Thursday, April 26, 2012
A Run Down Memory Lane
If you would have asked me when I was little if it was possible for a person to run from my house to Shoshone Falls I would have told you No way. That it was impossible to run that far. Well it turns out it is only 5 miles from my old house to Shoshone Falls and over spring break I did just that, I ran it. I didn't realize I was going to run from my house to the falls but was just looking for a five miler that ended in the canyon. Since I needed to get some downhill running in I figured I could end in the canyon and just have Glenn drive me five miles down the road to find my starting point. The weird thing was that as we drove and started getting closer and closer to my old house I kept thinking that we had gone waayy too far. The part of my brain containing my childhood perceptions was battling the odometer but the part of my brain that knows I can run 5 miles finally won out. Anyway I can run five miles even if that means running from my house to the falls.
It was a beautiful day and a great run. Here's the road starting down the canyon.
I loved coming around a corner and seeing this rainbow parked over the Falls showing me the way.
The end.
It's possible that the rainbow could have been pointing me here because finding this bathroom was the real reward. Too much Gatorade beforehand;)
It was a great day of discovery, not only a new running route but that we shouldn't let our perceptions limit us. Sometimes we just need to go out and find out for ourselves what we are really capable of!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Skype
I have now experienced Skype and can I just say, BEST INVENTION EVER!
We were supposed to use Skype for our Christmas phone call with Dylan but I had never used it before. Glenn had so he already had an account and kept telling me things were ready but I must admit I was a little worried leading up to the big day. I kept asking him questions like "So we just put his name in and hit send or something and he's there?" "Don't we have to pay money or does he have to pay money or anything?" The whole concept was a little hard for me to grasp. And then there were the unspoken worries, mainly will we be able to hear him? My experience with internet phone calls had not been good so I was imagining the same thing. Also when we talked to Ben in Spain the connections were not very good and with everyone on the phone it was kind of hard to hear. So anyway I was worried.
We did a trial run earlier in the day and called my sister in Maryland. They were not expecting it and I was not expecting how fun and easy it was. Our whole family could talk to their whole family! We could see all and hear and it turned out just great!
After that the countdown was on. (And the worrying continued, not knowing if Skype to Mexico would be as good as the one to Maryland.)
Well I'm pleased to report that it was every bit as good and better! (No offense to my sis, but this was my son!) Glenn did whatever he did to call him and there he was! He just appeared on the screen and we started talking.
It was such a great experience! Now in the past I've heard of some missionary phone calls being 3 hours long and I've thought what on earth do they talk about for 3 hours? Well I guess I know now, the answer is Everything! We were on for about 2 hours with Dylan and it didn't seem like that long at all. We talked about everything. We laughed. We told stories. The kids showed him their presents. We showed him the dogs. We even tried Tamarind a spicy Mexican fruit snack while he watched our reactions. It was such a great night.
Here are a few pictures from our call. And yes these are just a few because I took about 30! One of the best things about these pictures is being able to see all of his familiar expressions. I've really missed this face!
Holding his list of things he wanted to tell us about.
This is what it looked like on our end.
Sister K. She's been feeding and taking care of Dylan since he's been there. This family had two laptops so both he and his companion were able to Skype with their families at the same time. I'm so grateful to them!
I know this is a mom thing but here are all of his fun expressions, enjoy!
We were supposed to use Skype for our Christmas phone call with Dylan but I had never used it before. Glenn had so he already had an account and kept telling me things were ready but I must admit I was a little worried leading up to the big day. I kept asking him questions like "So we just put his name in and hit send or something and he's there?" "Don't we have to pay money or does he have to pay money or anything?" The whole concept was a little hard for me to grasp. And then there were the unspoken worries, mainly will we be able to hear him? My experience with internet phone calls had not been good so I was imagining the same thing. Also when we talked to Ben in Spain the connections were not very good and with everyone on the phone it was kind of hard to hear. So anyway I was worried.
We did a trial run earlier in the day and called my sister in Maryland. They were not expecting it and I was not expecting how fun and easy it was. Our whole family could talk to their whole family! We could see all and hear and it turned out just great!
After that the countdown was on. (And the worrying continued, not knowing if Skype to Mexico would be as good as the one to Maryland.)
Well I'm pleased to report that it was every bit as good and better! (No offense to my sis, but this was my son!) Glenn did whatever he did to call him and there he was! He just appeared on the screen and we started talking.
It was such a great experience! Now in the past I've heard of some missionary phone calls being 3 hours long and I've thought what on earth do they talk about for 3 hours? Well I guess I know now, the answer is Everything! We were on for about 2 hours with Dylan and it didn't seem like that long at all. We talked about everything. We laughed. We told stories. The kids showed him their presents. We showed him the dogs. We even tried Tamarind a spicy Mexican fruit snack while he watched our reactions. It was such a great night.
Here are a few pictures from our call. And yes these are just a few because I took about 30! One of the best things about these pictures is being able to see all of his familiar expressions. I've really missed this face!
Holding his list of things he wanted to tell us about.
This is what it looked like on our end.
Sister K. She's been feeding and taking care of Dylan since he's been there. This family had two laptops so both he and his companion were able to Skype with their families at the same time. I'm so grateful to them!
I know this is a mom thing but here are all of his fun expressions, enjoy!
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