Curren Family

I have a good friend that seems to also be in the midst of a “mid-life crises” and we’ve had discussions about blogging, social media and virtual vs. real life. I know that there are seasons in life and in this next one these three little humans just might need me engaged in ways I haven’t been before. I think recently I’ve been too busy stressing about what it is I want to do, that I haven’t really had any time to do the most important things. I’ve committed to try out both volleyball coaching and mountain bike coaching in the next year (both with camps – one in Long Beach, CA and the other in Park City, UT), signed up as a merit badge counselor for Andrew’s scout troop, agreed to teach snow sports at the local Pow

We’ve always listened to audio books as we drive, and when I learned about this Rush Revere Audible series I knew I wanted to try it out. The audio books expound the events leading up to the Revolutionary War plus the Battles of Concord and Lexington. Since we were already listening to Rush Revere, listening to these as audio books didn’t make sense, and we just don’t have the time or energy to read aloud together (although I know there are incredible benefits to that! ). We learned later that the Stamp and Intolerable Acts were direct results of King George III trying to pay off the war which made it relevant to the kids.

We rented skis, signed our kids up for lessons through the local school districts, and planned to spend most of our time learning on the slopes. With opening day set for November 16th we have at least a month and half of skiing before lessons start again in January which will give us the perfect amount of time to get warmed up and back into the swing of things. We’ve often heard of lift lines over an hour long on that side of the mountains, while I get a little miffed if we can’t ski right back on the lift. With only a few days  left until opening day, we seriously can’t wait to get back on the slopes and we are excited to help Grand Targhee celebrate their 50th anniversary this year!

We should have timed things better but by the time we drove over from Halifax, grocery shopped and made it to Hopewell Rocks, the tide was in. We settled into our campsite at Fundy National park and then took the short walk down to the town of Alma and the beach. While I’ve long felt that full time travel has brought our family closer together, lately we’ve had a lot of discord. Perhaps because the kids are older, or we know we have a house to go back to, or maybe it’s just regular family life.