The Flower Girl

Last month, our good friends Royce and Kasey had their wedding, and they asked Ruth to be their flower girl!

At the rehearsal, she did a perfect job, walking down by herself and even throwing a few flowers. On the wedding day, it was just a little too overwhelming and she needed mommy with her.


About halfway down, she started to lose focus on the task at hand and veer off to visit with some of the wedding goers. She was just looking for any way possible to get out of having all those people stare at her!


Daddy valiantly attempted get her back on track; maybe, just maybe, she would go on by herself and throw a few of those flowers in the process.


uh oh! Bad idea, daddy.


Finally, mommy had come to the rescue and help Ruth finish her job.


It was so cute, right at the beginning before we tried to get her to go down the aisle, she threw one little flower on the ground. Once she saw how many people there were, she just got scared and didn't throw another one.


We're not so sure that Ruth is all that big a fan of weddings. This was right after the service while the wedding pictures were being taken. I would say that she's had it (of course, the fact that the wedding was right during Ruth's nap didn't help any!)


Congrats Royce and Kasey on a beautiful wedding!

Silly Daddy

Kevin's starting his midlife crisis a little early.

A New Year, A New Look

I don't know where she got this smile from, but Ruth has been showing off a new "grin" for the new year. Maybe it is because she now has upper teeth, I don't know, but it is pretty goofy when she just starts flashing it around for no particular reason.

Historians have just discovered an amazing find, a picture of what appears to be a wizard and a hobbit! Further proof that Tolkien was not merely a writer of fantasy, but a historian on the brink of revealing an incredible part of European history!
I've been informed several times recently that nobody wants to check here and see the same picture of Royce fishing in the smokies every time. So, before I get in too much trouble I've decided to do something about it. I won't do too much about it, but I'll change the picture at least. Unfortunately, although I had thought that I would have a lot of free time over the winter to read, blog and simply enjoy life, it is not to be. Next semester is looming before eyes even as the footsteps of the last can still be heard on the porch, and the one coming is a monster. So, think of me as I attempt to learn Greek in these cold months, and to read a few hundred pages here and write a few there. And when you think of me, please don't laugh...

like my daughter, who always laughs at me.

Except when she's the one being laughed at!

Amusing Themselves to Death, Already.

I walked into the room the other day to find Sara showing Ruth how to waste her life away in front of the television. It must have been a good movie though, or a frightening one, seeing how Ruth got a little scared. What ever am I to do?