This Is Kristin

~This summer has flown by this year, yesterday I was out buying school supplies, I couldn’t believe it. We have been able to do a lot of fun things this summer, and I am sure that my boys have grown a ton.

• Blue learned to swim and has been jumping off tall places into the pool, and is about to turn 8!
• Aiden learned to ride a two wheeler, has a wiggly tooth, and is about to enter kindergarten!
• Cooper has gotten taller, and has learned to swim in a pool (with arm floaties) but without a parent holding him- which is huge for him, because he would usually scream his head off if I let go of him in the pool!

I love the summer, the time that we have with the kids, and the time that we have as a family.  This year has been the first year that Brody hasn’t had to travel all summer long, and it has been wonderful to have him home with us.  The time is flying, and it makes me realize how I don’t want to take this time for granted, or to miss a moment of it.

Awhile back Brody and I read Donald Miller’s book, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.”  He talks about the concept of what a good story is, and that we have the choice to make good stories out of our lives, and mostly that requires being intentional in how we live each moment.   Between the choices we make, to how we respond to the hard times in life, to the big things that we decide to do.   The book really inspired us to try harder at making our lives into better “stories.”  So, we’ve spent the summer trying new things, and going new places, and this summer for us has been a really good “story” so far.

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