Going to the Chapel

My husband & I said our wedding vows 6 months ago yesterday...and while I do not plan to commemorate the occasion on a monthly basis, I do want to pause to enjoy the moment while we are still at Fort Riley. :)!!

I've mentioned it before - I fully expect that our time at Riley will be complete within the next 11 months (approximately) and then we'll be whisked away to who-knows-where. So I hope you'll indulge my sentimentality about the geographical location where we fell in love & married. :)

We married in the historic Main Post Chapel on 12/17/11...we anticipated chilly temperatures (and of couse, wind!!!!)...and, for a brief moment in time the forecast called for SNOW. What we got, instead, on that day was pure sunshine and temperatures nearing 60 degrees!! Completely unseasonal for Kansas in December.

Nearly every Sunday since I moved to Ft. Riley (a little more than 2 months) we've attended protestant services in the chapel where we married...and it is sweet. I still get giddy when we drive up on Sunday mornings. :) It's a beautiful old chapel constructed from 1897-1898 and clothed, nearly exclusively, in the limestone native to this part of Kansas. I've already started to think about what it will be like when we eventually move from this area and no longer have occasion to visit or frequent the area...and that just makes me want to celebrate these little milestones all the more while we are here!

Main Post Chapel Fort Riley, KS (credit to my friend April Blackmon)

So, in honor of our 6-monthly-versary yesterday, we shared a tiny little kiss when we walked out of the morning church service... :)