22 October 2009

After we finished looking at Wedding Dresses, we decided to have dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. Fun was had by all

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24 September 2009

Third year in a row celebrating Andrea’s big day – Matt blessed us all by cooking an amazing dinner (menu of Anda’s choosing) and a good time was had by all We even tortured Andrea by making her sit through 27 things we all love about her!

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13 September 2009

On their 15 week anniversary, Matt popped the question   Andrea followed a trail of her favorite gerber daisies to a private spot in a park where he proposed… then they joined several of us for a little celebration afterwards

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June 2009

Matt spoiled us by making us dinner and in return I tortured he and Andrea by making them pose for a few pictures… they look tortured right?

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25 December 2008

Our annual tradition of Christmas Day at my mother-in-laws resulted in an afternoon of fun and silliness.

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24 December 2008

Shots of me dropping Bodie off at Jack’s as well as Allen, the kids and I at Bertha’s.

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December 2008

We loaded up the trailer with presents and food (and a couple scarves) and paid a Christmas visit to several of the families we’ve gotten close with during the outreach.

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November 2008

Celebrating Thanksgiving at Bertha’s followed by a brief celebration of Allen’s birthday a couple days early

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September 2008

After many weeks of waiting the day finally arrived and guess what? The gift she already had opened WASN’T her “real” present after all! What a fun day filled with lots of love

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June – September 2008

These show the process of creating Andrea’s birthday quilt(s). The gift was kept a secret much to her chagrin, but was sure to be a blessing in the long run!

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September 2008

So after torturing her for a couple weeks, Andrea finally got to open her gift. We had such a wonderful time

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September 2008

I got the honor of teaching miss Andrea how to sew! Our first project? Pillows for her couch! She made them and then dyed them; then we finished them up… they came out beautifully!

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September 2008

Twenty-three days of torture until Andrea’s birthday. But today she got to see and inspect the wrapped box.

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September 2008

These two goof balls can do this for long periods of time, much to the enjoyment of us onlookers… they’re so silly

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September 2008

Not for the faint of heart! It doesn’t turn out well for the squirrel (poor little fella!), but Allen was VERY proud of his pooch The other squirrel is a different one very much alive and happily avoiding the dog!

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June 2008

In search of a gold star for Miss Andrea… the hunt, the find, the giving of the star over dinner with the girls… all precious!

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June 2008

Shot over a two-day period, this was simply us taking a moment to intentionally close some old doors to make way for what God has coming!

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April 2008

Random Sunday after church when my baby girl was looking pretty so I made her get in front of the lens

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4-5 April 2008

Allen, Sheila, Andrea and I headed to Kansas City to visit IHOP (the International House of Prayer) – what an amazing trip!

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March 2008

My pretty baby girl in her pretty dress for easter!

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24 December 2007

Andrea joined my side of the family for Christmas Eve
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October 2007

Late one lovely October afternoon – I talked Andrea into letting me take a few shots of her… gratefully, there were a LOT less bugs than when we had shot the Ashley’s there the week before!

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24 September 2007

Our baby girl turned 25! We got her a quarter cake to celebrate her quarter of a century We had a marvelous time!

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