nature

I am really amazed at the beauty nature has in store for us sometimes. A month or so ago when we had the crazy weather with the ice, I loved just looking at the trees and seeing them with ice on the branches, twinkling in the sun. I ran and got my camera and snapped a few pictures. Here's some of my favorites.

Then onto sunrises and sunsets. LOVE LOVE LOVE the orange and pink in the sky when the sun is about to peek through at either sunrise or sunset. I don't think I will ever see a sunrise or sunset as beautiful as I saw in Chile, but the other morning as I walked out here's about as close as it gets...

When we were in Clemson the other day for Spencer's birthday trip, our room in the hotel was on the third floor. Andrew being the early riser he is, wanted to open the curtains because it was just too dark in the room. The window in our room was positioned just so, so when I was laying in the bed I could see where the sun was going to start to come up over the trees. So I let him lay beside me and we watched with anticipation as the sun crept up slowly over the line of trees and made its debut for the morning. It was SO neat just watching it. You know how you have those moments you wish you could just freeze in time. That was one of them for me. I wish I would have grabbed my camera then and froze that moment...

I am grateful to a Heavenly Father who allows us to feel of His love through the beauty around us. He created these things for us to enjoy and for that I am thankful!