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Pictured here is Jessica holding her sister, Kristin back in 1991. They've all but grown into young ladies by now as you shall soon see -------------------------------------------------------->     ---TO PAUSE SLIDES SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW---

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Jessica at 17 in Dec '05 in New York City with a Christian School Youth Group having some fun distributing 500 Christmas gifts to children living with their battered mothers in shelters throughout the 5 Boroughs of NYC. "Jessie" is a Junior at Hampton Christian School in Hampton, VA and wants to become an RN.       ---TO PAUSE SLIDES SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW---

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Kristin at her 14th Birthday Party at our house in Christiansburg, VA in March, 2004. "Kris," like her sister, has always been interested in Church related activities, and also has an interest in art.  She is a Freshman at Hampton Christian School in Hampton, VA and wants to study Interior Design in college.         ---TO PAUSE SLIDES SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW---

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This is Skye at 9 years old in a photo taken by her father in the summer of 2005. Skye is an athlete. She currently competes in both swimming and diving in Plantation, FL. At one time she was also both a gymnast and a figure skater. Skye continues an early career as one of the very newest of the "American Girl"  girls, and is featured in the 2006 Spring/Summer Catalog of American Girl (TM) clothing.

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This is Skye's brother, Logan, at 8 years old in a November, photo. Like Skye, Logan too is an athlete. In addition to baseball, soccer, and gymnastics, Logan is already a Junior Olympian in springboard and platform diving.  A level five gymnast, Logan is as good as the High Schoolers when it comes to his tumbling runs.  Logan, like Skye, is also a model of children's clothing.

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This is Skye's and Logan's brother, Caleb, at 5 years old at a December 2005 Diving Competition in Orlando, FL.  Like Skye and  Logan, Caleb is also an athlete. In addition to competitive diving, Caleb is a swimmer and soccer player. And like Skye and Logan, Caleb is also a model of children's clothing.       ---TO PAUSE SLIDES SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW---

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Pictured here are Shaun 18), Landon (14), and the youngest of the three brothers, Nicholas (2). This photo was taken at our place in Christiansburg, VA at Christmastime, 2005.  Shaun hopes to learn a trade after high school.  Landon enters H.S. in the fall of 2006, and because of his size, the High School football coach in Myrtle Beach, SC has already talked to Landon about coming out for the football team.  Landon, down through the years, has always been "off the charts" in terms of size.     ---TO PAUSE SLIDES SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW---

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This is Nicholas at 2 years old at Christmas, 2005 at our house in Christiansburg, VA. Like his brother, Landon, Nicholas at 2 is "off the charts," for he wears children's size 4 clothing already. Nicholas is the youngest of all the Downeys. All controls on this X-MPLAYER2 media player work Hear an echo? Try refreshing screen.  What's playing ?  Well, it's "O Come Little Children"  but then, of course, you already knew that !

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