Dear Dad

Dear Dad,

I am grateful.

Grateful that you are my Dad.

You always make me smile

When I'm feeling sad.

Dear Dad,

I'm so glad

That you've shown me something

That you love. And that you passed on

That love to Ben and I.

The love of being in God's

Wild, wonderful, 

Forests, fields, rivers.

Dear Dad,

Thank-you for encouraging me.

For being there to help.

For your laughter and your jokes,

Your smiles and wisdom.

Dear Dad.

~Allison M.

Love,

::On the Dove Field::

Hi Y'all! My dad, brother, cousin and I went dove hunting this passed weekend! 

^loading the 4-10^

The weather was amazing! It felt like fall was really here! 

Looking out for doves.

Dylan.

We got to the field at about 2:00. The doves didn't fly until around 3-4:00.

Meanwhile I took pictures, worked on a hat for the children in Romania, and read a little. : )

A hat in the making.

Every time a gun went off...

... Dylan covered his ears. 

Coming back with a dove.

Dad keeping a lookout.

I shot one dove. ; )

Dylan was Benjamin's "bird boy!"

It was a long day. But very profitable. : )

:::

Here's the Bible verse in Spanish as promised.

"Antes, en todas estas cosas somos más que vencedores por medio de aquel que nos amó.

    Por lo cual estoy seguro de que ni la muerte, ni la vida, ni ángeles, ni principados, ni potestades, ni lo presente, ni lo por venir, ni lo alto, ni lo profundo, ni ninguna otra cosa creada nos podrá separar del amor de Dios, que es en Cristo Jesús Señor nuestro."

Romans 8:37-39

What did ya'll do this weekend?

Y'all have a blessed day!

Of Hunting and Frost

We went on a rabbit hunt recently! I must confess I took more pictures of the frost than the actual hunt but it was still fun!

My dad and brother walking across a frost covered field. 

The beagles hot on a trail.

A strange, frost covered bushy thing. Pretty though!

A brier branch.

My favorite picture!

Which do you like?

                            ~Allison