"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."


May 16, 2009

Cousin Time

Halle had some of her cousins come visit back at Easter time and I am just getting to the post. We went to the river again to feed ducks.
She and Caleb were best buds the whole weekend.This is her easter dress from Grandma. What a little princess. Of course I thought I had the right size white sandals from a sale last year to wear with it, but they are apparently too small. What a shame. She grew more than I expected over the winter. And since we didn't discover this until just before church, she went barefoot for the better part of the meeting. Needless to say, we did some shopping the next week.

The next week, we took her to the Gateway Children's Museum in Salt Lake. We met her other cousins there and they were so excited to see her. It was a lot of fun. She could have spent all day in the "store." If you haven't taken your kids there yet, I would definitely recommend it. Here are just a few of the pictures.


This water fountain was a lot of fun.
And Halle's favorite- shopping.




The real helicopter was also pretty cool. Even Daddy thought so.


This was the next day walking around the shopping area. Blurry pictures again. I need to get my camera fixed. Sorry.
The two brothers refuse to hold each other's hands, but they were content to have Halle in the middle dragging them along.