Long Live The Challenge......

I could not be more proud of my husband today. We traveled to New Mexico for the National Senior Games so that Rick could compete in the sport of archery. For those of you that do not know what the Senior Games are they are kind of a big deal. People from all over the US have to qualify in all kinds of sports to compete the following year. This year over 14,000 seniors came to compete. It is the olympics for people over the age of 50. Rick qualified to shoot archery in them in 2018 with the highest score in MN for his age group.

Today after a lot of hard work and dedication Rick got 4th place in a very elite group of archers.

The top four

The Top eight archers in his age group-55-59

We traveled to the games with our good friends Connie and Larry. Larry also shot great and got 6th place in his age group, 64-69. They both did so great.

It has been so fun to see all these people that are all over the age of 50 competing in sports and being in such good shape. They should be a model for us all! Congratulations to Rick and Larry and to every one of the competitors that are here for the week whether you place or just finish you ROCK!!!

Feeling inspired....
Sharon

White Water State Park....

This weekend we finally got to go camping for our first trip of the season. It was a perfect weekend for a camping trip. We went with Cassie, Nick, Larina and Nash. It is always fun to go anywhere with the grandkids. We went to White Water State Park and stayed in their new campgrounds. It had super big campsites. We did some big hikes which was a lot of fun with a 3 year old and a 5 month old baby. Larina did so good hiking up the mountains as she called them. And Cassie did even better with Nash strapped to her! Best of all we had no internet the whole weekend so it was a real getaway. It was so nice to not be distracted by the phones all the time.

Our campsite 

Larina was highly disappointed when she could not go on the bridge and tried to break in. 

Our morning hike up the BIG mountain. 

We got to cross the river  

Larina said she was Super Woman when she made it to the top! 

After our morning walk we took a rest. Baby Nash is our new R-Strings Staff Shooter 

For our afternoon hike we went up another big mountain. This trail had lots of steps and was pretty steep for little Larina. 

This is the look I got when I suggested that I should clean her face and hands off 

View from the top 

 Cassie made it up carrying Nash the whole way. 

Larina was done and had to have a little help from daddy to get down. 

Grandpa Rick also help her get back to the campground

It was a great weekend spent with the people I love....

Get Outside
Sharon

Cow Tipping Press.....

Yesterday I got the privilege of listening to my nephew and nine other very talented authors read some of their writings. They had taken part in a workshop for people with developmental disabilities to create writings. The workshop was 5 classes over the winter and is put on by Cow Tipping Press. They are a great organization that works developmental disabled people to help them create writings and then publishes a book of the writings. When it is all done they get to have a public reading of the books. Makes sure you go the Cow Tipping Press website  to learn more about them.

I was so proud of Jacob and all the authors. The writings were so enlightening, funny and heartwarming. It  brings me such joy to see how much their work brings them confidence and gives them an outlet to share their feelings. I cannot wait to see what they all write about next!

The Authors

Jacob reading one of his writings

Two of Jacobs writings that are in the book. 

A short video of Jacob reading 

This is the book. If you would like to get a copy of the book and read it you can get it on Amazon either in paperback or Kindle.

I just can't express how privileged I feel to be able to go to these events. I am so happy that Cow Tipping Press and other organizations like them exist so they can help change the perspectives of people with disabilities.

Feeling blessed
Sharon

"Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship." -Marilyn Monroe

Today is our 9th anniversary. As I was looking for a picture to share of the two of us and I was reminded of all the adventures and fun we have had together. So I decided I could not just share one photo so you are getting 9 years worth. 

Happy Anniversary to my best friend.....

 The most awful picture of us ever and it was in the news paper....we can laugh at ourselves :)

We could not have done it without the support of our families.

I cannot wait to see what our adventures will be in the coming years...

Sharon