Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2014

Time Together



This blog in its first life was a photography blog. Full of pictures with little real content to draw readers back. The purpose of it was to show a little portion of the world I live in. It was  a way to share a bit about my hobby of photography. I have not posted in two and a half years. The original purposes that this blog served have been supplanted and life has brought a number of other important avenues.
I am now in my fifth year of graduate studies. I am a father of two and it is hard to find the opportunity to sit down and to share much about what I am thinking. This blog was never much about what I was thinking, but more about a few highlight of what I was seeing. I think; however, that this blog can be more useful to me and others if it actually has some substance.
Therefore from this time forward I will try to write post with more substance. I will continue to include some of the photographic highlights, but it will try to relate the more important conclusions form those experiences.
To begin with I would actually like to share a photo taken by my wife. I think I have shared it in one form or another in some fashion on this sight. It is a photograph taken at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah. It was taken four plus years ago. To me this photo represents the beauty of spending time with my family. This was from a trip with my wife in which we shared a delightful afternoon in the Canyon talking and watching the creations of God. The lesson learned here is that a little time can make for long fond memories.
Spanish Fork Canyon Utah windmills at sunset
We still talk about the several times we went up Spanish Fork Canyon together while living in Utah. A bit of time and open earnest conversations was far more important than the location. Photo number two comes form that same trip up the Canyon. It is a bit of red rock formation up one of the side canyons called Diamond Fork.
I hope you enjoy the photos, but more importantly I hope you can take to heart the message that the most important thing you can give another is time. This is what they are going to remember in the long run.
Tonight we went to see Christmas lights as a family. The local hospital sets up a light walk around its pond. We spent time just taking in the sight. My son loved the trucks planes and helicopters. He even thanked God for them in his good night prayer tonight. Its these moments, moments where I took time to spend with my family that I will cherish in the future. I can always find something to fill my time with, I just hope that I can fill it with substance as I will try to do with this blog.
Spanish Fork Canyon Utah Diamond Fork Canyon Red Rock Blue Sky Waves

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth "

Saturday, December 17, 2011

A Snowy Shack


What once was a home is now a dilapidated old shack on the corner of a busy intersection, known as the “crossroads”. I have passed this place thousands of times, on my travels, never giving it a thought- until one day last Christmas when it snowed.

Teri-kai, photographer and owner of: www.carcampingnow.com, www.gardenseedlings.com, www.terikai.com, www.glfvirtualservices.com

Another Post By Teri: Clingman's Dome

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Smith Canyon South of Lava Hotsprings Idaho
Christmas time is upon us. Snow covers many parts of the country and we all get together with family and friends to remember the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. Try not to get lost in the hub bub of the season and take a minute to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, redemption. Christ was born into this world to make us clean much as this snow. Isaiah wrote of the cleansing power of Christ's atonement, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18). Remember that just because it is beginning to look like Christmas it is up to us to make it feel like Christmas by remembering the true meaning of the redemption of man kind.
Post By Joshua Kirton
Photo By Beau Johnston taken Smith Canyon south of Lava Hotsprings, ID

Another Good Post: Family Focus

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