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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Can you see what I see?

Josh and I were watering the flowers in front today and spotted something!



Can you see anything?


How about now?


Yep! There it is! Crazy huh! I have never seen anything like!

We looked on the internet to find out what kind of spider it was but they were too creepy to look at! They all made my skin crawl. Oh and a spider crawling across someone's face has been know to cause heart attacks in persons over 40! Yikes! But, still pretty cool to see!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Israel Israel God is Calling

There are some Hymns that really make the spirit warm my soul from within. After I read Teresa's post I started think about Elliot being where he is, my brother where he is now, and where he could be in the next year, and I couldn't help but feel sad and scared. These are scary times in our lives and our young men are facing the scariest parts while we have BBQ's and go to drive-in movies. Even though I am scared I have hope and I know they all know how much we love them and how much their Savior loves them. I know that no matter what happens the Lord will protect them and they will have the Saviors comfort. We must keep our prayers strong and fill our hearts with the love the Savior showed us. We talked about Alma the younger today in institute and if it hadn't been for his father and his people praying for him he might not have ever been born again with spirit of God. It is a work in progress. Never under estimate the power of prayer. I love my family and I love the gospel. I smile now and think to myself , "Come to Zion, Come to Zion..." I know this post might not make very much sense, but I could feel it in my heart and I needed to write down! I love you all!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Little Purple Pansies

Josh brought home a flat of pansies from work the other night and at first I wasn't very excited. I have never really liked pansies. I don't think they have very many pretty colors.. When Josh brought them in they made me smile. I right away found a place to put them on our little back patio. After we planted them I decided to take some pictures. While I was taking the pictures I started to notice how wonderful these little flowers were. Josh asked me if they were perennials. I said I didn't think they were but pansies are tough. They can survive throughout the winter and still bloom nice a bright in the spring. The words to the

children's song from church popped into my head. I never really go it. I never really understood. Looking out my back door now the words mean so much to me. I have little purple, white, red, blue, and even a funky yellow pansies growing in my corner. They make me smile and give me hope. I love them and am so grateful for such a wonderful gift!

Little purple pansies, touched with yellow gold,

Growing in one corner of the garden old;
We are very tiny but must try, try, try

Just one spot to gladden, you and I.

In whatever corner we may chance to grow,
Whether cold or warm the wind may ever blow,
Dark the day or sunny, we must try, try, try
Just one spot to gladden, you and I.


Saturday, May 16, 2009

Glacial Erratic Rock


Josh, Copper, and I went for a little car ride today! Road trips are one of our most favorite things! We found a little state park that was near by and decided to take a little hike. I didn't bring any sunscreen, but lucky for me there was a sombrero in the trunk from Nathan's Fiesta Farewell! Apparently the rock we went and saw floated down here from Canada on an ice berg during a flood! What a crazy little place in the middle of a bunch of farms!




There was also some information about the rock.










Oh and there was this really creepy tree there too!




Here is a shot of the Rock it's self, with Josh on Top!






This is a picture from standing on top of the rock looking out on the valley, kinda feel like I am in Calistoga with the vineyard there!