The Engaged Couple

In an attempt to get a good photo for the engagement announcement for the paper, we took scads of photos of Ben and Elsa. Here are some of my favorites, but several of these will never make it to the newspaper...

The bridal shower

Valerie gave an excellent devotional, Donna shared thoughts about Elsa, many shared memories of Ben, Jacque's beautiful home was was a wonderful setting, the food was elegant and delicious, and a terrific time was had by all!

A shower of blessings...

These are some of the sweetest blessings in my life: the friends who made a bridal shower for Elsa so special! They are (l to r): Valerie, Kelley, Jacque, Kris and Amy. They were marvelous!

Many moms...

Many moms were gathered for Elsa's shower on August 10th: in front are Grandma Hanson (Chris' Mom), Elsa and Grandma Finnegan (Dave's Mom), and behind are myself and Donna (Moms of the grrom and bride respectively).

A visit from Ben and some of the Johnsons

We enjoyed a visit from Ben, Elsa and Elsa's mom, Donna, for a few days in August. We...






Hiked at Tsankawi, had lunch with the Roods in Santa Fe, and picniced up at Camp May.