Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The End of Summer.

This summer has been so fun filled and it's sad to see it come to a end.
But I am READY for it to end.
BRING ON THE FALL!
I am ready to put away my summer clothes and bring out the warmer ones! I love my hoodies and boots! I find myself looking at the daily forecast and getting excited that the weather is getting cooler. I hate being cold, and I feel like I always am (they tease me at work) but I do love sweaters and my house is loaded with lots of blankets. And hot chocolate, I keep that stuff stocked piled high in my pantry! So I'm set. The only downside with this weather change is that we need a new furnace. Boo. They are expensive.
I  absolutely love Utah's seasons. I love the change. I know by the time Fall and Winter are over, I'll be complaining about how sick  I am of the cold and am so ready for Summer. That's just how it goes, every single year of my life. At least it's something I can count on. For our family, we always know that fall is just around the corner when 3 events happen. First, the Jones Reunion, then the county fair, and then Peach days.

Reunions are kinda funny. Of course I know my family......but who are all those other people there? Apparently I'm related to them. If I have seen them in a store or at work, I'd wouldn't know them from the next person in line. Just a thought. Anyways.... of course I had  fun with my family, the ones I know that is, and I most certainly enjoyed the dessert table as well.




We love Bear Lake! So much that we just had to go again. But this time we went with the Arnolds! The whole family came up, it was quite the party! 
Can't go to Beak Lake without getting a shake!

Isn't she the CUTEST ever!

Lazy doggins! We had a full house of pooches! We didn't bring our Elles bells, but everyone else brought their dog! But I love doggies, so it was heaven for me.

Beach day!Yay!!


She's a mermaid.....

"Trying" to get a tan. It didn't work. Ryan coated like 5 layers of sunblock on me, he keeps telling me I'll thank him one day when I don't have skin cancer.


This is another reason I love him so. He is my big kid. He is going to be the best daddy in the world! Our kids will have the funnest time with him. Or is it the other way around? I really can't wait for a good excuse to buy and play with G.I. Joe's or Barbies again! =0)



Sand is pretty awesome, you pretty much can make anything! We had turtles, dolphins, castles and forts, snakes, and even the Grinch's mt. Crumpit.


                     Mt Crumpit --------------------->




It's a lot of work playing in the sun.


More doggies! They're everywhere!


The County fair was a huge event when I was in High School. It was the last week of summer before school started, I loved the rides, and there was lots and lots of boys there! haha! Now-a-days, it's not even close to a huge event. It almost feels like we don't fit in. The whole place is chuck full of teenagers and families with kids. Good thing there's craft booths and scones with honey butter! Otherwise I don't know if we'd go again until we have our kiddos.


Yummy!


I do love the bunnies, I kinda want one, but Ellie would probably eat it for dinner.



And last of all....Peach Days.
I actually didn't get any pictures during any of the usual peach day celebrations, 
but I did get this one:
This year was my 10 YEAR High School Reunion!!!
Holy crap, I'm getting so old!! How was it, you ask? It was okay. Not the best time of my life and not the worse either. I don't know what it is about High School, but it brings out the shy Karen. After 10 years, I can't get rid of her, she'll probably haunt me till the day I die! But even though I felt like the Karen back in High School again, I was able to talk to some old friends, and it was nice to see them. I don't know if I'll got to the next one....I guess we'll see when the time comes. It all depends who I can bribe to come with me =P

Good bye Summer, we'll see you next year!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Waiting Place

In my moments alone I ask, “why me?”
  All the hospitals, doctors and tests 
The endless uncertainty 
Is a miracle too much to ask 
 When I’ve been faithful in the past?
How can I know what to do? 
Lord, won’t you show me direction?  
Show me which path leads to hope 
 From this path that I’m on to self-destruction 
Why all the suffering and pain  
When surely God has a cure? 
Pleading each time she prays, 
 “Please stop testing my weakness this way.” 
  Do my questions have answers? 
 Why has God hidden His face? 
And why has He left me alone in my waiting place? 

As we beg for peace and trust in His love  
We may not get the answers we want 
 But answers come pouring from heaven above  
And He whispers – You will know what to do 
 Just keep listening for direction  
The path is yours to choose 
 Turn your heart where I beckon  
Every question will be answered  
So don’t lose your faith  
God is here waiting with you in your waiting place 
 You are never alone in your waiting place.
 -Calee Reed

This is how I feel today. Sometimes its so hard to hold on to the little hope I have left. Each month comes and goes, with the same disappointment. Why is it so easy for others but so hard for me? I'm sorry, I don't mean to be such a downer, I'm just so heartbroken. Today my soul is sad. 
I feel like my waiting place will never end.
I know He's here with me, I am not alone. I need him more than ever today.