Celebrate Earth Day.

This is how we save the earth...
One child (soul) at a time.
 ♪♫ Jesus loves the little children... ♫♪

My birthday, April 8th

April 8th was my birthday, I turned 45 and I feel 45, lol. I have been completely focused with the many responsibilities that have fallen into my lap that I have made no time for me. I'm O.K. with that, it comes with the territory... Great success doesn't come by sitting and waiting for the next person to make it happen and it doesn't come by feeling sorry for yourself over all the hard struggles that need to be endured. Aside all that, for this is not what this post is all about, Danny and I decided my birthday weekend would be a good excuse to head out of town, at least for one day. Saturday was really our only day because this year my birthday fell on Easter Sunday.
Not only was it Easter Sunday, it was also our churches 11th anniversary celebration with Elder Young coming to preach our anniversary message.
So here we go early Saturday morning together in Sissy's Jeep, South. Danny didn't sleep all that much the night before, looking and planning on line at all the possibilities we had on very limited funds. But as always God in His tenderness helped us find a way to enjoy US time.
We headed toward the ocean... My favorite of all favorite places to be... Near the great openness of Gods amazing power. I could sit for hours on a rock listening to the crashing of the waves against the shore. The night before, my husband made it sound like we were going to head up toward grassvalley and eat at some nice place. Something he thoroughly enjoys; taking me out to eat *sigh* I love when he does, but that is not at the top of my list of favorite things to do... I expressed that I would really like it if we could go to the ocean.... His response, "Too far away and we can't afford it."
So when we headed toward the ocean, the next morning, I was one happy lady.
It was the perfect day; beautiful weather, hardly any traffic, peaceful, and calm. We ended up at Point Reyes National Sea Shore Lighthouse. We spent $5. Riding the shuttle buss to different post for the day... The best part, of course, was the lighthouse... Only 300+ steps down the mountain (that meant we would have to go UP 300+ STEPS to get back to where the buss was). Oh, but it was all the worth it, going down AND coming up!

I had a wonderful time with my husband along the beach, seeing the sea lions sunning on the shore lines (from a distance of course) and exploring the lighthouse. We even spotted a whale heading North! It was fabulous!! The weather was breathtaking!! Danny had packed us a lunch, snack and waters that held us through out the day. I am blessed to have such a man... As long as I have him we will never go without because food is number one on his  priority list ,-] I absolutely love him!
As we headed home it became apparent that a migraine was taking place... Maybe the hike was to much for me or the rough ride of the jeep... Whatever the reason, I began to get sick :( Danny was very understanding and didn't hesitate to quickly bring me home. We had a great day together and some wonderful time alone.

So here is a picture of the lighthouse in all its glory. I used the PicsArt app on my Android. I love PicsArt, it not only enables you to use a filter Or effects of some kind, but let's you add graphics, different text font, along with cropping, silly stickers, clip art, frames and such.

Because of a thoughtful husband, we made time to get away from all the whirlwind going on around us and I'm glad we took that one special day.

Instagram

I have now joined the ranks of Instagram-ing, if that is a word.

Since they have opened it up to Android users.
I have found that my Android takes better pictures then my trusty old camera, (I really need to buy me a new camera, It's just not a priority at this time) and having my phone on hand at every opportunity is more beneficial. Working with preschoolers I have many wonderful moments of getting great shots of those Kodak moments.
This photo I took of one of my preschoolers doll, while patting her back at nap time, is one of my favorites (the photo is one of my fav). It was a rainy day and all the children were snuggled deep within their blankets. The music droned on quietly and the rain hit against the sliding glass door... Beautiful! I began to dose myself and noticed the fairy, lying there waiting for its owner to wakeup and play. I took its picture and told the fairy she had to nap as well and not dare wake these energetic children that needed their afternoon naps.I know I'd sure would love to snuggle down on days like this...
Thank you instagram for letting me share my thoughts through pictures *sigh*

I love it.