Love/Hate Relationship

I have a love/hate relationship with Kansas.

Some days I simply can't stand to live here - I down right HATE it here! The dry climate that brings on the itchy skin, the dry, sore nasal passages, and all the static electricity! And don't even get me started on all the allergy problems that come with living in this barren place! You have to drive forever to get to anything; there is nothing to do out here in this boring place.

Then there are the days that I simply love it here. It's home. I am comfortable here. This is where my family is. Where some of my closest friends live. This is where I have made my home (even if we are still renting)! Granted, it isn't my beautiful tropical Hawaii, but Kansas has it's beauty too - I love the sunsets and the full, harvest moon! I so often LOVE living in a small town; no traffic jams, you generally don't have to wait in line at the check out counter, there is no crazy hectic pace, and everyone knows everyone and takes the time to stop and say 'hi'!

I don't know if the Love/Hate thing will ever change - I really doubt it will! But I suppose if the Love part outweighs the Hate part, I'll be okay - and for now, I think that it does!

Scrappin'

It's no secret that I LOVE to scrapbook! I love to create my scrapbook pages. I love all the pretty papers, all the neat little embelishments, and just the process of taking several items and putting them all together into a beautiful page. Mostly, I love that each time I look at the pictures on my scrapbook pages, I re-live that particular moment in time over again! I love that someday my children will get a glimpse of my life before they came along.

Here are a few of my favorite pages that I have done lately.

Beautiful Day, Beautiful Hike

Since today was such a beautiful spring day, Joe and I decided to get out of the house and enjoy it. While we were planning our camping trip last summer, we thought about going to Picture Canyon in Colorado on the way to New Mexico. In the end, we never made it to the canyon. Since it wasn’t a terribly long drive from Ulysses, we decided we could go in an afternoon. So after church today we took off to Picture Canyon. What a beautiful place! We went from flat brown Kansas to beautiful green and red canyons! We went off the beaten path and explored the canyons - even climbing to the top of one for an amazing view! We did tons of hiking and were pretty tired once we were done. But it was such a fun day together! We hope to go back again someday!!