Rachael and I putting one foot in front of the other...simply happy to be there!

The Austin Marathon

I got to run with my dad, which was such a gift!

The Austin Marathon

After almost 6 months of training with Team in Training (the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) my friend, Rachael, and I finally crossed the finish line....truly by God's grace! This photo was around mile 21.

Locks of Love

after more than a year of accountability with each other to not get our hair cut...this is before from the front... from the back....

going...going...

going....gone!

our after photos...

about 10+ inches

shorter and loving it!

Christmas in Minnesota...

Sara letting Ella do her business in Des Moines
We were decorating Ginger Bread houses

Ella's first experience with ice...

Ella posing on Lake Edina

Our jeep starring in a jeep ad
Consider yourself fortunate as how know how many pics were taken of Ella in the snow

Family pic

Road trip!!!
These were snowballs that had frozen on Ella as she was playing in the snow

The old lake behind the Merry's the woods that we were in were very Narnia like

Christmas time around Virginia Place...

Sara holding our wedding cake for us to eat a year later...

Artistic in a way, one of my faves...
Baked by yours truly, with fresh pecans from our backyard.

This would be the action shot of us eating our wedding cake
A shot of our living room all gusseyed up for Christmas

Our tree
Brian, Joe, Grandpa, mom, dad, Jeff, Beth, Jill, Sara during "Crownover Christmas"

Artistic shot again.

Making up for lost time, some Thanksgiving pics...

Fixing breakfast before golfing on the Friday post Thaqnksgiving.

The group down in Salado///