and charades. Grace asked Mrs Lundquist to help design the cake. Samuel requested "Henry," a Thomas the tank engine friend, because his name is Samuel Henry Breagy. As we were singing "Happy Birthday" the boys became excited and blew out the candles before we finished singing.

Busted Arm

2009-01-13T20:26:00.004-05:00

On Christmas Eve, Stephen and Samuel were riding Tonka Trucks down our hill right behind our house. Stephen thought that Samuel's big black pick-up truck would be great to go down on. Stephen tied a rope to the big pick-up truck and went down in the Tonka Truck. Stephen was a lot heavier than Samuel so he went a lot faster. He went past the big truck which pulled him back very fast because of how slow it was going. He fell on the ground and Samuel rolled over his arm! His biggest Christmas present was going to the ER to get X-rays. Fortunately, his arm was not broken, just sprained. Now we are a lot more careful going down our hill!

Stephen and Shea standing in front of the Christmas tree

Christmas 2008

2009-01-13T20:25:00.001-05:00

On Christmas Day, 2008, everyone tried to wake up as early as they could. The Children were the first ones of course! We got downstairs and everyone opened their stockings! The Children were laughing and Shouting out what they got. Then we opened one present and then we had cinnamin rolls. Then we opened the rest of the presents. After that, Steve, Grace, and Stephen went to the ER to get X-rays on his arm. When they got home, everyone went to the Brown's house to drop off some gifts for them. Then we had a Christmas dinner with turkey and mashed potatoes. It was really fun!

Van

2009-01-12T14:42:00.003-05:00

Every year, a couple days after Christmas, we go to see our friends in Indiana. On Wednesday, December 31st, Daddy was driving in the 15-passenger van to go to a meeting with Mr. Williams and Mr. Mozingo (2 of the elders of the church there). The van was low on fuel so He pulled into the gas station to feul up. He pulled out and was just going to get on the highway when the car stopped running. He tried to start it up but it would not start. Suddenly, he saw a flame under the hood. He went into the gas station to see if anyone had a fire extinguisher. He walked in and heard someone say "Hey, Someone's car is one fire!". Dad turned and saw the car was on fire! He called Mr. Daming and told him to come and to bring a fire extinguisher. They got there but it was to much for only on fire extinguisher so they called 911. When they got there, it was too late, the van was swallowed up with flames. We do not have a van any more. Please pray for us as we look for a new car!

Philip, Lover of Horses

2008-11-10T09:07:00.002-05:00

On Friday, November 7, we went to visit our friends, the Coles, who live in Virginia. They have a 20 acre horse farm. They have horses, goats, and ponies. When we got there, the parents talked for a little while and then we went to ride the ponies and horses. Mom took Philip and put him on the pony. Since Philip means "lover of horses", we thought he should start liking them early! Here are a few pictures of Philip with 2 of their horses. We had a fantastic time and loved the ponies. Everyone agrees!

Father-Son Retreat

2008-11-03T21:39:00.006-05:00

In October, our church had a Father-Son Retreat at the Brown's Farm. The weather was humid and hot during the day and rainy at night. Steve and Stephen did not sleep out the storm, they returned home to sleep in dry comfy beds.

Sprinkler Fun

2008-10-20T13:52:00.004-04:00

One hot and humid day, while we were watching the Damings house, I turned on the sprinkler to water the grass. Shea, Claire, and Samuel came outside and saw me turning it on. They asked me if they could go in. I said they had to ask mom. They went in and a few minutes later came out shouting and squealing with delight. "Mom said yes!" they shouted "Yipee!" They ran through the sprinkler laughing and shouting. Mom said "Stephen, why don't you go play with them?" After a while I could not resist so I jumped in. We could not stay in for long because it was freezing cold! Samuel did not like it when we turned it up full blast. Here is a picture of us playing in the sprinkler.

Philip Owen Breagy

2008-09-18T23:03:00.002-04:00

Philip is now 9 weeks old and such a joy. He loves the noise and chaos of the house and manages to sleep through most of it. He still has beautiful, thoughtful blue eyes and brown hair. Philip is a chubby baby for a Breagy.

Heavy Equipment

2008-01-27T16:47:00.000-05:00

While staying in Indiana with some of our very best friends, the Damings, Stephen was called out to an excavating job.

Plymouth-Thursday

2007-12-13T08:46:00.000-05:00

Thursday was Thanksgiving! The weather was beautiful! It was sunny and warm. We went up to Burial Hill and Mr. Phillips talked about it. He also told us that the Pilgrims were going to have a parade and that we could march in it with them! They would start on the street and then walk up to Burial Hill and then John Robinson would "preach a sermon". My friends and I ran down there with their parents and we waited for a little while. Finally, when heard a drum! They were coming! We saw them and when the last Pilgrim passed us, we hopped in line. It was kind of a long walk. When we got to Burial Hill, John Robinson gave his 10 minute sermon. When we were done, we walked to the Pilgrim Museum. I got to do a treasure hunt. I even got to touch a piece of Plymouth Rock! Then we had a Thanksgiving dinner. It was a very big dinner! When we got to the cottage, we went straight to bed. We were so worn out!

Plymouth-Wednesday

2007-12-12T13:04:00.000-05:00

On Wednesday we walked to the Mayflower II. It looked like what the Pilgrims would have come to New England in! It was pretty small! Then we hoped on the buses and went to Salem. We got to see nathaniel Bowditch's birthplace and his glasses and a few pages from his notebook! Then Mr. Jehle (Jaylee)told us about the Salem witch trials. Then we walked to the very dock where Adoniram Judson boarded and walked off the ship he was on. Then Shea and my dad went to the oldest candy shop in the world. The rest of us just went back to the buses with mom. Then we drove back to the cottage.

Plymouth-Tuesday

2007-12-12T12:48:00.000-05:00

Tuesday was an exciting day. We met at a hotel and then we walked to Plymouth Rock. I thought that it would have been a little bit bigger but it was not. It had 1620 engraved on it. After that we went to the Mothers monument. It was Mr. Phillips's favorite. It told how mothers brought up their children in sturdy virtue. On the front it had a mother on it. We walked to the Bradford statue where we got some hot chocolate. The William Bradford statue was a picture of William Bradford leaning on his sword. Then we went to Brewster Garden. It was beautiful! It had flowers all around it and there was an entrance, oh it was beautiful! Then we went to the Jenny Grist Mill. He showed us how the mill worked. I was afraid that the whole entire mill would blow up! But it didn't. Then we hoped on a bus and went to Plymouth Plantation. It was great! They do such a good job rein acting how the pilgrims would have acted, dressed, talked etc. Then we had dinner with the pilgrims! It was terrific! Some of the food was yucky but I had some of all of it. Then we came home on the buses and went back to the cottage.

Plymouth-Monday

2007-12-12T12:38:00.001-05:00

On Monday, we did not have to do anything except for eating dinner with everyone. We went to Target just to look. Then we went to Stop n Shop and dad got some groceries. When we got home we had lunch and then took a rest. When we got up we had some free time and then it was time to go to the dinner. When we got there, there were not many people there. So we reserved some seats and mom and dad talked for a little while. Then, the dinner started. We had an excellent dinner. After the dinner we were so tired that we just went home.

Plymouth-Sunday

2007-12-10T14:14:00.000-05:00

The next day my dad decided not to go to the Church because everyone was tired from our trip and the girls were sleeping in. In stead we just relaxed. Then we went to our cottage that we were staying in and sat down and just talked. After that, we went to go see Our Great grandmother, Nana Breagy. When we reached the nursing home, a nurse helped us find her. She kissed all of us and asked us how we were doing. We told her we were doing fine. She was in good condition and was excited that they were going to realese her to her own house in a few days. We said good-bye and then went back to the cottage. After that we just relaxed.

Plymouth-Saturday

2007-12-10T14:07:00.000-05:00

Saturday was the day we travelled. We picked up Ms. Blair because she was coming with us to Plymouth also. After 5 hours of traveling, we reached West Point. We went there because that is where my Dad went to school. We wanted to watch a little bit of an Army football game but the security guys stopped us and said that you could not go in unless you had a West Point card that showed that you served there or if you had a special reason. Well, my Dad's card had expired and he did not have it so we could not go in. We went to the visitors center instead. After that we hopped in the car and drove to a nearby hotel were we spend the night. The next day, we were going to go to Dr. Paul Jehle's Church. It was a very tiring day!

The U.S.S. constitution

2007-11-23T21:18:00.001-05:00

Singing in the Rain!

2007-10-27T22:15:00.000-04:00

Finally, RAIN! Our summer long drought was brought to an end by 6+" of rain. The children were so excited and wanted to dance in the rain. The umbrellas were used but only to spin above their heads. They all came in drenched and happy. All of them went out again several times during the past rainy days.

