The Owens Family

Thursday, April 8, 2010

A (little) Boy and His Trucks

Daniel loves trucks, trains, tractors, and basically anything with wheels! I took these photos of him the last day of February. You can see snow in these pictures! Considering we made our first trip (of the season) to the ocean yesterday and it was 90 degrees, these are a bit overdue! I guess it's about time I posted them! :)

Note the favorite train-conductor hat. This was a Christmas gift from Mom Linda and Buddy. Daniel LOVES this hat - he won't even let us take it off him for bed, naps, or bathtime! He does look pretty cute in it, so I don't mind. :)

"Hey Daniel, want to go outside?"

He heads straight over to the snow pile to do some 'work.'

Notice his tongue sticking out -

he does this whenever he is concentrating -

much like his Daddy! lol

I love this picture of him :)

another tongue shot :)

heading over to the barn to 'work' with Daddy

gotta love how serious he is about playing!

He's saying "MOMMEEEEE" in this photo!

Trying out photoscape

Friday, March 26, 2010

Thankful

Today, I am super thankful for the husband God has blessed me with. We met during a youth group function (30 hour famine - anyone remember that!?) when we were both in high school. We started dating a few months later and endured two years of me living 14 hours away, at college, in IN. I returned home after my sophmore year and we got married the following fall. Sometimes I think back to how incredibly young and stupid and full-of-ourselves we were, and I can't believe all we've been through. I truly believe God heard and answered my mom's many prayers for a Godly, good husband for me. Frankly, at the age of 20 (he was 19) when we married, I really don't think I knew much of anything! I was in love and that was all that mattered! But anyone who has been married knows that love isn't enough. There's got to be faithfulness, honesty, caring, and above all, committment. At 20, how was I supposed to be sure that this 19 year old, drum playing, grocey store maintenance worker, smart-mouth guy was going to be all that? I couldn't possibly know. I prayed... a lot. I felt very strongly one night, as I was begging God to give me peace, and rattling off a list of who I thought my husband should be, that God spoke to me. And I felt God tell me, "No, Garr isn't all of that yet, be he will be." And so, our marriage was a walk of faith for me. Each partner in a marriage has to trust and rely heavily on the other partner to not break their heart! And I'll admit, I was scared of getting my heart broken! (I still am sometimes apparently due to the rash of rotten dreams I've been having! blah!) But the truth of the matter is, I don't know if I'm blessed or lucky or what. What I do know is I am thankful. For whatever reason, I've been given a wonderful man for a husband. A man who has done a whole lot of growing up from the boy I married. A man who loves me and cherishes me. A man who loves and plays with his children. A man who works hard at his job, not content with getting by, but continually challenging himself. A man whose heart is soft and pliable for God to work in. A man who takes care of his body and stays in shape. A man who is super talented musically. I could go on and on. But today, I just want the whole world (or at least whoever stumbles upon my ramblings) to know that I love my husband and I thank God for him!!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A Spring Day

These pictures were actually taken last week when the weather was "warm" (for this time of year - note the snow), but not quite as warm as yesterday! Yay for nice weather! I hung a couple loads of laundry out on my clothesline yesterday and the kids played outside a lot. And we walked to the mulch pile after Garr got home from work. So nice! And another nice thing lately? Garr working days. sigh. So wonderful. Only two weeks left and then he's back to second shift. But for now, we are totally enjoying "normal working hours."

One of Abby's favorite things

about our house is this Japanese Maple tree.

She loves climbing it!