Gratitude

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This past weekend has been full of being grateful and it has lead into the beginning part of this week and I just felt like I should share what I am most grateful for this past little bit.
It started last Friday when my boss asked me about working. This is my last week at BATC and I couldn't be more grateful for the position I have held at that job and the boss that I have been blessed to have these past 5 years. Then I am grateful to have the opportunity to help out my mom. This weekend we canned over 56 quarts of apricots. It was a privilege to be able to be there at my parent's house to help her with that task and relearn some of the things I learned from her years ago. I am also grateful to have been able to go visit Brian's grandpa on Sunday. It is great getting to see him every week and I am sad that it is coming to a point where it will be more monthly/bimonthly instead of weekly. I am grateful for the lesson I had in church on the Holy Ghost. I am grateful we got to go visit more family at a park with Brian's family. I am also grateful that members of the family listened to the warning of checking out Brian's dad while he was not looking so good and even getting a stethoscope from home nearby to listen to his heart. I am grateful for the warnings in getting him to the hospital. By leaving then he was able to get to the hospital on time as he had a heart attack and was able to be with the medical help he needed. I am grateful we didn't get a ticket on our way to the hospital as we rushed to all be together to comfort each other. I am also grateful for the doctors on hand who helped fix up his heart. I am grateful, as our all of our family, for the great outcome of the surgery and that Brian's dad will hopefully be home in the next day or two. Then I am grateful that Brian's new boss is understanding and allowed him to stay home yesterday on his first day of work to sleep and get in more sound of mind to start his job after the night we had. I am grateful I was able to go help out Dean and Lori with Brian's sister and her kids in doing yard work. I am grateful for the two job interviews I was offered. I am grateful Brian and I found a place to live that feels like home and that we could find it together and so quickly. I am just so grateful for the way these last few days have worked out and the blessings that have come. It is amazing how quick things can happen for good or bad but we can be grateful for the way that everything turned out by just looking at it with a new perspective.

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July so far....

Our July has looked like this:
We enjoyed the 3rd up in Logan with their amazing fireworks.
Fourth of July we got together with our family and did a 5k. I had my best time and ran the whole way with this one.

Before the race

After the race

We made it together in the race. This was my best time and closest time in finishing next to Brian.

We got our picture at the parade.

Brian and his cute nephew and niece

We then went and got ready and then Brian's mom got sick. So we visited for only a little bit, then headed to the park, watched the race derby, and then left. We went home and relaxed for awhile and then joined Brian's sister for some fireworks.

Happy Fourth of July

We then spent the rest of the weekend up at Bear Lake soaking in the sun and water with Brian's sisters.
The next Monday I joined my sister in law at Willard Bay. It was a perfect day! We got to relax and enjoy the day just taking it easy. We wish more could have joined us but it was fun just us too.

Swimming and playing together

Seeing if someone will take a nap....it didn't work

Then we enjoyed this last weekend a couple days in Logan with Brian's family at the Cache Cup tournament. It was fun watching them play soccer. I didn't get to see as many games as Brian and so I am just more excited for the Park City tournament so I can see those I missed. After watching them play, we went and got a slurpee for our anniversary. Can't say no to a free slurpee that brings back wedding memories, can you??

The gang

Happy Five years!!!!

And that has been our July so far. Now we are looking for a new place to live since Brian has just accepted a job offer with the ICS department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. So we are moving to the Salt Lake area very soon.

Adam's Canyon

Right after returning home from Hawaii we were bored by the time the weekend came and we needed another adventure. So we scouted around and found a fun little hike in Layton......or so we thought. It was fun but it wasn't so little after we got going. It turned into a 6 mile hike instead of a 3 mile hike we had expected. Good thing we had some fun company and the waterfall at the end was beautiful.

Little A was a trooper and made the whole hike. We pretty much wore her out.

The gang of us excluding me.

It would seem he wasn't happy.....

But he was. He loves hikes!!

Best place to ride is on the shoulders

We left half of our group here. They tapped out.

We saw lots of little falls and we weren't sure if they trail was done or not at a couple points but luckily for us a guy who had hiked it lots showed up and told us to go a little further and we would be rewarded. Sure enough we were.

The group that made it

Climbing out to explore a little

We were getting soaked here but it felt so good!!!

Little water adventurer on her own terms

There was actually an additional part you could go up and get above the waterfall. We never were planning on going up it but now we know where that part is too.

The little adventurer who didn't give up and was a trooper

We hike back fast every time. Little A was exhausted by now.

It was such a fun day and a fun time out with some family. Next time though we will do our hike planning a little better. If we are wanting a short hike we will clarify it is actually short and not only short one way!