-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Today marks 32 years of marriage for my parents.  The quote above totally embraces one of the biggest lessons that I’ve learned from my parents and their marriage.  You need to be a team.  I’ve seen so many relationship fall apart because 2 people can’t look in the same direction together.  They fight against each other like enemies fighting a war until they completely destroy every connection that their souls had.  It’s quite sad.  Mom and Dad, though, I’ve seen them make it through some really tough times, hand in hand, never faltering.  If one falls, the other bends down to help them up.  They never let go of each other’s hands  through anything and because of that, I’m able to have a wonderful relationship with my husband now.  They’ve taught my more through their love for each other than I could have ever learned any other way.  I’ve also learned that no marriage will ever last without a sense of humor.  If you spent one day with my family, you’d realize that our sense of humor is what we thrive on.  If you can’t laugh at yourself, you’ll never survive. 

So thanks,  Dad and Mom, for loving each other so much that it poured out all over us kids and sent us off into our own lives covered in what you guys worked so hard to bestow upon us.  All of us kids are better people because of you.  We will always love you as deeply and completely as you have loved us all of our lives. (Mom, try not to be too upset that I put that picture up there.  You look beautiful.)

- Leonardo Da Vinci

At long last the hummingbird is finished and in the hands of it’s rightful owners.  My new sister-in-law requested a hummingbird illustration in blue and green. 

Pat and Jen were in Ohiopyle this weekend with some friends, so Mom, Dad and Tom and I drove down to spend Sunday with them.  The newlyweds surprised us a few weeks ago with the news that they are expecting!!  I’m going to be an aunt!  I’m so thrilled for them.  All of their friends were going rafting, but because of Jen’s… uh.. condition, they decided to stay back and hang out with us.  We hiked along the river for a while and then drove up to Kentuck Knob. 

Kentuck Knob is another of Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces tucked into the hills of Pennsylvania.  The home was built for the Hagen ice cream family.  Needless to say, the house is beautiful.  It’s much more of a liveable space than Falling Water is.  I took a ton of pictures that I will post later.  Here is one of all of us on an overlook beside the falls at Ohiopyle.  It had to be the most beautiful day ever.  The only thing missing is Lindi and Ryen.  Boo.