Juan Perez - The Good Times Too

There are bad days and there are good days in every life. Sometimes for a Disabled veteran and their family there are more bad days than good. At our house we make a conscious effort to ensure that we have more good days than bad. Sometimes that means making a joke and laughing through the struggles, other times that means putting everything off and going to watch a movie as a family, occasionally it means spending the weekend doing fun things with great friends that are visiting from out of state at just the right time. Some of you know that our family is in the middle of one difficult event after another the last few months and 2016 has defiantly been a trying year for us, however, I can tell you that it has also been one of the best years as well. We work hard to focus our thoughts on the positive and how we are growing and changing individually and as a family. At the end of July Colorado Springs had a terrible storm that damaged many homes, cars, and neighborhoods including ours. Although we lost a few windows and have substantial damage we had an exciting weekend ahead with some dear friends that we were looking forward to. We patched up the broken windows, filled the insurance claims and spent 2 days having a blast with the Daughenbaughs. I love wood work and spent a few days prepping for Donny and Sarah to get here by making a custom Texans sign for Sarah. Apparently she has poor taste in football teams and this is her favorite team. Only kind of playing about the team choice thing. We all got up EARLY Sunday morning to do the incline. The incline is a Colorado Springs attraction that we love to go on ourselves. It is a one mile stair hike straight up a mountain that overlooks Colorado Springs. The hike is difficult to say the least but it is one activity that we love to do. We also explored Garden of the gods and took some amazing photos and climbed some fun rocks. At a time that could have been very stressful and we could have allowed the world to beat us down we choose to celebrate a great friendship that has grown over the years. We sat around a fire pit and made s’mores with our children, we ran on a secret mission to surprise a kiddo with a book that she really wanted, we cooked breakfast for an army of children, and shared drinks at a hopping bar and grill for the first time. Life literally is what you make and we are choosing to make the best of it no matter what is coming our way. I hope everyone takes a minute to focus on the GOOD that is in everyday and the good things in life like Great friends and the beauty of the outdoors