Just as special as the reunion is our evening before at the family camp. Just to think on the fact that my father probably held this same pose in this same spot sixty years ago is surreal to me. I often let me mind dawdle on things like family history, time flying, and the repetitive [...]

So, I have a lot of fun photos that I’ve fallen behind in posting. And my mind is a little too sleepy right now to think of clever ways to group them. I throw in the word “random,” and we have a sort of creative grouping, don’t you think? And…… go.

This is a handsome man-ring [...]

Like monarchs migrating to Mexico, a hundred fifty or so of my closest cousins are heading the way of the Holtwood farm. Tomorrow at noon, the Rhoads Chicken Corn Soup Reunion will officially commence, but the week leading up to the “official” start is full of anticipation and mini-reunions. The Michigan clan arrives. The Kauffman [...]

Sheesh, I am SO far behind in my blogging that I realized I haven’t yet posted pictures of our adorable baby’s 1st birthday. This was a fun one. Never before have I had a child that was so “into it.” She seems so grown up for a 1-year-old. Ummm…. guessin’ that’s because she’s trying to [...]

Many of our days are filled with swimming (or “fwimmin” as is often heard ’round these here parts). This summer has been an excellent one for it! Nearly every day I am thankful to God for giving us this extra special blessing.

I love that you can spy Cyrus going for Shelby’s tickling feet in this [...]

Woohoo! I almost missed this one. Thanks to Cyrus’ speech therapist for pointing it out to me!

Shelby & Cyrus at Vacation Bible School in June.

The holdup was this:

 
No, not that chaotic mess. That’s typical. It might even be considered a better day for my desk. See that little yellow thing on Ceidleigh? Let’s zoom in…

Yes, it was my husband’s version of

Ceidleigh had issues. But my ever-so-patient, extremely knowledgable and skillful geek-in-resident came to the rescue again. The insides were [...]

My brother suggested I post that old photo of me on Champion. Being the avid photo archivist that I’ve become, I just happen to have it tucked away on Ceidleigh (my trusty Mac). Here we are, Champion and little Becky. I don’t look so sure. But I grew to love it! That’s cousin Rainey on [...]

During vacation week, we headed to the beach for the day. We planned a bit of an adventure. Explored a little out-of-the-way beach at a marina on the way to Rehoboth. See… treasure hunting is in me, and apparently I passed that onto the Shelb. We saw a program about “hunting” sea glass, and she [...]

We spent a week of vacation at home, and it was marvelous! I have lots of pictures to share. Hope you don’t get tired of them.

Over Independence Day we had the privilege of visiting with the Blairs.

Got in some good games of Wizard, one of which I was excited to take the crown.

We had a [...]