Life is Good

I don't feel like I have anything exciting to blog about, but that doesn't mean life isn't exciting. It just means that life is the normal busy that I'm sure you all get tired of hearing about.  Life really is good right now.  Here's why:

I have a great job with probably the lowest amount of stress I've had in the 7 years I've been in my career.  I often wonder if it truly is less stress or if I have a higher tolerance level for being able to handle stress.  Probably a combination of the two, but I'm guessing it has a great deal to do with the awesome boss I have.  I really am spoiled!

I love that I am in shape again, it is such an awesome feeling! I'm a few weeks into my official training for this marathon and so far so good! I really am dreading my 3 hour training runs, but right now I am able to handle the 60-90 minute runs fairly easily. 

I get to be in the temple every week.  I don't know if you can really call it "working" when you get to be in the Celestial Room by yourself sometimes.  It is pretty awesome.  Yes, I am definitely spoiled!

I have an awesome family and am blessed to have family close by.  I have never lived in a place where I have not had family nearby.

There is always a party going on, or a friend who wants to go to the driving range, or play some racquetball, or go shopping, etc, etc, etc.  Life gets really busy when you know a lot of people.  It is great fun, but it does get a little crazy at times.  I know I could say no, that is an option, but truth is I don't want to.  I do have fun and play a lot! I think I've more than made up for the lost time while I was in Kuwait.

I live in beautiful Colorado and often get to enjoy the mountains and beautiful Colorado sunny days.  I am definitely looking foward to Spring and tennis weather again!

I live with so many comforts of life.. a nice place to live, a nice car, the Internet, a cell phone with the Internet, a comfy bed, etc, etc, etc. 

My heart goes out to those in Japan after the 9.0 earthquake that hit yesterday.  It is a sad reminder of how fast life's comforts can be taken away.  I am spoiled with how good I have it, but I am truly grateful for everything that I have.  Life is good!

So, with that said, I will end with sharing a few pictures from snowshoeing last Saturday and from the cousins get together I hosted last night.  I feel bad I didn't get a picture of Katie... I missed a really cute picture opportunity when she was holding Jacob, but he climbed down too fast.  I was waiting for him to climb back up again, but I set my camera down and didn't remember to take another picture.  Sorry Katie!

No boots, so plastic bags and tennis shoes work! 

The snow was so deep and so soft it made falling quite fun.

Crazy cousins

Jared is scared of Cayden's mad skill with bowling pins

All tuckered out after having fun