Cloudland Hike

Oak, Meadow, and I hiked to the first waterfall of Cloudland Canyon this afternoon. We may have hiked on to the lower waterfall but for the sub-freezing temperatures. However, but for the cold air the kids wouldn't have had fun holding and sucking on foot-long icicles.

I am so in love with these kids (Dove too!). I suppose every father, every mother thinks their kids are the greatest, the best of the bestest, better than all the restest. In one sense this is indeed true for all, as each parent has this golden window to know, watch, listen, learn from their children as they g(r)o(w) from infant to experience in all things. Each day, each hour these fleeting window-moments sneak up on me, or sometimes smack me in the face (or butt), forever infinite, forever gone. Sometimes I wonder about the curiousness of God in how these humans He has made choose to respond to all the golden window-moments of our lives.