My Baby Sister Got a Blog!!

Its so sad to see my little siblings grow up.

They just need to stop! lol

Kamry's my 9-year-old sister, and she's 5th in line on all 9 kids,

and shes a funny little thing :)

She's so extremely smart, it's not even funny!

She can probably spell better than i can, and shes so good at everything she does.

Im going to school in Anderson, SC, so i don't get to see my girl as much as i would like,

but I've been Skyping with her all day.

I miss blogging,

and keeping up with every ones lives!

hope y'all are all doing great!

:)

Please go take a look at my sister's blog!

and become a follower ;)

it will make her dayyyy!!

Are You Smarter Than a Scientist?

We were all sitting at at the dinner table last night, and dad was reading the bible to us.

We were talking about rebellion which  brought up the topic of  evolution.

Cason, the family evangelist, was telling us what he tells his friends when they talk about evolution.

Cason says to them,

"When I think of evolution I picture someone scattering a box of legos, and then putting some CO2 on them and blowng the legos all up. Then once they're blown up and all in the air, they fall back down and they make a perfect little house."

Then after he says that he says

 "Order can't be made form destruction."

I thought that was a neat way he put it.

Cason said that once he says that they stop arguing about evolution. hehee

I guess in a way they see how he's right.

We were all talking about this and Kamryn looked like she was deep in thought, and she said,

"You know what! I'm smarter than a Scientist!"

My dad asked her why, and she said

"Because scientists believe in aliens."

My dad said "You're right Kamryn."

Then Cole chimed in and said,

"Well, I'm smarter than a scientist too!"

Dad asked him why and he said, in a his very fast voice,

"Because they think that there was a speck, and then that speck turned into a tad pole, and then that tad pole turned into a frong, ok I know tadpoles do that, but then they think that frogs grow wings and then they can fly. Then the scientists believe that they turn into apes, and then they turn into cave men, and then they're people with long beards."

He knew this was funny, and so did the rest of the family.

Wednesdays

I adore Wednesdays!

When I was younger I thought it was the worst day of the week.

I mean, it is right in the middle of the week, right?

Although now that I think about it, it's not even in the middle!

Well, I mean sorta, but it's just one big loop to me anyway.

I remember when I was probably 10 this teenage boy told me that Wednesdays were bad because they were in the middle of the week.

I guess I just believed it.

Wednesdays are our busy day.

First Kamryn and Nona have their ballet and tap classes, and that's in the morning.

It's on the other side of town so we spend the rest of our morning/afternoon running errands and shopping. Stuff like that.

After that, we come home and take Cason to swim practice.

Then we have tutoring with our church.

I love that!
 I tutor two little boys in... handwriting... has anyone here ever seen my handwriting?? It's ok though because they're 2nd grade, so I think I handle it pretty well. One little boy's name is Peter and the other is CJ, and they are so funny and cute!
It's really just a lot of fun to meet new people, and then help their kids with subjects that aren't their best.

It's kind of funny to me because the kids that come in are smarter than any kids I've ever met.

I think maybe their perents just want them to not only be ahead, but WAY ahead! hehe

Once we leave tutoring Kimmi and I go to ballet.

That's later in the afternoon. It's becoming a little more fun. :)

And on top of all this, I have my sweet grandparents in town! My mom's momma and daddy.

Altogether, Wednesdays are fun because I get to see people I don't get to see everyday. Even if it is the middle of the week! ;D

Here are a few pictures from our day.

Hope everyone is having a good

Wednesday!

•Bonnie and Clyde•

I absolutely adore this picture of Cole and Kamryn. It just really speaks for itself. They are definitely a little team. Bonnie and Clyde, right here folks. I'm serious! 

Today Cole and Kamryn- Ok, I'm not proud of what they did, I'm just telling- they were on a walk with Kimmi, and there were two little boyscouts, probably about 9-years-old selling popcorn door-to-door, and pulling it around in the back of their cute little red wagons. Anyway, one of the two little boys said to Cole, "Heeey, don't you know you're riding a girls bike?" and Cole, aka Clyde, the comeback KING said, "Well , don't you know you're pulling a little girl wagon?" and Kamryn, aka Bonnie, added in, "Yeeeah, and where are the little baby dolls that you should be pulling in the back?!?" After this was all said and done Cole, the popcorn LOVER of the Brown family, asked the boys, "How much is your popcorn?" I thought that last line was pretty funny. Just so everyone knows they were corrected. My parents didn't see the same amount of humor in it that I did. They were looking at it from the perspective of evangelists, and Cole and Kamryn were terrorizing the boyscouts. This would be opposite of evangelizing here people. I have to laugh whenever I think about it though. 

