High School Lovers Beware

          

One year ago today Jon became ours. I keep thinking about his birth family. They let him go the week before his first birthday, just short of one year.

(Studying the above pictures, you might be led to believe that Jon enjoys his Mommy. I think that's correct, but more so, Jon's special love is his Daddy. Sustaining owies, awaking from nap, the first word off his lips, "Daaaddy!")

2004

Five years ago today this boy and this girl got married. 

(FINALLY we've been married longer than we dated. That's what you get when you start to date your mate at age seventeen. Four years and two months of courtship. High school lovers beware: this is wild fun but also agonizing wait.) 

counting the graces

thank you Father for

laughter on mountain hike with friends and kids this morning

wind blowing old wooden windows creaky

green tea