Russell Brown is from the Alton, Illinois, area and Tempest Brown (Wall) is from the Edwardsville, Illinois, area.  We were married in 1971, and lived in Bethalto, Illinois.  We moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1976 then moved to Tampa, Florida, in where Mallory Brown was born in 1984.  We moved to Lutz, Florida, in August, 1999.  Our hobbies are collectables, genealogy, travel, and surviving a post-teenage college kid and two cats in the home.  We are Christians and attend Northside Assembly of God Church in North Tampa.  Click here to enter our site and browse our vacation photos of the United Kingdom including England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; Spain and the Canary Islands; France; Italy; Bahamas; cruises to Mexico and all over the Caribbean; and extensive travel and spelunking around the United States; jokes; a list of all my books; and much, much more!