What a year so far!!

I've been wanting to do this post for the last few weeks, and I'm finally finding a few minutes in my busy schedule to do so. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on my year so far...and I must say I think I have had a great and adventurous year so far...and my word for 2013 has definitely served me well (see post here for more on my Word for 2013). I began the year of course with my half marathon training for the Capital City Half Marathon in Columbus...I ran that in May and what a huge accomplishment that was!! In fact, I went ahead and signed up last week for the 2014 Capital City Half...so excited! Then on Memorial Day I was able to run a 5K race with my aunt which is something we had talked about for over a year...another accomplishment off the bucket list. Then a couple weeks ago I did my first obstacle race with the Indian Mud Run...what a blast that was!! Here are a few pictures from that day..

I was then able to go on a weekend excursion with our Boy Scout Troop to West Virginia and hike the Rail Trail...23 miles over 2 days. What a blast that was...I so love camping and the boys treated me like a queen...it was truly an awesome weekend!





So right now I'm getting ready to send my youngest and the hubby to Scout Summer Camp for the week and then the following week my middle son has the amazing opportunity to go to the Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia...50,000 scouts from all over the country and beyond in one place...10 days of adventure...I feel so happy for him that he's able to go....and I'll be honest, I kind of wish I was going with him. :)

I will then be doing The Color Run 5K on the 20th with some great friends and then I have the wonderful opportunity to go with some of my church family to Oklahoma for a mission trip to help those devastated by the tornadoes...I've never been on a mission trip and thanks to my amazing father in law who is keeping an eye on my boys while I'm away I am able to go on this trip. I'm kind of excited, not only because I'll be helping people but I've never been to that part of the country before. It's an amazing rare opportunity for me and I'm excited to be going.

Also starting the end of this month I will begin training for my next half marathon in Cleveland in October for the Rock n Roll Half. Hard to believe that that's coming up so soon. I have a few 5Ks and a 10K coming up in August too..phew makes me tired typing about it!

So so far this year has been quite the adventure and I feel very blessed and incredibly happy. God has opened so many doors and so many great opportunities for me and I am grateful. I am enjoying just taking it all in...it's by far the most exciting year of my 46 years on this planet...and I am so excited to see what else God has in store for me for the rest of 2013.

So how is your year going so far??