5 yr. Picture - almost...

Aww, look at the happy couple! This is almost 5 years. This was taken almost a full month before our 5 year anniversary. I just really like the picture, so I had to put it somewhere I would have easy access to it.

"I Want My Life to be as Clean as Earth Right After Rain"

I love when it is rainy. I hope it rains all afternoon! The earth is so clean after it rains. I love it.


Speaking of which...
There is a song, "I Like to Look for Rainbows" which does some pretty cool text painting. The teacher who was teaching the song asked the children, "Have you ever heard the rain?" The children responded they had. She asked, "Have you ever heard a rainbow?"
She told the children to listen to this song and whether or not they can hear the rainbow. Listen to this song. Can you hear the Rainbow?

Click here. A little child will sing to you.

Did you listen? Could you hear the Rainbow? Could you hear the rain? The second half of the song, "I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain. I want to be the best I can and live with God, again." is the rain. listen to how the notes hit. tap tap, tap-tap, tap-tap,tap-tap...
In the first half of the song the notes go up and then down just like a rainbow. Here's one: I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain." Another; "And ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean, again."



Can you hear the rainbow? I love this song. If you can learn it, I would suggest it. The song is beautiful, not just because of the music and text painting, but the words are absolutely lovely. If you are not confident in singing, just enjoy listening or humming and memorize the words like a poem if you can. That is my invitation to you. Teach this song to your children. (That is my 2nd invitation to you.)

Beautiful Truth

Some beautiful things I read today: “Hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you, Emma Smith, my daughter; for verily I say unto you, all those who receive my gospel are songs and daughters in my kingdom…

“Wherefore, lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware of pride. Let thy soul delight in thy husband and the glory which shall come upon him. Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive. And except thou do this, where I am you cannot come. And verily, verily, I say unto you that this is my voice unto all. Amen.”

These verses are from a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Smith to Emma. I read them this morning after reading from “Daughters in My Kingdom.” They are so beautiful. I especially love the verse wherein the Lord promises a crown of righteousness for keeping his commandments. It put such a lovely picture in my head and I can’t describe it. Is this not loveliness?

After I read these verses and the ones in between, (Above I quoted from Doctrine and Covenants section 25, verses 1, 13-16.) I read some cross references and one was Ether 12:4. It is absolutely beautiful.

Early Morning Run

The best way to wake up is happy.
The best way to jog when you don't want to is with a friend.
The best way to work is hard.
The best way to be happy in the end.

So, my friend and I decided to go jogging in the mornings. mwf. Today was day number one for us, and guess what!? We jogged 2.2 miles! No stopping. No walking. No giving up. Just 2.2 miles of jogging. We even jogged up our town's hill. That was killer! Yeah, I know. For some of you that is one of the easier things to do in this life. For us it is a feat! Wahoo!

There is nothing like getting up early and running in the cool of the day, when most of the world is still asleep. It is so peaceful when you're dying like that. (We weren't really dying. obviously. I had enough energy to write this post... then again, maybe I'm a disemodied spirit! pressing the keys... with... my... lack of body... Yeah, I guess I'm still alive.)

Anyway, I am grateful for a body and for my good health. What a blessing I have! I had better keep taking care of it.

Happy Easter!!

Fire - one of the worst words to hear, even when it is not too big a deal.

While backing out of the driveway this morning, my husband and I noticed 2 pairs of flashing lights passing by our house. I thought, “If it’s a bad guy, I hope they get him!...and if they are helping someone, I hope they are helpful…but if they are getting a bad guy, I hope they get him!” It didn’t seem like a terribly big deal, though, until a fire truck almost nipped us at the corner. I thought, “Could there be a fire? There isn’t any smoke.”

When I got back home, there were 2 fire engines and the road was blocked off for most of the block next to mine. (Not that it is very big. It only has 5 houses on it. (Only about 520 feet.)

The police officer on the scene said that the people were doing okay except that they didn’t have power to their house. Rocky Mountain came and shut off the power because it was an electrical fire. About half an hour after their arrival, the fire-fighters were still trying to figure out what had caused the fire. I don’t know what caused it, and I don’t know if they know, but I’m glad we have people to help out in our community, even if the help isn’t always “getting a bad guy.”

Easter Weekend

Here is Maddie on her egg hunt. She wanted to do it again, but we had to leave. We should have brought the eggs with us.
How was your Easter Weekend? Mine was great.
Here are some pictures from it.
First of all, Ryan graduated on the Friday before Easter Sunday! How cool is that?! (Both, the timing and the event...) Great job, love!



My family was in town. My brother and Sister in law and their daughter came with us to Ryan's grandparents' on Saturday. Here we are driving through the buttes. Cute picture, don't you think?

We had a fun time. Our friends, Austin and Heidi came to join in the fun.

Rolling down the little slope in front of Grandma's house. What a fun deal! I tried it backwards, this time! It was amazing!! So scary. Such a thrill. So fun!

ALso, the guys had fun ditch jumping. ...So did Maddie. Of course. I love this shot of Ryan. He looks so sleek!







Maddie Exploring the tractor. :) So fun. Gotta love "old farm" play.

Afterwards, we went inside and had some fun singing old rock songs. My brother said, "That was so fun! I always wanted to do that at my house!" You can imagine being the oldest with 5 girls and then finally another boy after them he didn't get to do that, much.