This pond.

This pond.

This pond has watched the growing of our love. It has celebrated our engagement.


It has celebrated our victories: marriage, college graduation, pregnancy.

This pond has kept us company on quiet evening strolls.


This pond has observed the swelling of my belly and listened as we hoped for the start of labor.


This pond comforted me during the newborn witching hours, rocking my crying baby to sleep.


This pond has served as a sounding board as we resolved conflict, discussed friendships and made big decisions about church, jobs and moving.


This pond has been witness to cheerful, tearful, excited, scared prayers, listening as we've offered them up to the heavens.


This pond has offered it's entertainment through bird watching, splashing at the beach, playing at the park and seeing sunbathing turtles.
 

This pond watched me become a wife, a mother and a woman. I will miss it.

I am learning...

...that stress causes me:

1. To be very tired. I've been napping almost everyday.

2. To have bags and dry skin under my eyes.

3. To eat my weight in dessert.

Ready for things to calm down, but it still is going to be a while.

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Wordless Wednesday: Apple Crisp

Autumn.

I want to be here. Wrapped in a blanket. Drinking hot chocolate. Wearing uggs. Rocking back and forth next to my love.

Source via Bloom

Apple Picking.

We haven't been apple picking yet this year and it's breaking my heart. It seems like it's been an exceptionally rainy & hot fall seasons so far. There have hardly been any days that seem like the perfect apple picking day. Tomorrow we are hoping to go, but once again the forecast is not great. I've been pinning away tonight, thinking about the yummy things I want to make tomorrow night and later in the week.

Do you like apple picking? What is your favorite apple treat?

Oh! PS- for you computer geeks out there (ie. my husband) check out this apple pie.

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