The Kenley Family

I love this picture. It's an engagement picture.

I remember the day we took it.

We had an appointment with a photographer. He stood us up.

Scott's Aunt Sue said..."no, problem. I know someone."

Her friend who came was Dutch dairy farmer's wife with a hobby. Photography.

She was amazing and caught this shot. It's not a good picture. It's not very flattering...but it's overflowing with emotion. I'd started laughing. I couldn't quit. Then Scott started laughing. Then I held on tight and let go...all at the same time. Perfection. A perfect moment in our lives. Caught on camera.

The absurdity of it all. Trying so hard for the perfect picture. Planning to be in a studio with artificial light, fake background, and smiles that we'd held for too long..didn't happen.

Instead we stood outside, in front of Aunt Sue's house, with perfect lighting and caught a perfect moment.

If I'd only known then that just a few years later I'd wake up on a lazy Thrusday morning listening to the rain outside my window mix with the sound of my baby boy breathing and my husband softly snoring. Well, I probably wouldn't have been able to stand the feeling of my heart filled with all that love and mushiness! :)