***ZOO TIME***

Bentley and I have had some great adventures this week so far. 

We went to Jumptime on Monday. She is so adventurous and wild! She wanted to do everything.

On Tuesday we went to story time at the Library... no pictures of that. :(

Wednesday, We had a lazy day. Bentley has a cold. :(

And Today we went to the Zoo! It was so fun. We got to see lots of animals. Bentley liked all of the animals except a monkey. It made a very loud sound and was high pitched. She said she didn't like it. After a few times of it squealing she started to cry and reach for me. It was sad. Since then she keeps making that sound. 

She is ready to go!!

The Giraffe's! 

Luckily for me- she let me push her in the stroller for most of the time. She only wanted to walk and help me push towards the end. :)

Bentley and I

She wanted to touch the lion!

Looking at the lions!

She had to wait in line for a little while to finally get her turn on the truck. 

These monkeys are the one's Bentley didn't like. They were swinging around and making super loud noises that she didn't like. 

Colorful- Bents liked this for its colors!

Wallaby!!

She is so cute! :) 

I LOVE this picture too! :)

She hugged just about all of the Penguins.

She tried to climb a few of them too!

Bentley said that he needed to wash his hands and take a bath! Haha

He was dirty. 

Zebra- or as Bentley says it, Zeeba!

I LOVE her curls!

Tiger... roar

Sloth bear- she wanted to see a bear and she finally seen one!

LION

She is roaring like the lion!

Elephant

Gorilla- she started to slip off... oops!

SEAL- She didn't want to sit on this one.

Turtle- she wanted to sit on him and was sad when I had to tell her she couldn't.

Cockroaches- EW!!

Bentley for some odd reason wanted to stare at them for a long time. One fell to the bottom of the tank while we were looking at them and she jumped, made a little squeal and hugged me, they scared her for a second. They didn't scare her until it fell. She still liked them though. 

She called this a dinosaur, haha. 

It kept sticking its tongue in and out and so she did it too! :)

**HUGS**

She was looking at the muskrats through this little 'cave'. She loved it. 

I had a hard time getting her to look at anything else.

The Muskrats

Porcupine- she didn't like these cause they didn't move at all. 

Resting in the egg

Camel ride

Snake

Birds- she bored of these fast too

Python- Bentley said pygon! Haha.

If you look closely you can see the tiger taking a nap. 

Bentley said "he's sleeping, shhh"

Bentley wanted to ride that little tiger the whole time we were over there. :)

She only stayed on it for barely 30 seconds. Haha.

After the Zoo we ate lunch out on the back patio and she thought that was so fun and cool!!

The Zoo tired that girl out! :) haha

I love when she will let me hold her and cuddle! :)

We have had a great Thursday so far and hope you do too! :)

Island Park-Nature

So, for my Natural Disasters class we went on a field trip to the Teton Dam, Island Park, Quake lake, West Yellowstone, and seen a fault scarp. It was cool to see the natural disasters that I have grown up around and being able to see how they came to be. As some of you may know I really enjoy photography, so here are some pictures! 

These were taken by Quake Lake. Some are good, some are bad... don't judge-haha!!! :) 

This one is not good photography but it was cool to look at it and see what it is.

I like this one!

Rainbow

I like this one too!!

This is one of my favorites!

Dang person's hood..... hahaha!

This one is pretty!

I love the sky in this one!

Me......eh

I wish there was less shadows where the trees are but my editing only goes so far. Oh well!

This one is cool and pretty as well.

I can't wait until the snow melts so I can go up here again and hike to some of the fault scarps and some of the houses by Quake Lake. I wanna hike all around up here. It would be so fun and pretty. 

Have a Great and Fantastic Day!!!

 :) Smile because it is almost the weekend!!! :)

Quotes

I have seen so many great quotes lately I thought that I would share them with ya'all. I LOVE quotes and write so many down so here are some that I have saved to my computer. 

Amen!!

One of my very favorite hymns is I Need Thee Every Hour. I know with all my heart that I need the Lord every hour, every moment, every decision, and every joy. This brings me so much comfort!! I love him so much! I am so happy and it is all because of Him. I do need my Him in every moment.

Although it is hard, we need to look at the big picture. We need to remember what is important in life and what and who we will have after this life. 

Sometimes it is hard to wait for things on God's time, but it will always be better. It can be hard to put our trust in the Lord but it will always be worth it. I know that He really does know what is best for us!!

Thank heavens that He does! 

You choose to allow light into your life. You choose to be happy. Make the best of it all.

It is hard to remember the Lord when we are amidst a very hard time. It is easy to be selfish and only think about how our life is so hard, that nobody understands what we are going through. When we feel all alone and down we need to remember to look up. To look to God and he will always comfort us. I know he does. He does this for me every time. He wants to help us and have us ask him for help and comfort. He loves us. 

Funny story- I do this ALL THE TIME!! I am always talking to myself and then I think that I am just the funniest. That of course makes me smile and laugh harder. Sometimes I just get going and can't stop. Haha. I know that I am also a BIG dork! :) 

Don't forget to always pray! Everyday! I know that this is immensly important. Like I said before, I need Him everyday. I need to talk to Him everyday. 

