Elias, the great warrior stakes out his portion of the barn.

"What was that sound?"

"A photographer!"

Great conversations are matter of course but a Mystery Guest is hardly ordinary...

The Mystery Guest

Gary takes an appropriately long time to introduce the next event...

...as photographers attempt to get their cameras working...

...and the suspense builds...

Finally the Mystery Guest is revealed!

The Mystery Guest himself.

"You may now pet the alligator."

I am thinking it is a good thing that this guy has his mouth taped shut.

Wonder

Even Dorothy wanted to touch the alligator.

A rare picture of me in action. Thank you Emma! :)

Why bother petting when you can hold the alligator?

Photoshoot!

Candace

Isaac

Abigail first works up her courage with a model :)

Abigail

Not everyone can hold the real thing at once so Sherry contents herself with a model. Of course one can't study the real alligator's teeth as well.

Karen

Carmen

Kara

Michaela

Chip, the great explorer with his latest catch.

Tykes!

Candace waxes eloquent on why zebras are really white with black stripes.

Abigail is unconvinced

While Isaac & I solve the debate in the way we know best. :)

"Zebras are black with white stripes!"

"White with black!"

"Ok, ok! They are white with black stripes!"
Please do not try this at home!

I thought it would be hardly proper to end on the last image so here are two pictures to clear your head. :)

Carmen's Highly Artistic Portrait

"Y'all come back again, ya hear?"

~~~

God Bless,
Josiah

The next blog post has been postponed...

Jon & Monique's Wedding

Good Evening,

Here it is folks, the much anticipated (at least I hope so) post on Jon & Monique's wedding is about to be revealed to your delighted eyes. Though I have had to wade through numerous setbacks, and countless hardships, including major problems with my photo software and losing about 140 pictures entirely, I have survived to bring you this post at the earliest possible time.

But who really wants to hear me talk anyways?

Enjoy!

The calm before the storm

Long before the wedding starts the groomsmen begin to gather...

...and zip up their ties, oh wait, no one was supposed to know about the zippers!
For the record we all know how to tie our own ties... I think :)

Now that Isaac has his tie safely zipped up he brings his skills to bear in aiding the groom...

...who, sadly, doesn't seem to be paying much attention to his hair!

Abigail manages to get the exuberant groom to hold still long enough to pin on his boutonniere.

The Bride forgot what?

Note to everyone planning a wedding, leave yourself a margin of at least an hour for any unexpected events like the bride leaving her veil a half hour drive away.

While we wait for Joseph to return from his emergency trip to pickup the bride's veil, the rest of the boutonnieres are pinned on.

Scott, ever the salesman, attempts to sell Philip some Purpose, he wasn't buying.

The girls prepare themselves.

Even with all the preparations going on the couple still found time to exchange love notes of all things, I mean really, they are getting married in an hour!

Always time for a few pictures.

Two of the lovely bridesmaids