A lost art

2007-10-16T21:36:00.000-04:00

Grace hs become interested in a dying art-spinning. We have some good friends who know how to spin and are quite willing to pass down this art form. Grace loves it and it looks so peaceful. We are glad God had given Grace a desire to create a home filled with handmade items and He has provided the teachers to help her along. Thank you Meghan and Jonathan!

Our Chicks Have arrived!

2007-10-16T21:15:00.000-04:00

We ordered chicks with our good friends, the Damings. They will grow them for us and then we will lend our expertise in processing them. Samuel loves animals. He loved the chicks but when he held one he was a bit concerned and gave it quickly back. He loved trying to catch them. What a cutie!

Romania - Day 9

2007-09-23T07:34:00.001-04:00

Today we are going to a Church in Bacove. We have to drive about 6 – 7 hours. It will probably be very tiring. When we get to Bacove, we are only going to do one sermon because it is going to be a church service. Mr. Horn will do an introduction and then my Dad will deliver the message about Psalm 127. We are currently in the car driving to Bacove. I hope that we get out and stop soon! We will be back in about 2 days... if the Lord wills…

Romania - Day 8

2007-09-22T08:02:00.000-04:00

Today we woke up ate had breakfast with the family (by the way, I do not know their last name but I do know their first names), Mr. Stefan and Mrs. Galina. We had to wake up at 7:00 to go to the church so that we could meet up and then head for a town called Medias. We did not travel very long. We ate lunch at a mission house. No body lived in it. It was for missionaries. Then we had a meeting about what we should edit out of our sermons because we only had 1 hour. Mr. Marius asked me to recite Pater Noster in Latin and Genesis 1:1 in Hebrew. He asked Joshua and Stephen Horn to both recite 1st Timothy: 1-4 in Greek. Then church that we were going to was in walking distance so we walked to the church. Oh, all of the speakers did the same talks that I told you about on Tuesday because Mr. Brown said that it would be easier if we just did the same messages that we did in the first place. Also, they had foosball table there! Kinda weird isn’t it? Here is a picture of Mr. Brown preaching at the Church. After we were done, again we all had to split up and go to different houses to sleep in. I am currently in the house that we are going to sleep in. It is very BIG. And the people here are so nice. I think I should be going to bed now (it is 11:30 P.M. here!). May God bless each and every one of you!

Romania - Day 3

2007-09-18T03:39:00.000-04:00

Today, we went to Holy Trinity Church in Alesd to give messages to the congregation. I got to video tape everybody. First, Mr. horn got up and talked about Deuteronomy 6. It was very good. Then Mr. Brown talked about Homeschooling your chldren and why it is biblical. After he spoke, we had Question & Answer time which is were the congregation askes questions and the people who talked answer them. Then we had a lunch break. We went to the Akim's house to eat lunch. We had soup and bread and we also had cake and cabbage rolls. They have 8 children. Then we had to go back to Holy Trinity Church. There my Dad spoke on psalm 127 and about fathers leading thier homes to honor God. After that, Max spoke on his courtship and why you should not just go out into the world without your fathers consent, and date people. Even if you father says you can, you shouldn't because the bible does not say "go and date people and see which one you like best and then marry the and you will have a successfull marrige. Then we had Question & Answer time. Mr. Brown did one more talk and then we left. When we got home we talked to our families at home. Then we rested until the morning.

Romania - Day 6

2007-09-18T02:22:00.000-04:00

Today, in about 30 minutes, we have to travel for about 6 hours to Targu Mures to do a conference. Then we will spend the night there. Then, the next day, we will travel to another place to give a conference. And on the last day, we will go to Bucharest to get on an airplane. Right now, David and Mr. Brown are interviewing Paul Negrout (a man in Romania, president of Emmanuel University). We had breakfast at Sebastian's house with his wife, Lois. We will probably stop for lunch...I hope! It will be a tiring trip. Please pray fo us that we would be kind to one another during the long trip. Also, pray for the churches in Romania as they are going trough some very hard difficulties. We will be back in 2 days. Thank you so much! See you later...if the Lord wills

Romania - Day 5

2007-09-17T18:00:00.000-04:00

Today we slept in pretty late. I woke up at 10:00. It was
great....It was the first night that we have gotten a great night of
sleep.

While Papa had a meeting with the men and writing down about what
they were going to talk about, Stephen and Joshua Horn and I where up
in our room making paper airplanes. Then david came up and we went
outside and played with the paper airplane. and the wind was PERFECT
so the airplanes flew great, we had so much fun.

