Fears...

I'd like to think of myself as this tough chick...but I have to admit that I have a lot of fears....Besides my natural worries as a mother- I'm TOTALLY afraid of heights (ironic-eh?)... I can't pinpoint when in my life I decided this- but one day- I decided- I'm not going to let my fears hinder me from doing anything...for example- when I was 20, we went to St. Louis...and I had an opportunity to go up to the top of the Arch. At first I wasn't going to go...but then I thought- wow- what a waste if I don't- b/c who knows if I'll ever be back here for the chance! Now- don't get me wrong...I went up- and pretty much laid on the ground (at the top of the arch) b/c I was closer to the ground laying than standing!!!

Anywho- I'm in CO w/ PVC Youth- Derrick is leading worship... We went to do the Alpine Slides today...um...yeah- to go down the slide, you must go up a ski lift. ?! Well...I went. It was S-C-A-R-Y! Derrick pretty much made fun of me the entire way up- which was so not nice....my eyes were clamped shut almost the entire way up- which wouldn't have been too bad (and I may have considered doing it again) if the lift wouldn't have kept stopping once we were 1/2 way up! For a girl who has a hard time visualizing things when I'm decorating my house- sure had an easy time visualizing the lift crashing to the ground!!!

So...here are some pix of my adventure....

a creek...


















the slide...


















our shadow...












the lift...



















the view from the top...