C & S

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Inspiring

This little excerpt is pretty spectacular. Justin Hackworth posted this on his blog and I couldn't help but spread the word. (Reminds me of that art history class I so wish I could go back and take again.)

“…We see a haystack by Monet, an iris by Van Gogh, or an asparagus spear by Manet and marvel at their presence and spirit and think that these works were about haystacks, irises, and asparagus. Not at all! Monet, Van Gogh, Manet employed haystacks, irises, asparagus to speak of the symphonies of light, the glory of God’s creations, the life force residing in all forms. We care about those paintings more than we care about stacks of hay, flowers, and vegetables because we care more about light, God and life than we do about any of their particular manifestations. Meaning, not beauty, is what we are after. Big, deep, wide meaning.”

Peter London, from the book No More Secondhand Art

And this is lain-lou. My-o-my how she loves her books. She always crawls up into the rocking chair and rocks herself while she "reads" her books. So adorable, I might add.

Wow, how I love this little friend of mine...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Christmas time

We made a bold choice this year to stay here, in our little home for the holidays. Yes, there were days that we got bored and hoped that we did the right thing but in the end we were glad we did. We loved staying in our pj's lots of the days and taking naps when baby did. I love being a student's wife because we get such long breaks for holidays and such. I'm not looking forward to the day when hubs only gets a few days off for Christmas.

Over the break we decided to take loads of pictures with the iphone. Apple is genius... They aren't as high quality as my camera but when you go out ice skating or to the zoo, sometimes it's easier to only juggle one "baby."

We started our break with visiting Santa at a ward Christmas Party. He so politely told me to sit on his knee... okie-dokie... haha

We then got to go ice skating then watched the new imaxx movie at the zoo. It was pretty spectacular. I love the Grand Canyon!

Followed, by a Creighton basketball game. It was pretty superb. Even if our seats were basically on a cliff...

We really did have a wonderful Christmas and hope all of you did as well. We LOVE this time of year.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

1 whole year

Guess who had a birthday yesterday! Wow, has it really already been a year? We had such a blast spoiling this little one yesterday. Today she is loving playing with all her new toys she got and the wrapping paper... We got to skype with hubs parents and it was so good! I'm so glad we have technology like this so we can have them "here" with us. Good ol' Sandy got to come over too, Lain loves that lady. Oh kiddo, thanks for such a wonderful first year with you. I can't believe you used to be 6 lbs 3 oz in my arms. We can't wait to see the little lady that you will become.

Halloween!!! My mom got lain this lady bug outfit last year right after she was born. So, we finally got to use it. We had fun dressing up Star Wars style.

3 cute little lady bugs. We didn't plan this but it was so cute to see them be the same thing. Our little halloween party with the Idaho Students out here was so fun!!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Church Sites

Over the fall break from School, we made a quick overnight trip to Kansas City. The drive was beautiful and the weather was AWESOME. We started it off with me leaving the map of the LDS church sites on our desk at home so when we saw a "welcome center" as soon as we crossed the state line I ran in to get some maps.

"Can we help you?"

"Uh, yeah my husband and I drove down here to see Adam-ondi-ahman, and I was wondering if you had a map in here so we can find it."

"Adam-ondi-ahman?"

"Yeah, it's suppose to be out in the country, middle of no where."

Finally, after this lady gave me several (wow, this lady's lunny) looks, a man said oh yeah, the mormon history site?

"Yeah, yeah." I said. Doesn't everyone know about that I said to myself. HA! For sure not in Idaho anymore.

They were super nice about it then told me about all the other sites I might want to see. Living out here has been such a great experience and opportunity for me to grow. There are so many good people of other faiths that I have been able to meet and get to know. Including, my neighbor, who is convinced the little one will be calling her "gra-ma Sandy" by the time we leave. Oh, she makes me laugh!

Anyway, so after I got my map I went back out to the car, was greeted by hubby, who smiled when I told him the story, then said, "yeah, I thought you might ask them where Adam-ondi-ahman was." Yeah, pretty much. SO we continued our drive through tiny little towns to find Adam-ondi-ahman, the site for Hauns mill (where several mormons were massacred) then down to the Far West temple site, and then down to Liberty Jail.

We spent the night and went swimming with the little bumpkin in this cute pool inside the hotel. The next morning we got up and went to see the Kansas City temple that is being built right now, then over to the RLDS Temple and then the LDS Visitor center.

I love how I feel when I visit these old church sites. There is something so powerful about them. I love the "at home" feeling I get when I go to any LDS church site.

At the LDS Visitors center, that is right by the RLDS Church Headquarters, we were able to watch a new movie the church just came out with about eternal families. At the end the Sister Missionary asked us what we thought about the movie. Hubby and I just looked at each other and we both had teary eyes. It's those kind of experiences that help me know that this church is true. I'm so grateful for these next few years that I have an opportunity to share it with others.

Adam-ondi-ahman

This cute little old man riding his bike down main street. I took this picture through the window cause I thought he was just to cute. I'm kicking myself for not asking him for a close up. Those overalls are too cute, don't you think?