Nature

A fond memory that I have of summer in Missouri (where I grew up) is the warm nights, watching, chasing, and catching fireflies. Fireflies are magical. I love them. Until recently, I didn’t know that fireflies existed in Utah. I was always sad about this and felt like something was missing from summer nights. Well,...Read More

Campout number 5 for 2019: Echo Reservoir. Forgot the swimming suits so the kids just waded around in their clothes. Haha. We made some awesome (healthy? no) fried chicken in the Dutch oven. Slack lined over the water, went fishing (no luck), threw a lot of rocks in the water, found a cool Robin’s egg...Read More

“The strange thing about sheep is that because of their very makeup it is almost impossible for them to be made to lie down unless four requirements are met. Owing to their timidity they refuse to lie down unless they are free of all fear. Because of the social behavior within a flock, sheep will...Read More

Remember back in January when we met up with a new friend from the internet named LaVar and he was super nice and let us try out his Swedish sled – “sparkstöttning”? Well, during our conversation with LaVar, while we were sledding that afternoon, we got started talking about sheep and wool and such and...Read More

Jesus Christ is our Good Shepherd. Or I guess I should say that He WANTS to be our Good Shepherd, but he won’t force us to follow Him. He wants to lead us. He is deeply concerned about us. He is the best one to take care of us and understand us because He created...Read More

We’ve been doing our Sheep Unit for a little over a week now and we have really been enjoying learning about sheep and shepherds. We are coming at this unit from a couple of angles: Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd, and learning how to be (future) good shepherds ourselves to literal sheep. As far...Read More