My super creative husband came up with a nifty way to use some water bottles while camping this summer. In two easy steps, you too can create something to play with!
1. Grab some empty water bottles (cut out bottoms for stacking)
2. Tape them together with duct tape
TA DA! Who’s bored now? Well, at least not for 20 minutes 😉
Todd & Brandon (Todd’s sister’s husband) playing “hit the water bottle”
I love these little guys. They make me smile! I know, I’m silly, but they are just so cute and fuzzy. They are quite common around here and they have a name, the Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar, which I just learned today 🙂 Have a wonderful day!
One of my favorite passages in the Bible is 1 Corinthians13:4-7, the well-known verses on love. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
I once heard a sermon, most likely my Dad’s, where you insert your name for the word “love.” For example, if I were to do it, it would read something like this: “Melissa is patient, Melissa is kind. Melissa does not envy, Melissa does not boast…etc.” It definitely makes you think twice before putting your name into the blanks. Am I really patient? Do I forgive wrongs? Do I trust? It’s a good exercise to remind us of how much we need the Lord in our lives! It’s only through Him that we begin to learn what love truly is…. just something to think about.
I came across this photo the other day and thought I would share. In case you couldn’t guess, it’s me! I was at my friend Wendy’s birthday party at ChuckE. Cheese’s. I must have been about 3, 4, 5? I have no idea! I don’t even remember it, but I looked cute 🙂 Have a wonderful day!
So, moving on from pink flowers 🙂 Todd & I celebrated our 2-year anniversary (5 months later in September) by taking a trip to Yellowstone National Park. It was beautiful! The animals, geysers, springs, and mountains were breathtaking! We saw an abundance of wildlife including elk, bison, moose, pronghorns, mule deer, a coyote, possibly a wolf, muskrats, and lots of birds. Although I love animals, my favorite part of the trip was visiting all the pools and geysers. The pools were so colorful it was difficult to capture their true brilliance on camera. Here are few pictures (out of 1,300) from our trip.
An elk herd behind us
Old Faithful
Grand Prismatic Spring
He walked right in front of our vehicle!
Grand TetonsI just love God’s creation, especially flowers! Here are a few of my favorite pictures I’ve taken this summer.
La Casa Blanca 