Lightning Storms and Lessons Learned

I've debated whether I should do this post or not because it happened so long ago but it's one that I'd like remember so I've decided to do it.

We had a thunder storm here a month or two ago. The kids had just gone to bed when it started but it's kind of a tradition that we watch the lightning together as a family(I've even woken Emma up to watch it with us before). This was the first storm we've watched that Jaxson was with us and he did not like the thunder at all. I love lightening storms and I wanted him to learn to like them as well, so instead of taking him into the other room and rocking him to sleep I saw an opportunity to teach him how fun it can be to watch the lightning. We made it a positive, fun, experience by saying "did you see that?" every time it flashed and "there it is" every time the thunder sounded. By the end he was saying it to us and was having a great time.

About a week later I was up around 3:00am feeding Isaac and I saw the most beautiful sky I've ever seen. The sun rises early up here so the sky was already starting to get light and it illuminated the clouds and made them look kind of like a wave of the sea. That's the best way I can describe it. It was so beautiful!! Of course I had to share it, so I woke up Josh and Emma to come look. The pictures we took didn't turn out very well but I will always remember that experience. It's amazing that something as simple as a sunrise or a lightning storm can convey the love of Heavenly Father so fully. I truly believe that makes beautiful things in nature to tell us that He loves us. How blessed we are.

This is the best photo we got of the sunrise. It isn't exactly what it looked like, but it's close. This doesn't show the prettiest part of the sky though.