July-August Vacation Pics, 2008

One of my favorite pics of the whole vacation - Mark and family at the Northern Motor Inn!

Flying the Skies of Beautiful British Columbia!

Jarod at The White Spot Restaurant in Vancouver.

Denny Crane - Eat your heart out, ha!ha!

Che and I have been watching Seasons 1-3 of Legal Boston (that her sister's employer owns, who happens to be the nephew of the Sultan) in the past few weeks, now and then, here in Oman since I returned from a 2-month vacation in Canada.

One of my favorite episodes is in Season 2 (Disk 1) called "Finding Nimmo" where Danny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) go to Canada to do some fishing. After watching the episode and then going through these fishing photos back home made me laugh. Must be putting on the weight cause the photos of me fishing are sadly too close to the images of Denny Crane!



Denny Crane: "Life is in British Columbia-in the Great Bear Rain Forest. God is out there, Alan.

Alan Shore: "God likes to fish?

Denny: "We need to go to the woods and touch ourselves-get in touch with ourselves. Man can only truly bond in the woods. Come on, Alan. Let's go fishing."

Little Baby Boo!

This cute little puppy is David and Kristi's newest addition to the family! What a sweetie!

Dog Tired!!!

Stephanie and Her Ferret

Stephanie saw this little critter in a local petshop and decided she had to have him. She has a part-time job and made payments on her own over several months. You are growing into quite the responsible young lady, Stephanie!

My Mamma!

My mom through her screen window. How nice to be able to spend a bit more time with her on this vacation. I love you, Mom!

Thornhill Community Church

The Browns at church



These banners come from Matthew 28:19-20.

This was the main church I attended during the summer months. Check out their website at: http://thornhillcommunitychurch.com/
"Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will bless you for it." (1 Peter 3:8-9)

David and Kristi's Enchanting Yard

Smoked Fish

Mark and Dave bought this smoker from WalMart. Smoked fish has a very unique taste and depending on what brine mixture you use, can taste as "sweet as candy".

With all the fish we were catching, poor Jennifer had her refrigerator taken over by such bowls of fish for weeks at a time!

Church with the Boys!

Aaron and Jarod Brown on a Sunday morning

This was supposed to represent Jesus' tomb. Found inside the "E-free church".

This was on the wall of The Terrace Zion Baptist Church.

MORE Fishing Pics!

Mark's New Job!

It was great to be home when Mark got an awesome new job at Coca-Cola! Very proud of you, Mark!!!

Mark and his brother-in-law, Scott Gallant

Rock On!

Moore Creek Falls, Kitimat, BC

Moore Creek Waterfall, Kitimat, BC