Up For Adventure

If you know me well then you know that I am perfectly comfortable with hanging out on the couch scrapbooking, or playing board games with my kiddos. This summer I am really trying to embrace being outside as much as possible. Previous summers I did the same, kind of - I would spend as much time as possible floating in a pool. This summer I have dug rocks out of my lawn, put together seven flower beds, gone berry picking (which I have always loved), and ventured to a place I had never been, but now love. One of Mad Man’s friends went to a cool waterfall in the beginning of summer. So I put it on our bucket list. Now, I really don’t enjoy driving and this was about an hour away, so summer went on and I almost forgot about the waterfall. The weather looked good yesterday, and I got my dad on board so the kiddos and my dad and I (plus one of T Bear’s good friends) went off on an adventure. I drove, Poppi Man navigated. We had no idea what to expect, which I think was part of the fun for me. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Bachelor in Paradise, but I felt the need for an adventure. So we hiked the trail, which was an easy hike thankfully, and found the steps down to the waterfall. There were other people there wading in the water so we decided to join. Mad Man is so much fun on an adventure. He embraces it right from the start. He had his shirt, socks, and shoes off before I said it was okay to go in!  The girls joined right in. We walked along the slippery, jagged rocks, through the truly frigid water; it was amazing!  Poppi Man went right under the waterfall and the kiddos got very close to it. It was a truly special day; one I am not likely to forget. We explored the other trail when we got out of the water!  It was an excellent way to spend a day. I am looking forward to more adventures. To showing the kiddos that it’s okay to not know exactly what to expect. To embrace the unknown. To live in the moment. To try something new. I am starting to find myself more and more when I am in nature; it’s a beautiful thing.