Too many thoughts, too little time

It has been a long time. Usually when a long time goes by before blogging it means that real life has been happening. That has been the case here. I haven't been super busy or doing anything fancy, but life has been full and good. There are a lot of things to say and thoughts to share, but I am not committed to writing a long and thoughtful post at this time because I want to just relax tonight and maybe watch the rest of Planet Earth. So I shall just share a few random thoughts of what has been happening lately.

I no longer work for our apartments. By choice of course. Last Saturday at 5 pm I left the office never to return as an employee ever again. I am thrilled to spend Saturdays with my family now. So for my first employment-free Saturday (yesterday) I joined my hubby and several families from church for a trip to the mountains. It was awesome and refreshing and fun. Everyone was tubing...including my scaredy-cat son who apparently is so scaredy-cat anymore! He loved it! River and I watched while everyone else tubed. It was so fun to be in the snow and it made me reflect on how I would really love to go snowboarding or skiing. I have never been skiing...downhill that is, I have been Cross Country skiing with my friend Alice and that was hilarious! I kept falling down and we laughed our buns off. Alice is a way athletic friend who in the past few years has ran marathons...and finished 4th in her first iron-man race. she is pretty much a stud. In fact, thinking about it I could tell a million hilarious stories about her. So maybe I will just save those for a post of their own.

River is so inspiring to me. It amazes me over and over again her determination to learn a skill and her perseverance to get to what she wants. She is crawling and pulling up on things now and I am inspired by her because several times a day, she pulls herself up and then falls down and hits her head, or slips and falls, etc. But when she falls, it never discourages her from her goal. She might take a minute to cry because she is hurt, but she moves on quickly and strives for whatever her goal is immediately. I just wish I could remember being that driven and ambitious. I wish I had that kind of perseverance in my faith where you just jump right back up and keep goign towards the goal. I am learning so much by watching her explore her world! She really inspires me to watch her work so hard for what she wants.

College was awesome. Right now we have several Seniors who are making plans and thinking about college, where they are going and what they are doing and it just reminds me over and over again how much i loved my college experience. Some of my best memories are from college. Some of my best best friends I met at college. My passion for learning and life blossomed in college. I fell in love with learning there. Most importantly, my faith became my own in college. I fell more in love with my Savior and figured out what I think that should look like in my life. But now reflecting on college, my heart is a little broken that my alma mater will be closing its doors at the end of this school year. That place is irreplaceable. I wish there were an alternative, but the harsh reality is that this has been coming for 15 years. But for some reason God made Cascade College possible for 15 wonderful years. For that I will always be grateful. And I am so glad that I was able to be a part of it. The rest of you suckers don't know what you'll be missing out on! :) Tbirds for life!

I have many more things to write, but I'm going to sign off for now. I want to talk to my hubby. Stay tuned for more random thoughts and photos of our kiddos.