Then after that we went and had lunch with the rest of the team, THEY
HAVE SO MANY COURSES HERE IN ROMANIA. But it was good.

Then we had to get ready for our trip to Arad. When we all (all 11
of us) were ready, we all crammed in a 9 passenger van. While we were traveling, we memorized Deuteronomy some of Deuteronomy 6 in Romania. When we got
there we boys set up the sound recording and Camcorder. I did the
camcorder with Stephen we went off and on.

Uncle David went first and introduced the men and went over the
verses that they where going to touch in their speeches. Then Mr.
Horn came up and preached for 25 min. on Eph. 5 about how the father
is a prophet priest and King in his home. and the role of a wife in
the home as a keeper there. Papa came up and talked about Psalm 127
and the importance of filling the earth with worshipers of God. Then
Max came up and talked about his courtship and the honoring of his
father and mother through it. Mr. Brown talked about Romans 12 and
not being conformed to this world. Over all it was a great time.

Then after that we went to a radio station and the men did a
broadcast while we boys stayed out and read our G. A. Henty books.
And now we are traveling back to Oradea to Emanuel University, when
we get back we are going to get on Skype and TALK TO MAMA......

Goodbye for NOW.....

Romania - Day 4

2007-09-16T15:56:00.000-04:00

Today was the hardest day that we have ever had while we are here. We had to wake up very early in the morning to go to Church. All 3 familys split up because there were 3 different Churches that wanted us to preach to them. The 3 people that were going to preach were My Dad, Mr. Horn, And Mr. Brown. After that, we all regrouped at the Curch that Mr. Brown and David preached at. Then we split up again to go and eat at different familys house's. After we had lunch we regrouped again then headed out for a three hour trip to 2 Churches to give a Sunday Night Service there. It did not seem like 3 hours though, because my dad and I were talking. When we got there, we were a little bit late. At this Church, Mr. Brown spoke. It felt kind of funny because whenever he said something the translator would have to say what he said. When that sevice was over, we went to a BIG Church. They had a choir who sang for us, and they had children sing for us, and they prayed a lot, and I got to say Psalm 117 in Hebrew (which is only 2 verses). Then Mr. Brown preached again on the same thing that he did at the other Church that we went to, and it was Psalm 127. We had dinner there. It was very good. Then, we had to drag our tired bodys to the car and sit for 3 hours ( which is hard for me to do ). When we got home, we relaxed for a little while. Tomorrow, we can sleep in as late as we want because tomorrow we don't have anything to do because the service starts at 3:00. By the way, we are sleeping at Emmanuel Unniversity. I will try to update this blog tomorrow. If the Lord wills, that is.

Romania - Day 2

2007-09-14T10:07:00.000-04:00

We did not get very much sleep when we traveled from Pennsylvania to France. Since we were used to American time, and not Paris time, our body’s felt like we were being served breakfast at 1:00 in the morning! When we landed, Papa and Mr. Horn had to go to a business meeting with Metaware. We did not have a car so we had to take a Taxi. It took us over an hour and a half to finally reach our destination! The riding was very bumpy. Now, we are currently on a plane headed for Budapest. We flew over some mountains while we passed and we took some pictures of them. We had to eat McDonald’s two times! I has been so tiring even though we have only been here for a couple of days. Before I started typing this, when we were sill on the plan, Stephen Horn and I both had our drinks dumped on us because they slid off the tray! We were both asleep but we were woken up by the cold, wet feeling of water all over our jeans! So far, God has provided for us. We are praying that He will through the rest of our trip!

Romania - Day 1

2007-09-14T09:56:00.000-04:00

We are on our way to Romania. My Dad and I are currently on a plane from Raleigh to Philadelphia for the first leg of our trip out to Romania. We are on the plane with Papa’s friend Mr. Horn and his 2 sons (my good friends) Joshua and Stephen. We are going to Romania to teach the men the importance of uniting the Church and the Family. We are calling men to return to their biblical roles as fathers. We are going with some other men from the church with their sons. We will be gone about 11 days. I hope to update this blog everyday with pictures and articles on our trip. Papa will be giving some messages on Sufficiency of Scripture and Family Worship.

Here are some thoughts I am currently having:
1. I am very excited but I am not totally sure what to expect
2. I hope to be conformed more in the image of Christ by hearing Godly men giving messages
3. I hope to have a better understanding of the Romanian culture
4. I hope to meet some Romanian friends
5. I am apprehensive about eating in a foreign country. I hope they have Chicken Fingers!

