EASTER 2012

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY.. AS SOON AS I WOKE UP THIS MORNING I WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE SPIRIT AND I WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR MY SAVIOR AND FOR ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO TEACH MY 3-4 YEAR OLD'S TODAY ABOUT WHAT EASTER IS ALL ABOUT. THE ATONEMENT IS AN AMAZING GIFT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

AFTER CHURCH WE HEADED UP TO ALMO AND THEN ONTO THE CITY OF ROCKS WITH A LOT OF MY MOMS FAMILY FOR A PICNIC. WE GOT TO ALMO BEFORE THEY WERE OUT OF CHURCH SO WE WENT TO MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND HID EGGS FOR MADISON TO FIND. SHE GOT SUCH A KICK OUT OF FINDING THEM. MY DAD AND CHASE ALSO FIXED MT GRANDMA'S SWING AND MADISON THOUGHT SHE WAS IN HEAVEN SHE LOVES TO SWING. ONCE WE GOT TO THE CITY OF ROCKS WE ATE AND THEN WENT ON A HIKE, CLIMBED SOME ROCKS. IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUTSIDE AND ENJOYING THIS WONDERFUL SUNSHINE WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH. 

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

 

Happy Easter..

I found this video and it brought tears to my eyes. What an amazing message this lady has relayed through this song. I am so grateful for this Easter Season and for my testimony of Jesus Christ’s love for each and every one of us. It is the gift of Jesus’s Life, Death and Atonement which truly is “the Miracle that rescues you and I. I pray that we might all remember what Our Brother has done for all of us.

Denver Day 5, 6

On Thursday I decided to head out to a Butterfly Pavilion. It was one of the coolest things I have been to. There were thousands of Butterflies and some beautiful flowers. There were several times when the butterflies would try to land on you, freaked me out sometimes!! They also had a creepy crawler section too.

Todd got out of his Training early on Thursday so we decided to head over to the Stadium where the Denver Broncos play. I have always been a big fan of the COLTS!! And it makes me so sad that Peyton Manning is going to play for Denver now. So I had to go check out his new stomping grounds.

We then headed out to Dave & Busters where we had dinner and the traffic was freaking crazy it was backed up for a long time. They had it catered for us and then we all got a card that had 75 tokens on it and unlimited video games. It was a fun way to spend our last night in Denver. Todd and I also went next door to an Imax theater and went a saw The Hunger Games. The lady and the ticket office gave us 3D glasses so we were goofying around with them.

We woke up Friday morning and started our long journey back to Malta. we decided to go through Wyoming this time and we got to Cheyenne we missed our exit and ended up going 20 miles out of the way. But we made it back to where we needed to be and started our journey across Wyoming. The was was INSANE.. I thought it blew hard here in Idaho but it is nothing compared to Wyoming. We stopped at Little America, it is crazy how you can picture something completely different than what it really looks like. We made it back to Malta at about 6:30.. It was a long trip but I am so grateful that I got to go and I got to spend time with my husband.. It was a lot of fun to get to go to Denver I would love to go back. Maybe next time we will fly ten+ hours in a car is too long for me:)

Denver Day 3, 4

So on Tuesday I woke up to this ALOT OF SNOW!! I was not really feeling like driving around Denver while it was snowing so I hung out in the hotel while Todd went to his training. I went out to get some lunch and that was it. It was just cold and miserable. Todd got back to the hotel around four and then at 5:30 we met everyone else down in the lobby and we headed to the Cherry Cricket for dinner. I was very good. It didn't take us too long to eat so Todd and I decided to go to the Aquarium. I have always wanted to go to an Aquarium and it was alot of fun.

 This big turtle kept following us around. We had to walk through a tunnel at this point so he could swim on both sides of us and over the top of us. It was pretty cool there was also this shark that just hung out on the top.

 Got to love that they had a tank just for FINDING NEMO!!

 After we got out of the Aquarium we walked out to this. It was beautiful. I am so sad that I couldn't get a better picture. But it was so cold and my hands were frozen.

 Finally on Wednesday I woke up to sunshine. So I decided to go shopping. So I headed to this little strip mall and found a Maurices and got me some new clothes I was super excited. That night we went to dinner at Benihana, It is a Japanese steakhouse.

Our Trip to Denver day 1, 2

Wow what a trip.. We left on Sunday at about 7:30 in the morning and headed to Denver. Todd's work sent about 18 guys down to Denver to a Fireman Training and their families were invited to go. I had never been to Denver so what a great opportunity not only to see Denver but to also get to spend some much needed time with Todd. The company Todd works for paid for everything except our gas to get there which was way awesome. We decided to go down through Utah on the way down and then come back through Wyoming on the way home. For the most part the trip down was pretty good we had rain most of the way but it wasnt too bad. It was a very boring drive from about the time you get off the freeway at Spanish Fork till you get to Rifle Colorado. I was excited to see what Grand Junction looked like but lets be honest I was not impressed at all. Once we got to Rifle it was BEAUTIFUL.. It was little ski towns from there almost all the way to Denver. We also got to go through alot of tunnels on our way there. I have no idea why I am so fascinated with tunnels but I am. And the one below was very cool. I bet it was almost a mile long.

 We got to Denver almost two hours before everyone else got there so we got checked into our hotel and decided to venture downtown. It was a HUGE eye opener. It was alot different that little IDAHO!! We parked the car and walked around we walked over to Coors Field which is where the Colorado Rockies play. It was so pretty in Denver all their Flowers and Trees were bloomed.

 On Monday Todd had to go to his training so I was all on my own so I decided to drive out the the Denver Colorado Temple. It took me forever to get there cause technically it isnt in Denver its in Centennial which is 35 miles SW of Denver. It is a very Beautiful Temple. I then went all the way across to the other side of Denver to The RED ROCK AMPHITHEATER. I had seen the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform here on TV and I had always wanted to go there, It was breathtaking. At the top of all the seating you can look out and see all of Denver and the surrounding areas. I couldn't get a very good picture because it was raining and the haze was settleing in. Later that night we went out to Famous Daves and ate. Todd's work bought us all dinner there was about 40 of us. It was alot of fun.