outside.

i love outside, love it. i feel refreshed, cleansed, free, rejuvinated by the outdoors. i should be a park ranger or something just so i could spend all day every day outside instead of underneath flourescent lighting surrounded by blah looking walls. my heart is full when i am out in nature. i love to listen to the sounds, feel the sun on my skin and watch the sweat drip down my arms. now, i suppose i should add a disclaimer here...i love outside when it is warm. i do not like cold nor to be outside when it is below about 50 degree, but between 50 and 110 i love it.
i am thankful that i married a man who also appreciates the outdoors and while we often enjoy different activities outside he is not afraid to venture out of the a/c into 100+ degree sun. i am confident we will raise our boys to equally appreciate nature. no, more than that...to love nature like we do.
When the boys are with me we will go exploring, we will dig up rocks, look for bugs, examine flowers, jump into  "lakes", go on hikes, hopefully one day cycle together. when they are with justin they will sit silently in deer blinds and shoot at them, they will ride 4 wheelers, build campfires during the 2 week span each year when there isnt a burn ban, they will build stuff.  justin and i will both be apart of all of these activites on occasion but i envision us as a family doing combinations of these things, like driving to a park, taking the long path down to the water to go fishing or camping.
today the boys and i ventured out to granger lake to do some exploring while justin stayed home to begin working on his new deer blind. here are the pictures of the boy's and my adventure. unfortunately i went left down the path which led us through great forest terrain but the water was actually to the right. whoops, lesson learned.