Do ya'll have any funny brother/sister stories?

•Fixat'n My Eyes On God•

Most every night, or at least my dad tries to do it most every night, we have family worship. Last night's bible passage was especially helpful in my everyday life. I love it when I hear those verses that apply so well. I guess all scripture is kinda like that, but there are always those verses that come at the perfect time. My dad was reading Psalm 28, and it was a prayer from David. My dad was explaining it to all of us and he was saying if we fixate our hearts on daily life and not on God, then we will always be going from happy to sad, happy to sad. If we focus on God, and all that we have because of God, then why should we really ever have a reason to be unhappy? Focusing on God makes us stable. When my dad was reading it to us, I was thinking, "Gosh, life would be so much easier if I were unwavering!" I'm not a particularly unhappy person ,but as we all do... I think, we get in those moods or have moments. If I'm ever in one of those moods it's usually because somethings not going my way, and I'm not focusing on God. I'm focusing on something going on around me instead. There's probably something that I want to happen or something I wish didn't happy, and it's not happening my way.

This morning in my quiet time one of my prayers was that I would fixate my eyes on God and not what's going on around me. I was put to the test today. I know most of you have met my precious little 7 year-old sister Kamryn, who at the moment has a bunch of bubble wrap and is popping it right here beside me and it  seems particularly loud. Little miss Kamryn isn't always very easy to deal with and this morning, at about 8:00am., I decided to go for a longer-ish run, and Kamryn, "REALLY REALLY wanted to come!" so I let her. I wanted her to come too... so I thought! ;D  I could tell, from the beginning, that the 3 miles that were ahead of me were going to  seem a little longer than just 3 miles. HAHA! The entire time Kamryn was yelling at me to run faster so we could get to the park, and she was laughing at me because my face was red from being hot. She was also trying to throw her sweater on me, and remember I was HOT, while I was running. She has a sweater because she has a basket on her bike and she brought it "just in case" it got cold, but between you and me... I think she brought it because she wanted to fill her empty basket. haha! Well, anyway it was a very long 3 miles. I was thinking the entire time about that bible verse and how I just need to stay happy, but wishing God could have made this... a litlllllllle easier. hehehe. If I had indulged in focusing on "daily life" I probably would have shoved her into her little basket, along with her un-needed sweater and on into the woods. Instead I used it as a somewhat easy opportunity to be a blessing to her and to practice fixating on God and correcting her sweetly. Anyway, I got through the run just fine... but for future reference, I'll only bring Kamryn if it's a little shorter run, and if I run 3 miles again I'll eat more that just a yogurt for breafeast.

Well, Hope everyone is having a blessed day so far!

Karis

Proverbs 3: 5-8

  Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

   and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways  acknowledge him,

   and he will make straight your paths.

Be not wise in your own eyes;

   fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.

It will be healing to your flesh

   and refreshment to your bones.

•Good Bye Summer•

Well, 3 months of excitement have come and gone so extremely fast, and much to my dismay, it's just about over. Well, it might not say summer is over on the calendar, but as we all very well know... it's over. School is back and running again, and there's starting to be a cool breeze. I have got to say, though, that the cool autumn breeze is most definitely my favorite!

This "past" summer has been my bestestful summer ever! It hasn't been too hot like all of the other past summers that I have lived for the past 16 years. Really, every summer, for as long as I can remember, it has been waaay too hot until this year. I've enjoyed every hot and humid Charleston day. It was filled with swim coaching, which is definitely not why my

summer has been my bestestful summer ever. There have been free summer movie watch'n, garage sale goin', chess playin', new (and adorable) baby kittens, etc., etc. . I am so thankful to the Lord for all that he has graciously given me, and I don't deserve any of it at all, but he just keeps on giving!!!

I've decided to keep my blog updated more so in the next few days I'll be posting pictures of my new (and adorable) baby kittens.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

So, what has been your favorite thing about this "past" summer? =)

~Karis

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Cute Family

Ok, we have a Mac computer and I love taking funny pictures w/ it!

My family is usually cooperative and they let me take these pictures. They

actually love doing it. Although they have no idea that they are now in cyberspace! haha! They won't care!!!

Notice I didn't put any pictures of me! Mwahahaha! = P

Have a Blessed day!