The Meditations of My Heart

Hey There Followers :) I just realized I havent updated my blog since my third day, and we are now on the tenth! I have been posting most of my images to facebook because they have an easier uploading system. Here is the link to the album they are in... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=76477&id=1221222007&l=95b02527da TOday we are headed back to Zion National Park after it the Virgin River flooded yesterday. It became a very dangerous situation especially in the Slot Canyons in the Narrows. When we left last night, there were life-flights everywhere. They could really use your prayers. ~Danielle

Alright guys... this one will be short and sweet since it is 11:28 Mountain Time and 1:28 Eastern Time. My body has yet to adjust, so hopefully soon. Today we drove through the rest of beautious Iowa, all of Nebraska (boring and flat as ever), and landed in Longmont, CO. We got to see the Rockey Mountains from about 2 hours away and they have been teasing us ever since. There is SO SO much I could write about, but I am just SUPER tired! In short, today was pretty cool. We started out at Java Joe's for coffee in downtown Des Moines and headed west west west till we saw the Rockies :) I also got to see the ORIGINAL pony express office. It was this cute little house-looking building. I'll post pictures of it tomorrow hopefuly. We made a few photographic stops along the way, but will be spending the entirety of tomorrow in the Park and hopefully ending with dinner on Pearl Street- the local "cultural district" of Boulder. Needless to say.... I am BESIDE myself w...

Ahhhh. It feels SO nice to be sitting my my nice comfy bed at out hotel in Downtown Des Moine, Iowa. We drove through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and half of Iowa today. I drove from a few miles outside of Chicago to where we ate dinner in Kellogg, Iowa. It was called "Iowa's Best Burgers Cafe," A quaint little diner cafe thing in a tiny one horse town. Everyone seemed to know everyone there and it was filled with cute elderly couples and a PT Cruiser Club... YES. "Iowa's Cruisers" Thats what they call themselves... there were probably about 6 parked all in a row. Some with flames, some with cool paint jobs, and one with Betty Boop decals. It was funny because we could instantly identify them when we walked into the restaurant- they all had matching LIME green t-shirts. I guess that's what they do here in Iowa. There really isn't much other than corn, corn, alfalfa sprouts, a cow, and more CORN. But really... it is SO SO beautiful. It's not like PA c...

Well my dear followers, Jenn and I have officially reached our first destination point... Cleveland, Ohio. We had to drop off Jenn's dog, Buddy to her Brother so we can enjoy the next few weeks slobber free :) Something I thought was kind of funny, and maybe some of you can relate... it seems like the best sunsets I catch are usually in the parking lot at Wal-Mart. Call me crazy, but I think there just might be Wal-Marts in heaven - even if just so we can stand in the parking lot to see the beautifully painted sky. We'll be up bright and early tomorrow morning... eight am. Not looking too forward to it seeing as seconds are being subtracted from my sleep time for every key I type :) There probably won't be too much to say tomorrow because we'll be in he car driving through some SUPER flat country where it's mostly populated by ears of corn. But if there is anything interesting, I'll be sure to keep you posted. Much Love from Cleveland, ~Danielle

Hey there blog followers! I added a few emails to my list to receive updates while I am on the road. If you are getting the posts via email, can you send me a quick message telling me so? If you aren't on the email list and want to be, also please send me a message. I'll hopefully be posting farewell pictures tomorrow evening from Cleveland! If you think about Jenn or I at any point over the next few weeks, please pray for us! We would greatly appreciate prayers for safety during all of the legs of our journey to discover the Lord's beautiful America! Much love, ~Danie

Lol. I know... cheesy quote from a Luke Bryan song, but it's been stuck in my head for the past week and it's so true! I am so grateful that it rained Friday night so it was a perfect day for my Grad party yesterday. A beautiful 80 degrees and a big blue sky made an awesome setting for it. I was so grateful at how many friends and family came. Even people I hadn't even expected to come showed up to celebrate and eat some good food - thanks to the world's most amazing party tag team... Gram and Mom. hahaha. Seriously. The party would not have been the same without their planning it. It's so weird that it's over. Like everything. School, graduation, the party. It was even more odd that the party last night was all about me. I loved it. haha don't get me wrong :) But I never had to be the hostess to so many people! I was incredibly blessed and deeply grateful for the presence of all who came to show their support. I have awesome friends and fam...