"Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives as parallel realities. It is our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend...when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present- love, health, family, friends, work, joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth."


Jul 8, 2008

Visiting the Wyoming Cousins

We did do more over the 4th of July weekend. I just didn't have time to finish the post. On Saturday, we took a trip to see Neal's brother and his family in Wyoming since they were blessing their new baby on Sunday. We stayed at the KOA there and Halle had her first experience "swimming" in a big pool. Turns out she loved it. I was surprised that she was so willing to jump from the edge given her fear of heights, but it didn't phase her.

This is a video of her and her cousin Caleb both jumping in together. It's a little blurry because apparently the camera was set on compressed mode. Oops. Now we know.

Halle's other cousin, Olivia became her new best friend for the weekend. She followed her around almost the whole time. I couldn't get her to look at me because they were supposed to be "sleeping" in the chair. Thanks, Liv, for being so good with her. She really looks up to you.

Not five minutes after we got home and were unloading the car on Sunday, she found her life vest and hat and begged to put them on. She now wears them around the house constantly saying, "I a snowman, mom!"