Still feels like coming home

Arizona <3

Beth Moore napping

My sister Katie holds our nephew Caleb as he naps during the Living Proof Live conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The music was blaring, and both of his aunts were singing along.  He fell asleep despite the clamor of thousands of women worshiping God.

Rifle Falls

I only got to take a few photos, but the family had a good time at Rifle Falls.

continuing a trend

Lincoln Home, pictures can be found at my Flickr (of course).

oh my swollen toes!

Oxy Moronic Park

More often referred to as the park outside the National Museum of the US Air Force, at Wright-Patterson AFB, near Dayton, OH.

Now that makes perfect sense.

i also don't remember things being quite so orange...

this was a rather holey rocket

oh, you get the idea

Arlington National Cemetery Visitor Center

the U.S. Capitol

more DC facilities!

back at the National Portrait Gallery

the Library of Congress

the National Air and Space Museum

The pictures i took with my Canon Rebel are up at my Flickr.

Air Force Memorial

Most image intense post to date!

Mount Vernon Museum, i presume

Pics of Mount Vernon.

two DC bathrooms

Other pictures from this day in Washington DC are, of course, at my Flickr.

the National Archives

a McDonalds, after the National Portrait Gallery

Wright Brothers Memorial, Kitty Hawk, NC

Or, more properly, Kill Devil Hills, NC, in the Outer Banks, sometimes referred to as OBX (i saw the stickers for this area all the time when i lived in Charlotte, but never knew what they were for).

Columbia, SC

I have no idea why i felt compelled to take this, but it turned out to be one of many.   A picture of my Canon Rebel in the bathroom of the state capitol.  My other photos of this building can be found at my Flickr.

at the South Carolina State Museum

isn't that lovely?

At breakfast, Birmingham, AL

ante-random shoes

at a Sonic, somewhere between Little Rock and Birmingham

"Awana" campout, cont.

It turned out to be family only. There was a lot of rain, but it cleared on Sunday.  Image intense...

Awana campout

First night, guess what we forgot?

Elitch Gardens

Homeschool day at the former Six Flags (as well as Band Day, apparently). I was surprised to see how many pairs of Converse were in attendance.  Warning:  image intense.

i'll be home for Christmas, part 3

Still driving, starting out in western Kansas. Alice decided to play with the diapers again, just like last trip.



Because of car troubles we took a little detour for gas and oil a few miles outside of Denver. i had never been to Red Rocks Amphitheater before, but it is beautiful in the snow (though the roads were slick). And as i said, the dogs went crazy when they saw the snow: it was quite a chore keeping them in line and on their collars

i'll be home for Christmas, part 2

Still too hilarious to pass up! i do not know if they intended to be so humerous or not, but it certainly cracks me up.









We spent the night in Paducah, KY, and there was some discussion as to whether we would run into bad weather. The roads were perfectly clear until about nightfall, though this rest area had obviously been visited by some freezing rain. The dogs loved it and went absolutely crazy, even more so when they actually saw snow for the first time. This is the rest area where Cleo got loose and it took us half an hour to get her rounded up (we all got our exercise, let me tell you). As you can see, Alice doesn't like it when the puppies lick her face, especially when she feels as if she's about to slip and fall down on ice. These pictures are taken in Missouri, somewhere west of St. Louis, which was looking especially picturesque this fine morning, but i neglected to take photos of from the car.

i'll be home for Christmas, part 1

Gromit got his head stuck in the water jug, trying to get the last of it out, before we had a chance to pour water in the bowl. He drank a lot of it, then freaked out, which was both hilarious and made you feel so bad for him at the same time. i guess curiosity killed the dog this time.


from left to right: white/golden boy, Laika, and a soaked Gromit