The Sunset

This is by far one of my favorite pictures of me and Olivia.

 Was it posed? No. Were we even supposed to take this picture? No. 

We were driving home from a hike on the Trace/dinner and decided to pull over and watch the sunset. We do this quite often with the kids because we really them to grasp the beauty God has created for us. Hays remembered he had his camera in the back of the car so we took some pictures. 

My first thoughts when I see this picture are how in the world do people not believe in a higher power that creates such beautiful things? How do people believe that the sky just appears like that or children are not created in the image of God? My heart aches for those people.

My second thought just wants to shout to the tips of the mountain tops how awesome my Father is that he would create such a beautiful sunset for MY enjoyment and that He would give ME such a precious gift in my little girl. My heart could explode with joy and thanksgiving.

Warmer Weather= Zoo Day

Olivia has LOVED the zoo since she barely knew what it was so when the weather turned a bit warmer and everybody was well, we ventured over to her happy place. Ford is very content to sit in the stroller and look at the animals as well.  But Olivia gets this sparkle in her eyes, her voice starts getting really high pitched and if we tell her in advance what we are doing for the day she can barely eat her breakfast and hold in all of her excitement at the same time. 

Her favorite animal since day one has been the HIPPO. Why, I have not a clue but she can't get enough of them. They are about midway through our zoo and all she wants to do is hurry to them. 

Maybe because she likes being messy like they are. 

(By the way, she MADE me take this picture.)

Wendy, Gavin and Ames tagged along too.

Dear warmer weather, please stick around!

Love, the Collins