Moments

As cheesy as the saying may be, I think a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are some pictures of the moments we have been living.


Water Park Fun in Nashville

Sean and Claire get married in Birmingham

Wyoming skies on my way to SLC

Doug and Travis walking Grandma out to the car

Grandma and Grandpa: Love is Spoken Here

He is home now, I love him so much

My Grandmother and me, she is tired but she is still beautiful.

The sign for the reunion I planned.

  

These moments make my heart full – clear to the brim – and bursting with an overflow of love and excitement for this incredibly blessed life I have been given.  There were so many more of them that weren’t captured with a picture, moments no picture could do justice, moments that you have to simply live to know. 

***The moment when my husband’s heart was touched when his best friend was wearing his wedding watch as he was sealed to the woman he loves.

***The moment when sleeping on an air mattress in an empty house with our BFF’s with echoing laughter and hysterical belly shrieks from little kids was all that mattered in the world.

***The moment I looked out the window and realized the south is TRULY beautiful.

***The moment I laid in bed in a hotel alone at a work conference and discovered I am truly an old married woman, for in that moment, I was truly sad that I lay in the bed alone.

***The moment of pure fear when I got the early morning call that Grandpa had another heart attack, the moment of relief when they told me he was stable and the moment I felt complete peace when I walked into his hospital room and wrapped my arms around him.  This man has lived a good life and the weight of his legacy rests in my heart like the comfort of a sturdy shelter in a raging storm.

***The moment I got to hear my Grandmother tell it like it is, she even used a swear, and I just love her for how candid she is.

***The moment I hung the sign for my family reunion and the accomplishment I felt in that moment for my small part in continuing a tradition that formed and shaped the very essence of who I am.

***The moment my sweet nephew asked me (with no promting from anyone!) as we were getting ready for bed in the camper, "Hey Ayz, when are you and Doug going to have thum kidth?" and the ensuing hysterical laughter on the part of all adults within ear shot.

***The moment I had sitting at the back of my older brother’s boat as we sped across the gorge and celebrated the birthday of a woman I love.

***The moment The Hubs went out for a “boys only” lake session with my brothers and my cousins who I love like they are brothers and I realized he was the exact perfect match for me AND for my family.  BONUS.

***The moment that we sat around the campfire and laughed until two in the morning so hard that our ribs hurt in the morning sharing stories of childhood and ridiculous adventures.

***The moment I watched my oldest nephew present the flag and play taps on his trombone.  My heart was so full, it was a proud aunty moment, and all I could think about was how proud my grandfather would be of him.

***The moment we played duck, duck, goose with the littles in the front yard.

***The moment my little brother called me late on a Tuesday night to tell me that I was ridiculous with my worry and the fire had a long damn length of prairie to cross before it got to me.  He travels so much and his communication is so precious to me when he has the time to call.

***The moment I looked at the sunset on the close of the past few BUSY months and knew in my heart that these moments, these instances in time, they would last an eternity in my heart. These seconds, they are who I am; they are who I am proud to be.