PSS - photos from Joel

Here are a few photos from Joel -- much better than before. Sorry that I'm sending two pictures of everyone wearing the team jerseys. It's bad enough that we have even one... but they're too good not to pass on.

PS

For some reason the tail end of my last message got cut off. It's just as well, though, since the tail end was on a different and separately-worthy topic:

"Last Sunday's party was also the culmination of Pam's visit here, too. She stayed a bit longer than expected to help see us through, and it was a good thing as there was tons of prep to do. It also meant the I got to see her here, which was a treat! There are some great photos of the party, and from our whole family -- Texas, Mexico, and California represented -- gearing up in a set of tshirts that Sarah had made. But I'll let someone else post those!"

I still don't have the best pictures from the party, but here are a few that I do have, sort of randomly, and that are worth passing on.











That last one -- I don't even know who he is, but his expression seems to capture the spirit of things pretty well!

Congratulations to me!

I just thought I'd congratulate myself here for getting engaged to Clara. Last Sunday, at our whole brood party, while talking in the barn we decided that we would really like to be married. (We spent the last year introducing ourselves as husband and wife, and I guess it just felt right!). A few of this blog's readers have met Clara and know that she's dynamite. I'm very happy and think that this is one more very lucky thing that has happened in a very lucky life. The most recent picture of us that I have on my phone here is this one, in which we're marching off officiously into the sunset. Or away from. It doesn't matter: the journey is the destination.