Monday, January 15, 2018

A Decade of Adventures

       This winter marks a few anniversaries for us. On Boxing Day we celebrated living at Frontier Lodge for 5 years, crazy to think it has been 5 years already I guess time really does fly by when you are having fun! The first day we moved out here I will never forget arriving, unpacking and the discovery of no water....The water house had frozen all the water lines to every building at camp and not a single building at camp had water...Just arriving and having no idea where anything was or how to go about fixing it we were thankful to have one staff member and his family here and they had taken on the task of thawing the water lines. Fast forward to this boxing day we wake up and turn the water on only to find no water. Turns out the water house had frozen again, God has a sense of humor for sure and I couldn't help but smile to myself and say happy anniversary! Thankfully Troy go the water working again that day and we were not without for too long. At least we had heat and could melt snow to flush toilets if it came to that. I have learned a lot of things over the last 5 years and I am thankful for it all. I have been blessed to meet so many amazing people because of living here, I still don't like the good byes but I am thankful for every new friend our family makes.


       Troy is working on another building, it seems we moved here during a big growth spurt at Frontier Lodge. I was happy to see the metal on the roof go on right before we had a week of snow, the guys were happy to not be shoveling the floor off before they started the day. The siding is going up and it is looking more like a house from the outside. On the inside it has a ways to go but the walls are standing and waiting for electrical and plumbing etc. before the fun stuff like drywall and mudding, painting and all the finishing details can happen.



       On January 26th marks our 10 year wedding anniversary! I have been reflecting a lot on the last 10 years and all the blessings they have brought. We have 3 beautiful, fun, adventurous, loving kids. They bring so much joy and lessons to our lives I cant imagine life without them. We had our first fixer upper house and sold it when we moved out to camp. There are still days I miss the little things like a second toilet, my deep soaker bath tub or the amount of counter space in our kitchen. Even though I have moments where I miss those luxuries I wouldn't trade them for where we are now. Along side some of the blessings we had some tough roads too but so thankful I didn't have to walk them on my own this time. I had someone who muddled through life and stood with me. We are both looking forward to a few weeks away this summer to celebrate this mile stone with and adventure together. It is a little amusing to me that we are choosing another isolated place to spend our vacation. Internet is really expensive in the Cook Islands so I promise to post pictures when we return home.



 
I thank God for all the blessings and lessons He has brought us through this past decade. Here is to 10 amazing years together in this crazy thing called life. I look forward to whatever the next 10 bring our way. Thank you to all those who have been with us on our adventures you all hold a special place in our hearts we are so BLESSED to have you in our lives!