I'm finally cool !!

I had just an amazing time in Arizona. I, of course, had to go to see to my father's affairs and be with the family as we celebrated his life.  While I was gone, the mister went a little crazy.  Now we'd been talking over the possibility of purchasing him an ATV for a couple of weeks or more prior to my leaving but then I get a text one day with a picture attached...ATV is in the garage...With a note that I should go visit Arizona more often.  That's just my mister.  God love him.  So we took him out for a spin on Sunday.  We had not spent any family time together in some time so it was amazing just to be in his presence with the world gone, technology out of the way.  Just the three of us...And now I'm finally cool according to my mister.  I've been embracing the Alaska lifestyle as of late and he couldn't be more thrilled.  His response to our adventure inspired the title of this post.  I'm finally cool!  Yippee!  I'm about to loose my humility but I think I'm just adorable on an ATV.  Can't wait to get my own...a little smaller and more manageable for my size.

My mister absolutely adores this photo :)

Taking a break to cool down.  It was a hot one here in the AK outback .

And a side note...not enough can be said for the love and support I've received in this very difficult month. Thank you so much, each and every single one of you!  You have all been there in different ways, shapes and forms and each one of you at the perfect time.  It's hard to go through something like this, and in my case twice, but there are so many amazing people in my life that I'm thankful to know just how amazing they are now.  (As if I didn't know that before!)  I love you all.  Time marches on and I'm looking forward to the easier days ahead that healing will bring.  

For now, I'm in love with this Alaska summer and the amazing things it has brought to me.  It will be one I will never forget.  It has left such vivid impressions and memories in my life like none before.  Thank you all for being a part of my life, good and bad, happy and sad. 

I'm off to embrace the rest of the summer and hopefully get really muddy on my next outing on the green machine.  But one last warning.  I will never gut my own fish.  Nope.  I guess being ultra cool will just have to wait.