Mornings

It's always hard going back to work after an extended holiday for me.  I loved the long weekend and being able to sleep in (even if sleeping in for me is just til 7:30)! haha!  Scott always thinks it's funny that I can't sleep longer than that, but my body is just too programmed after years of early rising.  I love having so much time in the day when you get up early.  You can get so much more done.  And then when it's nice outside you can see the sunrise and how gorgeous it is!

There is one memory I always think of when I think about getting up early to watch the sunrise.  My family was at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia for a couple of days during the summer.  We had all stayed up pretty late watching movies, but the next morning I woke up before the sun did just out of habit.  I couldn't fall back to sleep so I grabbed my journal, a blanket, and went out to a porch swing overlooking the lake.  It was just barely starting to get light and the most beautiful pastel pinks, purples, and yellows started to paint the sky.  The mist started to rise up off the lake and as the sun rose higher, it was like the mist was in a race to reach the sky.  It was the most beautiful sunrise I could imagine!  I felt such enormous gratitude for the beauty of nature that Heavenly Father allows us, and it happens every time I see something beautiful in nature.  And I must say Logan provides many opportunities for enjoying the beauties of nature.  I love it up here!