pies and old pictures

I made two pies this weekend.  On Friday night we ate  fresh raspberry pie while we watched a movie together.  On Sunday I made a fresh strawberry pie and I served up a slice for everyone with their dinner.  They were both good, but I think the strawberry is better.

So this morning as I was tidying, after the mad school rush, I got to thinking about pie.  Thinking about pie made me think of pictures of me and my three-year-old Katie Jane making banana cream pie together.  (Funny how minds work like that.)

She is just a little sweetie, isn’t she?  Look at that cute little tongue sticking out in the last picture! What a doll.

"mama, how do you get germs?"

we've been back to school for one week and we already have one down for the count.

candid

this girl came home from church yesterday and put on an apron.

"Just in case I feel like baking those strawberry lemonade bars.  And besides I really like this apron."

 (recipe found here)

sixth, second & third

 

this boy had a rough time saying goodbye and felt so nervous he might "explode!"  but he made it through the day, all in one piece.

and so did i.

eighth grade

 

after 16 years he still makes me laugh

we celebrated another anniversary last week.  and like every anniversary, i can't help but think about his proposal.

brian came up to my apartment, with a ring box tucked in his sock.  he didn't know where to stick it...he thought his pocket was too obvious, so in the sock it went.

he hadn't planned much after that.  when?  where?  how?  i guess he figured he would propose when the time seemed right.

i went into my room to try on a new shirt i bought that day and brian waited out in the bathroom area of my apartment while i changed.  in hindsight, he may not have situated himself in the bathroom, seeing as that was the spot where a piece of our history was made.

but that is where he was, in the bathroom, leaning up against the vanity, when he realized the ring box was digging in to his leg and he had to pull it out of his sock. 

so the ring came out of hiding and i, of course, said "yes." 

i even cried, just a little and then i laughed.

(we can't tuck in our grins!)

summer photos (edited by kate)

                                        (i LOVE alison's face in the background!)

what a great summer.