Discovery Place Field Trip

I was privileged to spend the day with Austin Kate and her 3rd grade class on a field trip to Discovery Place today. They were all precious and we had a great day together at the museum.  

Daddy Daughter Dates

I love that Nate dates our daughters.  He took each of us out individually this week. 

He and Austin Kate enjoyed Ruth's Chris for Restaurant Week. 

He took Ave to her favorite restaurant, Olive Garden. 

 Ata and I went on a lunch date with him for Mexican, because that Bitty loves some chips, cheese dip and salsa.

And we went out with some friends this weekend to Capital Grill, also for Restaurant Week. 

In summery, Nate had an expensive week and ate very well!

*All pictures are cell phone pictures. I'm getting pretty slack with the real camera!*

Happy Birthday AK!

On a snowy day 9 years ago, our Austin Kate was born.
She has been warming our hearts ever since. 

Happy Birthday Nugget!  We LOVE you!!

Santa's Elves

I've blogged on BBBBrowns before about my step-dad, Tim, dressing up as Santa for Greenville Hospital System every year.  Averie has been his "helper elf" several times in years past.  This weekend, Austin Kate joined in the tradition and Grammy made them super cute elf costumes. The big girls loved spending time with the children at the hospital and all three girls enjoyed spending the weekend with their Grammy and Granddaddy.  Such sweet memories!

NewSong's Very Merry Christmas Tour

Our church hosted NewSong's Very Merry Christmas Tour with Kutless, Chris August and Jamie Grace this weekend.  

It was such a fun way to celebrate Christ and His birth. The concert was amazing. 

Austin Kate and our children's choir sang with Newsong during their popular song, Christmas Shoes.  They did a great job and we were very proud of all of them. 

James and Nick from Kutless goofing off during lunch.

I spent the day in the greenroom entertaining and feeding the bands.  They were all super nice and we had a lot of fun.  The Newsong guys are very professional and focused on their music and preparing for their performance.  

The Kutless guys are hilarious.  They asked me to find them a football so they could go down to our football field and throw it around.  They also spent a lot of the day playing our Wii and Xbox that we set up in the greenroom.  

Jamie Grace is a sweetheart.  She asked us to take her to the mall because she wanted to get a new jacket at Forever 21 to wear that night.  She spent much of her day working on school work since she is a full time college student as well as an on tour Grammy nominated recording artist. She also did some Christmas shopping online... I know what her Daddy is getting for Christmas. 

My man, Chris August 's flight was cancelled not once, but twice on his way to Charlotte.  His flight finally landed near the end of the concert. Chris ran from the airport, straight to a waiting car driven by our our friend Steven, and raced to the church.  He pulled up, ran straight to the worship center, where he surprised to crowd who had earlier been informed that he wasn't going to make it.  He was out of breath and still in his sweats, but he ROCKED it out.  It was awesome. 

Here's Chris playing with Atalie after the concert.  They were fast friends. 

And here's Austin Kate and Averie hugging their new friend, Jamie Grace. 

There are many other wonderful pictures of the event at Whitney Photography's website.  Thanks for sharing the images, Ben and Kisha!