New Years in NC – Day 2
1 January 2009 This is day 2, New Year’s Day including everything from brunch at Bill & Marilyn’s, family portraits at Kemp & Rosalyn’s followed by dinner and family fellowship time.
New Years in NC – Family Portraits
1 January 2009 23 Family members congregated in NC in 2 houses for 3 fun-filled days of family fellowship. These family portraits are from day 2, New Year’s Day.
New Years in NC – Day 1
31 December 2008 This is day 1, New Year’s Eve including everything from breakfast at Kemp & Rosalyn’s, fellowship at Bill & Marilyn’s, culminating with a White Elephant Gift Exchange to bring in the new year!
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 🙂
Leslie Birthday
2 November 2008 A Fun celebration of a big birthday at Mom and Dad’s… I love my sistoiree!
Prayer Room
November 2008 A typical Tuesday in the prayer room. 🙂 This is how we spent a year and a half of our life… thank You God!
Autumn Glory
October 2008 A drive from home to Elsah, IL and all the beauty in between. Celebrating our amazing Creator!
Web Design
Since I began creating themes as opposed to developing full websites, I stopped tracking as carefully (because of the sheer number of them!). But this gives a bit of a fun history of the web design I’ve done. For a Continue reading Web Design
Steph Jones, Tova, & Kirby
October 2008 Steph is working on a music CD (amazing worship leader) and so it worked out well that I coerced her into a shoot! She brought along two of her roomies (Tova & Kirby) and we got fun shots Continue reading Steph Jones, Tova, & Kirby
My Nephews
October 2008 It’s been FAR too long since the last shoot I did of my nephews so we dashed off to Queeny Park and got some fun ones 🙂
Tyler’s Live Recording
September 2008 God’s birthed so many incredible songs in Tyler – it was time to get them recorded! He recorded three services of worship as well as having to deal with some paparazzi (Jess Wade and me) and video crew!
Andrea’s 26th Birthday
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 🙂
Making the Birthday Quilt(s)
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!
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
Oscar
13 September 2008 This is Oscar. He lived in our backyard until he met with an untimely death after playing with Allen and Sketch :/Â I thought he was kinda pretty for a snake…
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 🙂