One Year Ago…
Posted by Chris | Filed under Family
Exactly one year ago - January 9, 2004 - Jen and I were in Hawaii kayaking up the Wailua River to a beautiful waterfall. We were on our honeymoon for about a week in January and had the most wonderful time. I think it should be a law that everyone has to visit Hawaii before they die! Yeah, it’s that awesome.
The waterfall we hiked to:
Jen and I swimming in the FREEZING water:
Jen and I on the trail hiking to the waterfall (we kayaked up the river, then had to hike for about 30 mins, but it was great, I hiked barefoot over the roots, rocks and mud!):
This is a trail that our group took back from the waterfall. It was kind of a “secret” trail that our guide showed us. You had to crawl under a little hole in the brush and it opened up to this beautiful, for lack of a better word, groto that was covered in vines:
The trees in the “groto”:
Just to prove that we were there:
What were you doing last year?
Happy Anniversary and New Year
Posted by Chris | Filed under Family
Today marks the 365th day that Jen and I have been married — crazy, I know. Looking back, it seems both longer and shorter than a year. Sometimes, it seems we’ve been married forever: getting on each other’s nerves, staying home on the weekends and cleaning, and the friendship we have. Other times, it seems like we don’t know each other at all: getting on each other’s nerves, to occasional surprise in TV shows, type of jokes, eating habits, and generally getting on each other’s nerves.
This past year has been the craziest of either of our lives. This time last year we were getting married and heading on to Hawaii for our honeymoon. The next 4 months have Jen finishing up her Catalyst program and working with UWC kids while I went to OK State and work. Come July, things got crazy. Jen and I (with a team of 8 or so) took the looooooong flight to Ireland and did a week long kids camp with Irish kids from 7-12 years. It was a great camp, one of the best times to go to another country and get acquainted with what God was doing in a foreign land. After a great time in Ireland (and a miserable 3 days in London), we fleeeeeeew back and 3 days later, we were heading north. We packed up our house and belongings, went on vacation with my family and moved to Boulder on August 1. Two weeks later (of unloading and unpacking) I was working and Jen was helping out @ Origins Community with kid’s ministry. October rolls around and we find out we’re going to have a baby.
All-in-all, it has been a wonderful, exhausting year (or is that wonderfully exhausting) with more changes to come, I’m sure. Thanks to everyone who had a part in this year, and please stay with us as we continue into Chris and Jen, Year 2.
And our New Year’s Resolution, which probably the same as the other 11 million bloggers out there: To post more.
Happy New Year!!!
