Friday, October 17, 2008

A visit with the newlyweds

Melody and I visited this fun newlywed couple for a few days this week, and we had a wonderful time!
Gretchen recieved a package from a friend while we were there. Bet you can't tell what was in it!
Notice the baby sling is in neutral colors. They are 90% sure they are having a girl, but you never know! This way the sling can be used for the next baby too. This is the newest addition to their family.
Mel enjoyed playing with Buttons, and I think the feeling was mutual.
One of the days, Gretchen took us to Walnut Point State Park. We hiked a 2-mile trail and enjoyed the beautiful fall colors.
She and Kyle have decided the trail difficulty is measured by number of benches, paved or non-paved, and the terrain. We were on moderately difficult trail. It was not paved and it only had one bench. Later we were brave and took a side trail into the unknown! It had a ravine and no benches--we were quite the explorers! ;-)
The bench was great for pictures. Some people say Melody and I look alot alike, and while normally I don't agree, I do think we resemble each other in this picture.
A silly picture
Are you all tired out, girls?
What an artistic shot!
Well...okay...it was a little contrived. We had to hunt for the different colors of leaves, but the fungus was there originally!
Natural modern art
I braved the weeds for this picture. The tree was huge!
The ravine of the difficult trail had steps going down one side but not the other. What's up with that? The trees surrounding the lake were so beautiful!

It was interesting taking pictures of all three of us.
We had to find some place to put the camera and then set the timer.
I think this was our favorite tree.
The brilliant red was so gorgeous! The picture doesn't do it justice!

Kyle thought of putting these flowers in our bedroom to welcome us. He picked them from their flower garden outside. They were so bright and colorful!
We talked, played games, talked, cooked, talked, ate, talked, watched a movie, talked, visited some friends, talked, hiked, and hmmm....talked some more! We had other options of things we could do, but we had so much fun visiting that we didn't get around to doing them all!

Notice the baby is in the picture too! A few more months and we'll get to see who she is!!!!

Thanks for inviting us! We had a great time with you both!

3 comments:

crik said...

Looks like you guys had fun! :)

Gretchen said...

You/we got some great pictures! I'm stealing a couple of them, they're so nice. Wasn't it a fun time! You two are great guests!

The Capp Crew said...

Glad you found us! I am planning to be at the conference this year. I am really looking forward to it! See you then! :)

Mandie