I hope that God will bless the men who hear the messages that we will bring to them. Until next time, If the Lord wills …

Trip to Tennesse

2007-07-24T16:22:00.000-04:00

On Friday, we travelled with our friends, the Horns, to Tennessee. We went to Tennessee because the people in Tennessee invited Mr. Horn to preach. We were really tired from 9 hours of driving! When we arrived, we went to the Drapers house(people from Tennessee) and ate dinner there with another family, the Vaughn's. We were going to stay at the Vaughn's house for the night and the Horns were staying at the Draper's house so a little while after dinner, we left for the Vaughn's house. When we got there we went straight to sleep. We were really tired! When we woke up, we got dressed for the Lord's day. After we had breakfast, the children sang some hymns. Then we packed up our stuff and headed for church. Mr. Horn preached on Ezekiel ch 34. After church we had a fellowship meal. Then the Horns packed their stuff in our car and we headed out for North Carolina. It took us one night to reach NC and we started a little late so we slept in a hotel. We finally reached NC at 10:00pm! We had so much fun at Tennessee! I made good frienships with very kind people. I hope we go there again!

We Have Arrived!

2007-06-11T08:32:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, from Church, we went to our house to finish packing for Jamestown. Then our friends, the Horns, came to watch us pack and then we left. We travelled with them untill it was about 6:00pm when we stopped to eat pizza at Pizza Hut. Then we travelled the rest of the way and arrived at our hotel in Williamsburg at about 9:00pm. We went swimming in the pool untill it was closed at about 11:00. And boy, was that a treat or what! We are going to Jamestown to celebrate the true Christian heritage of Jamestown because a lot of people believe that the Indians were nice and the settlers were really savages and they killed all of the Indians. This is not true We will try to update this blog every day with pictures from Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Today we are going to see a reinactment of the landing at Jamestown!!

Samuel celebrates 1 year!

2007-03-24T14:34:00.000-04:00

How blessed we are to celebrate one year with this God-given boy. We are so filled with joy as we watch him grow and become independent. Samuel is an outdoor boy who will shot anyone with anything and yet loves to snuggle with "his" girls.

Flying High

2007-03-15T15:13:00.000-04:00

We played with Barry Damings "toys" this weekend. Oh the joy of flying high. Kristina was standing by with a quickly beating heart. Steve egged them on!

A Dead What?

2007-03-05T21:55:00.000-05:00

We watched the Micro Dairy Farm again this weekend. It is wonderful (and hard) to work the land and animals. Steve and children were driving the truck to deliver hay to the cows when they spotted this dead chicken. The immediate thought of everyone was to dissect it. Out came the scalpel and the children crowded around. We had not an inkling of how to do it so we just started cutting. The feathers were difficult to pull out, but Claudia managed to pull some. We then sliced the body open and cut the ribs. We lost the little ones only because we took so long. Grace and Claudia persevered and were able to see the yolks in the chicken before they had formed into eggs. How marvelous! Homeschooling is a joy and provides so many opportunities to experience God's creation.

2007-02-26T17:30:00.000-05:00

Samuel, Prioritize

2007-02-15T17:04:00.000-05:00

One night, during dinner, Samuel was nodding off to sleep while eating pizza. He kept briefly waking up to take a small bite but would always fall back to sleep. Samuel really needs to get his priorities in order. We all laughed so hard that he eventually woke up.

It's Tea Time

2007-02-09T16:51:00.000-05:00

Grace celebrated a belated birthday with two of her best friends, Claudia and Heidi. Grace decided to have a tea party at the Tea Room in Wake Forest. It came as no surprise to us that Claire was the only one who was willing to dress for the occassion. What a beautiful hat!

Best Friends

2006-11-10T00:43:00.000-05:00

Grace, Claudia Brown and Heidi Daming.

The three girls can be inseparable at times yet, they are always willing to include new friends into their circle of friendship. They are constantly thinking of new games and fighting over who gets to hold Samuel first. They have begun calling the night before church to claim him. How wonderful that they love to hold babies! They are truly beautiful from within.

Riding in Style

2006-11-01T13:54:00.000-05:00

Samuel takes a ride with David Brown to help at the St. Louis Uniting Church and Family conference.

