10 Years Ago

Almost 10 years ago exactly, Peter proposed to me (on 4.27.2001) at Harper's Ferry. It was our 2 year anniversary of dating, and we had both taken the day off to celebrate together. Peter's plans fell through, so he ended up proposing at Harper's Ferry. His original plan was to propose up in a hot air balloon, but during our picnic, he received a phone call from the guy saying that it was too windy that that and that he would have to reschedule. I remember Peter making it sound like he was talking to his brother. Anyways...

Just this past week we went back as a family to Harper's Ferry for a spontaneous field trip since Peter was scheduled to go shoot an engagement proposal. You can see pics here. It was crazy as we were strolling and holding the hands of our 3 kiddos. We walked in unmarried and without children, and now ten years later, oh - how our lives have changed since then! Our lives are richer because of them, and we are SO enjoying each one of them so much these days.

We made the most of this homeschool opportunity to talk with them about the Civil War and the events around John Brown's raid, which we both didn't know about before teaching them. But they were so funny because we were waiting at the shuttle stop where the visitor center and the restrooms are running and playing with each other, and they said, "Oooh! This is so much fun! Can we come here again?" And we hadn't even entered the actual area. They are so easy to please! You can see all the pics on flickr of our trip to Harper's Ferry and a visit with our cousins from NC, but here are a few:


Can you guess why girlie is not in this pic? 4 letter word - gnat!




N insisted on posing in this way.