Stephen's Graduation

Following are some shots from Stephen's high school graduation:

The graduate with Dan's parents, mom, dad and brother James.

The graduate with cousin Libby, Aunt Peg and Uncle Gus.

Beth's parents with the graduate.

Old!!! Wedding Photos

Horace Hilton performed our wedding ceremony in 1978. He and his wife Tennie are long-time friends and mentors to me and Beth. Horace went to be with the Lord in 2006.

This was our wedding announcement photo taken at Greenfield Lake in Wilmington, NC during azalea season.

Photos of Past Home Places

While on our trip to Ohio for Christmas, I remembered that I've been wanting to create a montage of photographs of the homes in which Beth and I grew up and those in which we've lived since we were married. So Dad and Stephen and I drove out to the old home place where I spent most of my first ten years. Following are shots taken there and a shot of the house I lived in during my second decade.

The Theo Sonnenberg Barn

This is the Theo Sonnenberg barn built in 1914 where my brother and sister and I worked (a little) and played endlessly feeding the calves and cats, throwing down and spreading bedding for the cows, making forts and playing basketball in the haymows.

The Theo Sonnenberg Homestead

This is where I lived from age three to ten (1957-1965) on an 80 acre farm in Northwest Ohio. This farm was established in 1913 by my grandfather Theo Sonnenberg and his wife Amelia Badenhop Sonnenberg. They raised eight children here beginning in 1917, including my father, Otis, who was born in this house.

The Buttonwood House

This is the house I lived in with my parents and siblings from age ten to twenty (1965-1974) in Bowling Green, Ohio. The house is said to be over 100 years old. Photo taken December 2006.

Christmas in Ohio

With brother Gus and Dan's parents at St. Mark's Lutheran Church














With Dan's parents, Otis and Lois, in their home.

NC Mountains near Blowing Rock

James and I hiked up a rugged trail that began here. What a beautiful scene!

A wintry scene beside the road on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Along the Parkway water seeps between the rocks causing beautiful ice formations.