Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Memories and Cold Winters

Today we have had record low temperatures...Susan and I are relaxing next to the fire; Christmas tree and decor are all aglow as our light source for the evening. Tonight we decided to update the screen saver on our Apple TV. We changed it from our RV trip we took with my parents in 2008 to our pictures from our most current summer boating trip. For the last 4 hours we have been watching our photos stream by. Actually, there are a lot! 537 pictures were taken between the four of us! As we sat all night watching them go by laughing an commenting on them, we really were taken aback. (Pierce even got into determining what picture he took and Peyton took.)


We have sat here and contemplated our life and how blessed we are. So many photos and so many memories. We now look back and really love the memories and think about how frustrating the time was and blame ourselves for a lot of the frustration, we both need to relax and enjoy. The pictures are moments in time that always seem so fun and relaxing. Tonight we are both planning the cities and marinas we want to got back to. Even though it was such a rough trip last year it was worth it as we suspected. There would be much regret if we did not take the risk in going. Yeah, we kind of got screwed by the weather and the this caused so much stress, but in the end we love it.  The best is when while watching the pictures stream by Pierce says "I love the boat". When a 5 year old is in love with our passion we know we are doing the right stuff.

A little update on life...As I feared after our trip I did end up losing my job. However, because of my wonderful, beautiful, intelligent wife and her stable job and income we were able to survive without a hiccup. It took about nine weeks for me to find employment. I was off for the end of August through October. During that time I was able to get the boat waxed and ready for storage along with a long list of honey do's. We have been blessed and are able to continue with our lifestyle. My job is perfect and I look forward to the future. We can't wait for April to get the boat out and enjoy her for another season. Once again making these wonderful family memories! (sweatshirts in late July should not be a thing!!!)