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| There is something sacred about hiking in the mountains . . . the fresh scent of pine, splashing water over rocks, the clear blue sky and alpine lakes . . . all combine to remind us that we are children of the great Creator Who fills our world with stunning beauty giving clarity and understanding of what is essential to those who climb to higher ground. |
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  After posting pictures about the fires and then the floods in the area outside my cabin the past few years I wanted to post a few pictures of the peace that remains inside my cabin. The world around us right now is often filled with destruction, death and devastation but the world inside our hearts can remain at peace when we trust God and turn to our Savior. |
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| Relish each moment with your family because everything can change in an instant. |
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| Think about happy times when your children were young. |
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| Remember your pioneer ancestors. |
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| Put your feet up and rest a while. |
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| Remember happy memories while you look at family pictures. |
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| Look out the windows at the forest and think about fairies. |
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| We welcome you with love. |
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| Make sure you follow ALL the cabin rules. |
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| Crotchet something soft. |
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| Work on a quilt. |
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| Play a game of chess. |
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| Let your little one play with the doll in the high chair and bake something yummy. |
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| Light a fire and read a good book or catch a butterfly and make your own collection. |
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| Sit on the deck and watch hummingbirds. |
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| Open two windows for a cross breeze and sleep with a canopy of stars overhead. |
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| Rock back and forth in a rocking chair for a while and think calm thoughts. |
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| Swing back and forth and feel like a child again. |
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| Take an afternoon nap after a hike in the mountains. |
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| CELEBRATING OUR 45TH ANNIVERSARY My husband Ross and I went to Yellowstone National Park for our honeymoon in 1975. We were two naive kids eager to start our lives together. What we both desired most was to create a big loving family. Well ten children and 33 grandchildren later we are a little shell-shocked, but wiser. After the roller-coaster called life in the real world. What we have discovered is . . . the only reality we are in control of is this . . . we can each choose individually to be a loving person. |
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| My daughter Alisa is working in Capitol Reef this summer as a botany student and intern for UVU. They are studying endangered species of plants in the park. When Alisa has time off we go down and visit and she takes us on breathtaking hikes. This park is probably has the fewest visitors of all the National Parks in Utah yet the scenery is spectacular and so is Alisa! |
