See this purty waterfall?


Almost exactly five years ago, sitting on a log that jets out over the stream at the waterfall’s base, John asked me to marry him.

I said, “What, are you crazy?? MARRY YOU? Of course not, Weirdo Person!”

Just kidding. Just kidding.

I obviously swooned and cried and said yes.

Actually, I didn’t say yes. I didn’t even say anything. I cried. I sat there with a gaping mouth, looking at the ring he was placing on my finger as he almost dropped it into the stream below us. (Seriously, he almost did. He says he would have jumped in after it. I would have been in such shock over the whole thing I probably wouldn’t have had a clue what he was doing.)

Then I picked my jaw up out of the water long enough to say something terribly romantic.

“Um, did you ask my dad already?!” Don’t judge me, people, I was seriously shocked out of my very wits. Clearly. But it was pretty important to me that I know the answer to that before I said anything, because if he HADN’T asked my dad… big trouble, buddy.

But he had. He’s good like that.

So THEN I finally said yes.

Obviously.

Because, look! Here I am with kid #2! I sure hope I said yes.


So anyway. Yesterday John’s parents, the boys and I made the little hike up to the waterfall. I hadn’t been there since the day we got engaged.

Yes, you are correct in assuming I fought back a tear or twenty.

It was Troy’s first official hike (which is quite strange, considering the family he was born into… but such it is) and he was pretty thrilled. He had on his little boots and ran in, around, and through the trees. Since I was a little wrapped up (literally! ha!) with Merritt in the sling, Grandpa and Grandma kept busy making sure Troy didn’t run over the edge of the cliff and drop into the stream. I was grateful.


Apparently, hiking is great fun, even if you are told the trip down to the stream is too much of a hike for little people.


I looked around our little spot waaaaaay up here in the mountains and agreed.


It doesn’t get much better than this.

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