1. Don and Carol Brown's 50 th Wedding Anniversary Memories

2. September 1, 1960

3. 1961 Cooking together right from the start Church we were married in and where Carol worked until we moved to Houston.

4. First time to entertain our families. 1961 First Christmas with nephew Keith

5. 1961 First vacation together – Padre Island

6. 1962 Gramercy apartment near Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas – worked as secretary for geologist in downtown Houston.

7. 1962 Fledgling NASA-MSC engineer! Don at “Analog” computer Digital computers – years later Don at 1 st Houston apartment

8. 1962 The Manned Spacecraft Center wasn't much to look at in 1962

9. 1963

10. 1964 First child Michael “Eric” Brown is born a month late!

11. 1965

12. 1966

13. 1967

14. 1968

15. 1969 We left kids with grandparents and took a vacation to Mexico City – Carol's first airplane flight

16. 1969 A banner year for NASA. Don was “buried” in the depths of a Computer Simulation Laboratory

17. 1970

18. 1971

19. 1972

20. 1973

21. 1974

22. 1976

23. 1977

24. 1978

25. 1979

26. 1980

27. 1981 First Shuttle Launch

28. 1982 Eric is HS grad Saw Orbiter at Ellington Field Saw launch at KSC

29. 1983

30. 1984

31. 1985

32. 1986

33. 1987

34. 1988

35. 1989

36. 1990

37. 1991 Eric marries Jeanne

38. 1991 Scott and Jacinta marry

39. 1992 Alan and Tammy marry

40. 1993 Banff Alberta Canada On Glacier Lake Louise Jasper Park Lake Louise Hotel

41. 1994 Edinburgh Castle

42. 1995 First Grandbaby Madison

43. 1996 First grandson Zachary is born

44. 1997 Micah Harold is born

45. 2001 Isabella is born

46. 2003 Kauai, HI RCI Condo First Luau Pearl Harbor Monument

47. 2004 On top of Whistler BC Snow in Houston Ottawa Alberta CA Vordenbaum Wedding in Kerrville, TX

48. 2005 Kauai, HI Lighthouse First Helicopter Ride First snorkel Family vacation at Destin, Fla. Carol's 65 th BD

49. 2006 Italy Assisi First lunch Cortona Green grocer Tuscany Farm lodge Hill town

50. 2007 Hawaii Cruise around Hawaii Islands Toured Na Pali Coast by catamaran Madison is HS grad Dance Recital

51. 2008 Carol's 50 th HS Reunion Alan Andrew is born Canadian Railroad trip Alaskan Cruise Hurricane Ike

52. 2009 Don's 70 th Birthday Kerrrville reunion Rockport – banding humming bird Madison is growing up!