who is eight?

 

Look at you!

And that doll with the purple braid sang!  I had no idea, and boy did she sing and sing.

Awwww.

You are just the greatest girl and we are so lucky you're ours.

Love you forever and always, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody

happy birthday bennie

 It's been a fun year, getting to know you, spending time together at the lake too.

Hope it was a wonderful birthday and best wishes in the year ahead.

Love, Val, Jay, and Everybody

rainy evening

The light was so pretty before it turned dark tonight.

Last week I bought that bread machine at the second hand store and it didn't work. The spinning thing that stirs the bread dough wasn't working and then it just kind of smelled like burning.

Into the trash.

But today Bibles for Missions is open late and there was a bread machine for ten dollars!

The manual with recipes was found online and was even able to be printed out from my phone, and there's bread in there now, doing the bread thing.  The instructions were explicit: Do NOT open the lid.

Okay, not touching anything.

Love, Val

moving on

 This early darkness has me ready to move on from summer.

Fall decorations help.

Love, Val
 

more wedding

 

These are pictures shared by others and this has been so much fun, seeing what pictures other people also took. 

So much love you two,  Love, Mom

wedding day

Beautiful evening, sweetest couple.

All our love and good wishes for your life together.

Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody