Just the 2 of Us

....Well, not exactly, Weston was with us too but he doesn't count yet! He kind of tags along every where I go these days :) Either way, it was nice to be "childless" for a couple of days!
This past weekend, Trent and I had the opportunity to go on a marriage retreat with Smyrna Church of Christ, lead by Trent's former youth minister. It was held at Fall Creek Falls, and with all the rain we have had lately, the falls were beautiful!!! The retreat was at the Inn by the lake and they provided all the food...yummy!!! We had lots of fun with the other couples as well as plenty of opportunity to focus on ourselves. The retreat was centered around making God the "first love" in the marriage and how when we work to make sure that happens, the rest of the relationship grows as well. There were several group sessions with games and lecture type lessons, but we had the majority of Saturday to explore the park and complete our "one on one" conversations. They gave us all 4 topics to discuss together and lots of in depth questions to get the conversations going. We were supposed to have these conversations in different places, like "on a nature trail", "by still waters", etc. This was perfect! It was such a great way to talk about things and learn more about each other in a beautiful/natural setting! I highly recommend this retreat (it's open to the public - we didn't know anyone there!). We came away completely refreshed and with a renewed goal to make God a priority in our lives.
Well, as usual, I took WAY too many pictures....although I am disappointed I didn't get any pictures of some of the games we played. In one game, Trent and I had to wrap a present with one arm wrapped around each other and use only the other "free" hand. We didn't win!
In another game, I placed a cookie on Trent's head and he had to make it go into his mouth using only his face! Hilarious!!! He did manage to get one in though!

This is the view from our room...so pretty!

Waterfalls are always prettier from the bottom, so of course we had to hike down there to see them! The Cascades.

We had our "conversations" at the bottom of falls and on some trails and by creeks. It was so nice!

I have never seen the falls so full or the water so clear!

Self-timer shot!

This is the main falls...we didn't hike down this one! I'm a little too pregnant for that!

Again, the main falls. I've never seen them so full!

Swinging bridge at Piney Falls. There is a great campsite down below the bridge by the creek. We'll have to check that out when it warms up a little!

There was hardly anyone on the trails. We could take our time and it was so quiet!

Piney Falls...we had never been to this one before. It was gorgeous!

My big belly sticking out!

Trent and his sunflower seeds....He looks like his face is swollen!

We couldn't find a spot for self-timer here, but luckily, another couple walked by and took it for us.

Okay, so I know I shouldn't have, but I wanted to prove to myself that I could still go down the cable trail at 28 weeks pregnant.

We were being very careful so it took us FOREVER to get down! In this picture, Trent is saying, "put the camera up and lets go!"

So I handed it to him to take a picture of me!

This is a scary part where there is no cable to hold to. After probably 30-45 minutes to get down the whole trail, it only took 5 minutes to get back up!!

Once you get to the bottom, the views are unbelievable!!

There are 2 waterfalls to see at the bottom. The big one and this smaller one to the left.

We love hiking and being out in nature so this was the perfect weekend for us!!