NEW BABY IN TOWN

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I will post some of my own pictures later, but if you go to www.bouncinbabyphotography.com then click on "view photos"  then enter the following password you can see Shannon and Kevin's new baby boy.  Password is  0829riderday      Have fun- we love him so much already!

NEW QUILT

Go on over to www.Liahonaquilter.blogspot.com and see my latest quilt.

FAR BETWEEN

I recently listened to a program on NPR Radiowest discussing a BYU professor and film maker who is openly gay.  This was the most spiritual, insightful, uplifting discussion I have ever heard dealing with an active member of the LDS faith who is also gay.  I have never listened to anyone who has studied, prayed, and pondered so deeply on this topic, truly wishing to know what his Father in Heaven wants him to do.  It takes about 30 minutes to listen to but I guarantee that it will be worth your time and effort.  It left me in tears.

Go to KUER radio on google and click on that and then Radio West and look up the podcast from 8/18/11 titled "Far Between"  with host Doug Fabrizio and his guest, professor Wilcox of BYU.  Please set me know what you think after listening to it.

GOD'S BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS

Yosemite Park in California is now one of my all-time favorite places in the world.  We are so lucky to have this wonderful park so close by.  We went with 2 other couples and made sort of last-minute arrangements, so we had to stay at a motel 60 minutes outside the park, but it was still worth the driving.  We flew in to a small airport in Mariposa, CA, about 5 minutes from out hotel.

There are lots of short hikes that take you to breath-taking vantage points.  Most hikes were from 1 to 3 miles each way.  I would recommend shelling out the $25 or so to take what they call the 'tram' ride through the valley floor with a ranger who points things out and tells you the history of Yosemite.  This takes roughly 2 hours.  There are also free shuttle buses to get you around as well.  One day we went around and came in thru the south entrance and drove to the trailhead leading to a fantastic grove of giant sequoias.  We met up with a nice young ranger and went with him on his tour of these huge, old trees.  We had a nice lunch at the historic Wawona Hotel.

We plan to go back next year and take more of our family.  We were lucky because due to all of the snow and rain this year the park looked like it was April instead of August.  The waterfalls were all still going and there were fields with thousands of lupine flowers which were about 2 feet tall. If you haven't been there I would HIGHLY recommend it.  We spent 3 full days and could have used another.

DOUBLE OOPS!!

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YOSEMITE POST, OOPS

I made a big boo-boo and downloaded pictures from Yosemite to my 'other' blog with my quilts on it.  Dang it all.  Until I get a minute to put them all here, you can skip on over to Maryquilter.blogspot.com

YOSEMITE, YOSEMITE

I will soon be adding a new post, I know it has been ages, but I will have some pics to share of a visit to the most fabulous place in all the world- no, it is not Disneyland, it is Yosemite Park, CA.  Who would have guessed that the most spectacular place on earth is located in nearby California!  I will tell details when I get some pictures posted, but suffice it to say that the past 4 days have been some of the choicest of my lifetime.