Hymn #33 "Our mountain home so dear, Where crystal waters clear Flow ever free, Flow ever free, While thru the valleys wide The flow'rs on ev'ry side, Blooming in stately pride, Are fair to see.
We'll roam the verdant hills, And by the sparkling rills Pluck the wildflow'rs, Pluck the wildflow'rs; The fragrance on the air, The landscape bright and fair, And sunshine ev'rywhere Make pleasant hours.
In sylvan depth and shade, In forest and in glade, Where'er we pass, Where'er we pass, The hand of God we see, In leaf and bud and tree, Or bird or humming bee, Or blade of grass.
The streamlet, flow'r, and sod Bespeak the works of God; And all combine, And all combine, With most transporting grace, His handiwork to trace, Thru nature's smiling face, In art divine.
D&C 59:18-20 "Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart;
.....to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul.
And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man;.... to be used, with judgment, not to excess, neither by extortion."
We sang this hymn Sunday in church and I loved singing it and didn't want it to end.
Today Dad and I went up to the South Hills to Pine Dell camp to check out the cabins for the branch campout in July.
We are so happy that Ben came to this world almost 27 years ago to enrich our lives. We went down Friday evening to go out to eat for Ben's birthday. Then we stayed overnight at Ben and Brooke's place. Jay met us in the morning for an outing to a farmer's market and then a hike up to Donut Falls. We went back to their apartment and Jay made Ben a pave (Brazilian dessert.)
Fast forward twenty years and along comes this darling little sprite. We got to have a date with him Saturday afternoon. He liked his blue sno-cone. He liked taking bites and feeling it melt in his mouth. "It melts in my mouth because it's more than 100 degrees in our mouth."
