Jounrey

Yesterday I went on a hike here, to the St. Mary's Trail and it was great! 4.5 hours, but great.

I started out, just craving some alone quiet time. I started my hike not really knowing where I was going to end up which is the best way to do a hike. I started climbing and climbing and I wanted to go to the falls, except that I really didn't know if there were actual falls. Cause I am a Michigan girl and when I hear falls I think big bad rumbling water, not just a little creek. And here in CO a lot of times when they say falls a lot times they just mean a little piddly stream.

So I kept climbing and climbing and I got almost excited like it was Christmas morning and I was getting a present that I didn't know what it was; and I didn't know where I was going to end up.

I love hiking this way, when you don't really know where you are going but excited to just enjoy the journey. That's how I am trying to live my life these days. Knowing that I don't have it in my hands and I just need to enjoy the journey. Meaning smelling the flowers, looking up at the sky and noticing the clouds and hearing the birds. It makes my life fun.

I made it to the top of the trail and it was beautiful. I was as high as NORAD and the view was amazing. The waterfall was frozen but the sound of running water under the snow was very calming. Calming to my very chaotic life.

Today was a good day. It was fun to just enjoy the journey.

Are you enjoying your journey?

Birthday party from this weekend

Here are some pics from my friend, Ben's Bday party.

We were supposed to beeee all things that started with the letter b.

Make foods starting with the letter b.

I was a beautiful babe :)

and go to the piano bar Golden Bee, unfortunately that was a 2 hr wait to we came back to Melissa and Ben's and drank and hung out instead.

Cathy and Rachel playing Wii

Girls
More cute girls

Sarah and Rachel striking a pose :o)

the bee and pirate

Mike with the pirate earring that I made him wear as a bull horn ring

......

Life can change in a second.

Relationships can go down the toilet from one choice.

Jobs can be lost with with two words.

Loved ones can be in a car accident and be hurt for life.

Today, is one of those days.

Not for me, but people around me.

People that my heart breaks for, both in my professional and work life.

This week has been one of those weeks, where people snap and make choices that will affect the rest of their lives.

So much pain, the world is full of so much pain.

But yet,

in the midst of that pain

I can't help

but

feel

God is here.

He is and that is why I hold onto hope, in the midst of darkness.

If your heart is breaking today or someone had made a choice that'll affect your life, I pray for a nearness to hope, that you can hold onto it. If you can't hold onto it today, I pray that He'll hold onto you.

My heart breaks for you today. Whoever you are.....

Interesting

My brother, whom I look up to and respect. Whose thoughts, mind, and spirit are also incidentally very similar to mine in a lot of ways just had a excerpt from his blog that I wanted to share....

This is how I wish Christians acted in the world and towards people and social issues.

The world gets so caught up in this drawing lines, seperating things,
defining both sides so explictly. Let me just mention a few what if statements
that I try to live out. What if we were for adoption, instead of against
abortion, what if we were for healthy, undividing marriages instead of against
homosexuality, what if we are for seeing the best in people and their capability
to be Christ followers instead of being against the actions of so many(read
judgemental).

That's all, he is a wise man.

Adult??? or Carpenter

So this weekend I set out on another adult quest... staining furniture.

The particular piece of furniture was a book case that an old boyfriend made for me.

It was used in an old college house to put my clothes in, cause I admit this sista has way too many clothes to fit in one closet, let alone a small one.

The bookcase was quickly made and therefore did not get stained or polyurethaned.

So I bought both and decided with my recent move that now was the time to do it. I put grubby clothes on Saturday and set a tarp out and started staining away.

I even got down on my back to be able to stain the bottom shelf, and it really turned out great. So on Sunday I open my garage door to see my work and was almost shocked at what a difference just a coat of stain can do. It brought out these amazing colors of the wood.

So I started in on applying a coat of polyurethane. Once again I sat down on putting forth my best effort in applying my most talented work of painting or polyurethaning ( I don't think that's a word, but just go with it :o)

So I am sitting there intently starring at the book case and leaning over trying to get this one crevice and I don't know if it was because of me admiring my great handiwork or what but I drooled! I started laughing at myself and thought that'll humble ya:o)

So either I am a very talented carpenter to the point of causing myself to drool from incredible skills or I am just a drooler ;o)

pics to come of the book shelf.

T-REX restaurant

THis was the sweet restaurant we went to while in FL, watch the video. its sweet!

MIckey Land

Here are some pics from my trip to FL at the beginning of this month. I know a late, but better late then never huh? ?

Since no one that I went with really wanted to take pictures with me (jessie, gil and mom)

most of them are of me or scenery or my sweet niece, she's too young to object.

So this is front of an awesome restaurant, that was kinda like Rainforest Cafe, but not cause it had awesome dinosaurs that would more, i'll post a video later.

cutie aubrey, look at those cheeks
mom and me as mickey

Mom and I in front of epcot (side note, do you know what it stands for?? Everybody Comes Out Tired, and the reason the ball is wrinkled like a golf ball is because that way when it rain doesn't fall on top of people's heads when it rains....granted these tidbits are what the bus driver told me so could be could be totally made up :o)baby in her swaddle, she is just a little wiggle worm. When you hold her she does this dancing thing where she hops from one leg to the other and all over. She's sooo funny!

Jess, and aub watching the fireworks at Magic Kingdom

Mom and castle

pink castle

she loved that toy, she was obsessed with it. Her mom has already brain washed her to be obsessed with disney and she's only 6 months old :)

Jessie, Gil and Aubrey in front of Magic Kingdom

me as goofy the pirate

aubery passed out, on this day she looked she was a member of the KKK of a gnome

Minnie and me. I didn't acutally buy this don't worry :)

baby aubrey and minnie

jess and i in line for splash mtn, we were not going to get wet so that's why we had our fashionable ponchos;)