pre-dawn snowfall over the st. louis temple | december 14, 2013

What a difference 10 minutes can make. When I initially got the camera set up to photograph the St. Louis Temple Saturday morning, the sky was pitch black. The first images were pretty – the trees glowed as they do here, and the flakes were large. Once I thought I had captured the image I had originally envisioned, I moved to a new angle to show more of the building. After 10 minutes, I noticed the sky was starting to gain a little color. And then this happened:

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Sweet T(3)

Not-so-baby-any-more! Teagan turned one! It is just too fun watching babies grow to toddlers and toddlers grow to kids and kids grow to teenagers and teenagers grow to adults. We have such a fun job!

Here are the latest pics of this happy, precious little girl. You will remember her from her newborn pics and also her 6-month pics. Too cute and way too fun. And of course, the random snow storm that dropped 5-6 inches around the St Louis area in March, couldn't go by unnoticed.

groundhog day 2011: postponed

Earlier this evening, I ran to the store to grab a few "essentials" -- milk and bread. Unfortunately, all I had while I was out was my iPhone. That's okay. Still was able to capture these: