Contentment

Memorial day weekend was a blast at the river with the Fisher family! We had a great time as soon as we got there hanging out at the river. It was perfect time for the kids to get in and explore. Crawdads and HUgE, I mean according to Austin, the biggest tadpole ever was found. They had so much fun playing, building, and creating in the rocks. The evening concluded with dinner, the little girls dancing with their daddies, and smores of course. After our big breakfast Saturday morning we loaded up on the school bus and took a crazy ride up the river (Chloe was all smiles, she loved the bus ride). We boarded our 6man raft and enjoyed the day floating down the black river along with the partiers, who by the way you could hear a mile away with their loud music, so we got ahead of them and as soon as we heard them coming it was a race to hurry up and load the rafts and paddle on!!! Good times!! Let's just say this also opened up discussion with the boys about some words I'm pretty sure they never heard before. And I pray I never hear come out of their mouth. Everyone was exhausted after the day on the river but we still managed to cook up a scrumptious meal which was delayed for a moment due to the unknown whereabouts of Parker, certainly not a highlight of the trip, but a few minutes we will never forget. All was ok and very thankful he was fine. The night continued and after more smores, we followed the music and discovered a little party at the pavilion where a man played his guitar and sang while the campers danced and laughed the night away. This weekend brought back memories of my younger days before kids, a time that people said would be the best the days of my life, however, I say to them that the best years of my life began when I got married, had my babies and in the mist of all that, found God and was baptized in the lake five years ago. These have truly been the best years! It's funny how time changes, 15 years ago I would have loved to sit back drink a few beers on the river, now I'm allergic to all alcohol, it actually makes my allergies go crazy which is fine by me because I can truly be happy now knowing that I have a God who loves me unconditionally and will never leave or forsake me, I have a wonderful husband who I love more today than when we were two crazy teenagers in love, three beautiful children who have brought more joy to my life than I could have ever imagined. And I have a job that I absolutely love! I am so blessed with more than I deserve. I am forever thankful! I love my life and feel very content as I approach 35. Wow, that sounds old! I want to savior every moment with my kiddos because it's going by so fast. Preston is going to be 8 Sunday and Austin 11 in a few weeks. When I thinking about our five year goals, I realized in five years I will have a son behind the wheel and that totally freaks me out! So, I'm going to hit the pause button now and go make more memories with my little loves!

Day 3

Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and now water balloons and water guns to start our 3rd day of summer fun and it's only 10 a.m! Lovin it! Counting my blessings!!!

Ahhh..summer vacation. How I've missed you! We are starting it out right! After 3 or 4 months of soccer and 3 straight weekends of all-star soccer tournaments for both boys which by the way means 8-9 games a weekend; I am so ready for some down time. However, on our first day together we went to the batting cages, played miniature golf, a picnic in the park, toured the nature center, went on a nature hike, and finished the fun filled day with snow cones. Wow, what a day but looking ahead at the forecast and seeing that it is going to be in the upper 90's later in the week, I figured we should spend as much time outside as possible. Day 2 was spent cleaning the van and the refrigerator, then the boys decided to jump on the trampoline while running the sprinkler under it. I'm pretty sure I heard Austin tell Preston he was break dancing on the trampoline. So, they were both breaking out their best break dancing moves. How do they even know what that is -is what I want to know. Crack me up! The evening brings a sleepover with Parker and Hailey, more trampoline fun in the water and water balloons. It's cooled off now; yet, the kids don't seem to mind!