Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Home Away . . .

from home = St. George
This trip we took our bikes
and enjoyed the Virgin River Trail
Where we saw the coolest bike fixing station.
It was an Eagle Scout project.
It had tools, a pump, and a bar code
you could scan on your phone and
have instructional information on how to fix your bike.
Then we had to get a tiger's blood avalanche at Swig!
I had to take this to prove it got to 90 on Friday!
(try to ignore the dust)
The girls got there Friday night and we ate
at the Pizza Factory. And took pictures in the firetruck!
The next morning we tried out a new place to us.
They are made fresh, hot, and to order!
You pick your glaze.
And any toppings you want.
Can I just say . . . YUM!
She still gets sprinkles if available.
We took a trip out to show Paige the petroglyphs at Little Black Mountain.
And everyone did yoga.
And planked. (sort of)
I tried to wax artistic.
Someone must be watching too much Karate Kid.
Then we moved on to the Glitter Pits.
Silly.
Fun.
Diamonds.
White as snow.
And did more yoga.
Then we ate at our favorite!
These two cuties!
Courtney and her beverage of choice.
 
Driving home we saw some fantastic clouds!
I love clouds.
 
And we saw the Payson Temple.

Until next time St. George!

Friday, May 2, 2014

The Great Elton John

I have been listening to Sir Elton John
for more years than I care to admit
and this morning
he was singing to me on my SiriusXM station
while I was driving to work.

and the first line just hit me today.

"I can't light no more of your darkness."

At the risk of anyone thinking I have a lot of darkness in my life,
I don't.

But . . . 

Sometimes we all expect other people to fix - whatever - for us
to make it all better
to light our darkness.

Another but . . . 
that just isn't how it works.
No one can do that for us.
We have to do that for ourselves.