By The Fireside: September 2010

By The Fireside

Who hasn’t sat around a campfire and watched how firelight changes the faces that surround the glowing embers? There is something so mysterious and lovely about the dancing flames and the charcoaled smoke as it rises into the evening sky. The flames - the light - transform ordinary logs of wood into a picturesque bonfire. As indigo ash whispers through the night air, we breathe in a new aroma, resigning ourselves to the blaze.

When we think about community, we often reflect upon the wonderful times we've shared by a fireside...a warm hearth in a friend's home, Christmas morning with precious family, or sweet sharing and song around a bonfire. Perhaps this vision most reminds us of our great cloud of witnesses; the inspiration behind this page. As we share our stories & photographs here, our hope is that we may renew, refresh, and rekindle our friendships by this fireside...

Kenny & Jenn Sinclair

"...if my fire is not large, it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame." — A. W. Tozer, foreword to The Pursuit of God

Friday, September 10, 2010

Norris Lake 2010

A family tradition for about 8 years, we spent Labor Day Weekend at Norris Lake in East TN! We drove down with Jon and Abigail and met up with Mom and Dad, Aunt Dawn, Uncle Harold, and cousins Andrew and Greg...and his girlfriend Rebecca :) I took a bazillion photos because we had such a great time...although not many of us on the boat, being that I was paranoid my beloved Canon would fall into the lake! Here's a photo from the deck of the house we rent:

Took a few pictures of Greg & Rebecca...we're excited Greg is going to be living with my parents for the next three months because he has an internship here in Cincinnati! (My dad's sister and family live in Atlanta.)

Abers!

The newlyweds!

Dad enjoying a quintessiantial lake snack: Yoohoo & cookies!

"Welcome to the Lake!!" :-)

Jon & Kenny demonstrating how short the bed is...

The boys played rook...and rook...and more rook! (Abgail, am I right?)

So, um...the girls braided each other's hair :)

Pretty sissy :)

Dad slalom skiing!

Sisters-in-law!

Sisters-in-law AGAIN!

A beautiful fog rising off the lake the morning we left!

We had such a great time of family togetherness and refreshment! :)

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Chandler {Senior Photos}

Just wanted to share s few photos from my new friend, Chandler, who's senior photos I took earlier this week. His mom, Pam, works at the church with me and I was thrilled to be included in such a special part of his senior year! Chandler is such a cool guy, which a great "indie" laid back personality, so we tried to capture that in the photos. We even got some with his guitar, skateboard, and karate get-up :) Enjoy!