Photos are worth a thousand lies

Photography is such a deceptive form of documentation.  Out of the hundreds of thousands of seconds in any given experience, photography takes two, three seconds at a time and uses those few to represent them all.  

For example, looking at the following clips would lead you to assume that Mike, Gloria, Kevin, and I had a fairy-tale afternoon of wholesome family fun at the park.

In reality, though, we got trapped on the end of the pier by wild black weasels.  I've never seen Mike's eyes get so wide as the weasels ran back and forth across the pier, from the stone outcroppings on either side.  "Ferret!!" he screamed, as he hoisted Gloria up as far as his arms would go.  

In the end we made a break for it and sprinted past the weasel nest, but I can't help but think that a mere eight months ago I would have been the one he protected from the rabid black pier weasels.  Ladies, I'll say it again - a baby changes everything.