It's been awhile

Life's been just a wee bit busy since I started my new job. I've had the normal adjusting to a new job stuff. Plus one of our cars started dying and so I spent several evenings and weekends trying to fix it. All to no avail. So I've been riding a different bus to work and consequently working slightly different hours than I originally wanted to. It all boils down to the fact that I wasn't getting home until 5:30ish which just makes my evening really short. And that doesn't give me enough time to spend with Peter or my hubby or do any sort of stuff around the house which just leads to stress and an unhappy family. Now on to the good stuff.

Zack Peter and I went on vacation starting Jun 27th. First we went to Winnemucca NV for Zack's 10 year HS class reunion and he got to show me around his hometown and we went to his old church. Then we got back on the road and headed to the ranch. I got in to drive in Elko, NV at about 4ish I think and we arrived at the ranch 5:30 am the next morning me still driving. We made 1 stop in Salt Lake City to do some shopping and stretch our legs. We spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the ranch and then on Thursday we gathered up to go to the family cabin in the mountains. We had a great time in the mountains. I had forgotted how nice it was to be there. No electricity and no cell phone service and no running water. We had a camp fire that was cleverly created by my brother so that it wasn't an open fire. Then we went on walks and climbed rocks and had a picnic the next day.

It has been quite a while since I have been to the mountains for overnight and was in good enough shape to climb rocks without much problem (this is because I walk about a mile a day round trip to and from the bus). I got to show Zack the memorial rock we have up there for my sister. In that way it was a really hard trip to the mountains. I missed Erin a lot. She was my rock climbing partner and the person I've spent the most amount of time with in the mountains. Plus she loved them so much its still hard to cope with not ever being there with her again.

We left for home/washington on Saturday morning and on the way stopped to see my 'adopted' sister, husband and their new baby. All in all is was great to be able to take both Zack and Peter with me to the ranch in the summer and have my family all in one place.

Through all of this God continues to stretch me and teach me and above all love me and cover me with His grace. And as hard as life seems to be at times I can't imagine doing it without Him.

for His glory