Last Sunday my son Enric preached about a unique wrestling account that has ever taken place. He was continuing his series in Genesis, and this account of course, was about Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel. Growing up in Sunday School, listening to the stories about Jacob, I...
This year Laura completes her last year of high school. We couldn’t let the occasion pass without a party!
In order to finish painting the living room/dining room, I have yet to paint one more wall. The problem is there is a huge wall unit filled with stuff in front of that wall. I am slowly putting the items in storage so that the heavy wall unit can be...
Inside some malls are these adorable play areas for children, that Miranda has called the “Mall Park” A few days ago, Rubi had her first visit and then we went again fairly soon after that. She LOVED it! I thought she would be a bit timid, but she went at...
I am sometimes slow to download content from my phone to my computer, so recently, 2 months AFTER John was here, I downloaded and watched this video of Rubí on John’s lap. She was quite fascinated with his whiskers. (John was very much on vacation). Oh, Rubí, I like them...
In 1973, my mom introduced me to the world of horse racing in a big way. She sat me down to watch the Kentucky Derby. I had my eyes on a black horse, and she pointed to a big red beauty, “That’s the one to win.” She got so excited...
Today Laura and I decided to take a walk at Fort Smallwood Park. We saw a helicopter overhead, at the time we didn’t notice that it was channel 13 news. There were these extra large dandelions on the beach… On the same beach, a beautiful butterfly landed. A crab washed...
On one of our outings in Australia, we spent the day in Fremantle. To come home we drove up the coast of the Indian Ocean. As it turns out, I had to ask John to stop every five minutes to get photos. This sunset, kept changing and getting more amazing...
We’ve had a heatwave here in Maryland, and Silas got to have a treat after lunch, an ice cream cone! I took him on the back deck as that seemed the best place, in the end, it was… 🙂
It’s June 2nd, and we don’t even have the pool open yet. Not to mention we just went through a nasty heatwave. Our pool is surrounded by a LOT of trees which presents us with an issue the end of each spring, getting the fallen leaves off of the pool...
Fatherlessness – Our nation’s number one social epidemic. The United States is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today, an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity...
I’m her mom and her teacher, and am always proud of Laura. Today both those roles were proud again, when she handed in this extra credit English project, a poem, which she put on one of her photos. It reads: Never should you forget the One who formed you in...
Jenny and Miquel went on a Bahamas Cruise for their honeymoon. I was given the task to scan the photos they had taken while there. So, here are some of them!
Besides running my own photo challenge site, I participate in quite a few. These are sort of like online photography “contests” often called Photo Memes. I prefer photo challenge, as the themes often keep your photography fresh as you endeavor to do something different, or something you might not have...
I had a ball at the reception getting to talk and be with friends and family and capturing some candid and posed shots of everyone. (Click on photo for larger image) Rubà was a bit of a show stealer. Mom joins the family table. Mom with Uncle Arthur Jim,...
Well I said I would blog in three segments about the wedding and have added a fourth, “the small details”. It occurred to me that I took some photos of some small details in the wedding worth noting. (Click on the image to open up a larger photo) The bridesmaid’s...
During my birthday Chris suggested for us to go out to eat as a way of celebrating the occasion. Sounded good to me. Jimmy jumped on board with the idea too. Chris’s idea was to go to the Cheesecake Factory, and since I had never been, sounded perfect to me....
As promised, I have broken up the wedding photos into three sets. These are the Posed ones. At each wedding there are always the formal “posed” photos. Miquel and Jenny’s wedding was no exception. Where I prefer natural and candid shots, everyone seemed to enjoy posing for the photographer. Enjoy,...
I’ve had some time to recover from last week’s activities and work on photos taken at Miquel and Jenny’s wedding. I think I will split the postings showing the photos into three sections: the wedding, the reception, and posed photos. So for now, the first set. (Click on the photo...
Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. and Mrs. Miquel Lopez Many MORE photos to follow! 🙂
Well the night before the wedding and after some hard work and planning maneuvers by Miranda, she held a sweet bridesmaid party for Jenny. First the some food and sweets, then presents! Next came a game. Miquel had already answered 15 personal questions and Jenny had to answer...
Today we met for the rehearsal for the wedding. It was rather emotional seeing Miquel with all his friends (weren’t they all just at our house yesterday swimming, playing video games, and having band practice?) and now Miquel is getting married. It was interesting, Donna, one of the directors asked...
Not for the faint of heart. This is an image of three photos, all taken by John at the Washington DC zoo. The area by the prairie dogs has a play section for children where they can also see what it must be like for the animals to go in...
We are not short of events in this household this week. Today Rubí turned one years old and got a taste of her first cake! Miranda made her something not too sweet, not wanting to introduce sugars yet.
I can’t believe that sweet little bundle born a year ago is now walking and keeping our household well on its toes! I am so thankful to God for our little precious and that I get to be such a part of her life.
In time for Australia’s May 11th, but a little early here, John’s birthday present arrived. To say the least I was overwhelmed. What is it? What do I use it for? Obviously it’s a flash for my camera. Am I ready for this? So, once I figured out how to...
Most days Rubi joins John and I at least once during our chats. Today she was so cute “putting on her make up” on the webcam, I couldn’t resist a screen shot.
Mothers Day, Two Birthdays (mine and Rubi’s), upcoming wedding)…. This is and already has been a very busy week. Yesterday, besides celebrating Mother’s Day, we also started celebrating the two birthdays. This is the beginning and so much more to come this week!
Heard this in church today, I just had to post it! MOM – JOB DESCRIPTION: POSITION : Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills! and be willing to...
Well Miquel took me to lunch this week, and today, Enric and family brought me a bouquet of flowers, with so many lovely blooms, but sweetest of all, a sunflower! I do love them! We can’t grow them here as we don’t get much sun with all the trees. So...
No matter what miracle and cures science comes up with, we all know that our lives on this earth are numbered. The Bible suggests living that way helps us to be wise. So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12) From...
Laura and I wanted to do something today, and thought of walking around Kinder Park in this nice weather. When we found out that Cameron had a tee ball game today, we decided to walk to the park where he was at and watch him play. When we arrived there,...
This Easter, right after church and lunch Daddy and Silas were out of their best clothes and building something for Nana on the back deck. But I managed to get Rubà and her mommy in their Easter best before they changed, or something like that.
This time it took nearly two days of travel time for John to get home. When at last we could say hi on the webcam again, Silas was sure to climb up on my lap and immediately tell John, “I miss you, Mr. Dolphin” which I quickly captured the moment...
Not Goodbye…. Without a clue how to make an intercontinental relationship work, John and I eased into our first step into doing so, we got engaged his last visit here. Go ahead and play the video. 🙂 Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
I’ve been to the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. more times than I could ever count, and always love going to it. I didn’t know that there was an extension to it in Dulles till John mentioned he’d like to go there. On top of that, my uncle,...
It’s probably fair to say that Silas and John’s relationship started over a cup of tea. Mind you it was miles apart using a web cam, but they would share hot tea together daily after that. So, the morning after our trip to Lurray Caverns (we got home late and...
After going to Lurray Caverns and the Car Museum, we decided to head north to home via Skyline Drive. I called from Lurray to see if there was an entrance to the drive from Lurray, I was told there was.
