MORE UP NORTH PHOTOS:)

THERE WAS A LOT OF TREE CLIMBING AND RUNNING AHEAD TO JUMP OUT AND SCARE THE PARENTS ON THIS HIKE... WHEN WE LIVED IN WISCONSIN WE LIVED LESS THAN A MILE FROM BOTH OF MY BROTHERS, SO COUSIN TIME WAS ABUNDANT BACK THEN... THEY REALLY TREASURE THE TIME THEY GET TOGETHER NOW:)

ISN'T THIS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE? I THINK I MAY TRY TO BLOW IT UP IN BLACK AND WHITE AND FRAME IT WITH THE BIBLE VERSE AT THE BOTTOM... TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT.

RIGHT NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE IT IS FOUND. TO ME THE TALL TREES LOOK A LOT LIKE THE HUGE CHALLENGES OF THIS WORLD JUST STARING YOU IN THE FACE... BUT THE PATH IS STILL STRAIGHT. AS I SIT HERE 11 MONTHS FROM THE DAY I HELD MY SWEET SAMUEL, I KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND... I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER REALLY UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS. THEY ARE SO NOT MY WAYS, NOT AT ALL THE WAY I WOULD HAVE HAD THINGS PLAY OUT. BUT I NEED TO CONTINUE TO TRUST AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL MAKE MY PATHS STRAIGHT. GOOD GRIEF... LEFT TO MY OWN GRIEF....MY PATH IS ALL OVER THE MAP, UP... DOWN...WIDE...NARROW... BUT WITH MY SAVIOR HE CAN KEEP MY PATHS STRAIGHT EVEN AMIDST MY GRIEF:) THAT COMFORTS ME TODAY AS I THINK OF MY SWEET BOY AND MY HEART LONGS FOR HIM. WE WILL SEE IF I EVER GET AROUND TO DOING THAT WITH THE PHOTO... GOTTA ADD THAT TO THE TO DO LIST:)

ME AND MY HONEY AT THE OVERLOOK POINT. WHAT WOULD I DO WITH OUT THIS MAN?... HE ALWAYS SAYS HE IS MORE LOYAL THAN A DOG... I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF FUNNY SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD A DOG. BUT HE HAS BEEN MORE LOYAL TO BE PATIENT, KIND, LOVING AND IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ME IN MOST THINGS THIS PAST 11 MONTHS. I AM BLESSED GREATLY BY HIM EACH DAY.