Doing Hard Things

At Lake Powell, one of the things that I enjoyed and admired about my family was everyone's enthusiasm for trying something new.

Surfing was definitely something new to all of us, but not only was it new, it was hard!

But then there were people like Carew and Kara who made it look easy!!!

But I still don't think it was "easy," they just didn't give up.

I love how when we encourage one another and try to do our best, even if we fall, that we gain a sense of confidence in ourselves, AND in knowing that there are people behind us cheering us on.

(And since we didn't get pictures of everyone, I took a screen shot of a video my kids took of me surfing too!)

That's right! Even mom can do hard things! ;)

And still yet, we try these things and other hard things in life and hope to be good examples for the little ones to lean on and follow...

Captain Easton, just follow Pops and you can't go wrong! ;)

Lake Powell was a great family vacation full of many good memories with lots of good people. But one of the things that still stands out to me most, was how at night, all 29 of us would gather for scripture study and prayer together. 

We had some great discussions and felt the Spirit teach and testify of truth, and hopefully, some of these kinds of memories will stick in my children's heads as much as the surfing did! But we'll see. :)

And honestly, one of the greatest blessings of these kinds of trips for me, is seeing the hand of God in everything beautiful around me. The water, the sunsets, the bajillion stars in the dark night sky...and I specifically remember riding on the back of the jet ski with Clint and hearing the words from a familiar hymn, "The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will...peace be still." 

May all of our summer adventures bring us such happy memories and peace in Christ.