This is so hard for me. I am a worry-wart and I stress about things when I can't control them or do anything about it. I need to keep this in mind. 

Remember to look at the tender mercies of the Lord in our everyday lives. He does something for us, multiple things for us every day. Look for those and you will be happy and love. 

I LOVE my Savior!! He is the only way, he is my life!

Okay this is not deep but I thought it was super funny! This is totally me. People always come to me for relationship advice and I have no idea why. I love it though. 

I hope something hit someone's heart somewhere. I loved everyone of these. I love God and my Savior so much. They bring me true happiness and joy. I love going to the temple and being able to be that close to them. I love that I know that I can talk to my Father in Heaven everyday, whenever I want/need to. I know that he will always be there for me and always love me. I know that I truly need him in everything I do, and every choice I make. 

Later!

SO... these past few weeks I have been busy and haven't wrote anything in a while.

Well this isn't the night either BUT tomorrow I finish my LAST two finals!

I also will start cleaning and hopefully move on Thursday!!!

THEN I can catch up on everything that has been happening!

Write later!!

~Sam~

Paityn and Dexton

Tonight I am watching Paityn and Dexton Craythorn. 

Tuesdee and Aaron went to the Hunger Games movie tonight. I hope they have a fun time.

 I want to see the movie. It looks good. I didn't actually read the books though so I am not as excited as other's are.

 Anyways back to watching the kiddos. They are some of the cutest little kids. They are super funny. Dexton is a little tease. He kept teasing me all over and over again. 

Paityn is adorable. She is totally a girl through and through. She has one of the cutest smiles. 

I love these kids so much. I am glad I got to watch them tonight. Thank you Tuesdee and Aaron for letting me watch them! :)

*Boy's State and Boise*

Last weekend Karli and I rode to Boise with my uncle Eric and Danielle. We got there Thursday night right before the game.

It was a great game and no surprise but RIGBY WON!!!! It was so fun.

Then Karli, Sharis, grandma, and I went to Winco to get some groceries for the weekend. Karli and I got hungry so we went through Wendy's drive through. Then we had to go to Walgreens to get some medicine for Trav. Karli and I stayed in the car.

So this is where the "fun" happens... NOT! I don't remember how it happened but all of the sudden my fries were on me and the floor and my drink was all over me!!! It looked like I peed my pants. It was bad...haha!! :)

So this is all who stayed at Sharis and Travis' house. There was Grandma & Grandpa Hymas, Eric & Danielle, Bo & Ty, and Karli and I. Courtney, Jody, Shaley, Whitney, and Tristan were also in Boise for the Special Olympics but they stayed at a hotel.

Now its Friday and we hung out at Sharis' for a while. Karli went and got her hair cut. She has bangs now.

This was before she redid her hair!! :)

Grandma got dinner preparations all done. We had really yummy parmesan chicken, noodles, and these yummy parmesan roll things. YUMMY I loved it!!! :) Thanks grandma! :)

Isn't she the cutest grandma ever!!! :) I love her so much! She is awesome! :)

After lunch we went to the Nike Store. I bought a really cute grey and white shirt. I love it. It's so stinkin comfortable. :) That night we went to watch the Madison game then watched the Rigby game. Both WON!!!! That obviously meant that Rigby would play Madison for the State title in the Idaho Center, Saturday night! Whitney, Tristan, and Courtney met us at the game. It was super fun. :) Here are some pictures of us.

 Tristan, Whitney, Me, and Karli!!! I just have to say after the game we went back to Sharis' and they came over for a little while and Whitney and Tristan are HILARIOUS!!!! Funniest people I have ever met! I love them!!! :)

Karli and I!!!! I love her! :)

After we WON! We went back to Travis and Sharis'. We played games a lot this weekend! :) My favorite was Rummikub!! :) It's my favorite! :)

 Karli, Danielle, Bo, Eric, G-ma, Sharis, and Bentley!

 I adore this little girl!!! :) --- She looks like a toddler now... I don't know if I like that or not. :) haha

I do though.. she is super fun.

 Sorry it's to the side. I changed the direction but it wouldn't download on here like that. 

Hands up!! Awe.... and gma and Sharis!!

This was friday. I got to dress her while Sharis took Karli to get her hair done. I love this little girl! She makes me so happy.

Saturday we woke up and went to watch Whitney play at the Special Olympics. (Tris sprained her ankle so she couldn't play.) Courtney and Jody coached. Later that night we went to the State Championship game!! It was packed so we all split up and found seats. 

As you probably know RIGBY= THE STATE CHAMPIONS!!!! 

Here is Bentley and I while we are driving to the Idaho Center.

 Stinker bum wouldn't smile for me...

 Smile Bents... nope

 Sunday was our last day. Sharis, Travis, and Bentley had a baby blessing to go to at 9am so we woke up early and said our goodbye's. :( ---huge frowny face). I can't wait to got to Boise this summer!! :)

Sunday was really warm I loved it!! :) Karli and I went out in our t-shirts.

 The Sun!!

Karli and I's reflection in the sliding door!! :) I like this picture.

This weekend was so fun! I loved seeing Travis, Sharis, and Bentley!!!! :)

Thank you for the ride there Eric and the way back g&g Hymas!!!! 

*Samantha Faye