4 Things

1.  My little brother and cousin were in a play with Christian Youth Theater (CYT) this weekend directed by my older (but still younger than me) brother, and it was great! They did The Jungle Book (the Rudyard Kipling version, not the Disney version) and Scott was the father wolf that raised Mowgli.  I was very impressed with how well he did. I love it when my young relatives star in plays because that means a night of free entertainment for us!

2.  Yesterday I started reading Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose.  I read until we had to go to church (5:00 service) and then I read when we got back from church and then I stayed up until 11:30 to finish the book because it was just that good.  Darlene Deibler was a missionary in New Guinea during WWII and she was taken as a POW and held captive for 4 years.  Much like Corrie Ten Boom, her stories are horrific, but she had amazing faith and trusted God to bring her through.  My favorite anecdote is when she was malnourished in prison with very tiny rice rations and craving bananas.  She asked God for one banana, not really expecting to get any.  God miraculously gave her 96 bananas! You have to read this book.

3.  We are currently operating on one car because James' Mustang is in the shop.  They have determined that a part was installed incorrectly and needs to be replaced.  The part costs $37.  Our total bill will be $350. We're calling around to see if anyone else can do it cheaper, but so far no luck.  I cannot imagine why the labor costs that much, it seems rather outrageous to me for such a cheap part.  Being an adult is expensive.

4.  I have a bad case of traveling fever.  I've been dreaming of a quiet cabin by the mountains, preferably the Tetons, with a trip to Yellowstone National Park.  Unfortunately I don't think that trip is in the cards anytime soon, but I've been having fun planning it out in my head. Just look at that breathtaking scenery!  I've been feeling very cooped up lately in our apartment with no yard in our city with no (few) trees.  I never thought I'd say this, being a city girl and all, but I need nature. Growing up we had a large backyard and I played outside all the time.  We went camping and traveled to beautiful national parks.  In college we had a beautiful campus with trees and flowers and benches and I would sit out there and study, basking in the sunlight. Here I don't even have enough sunlight to grow herbs in my windowsill.  So a trip to the mountains sounds like heaven.  And now I will leave you with these beautiful photos of the Teton mountains in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.