Take it as it comes

Photo 52, Week 25:  Shimmering

For sixteen years today

I have been married to this dear, sweet man.

We are not going out on a date.

We are going to separate ball fields.  Happily.

That's about it.

Because if we have learned anything in sixteen years, it's probably this:

Take it as it comes.

So when our kids left to go to camp for a week on Father's Day and we were empty nesters

we celebrated life together.

Which I suppose includes marriage and anniversaries,

but it was really just us taking what the day had to offer.

In this case, the zoo.

Where our friend Kenai was doing his Elvis impression.

And Minnehaha Falls,

where these guys were making some sweet music

when we thought all we came for was this:

Some years the falls have just been a trickle at best,

but not this year.

Life has given us RAIN, so the falls are

THUNDER!

I had my tripod along to take advantage of a slow shutter speed for capturing all that motion.

I have seen this shot by quite a few local photographers recently,

with all this smooth silky water, and you know what?

It's beautiful, but...

it just doesn't capture the thunder.

Then we popped over to Lake Nokomis to catch the sunset,

which far exceeded our expectations.

It just kept getting better.
I posted a shot on Photo 52 for the "Shimmering" theme,
and a friend gave it a perfect caption.

I'm hoping to keep taking life as it comes with Lee

for at least a couple more sixteens.

Thirteen

She's all grown up now.

Thirteen.

But…

then again, she's all little girl.

All little girl.

And all grown up.

All the time.

All of everything.

It is nearly an impossible job,

this being thirteen.

It's a lot like being Wonder Woman.

Wearing shorts under your dress helps.

Because you never know when you'll need them.

We love you Bethany.  

All of your grown-upness.  All of your little-girlness.

All of you.

You still take our breath away, 

and we could not be more proud to be your parents!