***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~