We started spring break off right with the first camping trip of the season!! There was frost on everything when we woke up, but Kyle kept me warm as a bug :)
We decided last minute to go down to the hot spring and it was just what I needed.
At our home on Monday, we hosted FHE for our singles ward for the first time, so I made homemade apple pies with the apple filling my grandma gives us with the rest of their yummy, canned, garden food! Perfect timing that my first time making pies just happened to be the same week as pi day! I was so happy to finally have some time to cook!
Over the weekend we ran down to Capitol Reef! Dad got to see the pioneer register and check another thing off his bucket list. :)
This rock makes me miss Lake Powell and touring the canyons in our boat.
Gorgeous red rocks and the best of memories to go with them.
This was probably the last time we were at Capitol Reef in 2000. The curly tree now is just a fenced off stick in the ground! Hopefully it comes back to life cause we loved pretending to be Tarzan on those vines!
Other than that I am trying to do some positive thinking in the face of so much uncertainty right now.
A lot can get you down, but I am trying to apply some Atonement and learn some forgiveness, but man is that harder than it seems.
"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology that you never got."
True it would be easier, how exactly does one go about accepting it? I would love to know.
I am just grateful for an amazing husband and family to support me and lift me up.
How great is family?!
I learned in church today that the Lord will determine the success of families by the quality of their relationships. It's all about time and experiences.
President Spencer W. Kimball talked about how important it is to cultivate close extended family relationships. "We can do things with extended family members that will become some of our choicest memories and we have a responsibility to help our extended family members and should know their needs so we can assist when necessary...Children should be encouraged to know their relatives."
I definitely have a testimony of this and am grateful for some of my most favorite memories being with my extended family!
How can we lift and strengthen our families when we don't even know them or their needs?
My best friends have become my family and even though I will soon have my own family it doesn't mean that the extended relationships end (or any of my friendships for that matter).
Being married and having 3 sides of family now can make scheduling time hard, but just like I want to be with my family, I know Kyle wants to be with his too and because of that I have grown to love being with them just as much as my own family.
Marriage is about compromise and a little sacrifice to put your spouses happiness above your own, knowing that they will be doing the same for you. We all know about the Golden Rule, just apply what makes you happy to those you love.
It is immature and selfish to think that your way and your family is the only right way. Being married is such a blessing because you combine the best of each of your experiences to make the best future possible.
I love that my marriage is about both of us being happy, because of that we are :)
5th year of green dinner on St Patties Day!!
Breakfast burritos and pancakes are Irish right?
This is one of my favorite images and the one in my portfolio that my professors were "gushing" over, so I was told. That sure makes me feel good!
