Family By Divine Design:: Corn Maze

07 December 2012

Corn Maze

Clearly, this was done awhile ago . . . since we live in Idaho. There were no corn mazes convenient to our current location (that I'm aware of), but we all went with dad to state soccer in Idaho Falls. This corn maze was pretty close! I was SO happy. I just knew the kids would love it.

Notice the card in Dietrich's hands in the above picture? Since it was near Halloween they had a murder mystery theme going on at the corn maze. As we went around the corn maze we found clues telling us what farm animal did NOT kill the farmer, and what location the crime was NOT committed in. They had hole punches at each spot for the kids to keep track of what they found. It was totally fun.

I took a lot of pictures. There were so many good opportunities I couldn't pass them up!

Determined, motivated mystery solvers. :)

I'm usually the one behind the camera, but I'm hoping to get in on more of the pictures.

I'm even more motivated to get pictures of David and I together. There aren't nearly enough.

Regarding the picture of the two of us, I've thought a lot about taking more pictures as a couple ever since we attended a viewing of our friend's younger brother. He left behind a very young family, and was quite young himself (cancer). At the viewing they had a slide show of pictures, and so many of them were of the two of them, even after they'd had two kids together. We haven't taken many pictures together since our first wedding anniversary, and I think that if David were to die unexpectedly I'd be sad that I didn't have more pictures of him and with him. Same with pictures of me with the kids. I have a ton of them without either one of their parents, a few with David, and very few with me. The length of our lives is unknown and I want good documentation of memories, even if I don't always look as good as I like to for pictures. Anyway, just a few of my thoughts. :)

3 comments:

Heather07 December, 2012 19:45
Good for you and taking pictures. I feel the same as you. I don't take any pictures of myself - I'm always behind the camera. If something were to happen to me, my kids might not know who thee mom was! I was looking through my computer for Christmas card pictures thinking I'd be able to find one really quick - wrong! We only took a few pictures as a family this whole year!!! So sad. I need to be better about family shots and Logan and me pictures. I'm glad someone else is in the same boat - makes me better ;)
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sarahflib07 December, 2012 20:20
The corn maze looks so fun! I have the same problem with pictures. It's hard to get them of me and the kids. These are great!
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Celeste09 December, 2012 14:19
I love corn mazes, and I completely agree with what you're saying. Paul and I rarely take pics together, and we don't even have kids yet! But it's easier to NOT ask a stranger to take pics for us...and yet, when I go to scrapbook them all, I find myself wishing I had more of US. I'm sorry about your friend's brother, prayers to that family. I've had a few friends go myself now and it's always hard. It's a good reminder though to really LIVE while we're alive.
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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."