Like a lightly painted brush, Fall stroked color across the rolling acres. Tinted cinnamon and nutmeg found their hues on tree tops. Hills upon hills upon hills of mowed grass backed up to white fences and tall wheat. In the center was a quiet pond reflecting back each tree full of oncoming autumn leaves. In […]

In these our moments are joy and wonder. They are little lives learning by touch and feel and see and sense. Words find meaning. Sentences like, “I love you” followed by his open arms and his ready strength two minds now understand. The warm smile that spreads through her eyes and her heart and her […]

In the quiet of the evening, where the golden sun fell and faded closer to the horizon, they breathed in deep. Behind them days upon days of what they knew. Just the two of them to call family. But before them something beautiful. A new season. Autumn leaves of cinnamon and ginger and spice still […]

One day…years ago in high school…their love began. Something small. Something beautiful. I wonder if then they knew this incredible thing it would become? Their first love. As their story played on, their lives moved apart….but then exquisitely and with intricate detail, they moved back together again. It wasn’t long till they discovered that this…this […]

Each year they welcome me back into their lives.Their story. Each year I get to watch their son grow. And now two sons. Each year I see them love each other, love their family. I get to be a first hand witness to the inner workings of their home. She cares. He protects. The boys […]

Chris and Kelle are the kind of people you hope your life intersects with. They are easy going, kind and caring. They are down to earth. They are thoughtful, warm and a joy to be around. And this was so evident throughout their wedding day. They decided to get married on their land—pond behind them […]

Sometimes it takes a night–a simple, ordinary night–to remind you just how extraordinarily you have it. The two people you see every day.Their laughter.Their smiles.Their presence in your moment by moment. And you realize somewhere between the side by side and hand in hand that they are yours. Not just today. But tomorrow and the […]

Let them explore. Let them experience the world around them. The crisp clean Fall air. The hills of grass and wheat and trees and dirt. The setting sun and all its wonder. Let them be kids.Let them seek and search and scout and sense. Let them grow.Let them become and flourish. Let them be….

It’s amazing really watching two pairs of little legs and little arms. Watching them run and hug and hold hands. Brothers. Similar in look but unique in personality, likes, identity, charisma and character. Little hearts beating along in synchrony with time as they grow and mature and pulse to the rhythm of life. Two parents […]

Dreams drift softly up and out and filter to the unknown expanse called the future. Dreams of this land.This space. A venue to call their own and raising of the walls to form it. Dreams of the memories this space would hold, the people they would touch. Dreams of laughter and marriage and faint “I […]