December 25

waiting for Christmas dinner

December 23

Our edible Christmas tree craft - fun!

December 21

Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Mixes

December 20

a bit o' snow

December 17

new siding!

December 8

December 4

Christmas Baking Begins

November 26

Thanksgiving Sunset

November 24

Beautiful Butternut

November 18

first ultrasound pic of any of our babies

November 13

Raking at the chapel on Friday

November 11

At the St. Louis Zoo - no zoom

November 9

I coaxed this smile out of Josiah while the kids played at the park after Good News Club

November 8

Ellie and Stephen playing in the leaves

October 31

Believers Bible Chapel annual bonfire

October 27

The table runner... loaded.

October 26

A table runner I made for an autumn centerpiece

October 25

Stephen and Kate enjoying Jonathan playing a new car racing game on the computer

October 24

Some friends at a ladies conference I went to last weekend

October 22

Imagine my dismay when I found the distruction wrought upon my thread drawer by mice...

October 21

A couple of views from ann autumn walk around the property

October 20

Our five guineas follow our rooster around constantly. I wonder if he ever gets tired of them, or if he just enjoys the attention?

October 17

some autumn color in Pacific, MO... about 10 minutes from our house

October 15

Most of our winter squash harvest

October 13

On our wonderful trip to the Butterfly House

October 4

Some of the kids on the other side of the creek (they really enjoyed canoing!)

October 3

Jonathan relaxing at BBC's weekend family camp at Dayspring

October 1

Boys and cars

September 29

Explanation here

September 28

Grace fell asleep at naptime in her sunglasses. She was starting to wake up as I took the picture, and it's blurry to boot, but I still thought she earned the photo of the day.

September 26

View from the Missouri River bridge at Washington, MO (they're doing some construction on the bridge and Jonathan and I were waiting for the light on our anniversary date)

September 25

Sleepy Stephen

September 23

Anniversary chicken pot pie

September 21

a hint of color to come!

September 19

headed to the van after an afternoon working at the chapel

September 17

sunny day picnic

September 14

At Thierbach Orchards in Marthasville, Missouri

September 13

Hair cuts for Kate and Grace

September 12

Gerald and Dee's 25th anniversary vow renewal kiss!

September 9

At Ellie and Siah's joint B-day party (the one with presents).

September 8

Happy 10th birthday, Josiah!

September 7

The new KBC chapel

September 6

Campfire and singing at KBC - bliss!

September 5

Dreams come true

September 4

On the way to Hutchinson

September 3 - Happy 11th Birthday Ellie!

Ellie's birthday dinner was tonight. She and Josiah (whose bday is next Tues) will have a joint party next week, but for tonight, she got to choose her birthday dinner.

And, just because he's so cute, an extra one... of Stephen and Maggie (Dad and Mom Smith's dog):

September 2

This wonderful sunflower plant volunteered in the middle of our garden. Love it!