Wales Pictures

 Prayer walking

 Croeso

 cool cross in a cemetary

 dipping my toes in the Atlantic

 A cool church in an area we prayer walked on the last morning

 5 Americans in a phone booth

 Prayer walking

 church service

Castle Ruins from the 12th or 13th century

Wales Mission Trip 2013

 Our home for the week.

 Getting training from IMB missionary John Robinson

 Group shot on the sea wall

 View of the ancient medieval wall

 Overlooking the town of Caernarfon

 Group debriefing

Beautiful sunset over the harbor

Boston Mission Team Part 2

 

 

 

 

Boston Mission Team part 1

 

 

 

 

A Country Wedding

Kim, Morgan, Sean, Allen

Claire is ready for the wedding!

This weekend we got to celebrate with one of my cousins as she and her now husband, Sean got married. It was a beautiful day for a picturesque wedding looking out over the pond and the treeline. Guests sat on hay and many stood during the ceremony. The bride was escorted by her Dad and her step-Dad. The groomsmen wore blue jeans and cowboy boots, as did the bridesmaids. The reception was, you guessed it, BBQ! It was a great afternoon and evening with family and friends. Morgan and Sean are smitten with each other, which is always wonderful to see in younger couples. It was a great weekend spent catching up with uncles and aunts and cousins! My prayer is that God will continue to strengthen their relationship and draw them ever closer to Himself as they journey together through marriage.

Shotgun Wedding?? Not really but the dads thought it was funny!

Papa Larry and Charlotte with some of the wedding cake!

My beautiful wife finally agreed to take a picture with me.

St. Patrick's Day in Savannah and Charlotte's Birthday

Christmas Happenings

This week has been so busy and full. We had activities of some kind nearly every night. Christmas Eve and Day were simply wonderful! I made Italian "gravy" with meatballs for our Christmas Eve dinner with Mom, unfortunately the girls were so tired they all had to eat before I could make it home from the services at church.

Claire and Charlotte were so excited they couldn't go to sleep. In spite of my stern warning not to even think about waking me up before 7:30, we were all up and in the den to see what Santa brought by 5:45, that's AM! It was a great morning, Cyd's parents joined us shortly after 7AM, so that we could enjoy a nice breakfast together as the girls played with their new things. We eventually got dressed and went to Cyd's parents, with a slight detour to Aunt Tori's (where my family was gathering for Christmas) to see them for a little bit. The girls and I then headed back to Cyd's parents for dinner and Christmas with her side of the family.



Saturday the girls got to test out the new Barbie Jeep, which they love!

Christmas Card Potential?

Thanksgiving Pictures

Thanksgiving is always a big event in our family, on both sides. These are just a few pictures from Thursday in the "country". The house and other structures in the background of the pictures are where my grandmother grew up. It's always a busy, full day, but each year is filled with wonderful memories! This year I thought for sure that there wouldn't be anyone new, so then I would know everyone, but I think there were three new faces and names. Of course if you ask most of us, we just consider anyone new a "cousin."








Hope your Thanksgiving was as great as ours!