A Sunday walk, Ry's heart, and little piece of Heaven

Ashlyn and I went for a Sunday walk. A beautiful evening.
It felt so good to be out. My first walk outside in a while.
(looking down into Boulder)

(our pathway behind our home. D U S K.)

I love Sundays.
A time to go to church,
a time to reflect,
and time to spend as a family.
Ashlyn and I decided to take a Sunday Stroll....
Ashlyn was looking for hawks and coyotes.
I was looking for a little bit of peace.
It was a beautiful evening, a great day at church,
time to finally relax.

Ry and I had just finished our talks:
Service. Stewardships. and Blessings.
A topic I truly believe in.
What you put out. Will completely come back to you.
Karma? you ask?
A bit, I do believe.
It will come full circle.
What we choose to reap, is what we will sow.
But I had a moment today.
Ry's talk made me cry.
It came straight from the heart.
I hadn't even heard him speak like that.
Missionary work, the importance of the gospel in our lives,

the love he has for his Father, his Mother, for serving Missions,

even amongst a hard diagnosis, the service and thus rewards.
and at the end, he cried and thanked me, for moving for him.
The sacrifice I made to leave Utah, my sisters, brothers, family, cousins,
to follow his dream to Colorado. Ry so proud of his kids....

For leaving UT, coming here and making a home. A home we love.

He thanked my "new" CO friends, for taking me in and

loving me like a sister, noting how close I am to my sisters in Utah.

He was so grateful.

He spoke to his oldest son, Austin, and told him how proud he was
of him. He gets the Aaronic priesthood in a few months.
A quiet but strong leader Austin will be.
Ultimately: the bottom line:
Live our lives well, people could be watching, but be yourself,

stand up for what you believe, be kind, be gracious, be

the better you. And always thank our Heavenly Father.

It was a great day.

(Like my big hair?!)
At the end of our walk...

(bear with me..my cute and a little bit cheesy story about Ashlyn!)
Ashlyn had asked many questions, which she does all the time.
(She is always so curious.)
So tonight on our walk she asked:
Do you think we could ever touch the sky?

Who invented the English language?

and her best question, the one I could really answer, she asked...

"Is Heaven just like this?" I mean like this, on Earth,

with our families, our blues skies, and these happy days?"

I smiled at her and answered wholeheartedly.
"yes."

What a great day.
One to remember.
I found my peace and Ashlyn found her Hawk.
How she loves those hawks...
(click on pic and I got a pic of the hawk... is far right...flying against the mountain.)

Hope you had a happy Sunday too!

love u Ry.

and

Happy 43rd Anniversary Mom and Dad!

xo!