The best and most beautiful things

As I was unable to find myself sleeping at 2AM this morning, I came across this quote in my planner...

"things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal" - Helen Keller

Helen Keller has always been a hero of mine. I think she was a remarkable person! This reminded me of another quote I had seen of hers so I looked it up. It goes like this...

"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart" - Helen Keller

I will take time to share a little more of my thoughts on this later but I couldn't help but reflect upon the profound perspective and incredible insight this woman had.

Our Pets

And here is Hercules, Kendon's turtle for almost 5 years. He is recently deceased also along with the hamster, Memory. 3 pets down in about a 2 month period. Only Rachel is remaining. It's amazing how much he has mellowed since Cocoa is gone.

This is our cute little bunny named Cocoa. She was the sweetest, most cuddly little sweetheart on the face of the earth. Ramsay loved her so much. She died this weekend, below is her grave. The girls were all so sad... especially Ramsay. We will miss her.

But we still have our wild little Rachel rabbit. He is well loved also but he's just a little wild. (Yes, he is a boy rabbit named Rachel). Only Natilee can hold him without him being crazy.

And this is our cute little Christmas hamster, Memory. Alisyn got her for Christmas. She is sweet and so fun! Rodents are messy and smelly, (I swear there will be no more after these die off), but we love them anyway! They bring us joy!!!

Easter Eggs

Claudia and Josh came to visit the day before Easter and helped the girls dye eggs. We enjoyed their visit. I was glad they came to help carry out that tradition because I wasn't too much up for egg dying.

Spring Break Trip to Utah

For spring break we went to Utah to visit Grandpa and Rose. We had a great time mostly just relaxing at their home and enjoying their company. The kids got to see their cousins, Cade and Kateland, and Aunt Amy. Our visit was such a big deal there was even an article published in the local paper about us coming to town! How funny is that? I don't have lots of pictures, but it was a very pleasant, relaxing, and refreshing trip.

This is Grandpa, Bly and the girls at Frisco Mine, Utah. These stone looking things behind them are "smelters", I think is what Grandpa said. It was so unbelievably cold and windy, Rose didn't want to get out of the car. If you click on the photo I think you can see how red the girls faces are from the cold.

The mine is a very interesting place to explore...if it's not so cold! They used these smelters to melt the silver they got from the mines. very interesting!

While we were at Grandpa's house it started to snow! Since we don't see a lot of snow in our desert home, the girls just had to go out and play in it...

Ramsay and Alisyn invented their own sort of hockey game with two of Grandpa's broom handles and a tin can. What amazes me is, this is something they could have probably done without snow but... somehow, snow seems to cast some sort of spell and suddenly the world becomes a magical playground.


On our way home we stopped at Lee's Ferry to see where the pioneers used to cross the Colorado River. Weren't our pioneer ancestors amazing!!!