Fly, Fly, FLYYYYYY!

Me and My Lovie.
The Group.

The injury.

Flying high...

Dave's perfect landing.

I surprised Dave for Father's Day with paragliding lessons. It was AWESOME! Caryn, Trevor, Dani and Mark all came too. My whole life I've watched people hang gliding and paragliding at the Point of the Mountain, so this was definitely on the bucket list. Dave absolutely loved it and I was excited to hit the gift giving jackpot! The instructors suited us up and gave us a few lessons on the ground. Then we hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain. Basically, you start running and your shute inflates which lifts you up in the air. You can control your height and direction, but it was a little tricky. The landing was much more technical than I had expected and we got a few bumps and bruises. Dani, unfortunately came in too hard on her first flight and reinjured her knee, so she had to watch the rest of the morning :( Dave had more flights that anyone in our group because he kept wadding up his shute and running back up the mountain as fast as he could. He was so eager, it was like watching a little kid. Thinking about it still makes me smile.

Blessings!

WARNING....Lots of sappiness to follow.


Today I was counting my blessings and I thought about all my wonderful friends, old and new. I am grateful to have fantastic friends. I am grateful for friends I see only once a year, but we pick up right where we left off. I am grateful for friends who move away and I rarely see, but I love sharing emails. I am grateful for friends who are like sisters and treat my kids just like their own, who walk into my house when I'm sick and take my kids for the day, despite my semi-delirious protests. I am grateful for friends who still love me even when I say or do something I shouldn't have. I am grateful for friends who I can stay up half the night with, talking about nothing and everything and then spend all day shopping with, acting like a teenager. I am grateful for friends who run miles and miles with me and swap stories, thoughts and testimonies. I am so grateful for Dave, who is my best friend and loves and accepts me for exactly who and what I am. He cheers for me and cries with me. We chose to share our lives for eternity and we choose to love eachother more each day.

Thank you for making my life so full of joy and happiness. Thank you for teaching me and being part of my journey.

Narcalepto Man!

Caleb continues to amaze us with his super human ability to fall asleep literally anywhere...