After patiently waiting for five weeks, Eric and I enjoyed our first home brew Friday night. It was actually pretty good, too. I think it would have been a little better if we had waited for it to get a little colder. We brewed an India Pale Ale (IPA) and in true IPA form it was rather hopptastic. Was it the best beer we have had?... certainly not, but it was nowhere near the worst either. It was tasty, but we have left ourselves some room to improve.
The best part of our endeavor is that we have been able to do it together, and have been having lots of fun. We have already brewed up the second batch, this time an American Cream Ale. It will be ready to bottle next week, and ready to drink two weeks after that. Once we have two beers available we hope to host a little tasting party.
Here is a little pictorial of most of the brewing process.
Brew Day: Grains and/or barley malt are boiled in water, along with hops, becoming wort.
Brew Day: The boiling wort is cooled quickly to 70 degrees, then transferred to the primary fermenter (a big plastic bucket with a lid) where additional water and yeast are added.
Secondary Fermentation: After about 5 days in the primary fermenter the beer is transferred to the secondary fermenter (a 5 gallon glass bottle) where it sits for about 2 weeks. 
Bottling Day: The beer is transferred to a bottling bucket (a large plastic bucket with a spigot) and priming sugar is added. Then it is transferred to the bottles (approximately 50) and capped. Note: We do not have any pictures of this process. We had a small leak in our bottling bucket because the spigot wasn't completely tightened so time was of the essence. The beer sits in the bottles for about two weeks where the last of yeast eats the priming sugar that was added, carbonating the beer.
Drinking Day: After two weeks the beer is ready to be chilled and enjoyed.
