Bryce Canyon

A couple of months ago I realized that it's kind of silly that I live in a state where there are SO many different national parks and that I have never been to any of them. I bought a national park pass and decided that I need to make it a priority to visit as many as I could. My first one because I had been hearing and seeing so many pictures from it was Bryce Canyon. I made the decision that I was going to go on a Saturday and got up and went (Mom didn't like that I was going by myself...Derek and Kayla weren't available to to go and decided that she was going to go with me). The area was so beautiful and peaceful! I sometimes forget to stop and appreciate the natural beauties that Heavenly Father has placed on this earth and going to places like these makes me open my eyes and realize what there is. 

Red Sky at Night, Sailor's Delight

A couple of weeks ago I was in my room when my roommate called to me to come look out the window...I came out to see this beautiful sight, of course I had to take a "couple" of pictures. I'm not even sure if what I took did it justice but it was gorgeous...I'm so grateful for the beauty that Heavenly Father has blessed us with in this world!

Capital Reef National Park

Even though Jacob fell asleep I didn't want to waste driving out there, so I stopped and took some pictures. Some better than others :D

*There are many more but I didn't want you to get sick of them and if ever you have the chance to go you wouldn't want to have seen it all in pictures.

Flower Updates

Since I posted here about the beautiful red flowers I had seen in the corner of our deck even more have bloomed...

...this picture doesn't even do it justice for how beautiful it is.

And besides that plant blooming even more I looked around the rest of our deck and I realized that it is flourishing (?) with flowers, of every shape and color.

Besides them being quite beautiful flowers, can I say how pleased I am with my new camera and the quality of pictures it takes? I don't know a lot about taking pictures (I would love to learn more) but I am happy with the quality that I am getting.

Red Surprises

One day this week I was heading out of my room to go downstairs when I looked over to the corner of our "deck" and saw this, a beautiful plant with red flowers...

How blessed we are to have "surprises" like this from Heavenly Father. To have them brighten a day, I don't take enough time to appreciate the Earth's beauty, I need to do better at it. (*Even more flowers have bloomed since I took this picture a couple of days ago)

There Is Beauty All Around

Sunday afternoon Andrea and I walked out on our deck and were looking at the sky--we were blessed and got to see this sight (and imagine this is just one part of the circle around us :D) How blessed we are to live on an earth where despite the hardships and trials that we may face that we can see beautiful sights like this. I am not always very good at appreciating the beauty around me but I am striving to do better.