This is the story of 2 presents and a couple of big ol' kids.
When Eric and I were dating/engaged, we didn't get to see each other much. He was living in Seattle and working noon-10PM and I was living in Enumclaw (an hour away) and working 9-4:30. It was not an easy time for us. A couple of months before were married, Eric's cousin Pamela came back from a mission trip to Mexico. She brought us 2 finger puppets as a gift- a boy and a girl. Since we didn't get to see each other very much, she named the boy Eric and gave it to me and named the girl Paula and gave it to Eric. That way, we could carry each other with us at all times. I kept Eric in my purse in a special zippered pocket. This was present #1.
Present #2: Julianne and Zeke gave us a digital camera as a wedding present. They made sure to give it to us before the wedding so that we could take pictures on our honeymoon. We didn't have a camera, so it was the perfect gift.
Big ol' kids: My husband and I refuse to be boring grown-ups. Sometimes that causes us to do things that some might think are stupid or weird. We don't care. Hence, our honeymoon pictures. Most people would take pictures of scenery, have someone take pictures of the happy couple, etc. Not us. We took pictures of Eric all around Victoria. That's him above by a fountain outside some government building.
Here he is listening to a piper when we first got into town.
Here he is holding a Canadian flag outside of one of our favorite pubs in Victoria- Irish Times
We had so much fun taking pictures of Eric in Victoria that we continued the tradition once we got home.
Here he is watching the sunset with Paula from the lifeguard chair at Pritchard beach.
And here is the happy couple and their pet giraffe, Perry, nestled in amongst our nativity set at Christmas time.
Hooray for God for being able to have fun in life, and for a husband who doesn't stifle my child-like spirit!
7 comments:
I don't wanna grow up I'm a toys'r'us kid.
u r ridiculous.
It was fun looking through your honeymoon pictures and expecting to see regular photos. I should have known better.
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you should dedicate a whole blog to "paula and eric." i'm not even kidding. there is a blog like that with a frog that is WILDLY popular. it's written from the frogs perspective.
You guys are hilarious! I really enjoyed the pictures, thank you for sharing. So is there a story behind you and Eric giving Josh finger puppet animals for his birthday? We had fun with those and made up some stories.
Kristi- I'm glad you guys are having fun with them! The story is, they were in a set with a giraffe, which is what we wanted Eric & Paula to have as a pet. All we wanted was the giraffe, but we ended up with a bunch of extra puppets. So, when Josh's birthday came around, we thought he would appreciate the fun and enjoyment that finger puppets can bring to your life. So, that was his present. Maybe you guys should start taking pictures of them!
How cute and quirky. Just like you. :)
We might do that! I'm glad to know that there were actually ten. I told Josh I thought it was strange that there were only nine puppets, but he wasn't even phased by that. If we take pictures, I will have to post them!
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