geocaching

Ok, so many of you might be asking, "What the heck is geo what?". That is the same reaction I had when I had heard about it!

I have a friend from high school that has posted pictures and updates about his geocaching days and I just blew it off. I guess I wasn't ready to learn about something that I didn't even know how to pronounce! Last Sunday, Jason got a text from our Pastor saying that they were going geocaching and wanted to know if we wanted to go with him and his kids. Because it was our anniversary, we declined telling him we would do it another day.

Let me tell you my version about what geocaching is! Basically, it is a high tech, worldwide treasure hunt. You get on the computer and search for sites near you or wherever you are going to be. It gives you the coordinates of the location and you then use a GPS to get there and try and find the cache! Once you get to the location, you have to look around for containers...all different kinds. Some are pill bottles, some are wood blocks with holes cut out, some are tupperware. They are filled with "swag", the term used for what is in these containers. When you find the container, you sign the log book that is included in the container and then you leave something of yours and take something out. One box we found was filled with gold coins, rings, bracelets and all kinds of little things. The thrill isn't in what is in the container, but in actually finding it!!

We signed up for our username (countsfamily4) on Saturday night and on our way to church on Sunday, we stopped for a little geocaching!! After church, the boys didn't even want lunch, they wanted to go geocaching...and so we did until 3!! It is something that the whole family can enjoy together! Jason had to work on Sunday so I am going to introduce him to it tomorrow...just me and him while the kids are in school!

If you have never heard about it, here is the website that will tell you a little more about it and if you have never done it, you really need to give it a try because it is really a lot of fun!! Who doesn't like a good treasure hunt?!

www.geocaching.com

This was our very first one - "Ain't No Calf"

"Look down and pull up"

"Treasure Upon Treasure"

"A Lonely Potato Out in the Woods" ~ I don't recommend doing this one in flip flops!!!

10-10-10

Last week Jason and I celebrated our 13th anniversary! I enjoy taking the time on that day to reflect on our wedding day and to remember the vows that we made to each other.

With divorce all around me, this year was even more special. My marriage isn't perfect and it has taken work, but the reward is so great! I love the relationship that my hubby and I have with each other! I look forward to spending time with him and this year we have had a lot of that! With both kids in school all day and his work schedule being anything from traditional, we have a lot of time with each other! I love just being next to him on the couch while he is watching tv and I'm reading a book! I love being beside him in the car with no arguments coming from the back seats! I love that he is my best friend! I am proud to have celebrated 13 years of marriage!

On our anniversary, Dylan was asking a lot of questions about how we met, if we liked each other, what we did when we went out on dates and all kinds of stuff! We enjoyed sharing with him our "back story", as he called it! It made me smile when Jason was talking about how we didn't like each other AT ALL when we first met and then how our relationship grew from then on! It did my heart good to take the time to think back to when things were easy in our relationship. To remember all of the reasons we fell in love. To remind us where we have come from and talk about where we want to go. I want our boys to see how much their Mama and Daddy love each other and how much we love them. We took the time on our anniversary, to share with them how important marriage is and how important it is to us that we keep the promise that we made to each other. Divorce is all around them at school and there have been times when the question of whether or not we would get divorced has come up. I want them to be confident in the unit we call "family". I don't want them to wonder if their Mama and Daddy will ever get divorced.

I know that so many marriages are hard and that things don't always turn out the way that was ever expected. I just know that I want to do whatever it takes to make my marriage work and to be together another 113 years!! I am honored to be Mrs. Jason Counts and I count it a privilege to be walking side by side with him on this journey!

I love you, Honey!