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Welcome to the Brown Family Web Site

We all live in High Wycombe, approximately 25 miles north and west of the City of London in Northern Europe. Liya & Mark were married on February 14th 2001. Liya was born and raised in Kazakhstan, she has a daughter, Yana Glaub, now aged 18, who joined us in July 2001. Liya & Mark met when Mark went to work in Ust-Kamenogorsk, in eastern Kazakhstan, in March 2000. Liya was working as an Administrator and Translator.

"Krofire.org" was started by Mark in 2001 originally to publish our Wedding Pictures on the web so that friends and family in Kazakhstan could see them. This occurred a year after Mark founded his own business "Krofire Enterprises Ltd" and after he named the family home "Krofire House". The contents of this Web Site relate to all family life dating from that time.

Mark

Mark was born and raised in Britain. Mark runs his own Professional Services Business working with Clients around the Globe. He drives a Metallic Black BMW Z4 Roadster that is highly unusual in that it is powered by Liquid Petroleum Gas. Mark's hobbies include DIY, model-making, low-carbon living and maintaining THIS (and various other) web-sites, including the Company one at krofire.com. Currently he is working with a major client at their sites in Wales, Paris and North-West London.

Liya

Liya studied to qualify as an Accounting Technician (AAT) but more recently has been teaching evening classes in "English as Second Language" for adults. This keeps her busy preparing paperwork to the small hours of the morning. Liya is interested in being a super-Mum, keeping healthy and beautiful, foreign languages and career matters.

Milla

A Baby girl - Milla Rose Brown - was born to us at 6.27pm on Tuesday 25th July 2006. She was 3.8kg (8lbs 6oz). You can see more of her in our Baby Photo's section. She is a very good baby but runs rings around her Mum until her Dad comes home from work - then she is a little angel. She is now 2 years old and climbing all over the furniture in her new home.

Yana

Yana attended Godstowe School, in High Wycombe, for two years until she left in July 2003. She then schooled at Wycombe High and continued there for A Levels. In 2008 she obtained four 'A' Levels - two A's and two B's. She is now studying Politics & Economics at Bath University. She started her first year there in September 2008. Apart from this Yana likes all the things teenage girls are meant to like - dancing, music, friends, cats, the internet, playing with her sister, etc....

Krofire House Moves

We moved house on Friday the 23rd May 2008. Our New Address is still in High Wycombe in Bucks but we are now some three or four miles from where we used to be. For a virtual tour of the house go and see the pictures via the new menu (left). There you will see all the work we are doing on the house.

 

Our Recommended Movie: "Crude Impact"

"Crude Impact" is a movie about Peak Oil that is easily as good as "An Inconvenient Truth". It may not feature a famous Movie Star or Politician but it is the most moving and thought-provoking documentary on this topic so far. The makers take you on a trip from the West African Delta to the Amazonian Rain Forest in order to show us how serious and dangerous our addiction to Oil is. What will we do when our cheap supplies end? A host of experts explain the facts. Eye-opening.

What's NEW: New Pictures from December 2008

Gallery 2008 gets new pictures from December 2008.  Milla got to meet Father Christmas at our local John Lewis store. She also got a chance to meet "Jingle" & "Bell" - his loyal Reindeer. Also this December: after an incredible six month wait and one aborted attempt, we finally got our cavity walls insulated. For more go here.

Our Carbon Footprint April 2007 to March 2008

As part of our continued commitment to a post-Carbon future, we are measuring our Carbon Footprint as a Family. In 2006/2007 our total Carbon Dioxide produced (CO2) was 8.84 tonnes direct. In 2007/2008 this rose to 18.3 tonnes. This is 4.57 tonnes per person (average is 5.4 in the UK). This was due to a significant increase in flying and a change in our Gas meter. However, Electricity and Car (Z4) use dropped (by 42% & 25%). We Offset this at CO2Balance for £292.80 with Solar Ovens & Energy Efficient Stoves.

 

Meet the family:

Baby Milla Brown

  

Yana

Mum

Dad

 

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