Sunflowers

When does school start?????  Ha ha ha

So this field near our home just decided out of the blue to become an explosion of sunflowers.  I was shocked to see it after our week in Whitefish.  Um, it wasn't there before our trip!!

So I hopped on my bike and rode over there with my camera dangling around my neck and took a few shots.  No big deal.

 

This final picture is a red milk can my mom bought for me in Whitefish that we filled with yarrow.  Yarrow is all over Bozeman next to creeks and rivers.  Mom slunk down and chopped off about 200 pounds of yarrow while I stood on the road and warned her of cars coming so she could hide.  Ha ha ha!  What a memory for me.  She took home half the loot.  But doesn't it look lovely?  It will be a beautiful decorative addition to my mega-bland home.

Goodbye, Whitefish!

Our last day in Whitefish.  Family picture.  Jacob's mad because he wanted to hold Scout.  Ha ha ha ha!  Too bad!

Whitefish, Montana

Wow.  What a place.

Glacier National Park

Umm...

Okay.  Seriously, if you never take a vacation in your life and you have to pick one place to go to, go to Glacier Naional Park! 

You will not be disappointed.

Cannot emphasize enough how important it is for every human being to see this place before they die.

Take the Road to the Sun.

Be amazed at the beauty of this Earth.

It's breathtaking.

I'm almost 37 years old and cannot believe I have waited this long to see this place.

 

 

The Field is White ...

 

My sister Amy's ward in Dallas took their youth to a wheat field to capture each one as a future missionary along the lines of the famous scripture verses found in the Doctrine & Covenants, Section 4:

Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the chidren of men.

 

Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.

 

Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;

 

For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;

 

And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the gory of God, qualify him for the work.

 

Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.

 

Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.  Amen.

So, yes, I wanted to do the same idea with my future missionaries in hopes that they, too, will "embark in the service of God" when the time comes.

Matt & Molly

My preshy nephew, Matthew, married the most darling girl on Planet Earth, Molly, on Friday.  I flew down for the wedding weekend and I'm so glad I did.  What a treat.  I love these two kids and am so happy for them.