when you have five lively young boys at your home for… well for any length of time…
a few tips: stay outside as much as possible and keep giving them food.
and maybe keep a towel and a band-aid close by too, you’re bound to need it at some point.
it’s rowdy, but i pretty much dig the life as a mother to boys, and all the fun & rowdy friends that come with it.
it’s hard to imagine finding a couple with more warmth and genuine sweetness. from the volleyball courts at SDSU & the football field at Boise State, a power couple has emerged. power in their love, kindness, warmth and authenticity. i’ve known mikey for around 20 years, and watching his story grow and now include such an incredible girl just makes your heart burst… since i was running all over during the ceremony, i didn’t get to savor some of their sweet written vows and asked them to share again. just little snippets here…
his:
I fell in love with you from our very first date…
I never thought that such a beautiful special woman like you existed in this world…
I promise to love and care for you, and I will try in every way to be worthy of your love.
I promise to be faithful and supportive and to always make our family’s love and happiness my priority…
I will dream with you, celebrate with you and walk beside you through whatever our lives may bring. You are my best friend, my partner in crime—my love and my life, today and always. I love you, my angel.
hers:
Throughout my life, I’ve thought a lot about my wedding day. As most people do, I wondered about all the twists and turns that life would take to lead me to this day. But I thought less about the little things like what kind of a dress I would be wearing or would the wedding be big or small, and more about who the man would be standing in front of me at the altar. Today, I finally have the opportunity to answer all of those questions.
I’m marrying a man that leaves me a cup of coffee by my bedside in the mornings because although he is a very enthusiastic morning person, he knows I am not… I’m marrying a man that brings me flowers every week or so… because he knows I love flowers and he wanted to see me smile… I’m marrying a man that has the heart of man’s man and a poet’s soul. When this is all said and done, to all the questions I have ever had about today, you are the perfect answer… I vow to celebrate our successes and be supportive in our failures. I vow to be gentle yet strong and to be adventurous and funny.
And I vow that as long as we’re together, we’ll always have a home.
After all, I’d go anywhere with you.
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it felt like i barely took any pictures of such a special and unique time. but as i gathered these together, the memories flooded and the sadness they are gone creeps in…
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sometimes, in the doing, we miss the goodness of the being.
in the midst of the doing, goodness was still occuring.
and then, my love of still images comes to life. to stop afterwards, and in silence, see the goodness and be reminded to be present and aware throughout.
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“we will call this place our home,
the dirt in which our roots may grow,
though the storms will push and pull,
we will call this place our home…
let the years we’re here
be kind
be kind
let our hearts like doors
open wide
open wide…”
’north’ – sleeping at last
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“be with those that help your being”
such a great song by xavier rudd (to listen, hit play at top of blog)
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