Sunday, January 15, 2012

{Photography}

As Kamrin and I were running errands the other day a quick rain storm hit. We saw a rainbow and pulled over to check it out and take a picture. As we looked ahead of us we saw the beautiful rainbow, but behind us were lots of clouds. It was a very cool sight, so we took some pictures.






{The Perfect Christmas}



I spent some time on Pinterest finding tutorials on taking the perfect Christmas tree picture....this is the best that I could do this year. After spending all that time thinking that I had to have the perfect picture, I thought a little deeper about Christmas. So often, we worry about having the perfect gift, the perfect tree picture, the perfect Christmas Cards, and a perfectly decorated home, and the perfect holiday shedule filled with parties and other events. I fall victim to this stereotype myself.
This year none of those things were perfect....in fact most of them never happened. We were lucky that we got a tree up, I only sent half of the Christmas cards, we made absolutely no Christmas candy or cookies, and didn't attend one Christmas party. However, this year Christmas was perfect. Our family was the recipient of so many random acts of service. Our children experienced anticipation and excitement many nights waiting for a "Secret Santa" to arrive and leave a treat or gift. They learned the true meaning of Christmas through numerous stories and videos that were shared with them. They learned how prayers can be answered as they prayed that their daddy would be released from the hospital in time to celebrate Christmas at home with them. We all learned how precious life is and how important it is to share our time here with those that we love the most. We all had a great time doing absolutely nothing besides spending time with each other.
So, this year I am glad that what seemed to be an iimperfect Christmas turned into the {Perfect Christmas}.

{Girls Weekend & Man Stuff}

Last weekend the girls had cheerleading cometition. So we headed to Provo and had a great time with good friends! Not to mention the girls did great!



While we were gone, Josh felt well enough to have a friend drive him and Kyler to the ranch our nephew works on and ride with him on his trap line. It was their lucky weekend because there was a bobcat in one of the traps. They had a great time doing "Man Stuff".