Welcome to the Brown Family Web
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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 19, 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
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Mark was born and raised in Britain. Mark runs his own Professional
Services Business working with Clients around the Globe. He has
little spare time as he is chairman of the local Transition Town
movement. 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 client at their site near Uxbridge in the United
Kingdom. |
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Liya
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 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, foreign languages and
career matters. |
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Yana
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 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.... |
Milla
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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 toddler but runs
rings around her Mum until her Dad comes home from work - then she
is a little angel. She is now 4 years old and fully potty-trained if
not saying much. We expect great things. |
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What's NEW: July 2010 - Milla is 4
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 Strong sun and lack of rain has killed all the moss that
was under our now-absent weeping ash so the lawn looks quite brown.
Mark has dug and dug and dug to flatten and level the lawn. After
what seems like he removed tonnes of stones it is finished. On July
25th we celebrated Milla's fourth birthday. We had a barbecue with
Aunty Sarah, Uncle Jan, Grandad and the Nieces - Naomi & Bethany. For more go
here. |
Our Carbon Footprint
April 2009 to March 2010
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As part of our
continued commitment to a post-Carbon future, we are measuring our
Carbon Footprint as a Family. In 2008/2009 our family Carbon
Footprint was standing at 14.2 tonnes DIRECT. In 2009/2010 this went
down to 9.2 tonnes. This is 3.7 tonnes per person
(average is 5.4 in the UK). We Offset this at CO2Balance
with an investment in Energy Efficient Stoves using Wood Fuel in
Maungu (EA). Certificate
here. |
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