Good Summer Good Life

I find myself with some down time tonight and I figured that I'd take the time to share some of my experiences from the summer so far. I have had the chance to do some fun things with my family this summer. A few weeks ago, my dad and I did a 75 mile bike ride for MS research. It was great! I enjoyed the time I was able to spend with my dad even if it got hot, windy, and we were drop dead tired at the end. Ben, Grandma Mo, Grandpa Glen, Braden, and Stacey and her boys came to support us throughout the ride. I'm grateful that I have a family that enjoys doing activities like that with each other, whether it is in participating or watching. I was proud of myself for being able to accomplish something of that nature. Something cool to cross off of my bucket list. (I realized after finishing the ride, though, that I am the type of person who puts things on a bucket list after I have already done them. Ha ha!) I think I'll be doing this ride again. It was a lot of fun. I don't have pictures of the ride since I was kind of on a bike for the whole thing but this is me after finishing the race. 

This past weekend Ben and I were able to have Hannah and CJ come up to our house to visit and stay the night. I was super happy to have them come and I think we had a lot of fun. I know I did. My mom was kind enough to bring them up to play. Thursday we had lunch up at First Dam with Stacey, Isaac, Zac, and Wyatt. We had a bunch of fun and the kids got a chance to feed the ducks there as well. Ben tried to teach the kids how to skip rocks and we had a good time. We then came back to our house and played games and watched movies. The next day we made crepes for breakfast. Hannah's one request that would get her to come is if we made those. They were really good. It was my first time trying gluten free crepes and they really weren't too bad. Hannah and CJ loved them. After hanging out and playing a few more games we then made Muddy Buddies and went to the pool. We had a lot of fun playing in the water, going off the diving boards, and sliding down the slides. We had a great time playing together and it was so fun to spend time with them.

Enjoying the delicious crepes.

Making Muddy Buddies with Ben

The other exciting highlight of last weekend was Stacey had her baby! I'm so excited to have another new baby cousin. I've had two this year. Curt and Michelle had a cute baby girl Amelia in March and now we welcome baby Mason. He sure is a cutie. I'm glad I live close enough that I've already had a chance to hold him and meet him. If I had my way I think all I would do all day is just hold him and play with him. I have to remind myself that other people want to spend time with him too ha ha. I've enjoyed the time I've been able to spend with all of Stacey's family the past few days. Ben and I have enjoyed playing with Isaac, Zac, and Wyatt as well while Stacey has been busy. We just love all of our family.

So far, this summer has been great. I have a good life. That's all there really is to it. I started thinking about that today and I am so grateful for all that I have been blessed with. I have a wonderful family. I have a wonderful husband. I have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. Things just seem good. I know they won't always be and there will be hard times and trials to come, but really, I am blessed.