Shotsnaps

  I took these so Annika could see invitation progress while she was down South. I post them here because they're on my phone. Sorry. 23...

  So many, many, many things fell off the map for a year straight while I wore the hat of a reluctant wedding planner-- home education, weed...

When Mildred was born 22 years ago, Grandma Owen arrived the same day, though she lived six hours away. She cradled Millie in the hospital b...

...are what Keith and Teman deserve. (Never mind that the mental picture of either of them wearing a crown is incongruous.)

 He probably paid a mint for this encouraging message.

It's hard to believe, and time's flown so fast, but Henry and Mildred have been man and wife for nearly six months.  (All photos abo...

Well, Dad--  If old habits die hard, you bear some blame  when I take the bait,  open my mouth, and let hounds race baying from my lips. But...

Overheard upstairs this morning while Cadence and Skylark were cleaning the room five children share: Cadence, frustrated with her little si...

This one's for  you. I haven't even posted LAST year's Hallowe'en costumes, but here's this year's Hallowe'en gi...

 ..for this wonderful and one-of-kind woman. We celebrated our beloved Grandma Owen's 75th birthday a few weeks early this past Saturday...

October 6th! I would never and could never have dreamed this: our children, our girls and their husbands, our grandbabies. I'm grateful ...