Little kids are cute, twins are often cuter, twins with a younger sister who is just as cute as the two of them put together is just down right irresistible.

I got the chance to have a few adventures in the last couple days with Reid, Keaton and Lyla and we had a bunch of fun.  There aren't a whole lot of kids who hang onto you as soon as you walk in the door asking if they can read books or go outside on a walk, which is why I think I like them so much.

So, JD and Becky, I hope you enjoy these photos as they serve as proof positive you have been raising great kids!




 

 

When Jake and Elle got engaged the response from most of their friends was "finally!"  But the length of their courtship had nothing to do with the certainty they had about spending their lives together, it just the geographical location never seemed to intersect.  While Jake was in Seattle Elle was in Argentina, and when Elle was home Jake was in Chile, studying to be teachers, studying Spanish but also studying to live in a state of adventure so when the opportunity to co-journey forever would arise, it would be a perfect venture.

They smile whenever they're around each other, like a reflex ingrained so far into their hearts and minds that the mere mention of the other's name renders them jovial.  They laugh at everything and have the kind of positive magnetism that make all the negative just fade away.















We decided to take a few token pictures proving that not only are you a couple but you live in Seattle, and Jake and Elle will get those on their photo CD.  But, while taking those pictures I laughed at the fact the Space Needle was right between them and they were both like, "Hey we should look like we're eating the space needle like a cookie!  One more reason I love these two!

They say when we fall in love we hear Puccini in our heads, with these two you could have been at the Sydney Opera House listening to Nessun Dorma in person.

So as their big day at the Snoqaulmie Ridge Golf Club began, the possibility of rain and the eventual spraining of the bride's ankle couldn't damper the look in Matt's eyes when he looked at his new bride.  Later in the day, while Sarai's dad Scott gave his toast he teared up while looking right at Matt and said, "I love the way you love my daughter."  That was the theme of the day, two families so full of love for their children that it poured out from toasts to first dances to the details in their cupcakes.

Matt ships out to Afghanistan in July and being a part of this wedding was such an honor, to serve someone so willing to serve our country.  Matt and Sarai were already friends of ours, but Noah and I left feeling like we had been invited into a new family.