Vapor

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The other day we were flipping through radio stations and we heard a preacher say "Life is but a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" and I haven't been able to get that out of my mind since.

I haven't always cherished my life like I do now. I must say that the past few years have been my favorite. And as I am getting older, this truth about my life being so temporal really sinks in for me. I wonder if everyone in my life realizes just how much I love and appreciate them. I think about how if my vapor were to vanish today, I would feel very fulfilled and that I had lived such a full life. I get so caught up and obsessed with everyday life...work mostly, and become so distracted that I forget to be intentional about my life. I try very hard to enjoy each moment and remind myself of the gift of each day, but some days just don't feel like gifts and I get distracted. I've been distracted lately.

I'm focused in on it though right this moment. I'm sitting at my desk at work, getting ready to go home for the evening and I see my Ciege sitting over there next to me and I'm overwhelmed with a feeling of peace and thankfulness for the life I've experienced thus far. I'm so thankful to have my husband working next to me. He looks over throughout the day and smiles at me and it just makes me wonder how spouses work separately...how did we ever NOT work together? Today he gave me a very sweet compliment as we both walked to the break room together for a soda. He said that I looked great in my jeans and it just has made me feel so loved ever since. He is such a great best friend and husband and I feel like I adore him more and more everyday.

And I got to have lunch with my Mom today. We ate at a 50's style diner and I just so enjoyed her company. The greatest gift of my adulthood has been the recent sweet relationship that I have with her. She is just so amazing and I love her so dearly.

It is so easy for me to get distracted with life. When I stop, slow down, and take inventory though I have to say that I am incredibly blessed. What a life! :) I'm amazed at how many blessings have been showered upon me and how wonderful life can be.

I'm hoping that my "vapor" will last a super long time, but if it doesn't, I want everyone I love to know how much they mean to me and how much I have just lived such a great, full life.

Ciege's Birthday

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Ciege turned 31 yesterday and we spent the day off work together. Here he is at Panda Express, prepping his chopsticks for a yummy birthday meal.




After a whole day of dueling each other on the PS3(Ghost Recon 2), we went over to Craig and Nona's house for pie and icecream.




Ciege enjoying the hilarious birthday card that his Grandpa Georgia sent to him.




CJ, Joseph, and Craig Sr. looking at Ciege's favorite birthday gift, "Call of Duty 4". This game won "Game of the Year" and we got a preview of it last night after the party before bed. It is an amazing game and the graphics are great. You feel like you are watching a movie while playing the game.

So Ciege's birthday was an awesome day full of lots of gaming and fun. We really enjoyed our time together and were sad to see the day end because it meant back to work on Wednesday after an extended weekend.

Monkey'ing Around

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Road Trip! Ciege, Bachie, and I hopped in the car to take a 2 hour road trip to Pine Idaho. Our family friends (Aunt Jan & Uncle Tom) have a cabin up there which they so graciously lent us this weekend.



The view on the way up was gorgeous. Pine is right next to Anderson Creek Reservoir which is amazing and so beautiful.



Bachie LOVES roadtrips. Our AC on our car has been acting funny so we endured a rather warm ride up.



The cabin was awesome and had all of the comforts of home, and more :) We were lucky to enjoy a great weekend of satellite TV. We definitely got our fill of TV for the weekend and it was so relaxing. Ciege got out some lawn tools and got right to work picking weeds and making the front look nice outside. This was his gift to the owners for being so kind to let us stay at their great cabin.



Here is the pretty view from the patio. It was great and smelled amazing.



I loved all of the little pine cones.



Bachie just really loved being in the wild. He had this perma-smile on his face all weekend.



It was so great to sit out on the front patio and just relax.



Ciege had a great time too. He said he didn't realize until we got up there how badly he needed to get away from work, email, and the computer.



To keep us busy, we brought up a paper craft. We put together a paper orangutan during our stay at the cabin.



My two little monkeys.



Here is Ciege working on the monkey. I quickly lost interest and found myself exploring the cabin and taking pictures.



It took a while, but the final product is really really cool. I can't believe we (mostly he) made this on our own!



On Sunday, we headed out to the reservoir for some swimming. It was beautiful, the water was warm, and we practically had the place to ourselves.



I relaxed and soaked in some sun.





The "boys" played fetch with the stick.



Some of the sticks were really heavy and began to sink. Bachie practiced his diving skills and caught them underwater. It was so cool.



We had a great time but quickly grew tired of the hot hot heat and headed back to camp.



We had such a great time. Best of all it was completely free minus about a half of tank of gas to get there! We really needed this mini-vacation.

Lunch Break

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Ciege and I enjoying a cold soda and some talk radio politics in our car for lunch.

Working Overtime

I'm still cranking away trying to hit a deadline at work and Ciege and Bachelor came along with me today. I looked over at his desk and noticed that Bachie was sitting on his lap. I couldn't resist taking a picture and taking a break to post about it. It's hard to see from the picture, but Bachelor has a t-shirt on as well. :)

Fireworks

We just had the time of our lives at the Ann Morrison park fireworks display. We rode our bikes down to see the fireworks and we got front row seats eventhough the place was packed. The show was amazing. My favorite was the fireworks that were shaped like hearts. There were TONS of people there and it turned out to be quite handy to have our bikes with us. We were able to weave in and out of crowds easily and got home with ease while tons of people were stuck in traffic. The ride home on the greenbelt next to the river was as gorgeous as usual and the night was really calm, the weather very cool. It was awesome. I have to say, this was my favorite 4th of July ever! It was just Ciege and I and we had such a great time together. Afterwards we came home for some low-fat frozen yogurt and some more PS3....let the games begin :)

Fireworks at the Park

Here we are at the park getting ready to see the fireworks...we don't know how to use the flash on the camera phone...countdown just started.

4th of July

It's been a CRAZY week! On Wednesday, we worked the entire night until 5:30am trying to meet a deadline. We basically created an entire website in one night for a major client and it was just pure crazy. This is our first "alnighter" at our work and it was just insane. Luckily we were able to suffer through it together and that made it ok. Yesterday was filled with a little sleep and lots of work. Finally last night I was able to sign off of work and today has been nothing but pure non-work enjoyment. We got up super late (11am) and then rested around the house. When we got sick of the house, we went out to Panda Express (our new fav) and then we bought a couple of PS3 games at the mall. Then we went to see the movie Hancock with my Mom and "D". It was a pretty good movie. Ciege was disappointed because he had hoped it was going to be awesome and it was just good. It sounded like Mom and "D" liked it and had a good time. It was great to spend a little time with them....and to NOT BE WORKING :)

So now we're just sitting at home playing PS3 together on the couch and I realized that I've neglected to post in over a week so here I am. We're going to possibly hop on our bikes in an hour to go see some cool fireworks. If we're feeling lazy, we'll go out back up to the foothills and catch the view from up there. Either way, the 4th of July festivities are about to begin and I'm so excited. Happy 4th everyone!