The Things That Change With Time

This weekend was hot. It felt like summer.

In the spirit of soon to be summer, we packed

up the kids and took them to the park that

Jon and I were married in almost eight years

ago.

The park has all sorts of trails and a stream.

We enjoyed a dinner outside.

Everything tastes better outside.

Then we started hiking.

First, please enjoy this picture twice. I couldn't

figure out how to remove it.

Aren't those kids cute? Don't they look

like they're having fun.

Take a second look.

We took the kids down to the stream where

Jon and I had some of our wedding

photos taken.

We, Jon and I, reminisced about

our wedding day.

Hard to believe that it was almost eight

years ago. The time really has gone quickly.

The day of our wedding was really hot and humid.

Jon was in his tux, I was wearing a heavy gown.

I couldn't wait to hike back to the creek to get

some pictures.

Our photographer was lots of fun. He was

all into hiking.

Jon was melting.

One of my favorite wedding pictures is a picture

that was taken in this field as

Jon and I were walking

towards the gazebo. The kids were walking

ahead of us, and I couldn't resist the picture

of the two of them with their arms around each other.

The dogs also enjoyed the view from the field.

I think Kalea was enjoying the view of Bailey.
The park has lots of hills. What kid can resist
the fun of rolling in the grass.

The kids loved rolling down the hill.

They probably did it 100 times. Maybe I'm exaggerating,

but they did it a lot.

After rolling down the hills, we took the kids

to "our" gazebo. The place that we

took our wedding vows almost eight years

ago. Who would have guessed

then that we would go through infertility

and the Lord bringing us the children

that He chose for us. Of course, while in

the gazebo, we had to re-enact our

wedding kiss. Instead of wedding music and cheering

like we heard the first time we did it, we heard,

"Oh gross! Do you have to do that?!"

Oh, the things that change with time.