Amani at 6 months
February 2009 Amani’s first overnight at our house… what a little sweetie! FYI: the sword is not sharp…
Category Archives: Allen
Visiting Popeye in Chester, IL
January 2009 A random Saturday drive with my beloved husband… he makes everything fun 🙂
Christmas Day 2008
25 December 2008 Our annual tradition of Christmas Day at my mother-in-laws resulted in an afternoon of fun and silliness.
Christmas Eve 2008
24 December 2008 Time at Mom and Dad’s with Andrea and Sheila in attendance (and of course the Hanlins). We went to Destiny’s service too 🙂
Serve St Louis Christmas
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.
Silly Allen with a MacBook – Video
November 2008 Just a random moment on the couch with our dear friend Sheila… and her MacBook. A couple hours and a LOT of laughs later – here’s some of what we captured 🙂
Thanksgiving 2008
November 2008 Celebrating Thanksgiving at Bertha’s followed by a brief celebration of Allen’s birthday a couple days early 🙂
Amani’s Dedication
23 November 2008 On our 7th Wedding Anniversary we got the pleasure of dedicating our first grandson, Amani!
Thanksgiving Boxes
November 2008 On a chilly Saturday morning, we headed out with 450 boxes of food and a load of turkeys to give to families in need in north St. Louis city. It was an amazing day 🙂
Opening the Wrapped Present
September 2008 So after torturing her for a couple weeks, Andrea finally got to open her gift. We had such a wonderful time 🙂
Amani at 1 mo
September 2008 Hard to believe it’s been a month already, but it has and he is growing fast… or should I say STRONG! He is a strong lil’ dude! And he loves his Pawpaw… of course, what’s not to love Continue reading Amani at 1 mo
Making Pillows
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 (as Ashley watched and Bertha visited); then we finished them up… they came Continue reading Making Pillows
Wrapped Present and 23 Days to Go
September 2008 Twenty-three days of torture until Andrea’s birthday. But today she got to see and inspect the wrapped box. 🙂
Allen & Sketch Chasing Each Other
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 🙂
Sketch & the Squirrel
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 Continue reading Sketch & the Squirrel
Amani Jay Vintes’ Birth
7 August 2008 Our first grandchild, Amani, arrived at 10:46 am on 8/7/08 weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and 19.5″ long. We were all so glad he finally had arrived! And videos from day 2!
Defenders of the Faith plus some…
July 2008 Another episode of Defenders of the Faith plus some pictures of our friend (Pastor Ben) with the kids as well as worship.
Defenders of the Faith
July 2008 A fun play put on for the kids at Destiny. Prayer Warrior, Captain Courage, The Bulk, and Faith Woman! I’m particularly fond of Prayer Warrior, I’m sure you’ll never guess why 🙂
Ashley One Thursday
June 2008 Summer break and Ashley came to visit mid-week… just some random pictures since she was looking so beautiful 🙂
Marcus Moving Out
May 2008 Marcus came and stayed with us for about 6 weeks – he managed to dodge the camera until the last day… love this guy!
IHOP-KC
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!
Christmas Eve 2007
24 December 2007 Andrea joined my side of the family for Christmas Eve 🙂
Ashley’s Haircut
July 2007 When Ashley got home from having her haircut she just looked so pretty we had to get some pictures of her 🙂
Girls’ Night at Our House
July 2007 Sheila and Andrea came over for girls’ night at our house and we had a little bit of fun with the camera! It all started while I was making cabbage and Andrea commented, “Hey that looks like a Continue reading Girls’ Night at Our House
Fetch with Sketch
September 2006 Sketch’s favorite opponent is Daddy. Here they are in an energetic round of fetch!