The sweetest things in life, aren't things......

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

March Part 2

We also had THIS lovely family come visit us .
This is Beau's brother, born 11months apart, CRAZY!
His beautiful wife and their children. 

We enjoyed a DAY at ZIONS. They had never been and it is always fun to take people who haven't been!

Warning....MAJOR pic overload! SORRY!

We played, laughed hard, and had so much fun! 
NIkki helped me tile my backsplash and mold in my cabinet door fronts.
I am so grateful she shared her talent with me!
Thanks for coming guys!

Not to long after, THIS beautiful sister o' mine came for a visit!
She came with her hubster and two of her 5 beautiful children.

 We did a little thrift store shopping. She left her purchases at my house by accident and I may just have to use them!:)
She also came and helped me do all the Cedar City Soccer pix. Over 500 children, 57 teams, and one long day we were exhausted. But still had a blast! 
Thanks for all your help ALI!


My kids have had so much fun all month long playing with their cousins, visiting their Aunts and Uncles, and getting to know them better! Beau and I have had so much fun with all of our visitors and all of the fun family things we were able to do!

March was a busy but incredibly fun month!



Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Busy Busy.... March Part 1

First I will apologize for the LONG post. For all my random thoughts and feelings. But part of why I went private was so that I could expose the tender side of myself more openly and freely. Without worrying about judgment!

Life has been wonderfully crazy busy!
The month of March has flown by and hopefully taken all of the crazy madness with it!

First up..

SNOW!

We have had more of a winter in March than any other time this year! blah
And that has put projects on major hold. My patio looks atrocious! 

Company..

We had this gorgeous couple here!

 We had so much fun! It was exactly the dose of "Medicine" I have been needing.
LAUGHTER is the best medicine.
And we did just that!
We went to Zions. It was breathtaking as it always is!
We went to a couples dinner and game night! hilarious
We had a couple game night! Equally hilarious
And stayed up way to late, laughing, watching movies, and talking.
It was MARVELOUS!!

Here are some photos from Zions...

I had such random beautiful thoughts walking around.

I kept thinking How in the world can anyone doubt their is a  GREATER BEING, a GOD,
when they see a beautiful waterfall...


especially when the sun beams off of the water...


Or who could doubt that God loves us when you see a  beautiful rainbow...


Or when you are hiking up a mountain and see these breathtaking views...
how could anyone think there wasn't a GREATER HAND involved?


And how could the warmth of the sun and all it does NOT have been planned to function and operate the way it does?


Or how could a little inset have so many functioning parts and be so fascinating by chance?


Then when we reached the top of our last hike....and I saw THIS...



  ...it was one of those moments where you literally have to physically hold back sobs.
Partly cause I didn't want everyone we were with to see what a freak I am! tehe
And partly in embarrassment...I held back the tears. But my eyes DID tear up.

All I could think was how majestic and beautiful GOD's Creations are.
How Huge and Overpowering some of His creations are too!

And then I thought, as quickly as I was in awe,...that of all God's beautiful creations, we, his sons and daughters, are his greatest

Even though we look so small in comparison to these huge beautiful mountains...

(Can you see the people on top of Angels Landing? )



We are his most PRECIOUS creation!!


It was a deeply moving experience for me!
Call me CRAZY, but their is something spiritual about ZIONS.
Something that always gets me thinking and reflecting!
I can't get enough!

Sorry so random...but I want to remember exactly how I felt and what I was thinking!!

Anyways....a few days after Hanna and Chris left we went and stayed with our good friends Shelly and Hans. It was so good to see them, although made me sad and miss them!

Then we woke up bright and early and went to Beau's race!
He had two goods friends riding with him too!


And he took sixth place and got a trophy!! Wahoo!

 We love being able to support him!
The kids always have such a great time too!

When we got home we had a few hours before our next set of company arrived...

but that will have be wait until my next post!

Hope your March was FANTASTIC and AWESOME!