A Life Update July 2018

It's been a good year and a half since I have done a post on here.. I have been documenting in other ways, like my other blog and instagram, but yesterday Matt and I decided to quite social media.  It has just been too much of a drain on our family and marriage.  It's so addictive and before we know it we are spending all our time on there and then complaining that we never have enough time.  Matt would get sucked into his facebook biking group and stay up till all hours of the night.  It just hasn't been good, so yesterday we deleted all of our social media apps and made a goal to get up early and go to ged early and get all the stuff done that is stressing us out instead of avoiding life on social media.  Today is day one and so far so good!! We both woke up early and I went on a ride and Matt fixed our fence.  So that's the reason why i'm blogging again.. I still want a way to share and to write down memories, but without the temptation to get sucked into social media.. So here we are!

So we have been getting more and more into mountain biking.  In June Matt and I did an 18 mile 3,000 foot elevation gain mountain bike race.  It was crazy! I got third place in the women's catagory which shocked me.  There was only like five girls that did the race.. but still! Matt got somewhere around 14 which is super impressive.  He had some problems with cramps in his legs or else he would have done even better. 

so that's one thing we do quite a bit.  In other big news we bought a van! We have been wanting a van we can sleep in for over a year and we finally took the plunge! I'm so proud of us.  Matt made an awesome adjustable bed for it and we have been loving it!! It's sooooo nice not to have to set up camp! We can just pull off the road and go to sleep.  It makes adventuring less work and its just the best.  The kids love the van too.  We went camping in it the other day and the next morning when mason woke up in the house the first thing he said was "I need my camping!!" 

We have been vanning it up ever since we got the van and it's our favorite! Each trip really deserves a post of it's own.. We will see if I get around to that. 

Let's see what else... Matt works for family search still.  The past little while has been crazy at work.  He got on this new team that is amazing, but it also has been a ton of work and stress on Matt.  It's been super super hard.  To the point where he has considered asking for a new team or maybe even quitting.  But when he talked to his managers they could see that this was too much and that it was effecting all parts of his life and really dragging him down.  They have let up on him and the work has slowed down and things are much better then they were.  He is ahead now and feeling good about things.  Thank goodness! 

Micah and Mason are just as crazy as ever! They love each other and they also fight like nobody's business haha I suppose thats what it is to be brothers! They are both just such awesome little people.  I love them with all my heart and I love being their mom.  

Micah is way into legos these days.  He know most of his letters and he knows the sounds to some of those haha he is so so smart and creative. We are always so surprised at the things he comes up with.  His major obsession right now is transformers.  It doesn't really matter what it is, Micah will turn it into a transformer.  

Mason love motorcycles, side sides, and grampa.  He got to spend a few days on the farm last week and he was in HEAVEN.  In fact I was talking on the phone with my mom last night and mason heard her voice and said, I need to go to grampas house!! then he tried to drag me out the door and when we didn't leave his little heart just broke! It was sad, but also cute how much he loves his grampa and grandma. 

Micah and Mason always play this game where they come up to each other with whatever toys they have and say "hi, whats your name?" then the other person says "my name is such and such whats your name" It's so freaking cute and they do it all day long.

Almost a year and a half ago we went and got Micah tested and found out the he was super delayed in speech and social. He has been going to the special needs preschool ever since and has loved it!! It has been SO good for him.  He has one more year of that and then he heads to kindergarten! 

So there's a little update! I'm hoping to blog more and do some more in depth posts and Micah and Mason especially.  They just grow up so fast! I want to have every little thing documented, but that's not very practical so I will just do my best I guess :)