St. Louis or bust

2006-10-10T22:30:00.000-04:00

We traveled this past weekend to St Louis for a conference. The whole family traveled 14 hours in the van. We had a wonderful time together and everyone was excited to see the Arch. It is amazing how large it is. We had a difficult time taking a picture that shows the whole structure.

Romania

2006-10-10T22:21:00.000-04:00

Steve traveled to Romania in September with Scott Brown, Voddie Baucham, Trey Baucham, and David Brown (not pictured.) Scott has been invited 3 years in a row to bring the message of Family Integrated Churches and Sufficiency of Scripture to the pastors there. Steve was asked to come and present a message. He came back excited about the work God is beginning in that country. He said working with an interpreter can be challenging!

Medieval Times

2006-09-21T21:22:00.000-04:00

For school my family and I went to Medieval Times, because we were studying the Middle Ages. We went with two other families, who also homeschool. Medieval Times is a place where actors perform while you are eating dinner. We did not have any utensils to eat with. The actors performed a Medieval tournamant. There was jousting and hand-to-hand combat. We were cheering for the yellow knight and he won. I had a lot of fun there.

Oh Samuel! Where art thou?

2006-09-16T00:43:00.000-04:00

All those nights that we thought Samuel was sound asleep in his crib at 8 pm.

Samuel's first beach trip

2006-09-15T09:42:00.000-04:00

Samuel went to his first beach at wrightsville beach wilmington NC. Im this picture Daddy is holding Samuel so the small waves will reach his feet he is getting adjusted to the water so he is making a face and Claire is bending down to see if he likes it. The reason why we went to the beach is because Mama said "we might go to the beach with the Ibrahim's" (our friends). And something very strange happend, they were not at their house so we went to wrightsville beach (the beach I mentioned before) to see if they were there, but they were not so we played in the small waves for a while. Finally we went home and they were there! We found out that mrs.Ibrahim went to a bible study and the rest of the family went to pick her up. We had fun at the beach. We hope to go there soon.

Samuel's first beach trip

2006-09-15T09:31:00.000-04:00

The Bradrick Wedding

2006-09-05T12:39:00.000-04:00

We were privledged to participate in the wedding of Kelly Brown to Peter Bradrick. Our three girls participated as daughters of Zion celebrating the marriage. This was such a beautiful ceremony showing Christ's love for the Church and emphazing the marriage covanent. We had a joyful day celebrating Kelly and Peter's love.

Funny face Shea

2006-08-11T13:29:00.000-04:00

We were at our Grandma's house in Virginia for Shea's birthday party. We gave Grace a camera because she had been asking for one for a long time. Then we visited our Aunt. In this picture, Grace told Shea to smile, but Shea said "No!" so Grace asked Shea to smile again and Shea said "okay" but this is the face she made.

Kitty O'Shea

2006-08-11T12:44:00.000-04:00

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird...it's a plane...it's Kitty O'Shea! Boomerang pacifier, lasso lankey (her special blanket), red ruby suction cup shoes and a Barney button flying diaper, these are the powers of the much loved Breagy family hero, Kitty O'Shea. She does not use her boomerang pacifier or Barney button flying diaper anymore, much to our disappointment. In this picture Kitty O'Shea is having some flying lessons. She loves to save her family members from things like Grace getting stuck in a tree or Stephen getting lost to things like saving Mama and Papa from a bear. Sometimes people like to steal her special powers and she has to rescue them, like the time when someone stole her boomerang pacifier and she had to rescue it from on a cloud. She has replaced her flying diaper with a cape which she loves, but she is upset that it has a S insted of K (for Kitty O'Shea).

Swinging in the barn

2006-08-11T11:49:00.000-04:00

On Sundays, we gather at the Brown Farm and fellowship in their house which just happens to be a barn. They have an incredible swing hanging from the rafters that, if pushed high enough, you can swing over their dining room table. The children love to swing on it. This Sunday, Claire enjoyed being pushed.

The Man of my Dreams

2006-08-11T11:43:00.000-04:00

This is the man of my dreams, my joy, my best friend, the blessing of my life. Fifteen years have passed quickly with him and they have been such years of joy and bliss!

Who is the biggest?

2006-08-11T11:34:00.000-04:00

Claire adores her brother Samuel. She is constantly loving him and when he lays on the ground she appears to be wrestling with him but in reality she is hugging and kissing him. Claire will surprise us and pick Samuel up and you have to wonder, who is bigger? When she is holding him, his feet reach to her knees. It is amazing how strong she is! She certainly is Claire the Bear!!!! How blessed is Samuel to have a sister like Claire