Three Years

Three years have gone by since we tied the knot! I know at the time we were married that I never dreamed we'd be where we are today, but I am so thankful for how God has blessed our lives and our marriage. I love that we are able to spend so much time together, practically every waking moment! This has taken some adjustment for us (probably more for Tristan than me, I can get annoying!), but we have grown closer because of it. Here's a picture from us on May 14th 2005.


This past week we celebrated our third anniversary by taking a trip to Inverness, the town by the famous Loch Ness. We stayed at a lovely Bed & Breakfast. I'm pretty sure that if you ever go to Inverness, you'll have a place to stay. About every other house was a B&B, it was pretty incredible. Pictured below is the city, with the River Ness that runs right through it.


We were able to enjoy the beautiful colors of the spring flowers. I love tulips!


The first evening (Wednesday) we were there we caught a movie. Normally a visit to the movies wouldn't warrant a mention in a post, but we had an interesting event occur during the movie. If you look closely at the photo below, you'll see the blue light of a fire engine in front of the movie theatre. During the middle of our film, a loud speaker came on instructing us to make for the nearest exit. The nearest exit was actually in our movie theatre room, but everyone just filed out the regular way. Good thing there wasn't really a fire.


We were told to assemble in the "Pets at Home" parking lot, and after about 20 minutes a false alarm was called and we were able to go back in and finish the movie. The best part was that the movie theatre gave us free passes and luckily we have the same cinema in Stirling.


Thursday we went on a hill walk to the Novar Wind Farm. The whole trek was 7 miles and took us about 4 hours. Below a picture from the beginning.


And now a picture from the top. We had a nice walk, as there was a gravel road that led all the way to the top. There were about 30 windmills scattered throughout the hills. It was kind of daunting standing so near one. They would go so fast, but they were really quiet. They kinda sounded like waves hitting the seashore.


We got so chilly at the top where we stopped to have lunch and a break.

Friday we left Inverness and headed for home, driving along Loch Ness and making a few stops on the way. One of those stops was Urquhart Castle, a ruin right on the river. We were also hoping to spot "our underwater ally" Nessie along the way, but she was a no show.


The drive along the way was absolutely gorgeous! We stopped along the highway so I could take this picture. We kept commenting on the drive about how much the landscape reminded us of Colorado!

We also got a picture of us with Ben Nevis, the highest hill in Great Britain at 4,406 ft and an extremely popular hill to climb. I know that height doesn't compare with those in the Rockies, but here the hills start at almost sea level. An interesting side note about Ben Nevis: Tristan read that if you are a first time hill walker it would take you about 5 hours to get to the summit, and then about 3 hours to get down. On average it takes about 5-6 hours for the round trip. Every year they have a race to see who can go up and come back down the fastest. The record is under 90 minutes!! That's up and back my friends! I would die! On second thought, scratch that, I would not even try to run up a hill. I think those kind of people are a bit crackers. Talk about endurance!


We would've had more pictures for you from our drive through Glen Coe, but the clouds that look like death on the way rolled in and the rain poured for the most beautiful part of our drive. We plan on going back that way again, and we'll be sure to take lots of pictures at that time.

Also... we've found a new place to live! It's located in a nice area not even a mile from where we are currently! We hope to be out of this place in two week's time and all settled into the new place by the end of this month. Please keep us in your prayers as we make this transition.