50th slide show

Don and Carol Brown's

50th Wedding Anniversary

Memories

September 1, 1960

1961

Cooking together right from the start

Church we were married in and where Carol worked until we moved to Houston.

First time to entertain our families.

1961

First Christmas with nephew Keith

1961

First vacation together – Padre Island

1962

Gramercy apartment near Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas – worked as secretary for geologist in downtown Houston.

1962

Fledgling NASA-MSC engineer!

Don at “Analog” computer Digital computers – years later

Don at 1st Houston apartment

1962

The Manned Spacecraft Center wasn't much to look at in 1962

1963

1964

First child Michael “Eric” Brown is born a month late!

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

We left kids with grandparents and took a vacation to Mexico City – Carol's first airplane flight

1969

A banner year for NASA. Don was “buried” in the depths of a Computer Simulation Laboratory

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

First Shuttle Launch

1982

Eric is HS grad

Saw Orbiter at Ellington FieldSaw launch at KSC

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Eric marries Jeanne

1991

Scott and Jacinta marry

1992

Alan and Tammy marry

1993

Banff Alberta Canada

On Glacier

Lake Louise

Jasper Park

Lake LouiseHotel

1994

Edinburgh Castle

1995

First Grandbaby Madison

1996 First grandson Zachary is born

1997

Micah Harold is born

2001

Isabella is born

2003Kauai, HI

RCI Condo

First Luau

Pearl Harbor Monument

2004On top of Whistler BC

Snow in Houston

Ottawa Alberta CA

Vordenbaum Wedding in Kerrville, TX

2005Kauai, HI

Lighthouse

First Helicopter Ride

First snorkel

Family vacation at Destin, Fla.

Carol's 65th BD

2006Italy

Assisi

First lunch

Cortona

Green grocer

Tuscany

Farm lodge

Hill town

2007Hawaii

Cruise around Hawaii Islands

Toured Na Pali Coastby catamaran

Mad

ison

is HS

grad

Dan

ce Recital

2008

Carol's 50th HS Reunion

Alan Andrew is born

Canadian Railroad trip

Alaskan Cruise

Hurricane Ike

2009Don's 70th Birthday

Kerrrville reunion

Rockport – banding humming bird

Madison is growing up!