17 cubs and a beautiful canyon

So how does hiking with 17 cub scouts on a 4 mile hike sound? It actually was a lot of fun. We hiked up Adam's Canyon this afternoon with the scouts and it was beautiful. We made it all the way to the big waterfall and back. The rain started to fall as we finished out last 200 yards of the hike. It was perfect. The boys did a great job and we had a lot of fun. There were a few blisters and some scrapped knees for some, but everyone did make it back.

While hiking up a couple passed us. The young man had an artificial leg. I asked him what happened as they caught up to us on the way down. He lost his leg a year ago in a zip line accident. This was his first real test of his abilities in the outdoors. He said it was harder than the thought it was going to be, but he was doing a great job. It was inspiring. Here he is overcoming a pretty difficult event in his live and he is moving forward and enjoying life to the fullest. I appreciated his courage and the example he set for those 17 cub scouts.

Oh Brother

Oh brother...brothers. Don't we all just love brothers. They are so sweet and loving. They never put you down or call you blonde. They always tell you how great you are and never... ever fight with you. They always make my bed for me, open the door, pull my chair out at dinner. They are always the one to say, you look exceptionally beautiful today. They always let you win while arguing. They are always there for you.

Well, I guess a girl can dream

Well, I guess they're not that bad... most of the time

And so it begins

We are starting a family blog! This will be a collection of this and that from the day to day life of our family. The plan is to make this a place that we can record experiences and fun things along the way that we want to share with anyone who is interested. We hope you will stop by often.

As you read you will see that we are a regular family who enjoys spending time together and helping each other be successful and happy. We are a family who love and support each other in good times and bad. We really get along well for the most part except for Son #2 and Daughter #2 who are still in the process of learning that most things they tiff about don't really matter in life. O well, we have our faults as you will see, but we will get there eventually.