Ryan's Baptism

Ryan's Prayer

(from Psalm 71)

In you, O Lord, let Ryan take refuge;

let him never be put to shame.

Rescue Ryan and deliver him in your righteousness;

turn your ear to him and save him.

Be Ryan's rock of refuge,

to which he can always go;

give the command to save him,

be his rock and his fortress.

I pray that you will be Ryan's hope,

O Sovereign Lord,

his confidence from his youth.

From birth may he rely on you;

for you brought him forth from his mother's womb.

Let Ryan ever praise you.

Street Hockey

Kisses

Runnin' and Rollin'

Sunny Days

Soaking in the final rays of summer:

The zucchini baby. (Nice face, Ryan.)

A picnic with Grammy at the Nature Center. We love this place.

Oh, Eli. It's a good thing your brother is pretty forgiving.

This is a picture from Mom's first outing with her three boys. A stroll at the Gardens.

Eli's favorite activity is helping out his daddy.

Growing up sure can wear you out.

Multi-tasking

One of the skills of motherhood has to be multi-tasking. The other afternoon we did some painting and corn husking.

Eli enjoyed the husking.

Ryan enjoyed watching his oldest brother.

Luke enjoyed the painting. . .

. . . and the (raw) corn. Hmmm, perhaps we shouldn't have combined these two. Don't worry, Mom, the paint was nontoxic.

Ryan Daniel