2. lips.

marlee's first attempt to take a picture..... a little dark

second attempt..... a little light :)

 we headed up to the Tulip Festival on saturday and I couldn't deny the beauty of the quiet miles and miles of farms and fields. It was peaceful and breath taking. spending the afternoon there with my family was relaxing and enjoyable. i saw the benefits to a place so far away from civilization. i could see how it would be easier to stay focused. to remember the important, eternal purpose of life. there wasn't an overwhelming feeling to hurry life along and move on to the next thing. or to get caught up in unimportant, trivial aspects of everyday living. we were just a family, living in the moment and loving it. I thought, maybe, just maybe, I could live here forever.... as we drove home, leaving the farm homes and golden fields behind, through rush hour traffic in downtown Seattle, {4 hours} i thought about our future. I daydreamed about living in Utah again on a huge plot of land overlooking my moms house in fielding. nate worked at the hospital down the street. the one he didn't even have to get on the freeway to get to. I was a stay-at-home-farm-mom. we had our children. we had family close. and we had the best of both worlds. {then i woke up & realized there was going to be no nordstrom in sight or any fun boutiques.... it was a great daydream while it lasted....then my kids were screaming to get off that blastin freeway to get dinner. oh, what ever are we going to do? our future is so undecided. {in the army} but I like to look at it as a beautiful mess. our future is a beautiful, undecided mess that I am so lucky to be a part of and wouldn't trade the world for. i don't think my kids ever want to go back to the tulip farm as long as they live though. they said it was way to far for them!! ;)

xo.