March, April, May, JUNE??

Poor blogging habits!  Today is June 1 so I'll try to capture the last 3 months quickly!

Late spring, summertime rhythm is already here.  90 degrees, late afternoon thunderstorms, windy, beautiful green, flowers, hummingbirds looking for their feeder (we have to get a new one soon!).  Life winds through the weeks in a steady sameness.  Work, work, time with the kids on Fridays, Church on Sundays.  My daughter is blooming beautifully. 26 weeks pregnant with a baby girl! Can't wait to see her and I can only envision her with red hair. Funny!  The other three are thriving and happy, just the usual sicknesses and play and boo-boos.   Saturdays are my rest day as I work around the house and get ready for another busy week.  There are changes going on in my life in many different forms.  The usual physical as I am 56 (ha!), changes at work with new responsibilities, more coming soon, trying to keep up, so tired.  Changes in family 'stuff'.  Some changes I cannot control and some I can.  Sad ones, good ones, lots of changes.  Trying to keep my perspective, trying to keep an optimistic outlook.  My feelings run deep and some I have to keep hidden because I influence others.  God and I talk.  That's enough.

During Mother's Day week, we got to visit our son and daughter-in-law again in Nevada.  We visited Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reefs National Parks in Utah.  We had amazing weather.  Sun, snow, wind, just so much beauty! Went to bed in Utah on Saturday night...56 degrees outside. Woke up on Mother's Day morning and it was 28 degrees and several inches of snow piled up against our motel door.  It was gorgeous.  Thankfully, the 70 year old motel had a great restaurant...a local favorite that does a home-cooking menu.  Country-fried steak, pancakes, patty melts, Yuuuum...it was all good.  We just walked over for our meals.  We decided to hike down into Bryce Canyon and see everything in the snow that day.  I was a little timid about it but we did it and I'm so glad we did.  Unforgettable!

Hiking down into Bryce Canyon

Note the colors behind me in the rock.  I was cold but not too miserable.  There had been winds and snow flurries the entire time we hiked.  40 degrees!  Wow! And just a hoodie!

Bryce Canyon 'hoodoos'.  There's a reason for the name but I forgot.

Bryce in the Snow

John and I at Fairyland Canyon

Bryce and Stephen. He likes the edge!

Bryce

Capitol Reefs (hiking through a gorge)

A funny little hotel and restaurant.  Good food...I'll never forget my banana bread, fruit and fried potatoes breakfast.
This place was run by old hippies. :)

Snowy drive through the scenic byway in Utah

Utah blue and white

Utah Christmas trees!

We returned to Georgia and these little ones were waiting on me.  Maddie loves her New Testament she received in pre-school.  Even takes it to restaurants and when she's had enough...

My Fridays all look a lot like this.  JOY!