Archive for category: Heather

I dropped my dear camera yesterday and it died … it’s final death. It’s been dropped before, but never this hard, at this angle, and on cement. The lens is completely jammed and crooked. The casing isn’t doing too hot either. It’s been a good little camera for me. The kids always took pictures with it. I was semi-okay with that. It lasted a few years, fit well in my pocket, and was a great color of brown.

Anyhoo… I was bummed about it breaking.

Max came and sat by me while I was trying to fix it.
He said, “It will be okay mom. You can just buy a new one.”
Me: “But that would cost a lot of money.”
Max: “Well, you can just use your phone to take pictures. That’s a good idea.”

How’s that for a problem-solving 4-year-old. He’ll be a great man someday.

As for the camera situation. I’m not forking out the money for a dSLR. But it’d be fun. I’ll probably just get the most recent edition of the Canon. Gotta save up a few pennies though. Sigh…

This is the fire we can see from our neighborhood. It was started yesterday by target shooters and has burned 600+ acres. 400 homes have been evacuated.

We took a drive this morning to see how close it was to the neighborhood in Eagle Mountain. They were being evacuated. My friend Julie shared some of her pictures since she got a little closer. p.s. we know it’s not the best idea to drive toward a fire… which is why we still stayed far, far away.

It has been a good opportunity to teach the kids more about preparedness. We hope everyone is safe and they can get the fire out before it burns down homes. Today we are staying inside and watching movies and playing games. I took the picture of the red sun from our backyard which means there is a lot of smoke in the air.

I keep wishing for one of our fabulous 4:00 daily Florida rain storms. Utah could use some rain.

Rain CLOUDS Rain.

I once knew a fellow who claimed that females often overused the word LOVE.
I … am one of those girls.
There are all sorts of LOVE and I do love so many things.

One thing I LOVE are inspiring messages. Have ya noticed?

I came across this one in the April 2012 New Era on the back cover.
It explains what’s inside of me right now.
So much to do… never enough time.
I just needed the reminder to enjoy the quiet & simple goodness that is a part of MOMENTS in my life.

I ought to be noted, though we made no attempt to view, that there was a Solar Eclipse Last night. Yes, it was viewable from Utah, but I didn’t prepare and get any special glasses. I didn’t even know what time it was. Lame. I remember the last viewable solar eclipse when I was a kiddo in Idaho. Awesome. It would have been cool to teach the kiddos about it. But I’ll just show them these pictures. :) Jimmy was in a stake emergency preparedness meeting and was able to view it. Cool beans!