Archive for the ‘Pictures’ Category

Family Picture

Here are the most recent pictures of our family, and also one of Dana and me.

Garden Update

Our garden has done very well this year . . . and so have the weeds. Fortunately, our vegetables have paid little attention to the weeds and just kept right on growing and producing. Here is a basket of our harvest a couple of weeks ago. Our tomato plants did way better this year than [...]

Summer Sunset

We are finally back from a week of vacation at the beach and another week out of town. I am posting a few sunset pictures from Hilton Head to mark the end of summer! Classes at Appalachian State and in the homeschool teaching cooperative start up this week. At ASU I am teaching two sections [...]

Visit with Mom and Dad

We enjoyed a visit with my mom and dad recently. They came and camped at the local KOA. You can view the rest of the album HERE. Here is a picture of Samantha, three weeks old, chatting with Caleb and Nathaniel.

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

Hannah turned six on July 4th. She is a delightful little girl with an extra portion of charm. Here is a picture of Hannah holding her new baby sister, Samantha.

Blue Eyes

Pictures of Samantha’s First Day

Here are some pictures of Samantha’s first day. OK, now I saved the most hilarious picture for last. This was an unbelievable fluke shot–she’s not really smiling yet, of course. We have got a lot of laughs out of it. Maybe Samantha forgot, just for a millimoment, that she was supposed to act like a [...]

Samantha Rubie is Born!

We are grateful to the Lord for answering many prayer in the safe birth of Samantha. She was born at one this morning, June 16; she was 8lb 14oz and 20” long. The main part of labor went beautifully (Dana is amazing!). But when it came to the end, Samantha’s head was turned sideways and [...]

Thirteen Years with Dana

Happy Anniversary to Dana and me! I am so grateful to have a faithful, capable, beautiful, motherly, homemaking, hospitable, organized, loving, ministry-partnering, good-cooking wife.

Movable Chicken Coop

We finished building our movable chicken coop yesterday. It is made out of PVC pipe, a little re-bar, some wood reinforcement, chicken-wire, and a tarp. It houses up to around 25 chickens and is light weight so that it can be moved each day. So in addition to their feed, they get fresh grass and [...]