My Day With Gracie

I spent Monday in Rexburg, Idaho with my niece, Gracie. She is attending BYU Idaho, so she took me on a tour around campus. Our first stop was the bookstore where I, of course, had to buy a couple souveniers. We then walked around campus going through a couple of her favorite buidings, and the gardens.

Our next stop was the new Rexburg Temple. It was beautiful standing high on the hill over looking the town of Rexburg. Gracie said she especially loves it at night because it is all light up and looks as if it is floating in the air.

We then went to lunch at a pizza place called, Craigos. We order the best Pizza Bombs EVER.

After lunch we walked around Main St looking in a couple shops. That took about 10 minutes. :o)

We concluded our day in Idaho Falls walking the grounds of the Idaho Falls Temple. The grounds were beautiful. I even got this sweet little critter below to pose for me. We drove by the falls, and as you can sort of tell from the photo above there were a million geese. I thought it was interesting how they were all standing single file on the top of the falls. It was more impressive in person. We left the temple and Gracie took me to the airport. It was a great day. It was a great weekend.

I spent my weekend in Pocatello with Jesse's and Stephanie and the twins, Abby and Savannah. We took them to a park so they could swing and run in the leaves. Fall is such a great time of year. It's a welcomed relief from the heat of summer, and being from Las Vegas where the weather is still warm I really enjoyed the crisp feeling of fall. I think it was unseasonably warm for Poctello - I brought long sleeved shirts expecting cold cold cold weather, but ended up borrowing t-shirts because it was so nice out. However, it could be that I'm at an age where I'm having my own private summer - no matter what season of the year it is. :0) I head for home tomorrow after a quick trip up to Rexburg to visit my niece, Gracie, who is attending BYU Idaho.

Abby being tossed in the air and loving it. If only you could here her laugh.

Savannah enjoying her flight also. I will add some more pictures when I get home. It will be hard to leave the weather, the trees, the smell of the fall air, and my baby grand girls.

Studied and Tested Out

I have had three tests in the last two days. One test on Monday, and two today. My brain is saturated with information on patient assessment, drug overdose, poisoning, bug bites, snake bites, and how that all relates to respiratory. I have been studying until I go to bed then waking up to start it all over again. I get out of bed, put my glasses on, wait for my eyes to focus and start reading. This morning I took a blanket and sat outside on the patio just to feel alive. I felt the cool breeze blowing on me, and I thought to myself how much I miss "life". I only have two semesters to go - I'll be done in August. I can't wait. Until then you can find me with my face in a book.
I'm cheating this weekend though. I'm going to Pocatello to see my grand girls. I won't be totally free - I'll be taking my school books, and laptop. I have a final on Tuesday.

Tragedy On The Golf Course

Yesterday was Billy's birthday, and he wanted to play 18 holes of golf. We went to Desert Willows golf course in Henderson. It was going to be my first time actually playing a real game, so I was a little apprehensive. I've spent the last couple months just practicing driving the ball, but have been afraid to play a game where people can see how terrible I am.
Well it turned out not to be too bad. I loved it, but the day started out with a little bit of tragedy. I decided before we would tee off I would hit a few practice balls at the driving range to warm up. Well, I hit the ball at the same time a bunny was reaching up to get some leaves off a bush, and yep you guessed it - I hit the bunny and it flipped in the air and died. I killed it. Dead.

This was probably the bunnies family looking for it.
This was probably the dad. He would not move for us to pass. Finally he slowly walked away circling around us. Billy asked me if Jack Rabbits attack.
The rest of the day was a blast. I did pretty ok - even parred a couple holes. I'm terrible, but most people are, and who cares, it was so much fun. I think I could play golf every day. The only other tragedy of the day was my score.

Beautiful Inside

Last week while driving to my golf lesson I noticed a house on my street that had a For Sale sign in the front yard. Below the main sign hung a smaller sign that said, “Beautiful Inside.” The outside of the house was nice. It was clean and neat, but there was nothing so striking that it would draw me to that house more than any other house. However, the sign hanging below indicated there was more to that house than just what I could see on the outside. There was more on the inside that I needed to see, more that would appeal to me, and more that would make me love this house.
Each of Heavenly Father’s children has a different exterior. We come in various colors, shapes and sizes. Some of us may need a little grooming and others are meticulously manicured. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all wore a sign that would entice others to look beyond our exterior and see the beauty inside? There is more to us individually than what is seen on the outside. There is more that is appealing and more to make others love us.
Our Heavenly Father looks at each of us and sees our inner beauty. In 1 Samuel 16:7 it says, “But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature;………. for the Lord seeth not as a man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart”.
I so appreciated Pamela Hansens words at the recent TOFW on Saturday. She talked about inner beauty and she asked, “Do you see the biological masterpiece that you are?” I loved that comment. Just as no masterpiece is the same, we too are different and each of us offers a unique beauty all our own.