Friday, October 12, 2012

A Coyote, An Elk, Rocky Mountain Sheep,

Three , (actually 4!) gargantuous GIFTS in one day.

A little coyote background.  About a month ago while window shopping in Acadia, Kai saw a stuffed coyote.  For some reason she wanted it so so so badly.   Mommy's and Daddy's know best about these things, and their answer was "no". They were gentle and kind, yet ....even so, "no" is hard to handle when you are 4 yrs old and very tired. ("no"can be hard when you're 34, or 44 or 54, HELLO)

Yesterday , Kai woke up to a HUGE surprise. Her Mommy and Daddy were out the night before and spotted a little stuffed coyote in a little Colorado gift shop...it was soft and cute and just perfect for their Kai. They DEEE-LIGHTED to get it for her.  And she was OVERJOYED with the love-filled-surprise.

When Kai showed me her coyote she said, "Look Gigi!  Mommy and Daddy remembered my dream! I had forgotten about my coyote, but they remembered the dream in my heart."  she said that, she really did.  this little one says these nuggets that make my heart so full.
 
 
 
 
And that was just the beginning....later in the day, we were taking a hike in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park. God had such a surprise gift up His sleeve. The guys went off the beaten path to uh.....well.....you know.... water the trees a bit.  As they were on this detour they looked up, and  to their complete jaw-dropping amazement they saw this majestic creature, spying on them. 
 
 
 
"Sometimes your journey will take you off of your path.  It's all part of the same trip.
Enjoy the view along the way, life is full of exquisite diversions." Leigh Standley
 
 
AND THEN, another present. Early in the day, while driving up to Rocky Mountain National Park, Derek said, "I'd love to see Rocky Mountain Sheep, I've never seen one."  We asked God.  Toward the end of our day,  while driving out of the park, we rounded a corner, and there in a field, right next to the road, was a herd of .....Rocky Mountain Sheep.
We were like, NO WAY.  
 
                            
 
Stopping the car, eeerch, Derek got out to take some pics. The woman standing next to him had an amazing camera with a HUGE lense. We learned she was from the area, and a professional wildlife photographer. She told us she had NEVER EVER EVER seen a heard of sheep in this spot.  Seriously?  Seriously.  Derek told her about his prayer, and though I can't remember her exact words it went something like this.... well, since God gave you such a gift, why don't you really get a close look!  She unscrewed the giant lense from her camera, and handed it to Derek. He attached it to his camera...and for the next few minutes he grinned (one of those head to toe grins) and snapped a kazillion close-up shots of God's over-the-top answer to his prayers.  I was in the car with my head out the window thinking, EWE've got to be kidding ....have you ever HERD of such a thing?  smile
 
My favorite shot :-)


 
One of Derek's shots....




God does remember the dreams in our hearts. He does.  His surprises are so ahhh-mazing.




PS....And then our day ended with  HUGE cherry-on-top. 
Dinner in Denver with some of Derek's family.
Thank you Justin and Jen, Freeman and Phyllis,
for such a fun, warm, delicious, and wonderful evening.

 
 
 
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