Flourish

10/20

Peripheral visceral concrete noise

 

A labyrinth, a home, a place to feel alone

faded and wasted

a note too long to bear

beautiful and lucid

a fear we all must share

   weeping              winding          crowded seas

languishing in anonymity

Photo: Melissa

Poem: Melissa

Remlinger Farms

This past weekend we went to Remlinger Farms with our good friends Erin, Shawn, and Cole. I thought we were going to a fancier type of pumpkin patch with a couple added features like a train ride and pony ride, but boy were we in for a surprise! Wow. Remlinger Farms is like going to a county fair, but geared for small kids. It was incredible. We spent all day there and were wiped out at the end.

Here is a group shot minus me and Lily. I will post more as soon as I get them ready. I love that Morgan is the pig. His chubby cheeks poking out are so cute.

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Binding

10/10

Always at the cusp of a cycle, from moment to moment forever

Blazing like a phoenix, the end of one leading to the beginning of another

We are not the same ashes that burned so brightly in the crisp autumn light

Change simultaneously profound and meaningless

A grand scheme so incomprehensibly vast

The touch of a leaf or the cataclysm of a collapsing star

Mean the same as the heartbeat that pulses so softly.

Like the beat of a butterfly wing through your hand to mine.

Each beat comes and goes, never to return

Instant and eternal, we are bound in the infinite machinery of creation.

Photo: Melissa

Poem: Steve



Our very first Family Sushi Night out...

Steve and I braved going to our favorite Belt Sushi place with the kids tonight for dinner. I was so stressed about taking them we changed our minds at least 3 times on our way there. Once we got there we decided to go for it. They were so well behaved it was amazing. I worried for nothing. Steve and I can handle much more than I give us credit for I think.

The funniest part of dinner was Morgan would only eat stuff off the chopsticks or umbrella stick. He made us put the food between the chopsticks and then he munched it. Both kids ate a ton of food and it was very successful. Lily was cramming food in her mouth as fast as we could give it to her. I am so glad this place is family friendly. We love it there.

More to come...

Matt and Fred

10.10.2010

A beautiful day filled with love...

The Kiss

I think it's my favorite part of a wedding. It's a single moment filled with pure love and happiness. Or in Fred and Matt's case it was several moments filled with lots and lots of love and happiness. =)

Landscaping

9/27

We set you on the path, a glittering walkway of carefully aranged shattered glass.

Quick little footsteps over inlays of brass.

We guided your steps, but it wasn't long before your feet took their own directions.

Skimming the surface of endless imperfection.

We called out your name, and you gazed at us quietly with no intention to return.

Ignoring our earnest expressions of concern.

And we know that you'll chose your own way.

And while we offer guidance you get final say.

And while sometimes it's difficult that is ok 

We will love you tomorrow just like we do today.

 Photo: Melissa

Poem: Steve