Friday Already!?! FPF

Well - I bought this shirt for Dave. He's my Captain Awesome. :)

We both worked from home today...we've gotten about a foot of snow, I bet. Kellogg's told their employee's to work from home rather than have them on the roads! How nice!!

We're busy getting ready for Christmas, and soon heading to Illinois for family time!! It'll be fun to see everyone.

Hopefully there is some snow there, as well, otherwise Snickers may be disappointed. He's having a blast.

Favorite Photos Friday

Well, I am way behind on blogging! I have so much fun stuff to talk about from our November trip!

So - for favorite photo Friday, I will share a few of my favorite pictures of our niece and nephews on the Harder side! They were so fun to spend time with!

Here is Ava in one of my favorite photos that I took of her! She came into the room while we were getting ready for the Thanksgiving Day service. I asked her if she was allowed to jump on the bed, and she told me, "yes!" So - who am I to ruin her fun? She was really enjoying it, too. (Probably even more when I started taking pictures!) haha. I know I'm a bad influence:

Here is Dakota riding on the 4-wheeler with grandpa....he actually already knows how to start it up! Pretty impressive, as I understand it - this is one of his favorite things to do:

And little Oliver! This little boy was so content with everything we did! He's very sweet and so quiet -- the first thing that Ava told us about her little brother was that, "he has blue eyes." He sure does, and she is so proud of him:

Favorite Photo Friday

My Brothers....evidence of silliness during pictures:





These are favorite photos because they are so true to real life - one or both of them is always hamming it up for pictures... I could produce mountains of evidence to this fact. :) They used to both ask me which brother I liked better... I would tell them that I liked them equally the same.

Favorite Photo Friday

Fall 2006

Moments before this was taken....by our timer.... I told Dave to make a fierce face - I'm not sure why I just smiled. It makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Favorite Photo Friday

April 2007
Easter Weekend
Snickers was sick
Ate something he shouldn't have.
He used to swallow whole socks, and underwear!
OCE - obsessive, compulsive eater
Anyway - I love this picture of our poor sick puppy, helpless...and needing all the love he can get.

Favorite Photo Friday

Today would be Chris' 25th birthday! I know Chris has been on our minds today.... as well as Jodi, Dakota, Mom&Dad, Esther&Jason, and Dan&Susan..... A day of missing, and wishing he were here to celebrate the day in a way similar to previous years.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

I hope birthday dinners in heaven are endless helpings of all your favorites (with no calories, of course) - which for Chris might be... corn on the cob or pizza hut pizza?

Here's a cute picture of the Harder siblings circa 1989 - Chris is the little one holding the donkey's (Dan's) tail..... I wonder why he might be holding that tail?

We attended the county fair last night - specifically the event in the Grand Stand, which we decided would have been something that Chris would have thoroughly enjoyed ---- Combine Derby! That's right - Combine's crashing into each other. I have a lot of pictures of this event and will post them soon, but here is one just for a taste:

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Horseback Riding on our Honeymoon in St. Lucia. I had always wanted to go horseback riding on the beach...we had fun. The best part was that we were the only couple on our ride, AND the guide could have cared less how fast we went - so once we got to the beach we took off at galloping speeds. This is actually, the photo before the actual photo, but I like it as well - so I decided it deserved equal favortism.


And....the actual Favorite Photo Friday picture: (I admit the guy told us to hold hands, we didn't think of that on our own!) Why does my steed look so much smaller and unhealthy compared to Dave's?? Hmm... poor horsey.