Ashley & Jamal’s Wedding
17 August 2024 Ashley and Jamal’s Wedding Day! Such a beautiful event at the Piper Palm House in Tower Grove Park. (And thank you to Brent who also shared some of his pictures too!)
Category Archives: In-Laws
Family Pics at Elisa’s
21 May 2023 Elisa started these monthly family dinners and it’s been such a beautiful way to get to see everyone regularly. So since we had everyone present this month (and since the weather was cooperating), we took a moment Continue reading Family Pics at Elisa’s
Pool at Thera’s
10 July 2017 With Melle in town with Akyah and we all gathered at Chris and Thera’s – all three step kids and all three grandkids as well as my mother-in-law, Mette, and even Elisa was there for a bit 🙂 And Continue reading Pool at Thera’s
At Brent & Mette’s with Lisa
15 July 2012 Melle was in town with her granddaughter (Akyah) and so we all (including Jack, Bodie and his girlfriend, Lisa, and Thera, Christopher and Amani) descended on Brent & Mette’s. It was my first time seeing their place Continue reading At Brent & Mette’s with Lisa
Amani at 3
15 July 2011 Some pictures and videos from a few weeks before Amani turned 3. He loves him some Pawpaw!
Brent Fixing our A/C
19 July 2011 Brent came and did an amazing job fixing our a/c on a 100 degree day! He was TOTALLY our hero 🙂
Bertha & her Kids
15 July 2011 With Melle in town for a visit, it was a great time to catch my mother-in-law (Bertha) with all 3 of her children 🙂
Thanksgiving 2010
25 November 2010 Thanksgiving at my mother-in-laws! And celebrating Marcus’ 21st birthday 🙂
Amani’s 2nd Birthday
8 August 2010 The day after his second birthday, we got to spend some time with the birthday boy! Pawpaw had SO much fun playing with the firetruck with him 🙂
Melle’s Visit
15 July 2010 Always fun to have Melle in town for a visit and with the girls there for the evening it was too tempting not to stop by after the Prayer Conference 🙂
Resurrection Sunday
4 April 2010 At the in-laws to celebrate Resurrection Sunday… and both the girls brought their friends – Thera brought Chris and Ashley brought Armand… fund to get to meet them both finally 🙂 And Amani and Pawpaw had an Continue reading Resurrection Sunday
Christmas Day
25 December 2009 Christmas at my in-laws is always a joy – and it’s always wonderful to get to catch up with the kids (and grandson!) 🙂
Thanksgiving 2009
27 November 2009 Thanksgiving at the in-laws with a 3 kids and grandchild in attendance 🙂
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.
Thanksgiving 2008
November 2008 Celebrating Thanksgiving at Bertha’s followed by a brief celebration of Allen’s birthday a couple days early 🙂
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!
Derick & Florence’s Wedding
August 2008 Allen’s step-brother, Derick (James’ son), got married to a wonderful woman named Florence. What a GREAT addition to the family 🙂 God bless them!
Thera’s Baby Shower
July 2008 Thera at ~33 weeks with us throwing her a baby shower 🙂 We had a lot of fun!
Birthdays
September 2005 Sheldon and Elisa had a fun BBQ get together to celebrate Tyler and Thera’s 18th birthdays and an absentee Ashley’s 12th. We had a ball!
Graduation Party
May 2005 After Thera’s graduation, we all headed back to Sheldon and Elisa’s new house for some festivities. Elisa called from Baghdad and we passed her around on the phone… I felt a tad guilty getting to see her beautiful Continue reading Graduation Party
Thera’s Graduation
May 2005 Oh my gosh – Thera’s a high school graduate! Here are some shots from her graduation ceremony. It was supposed to rain so it was moved inside – boy was it packed (and HOT!). We’re so proud!
Christmas Clothes
December 2004 Bodie showing off his new kicks and whatnot… with a sweet throw-back cap he got from Thera and Tyler for Christmas. Did some of Ashley in her new stuff too!
Christmas 2004
25 December 2004 Shots of me dropping Bodie off at Jack’s as well as Allen, the kids and I at Bertha’s.
Short-haired
November 2004 Much to my amazement – Bodie decided to cut his hair off! These are some shots to document the noteworthy event.
Family Pix 2004
November 2004 We needed to get some recent family pictures – my Mom and Dad generously offered to come up and help. We got some fun shots!