Painting #1: Kansas Landscape

I need your help finishing this....

I just finished this painting, and I took the pictures 2 years ago. : D
It is nice to have time to finish projects.

I need your help let me know if you think it should be improved in any way. I would love the criticism!!!
Thanks!

Memorial Day Picnic

Summer Picnics!!

Matt and Sarah are the best picnic buddies ever! Several times this summer we have called each other up to go on spontaneous picnics; this is due to the fact that we are college students on a budget and I am pregnant and can't go on as long of hikes as the boys would like. 

We often play outdoor games that Shane and I have loved collecting. (Our car trunk constantly resembles a toy chest full of balls, cards, and out door activities.) This time however Matt and Sarah taught us how to play hand and foot. It was a lot of fun.


Shane  was in charge of grilling the hamburgers, and did a wonderful job!

My Life Now...

           Everyone keeps asking me what I am filling my life with now. And honestly I am still trying to figure that out. I have been desperately trying to figure out what a good latter day saint woman would do with her time now. I often wondered to myself why church leaders have not lately been more explicit on this subject. I would quickly follow if only they would spell out how I should live. However, this silence has become one of the greatest treasures in my life. I am having to personally seek out the Lord's will for me and my family. What does the Lord want me to do with my life and where should my priorities lie now? The freedom to search out this question while frustrating on some days has honestly been and continues to be a great blessing in my life. How wonderful it is that our church believes in personal revelation.

        Shane has been working his new job for ARUP in Salt Lake City, and he seems to enjoy it a lot. If you want to know what he does there you will have to ask him. : ) 

        After examining MANY different cribs and changing my mind several times until I finally got a sweet deal the crib finally came in the mail! Shane and I had a wonderful time figuring out how to set it up. It turned out to be one of the best dates ever.

29 Weeks