To please the eye and gladden the heart

This week in Come Follow Me it talked about keeping the Sabbath Day Holy.  I had never realized one of the covenant promises in Doctrine and Covenants.  In Section 59:16 "Inasmuch as ye do this, (honor the Sabbath Day) the fulness of the earth is yours." Later in verse 18 it says, "Yea, all things which come in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart."

The beauties of nature definitely please my eye and gladden my heart! I've enjoyed some time in Provo Canyon lately.  I enjoyed a walk one morning.

Yesterday we went to Bridal Veil Falls with Tiff, Rockwell and Tessa.

Hallee was pretending to be a model on the runway on the bridge.

I love her!

There isn't a ton of water in the falls this year.

Tiff climbed up the rocks with the  kids and got some great pictures.

Wyatt and Rockwell worked hard moving the rocks around.

The girls were so cute walking out of the canyon like this.

Tiff told me about a hike to Upper Falls in the canyon so I went this morning to try it out. I love a shady hike!

It was short and crazy steep.  My watch said I went 350 feet in .25 miles.  Some of it felt like rock climbing.  You can see the street below the trees for an idea of how high I am.

I took lots of breaks to catch my breath, but I made it and it was beautiful!

I took a picture for a couple so they returned the favor for me.

I sat down and enjoyed the view and the sound of the water fall for a while.  I also enjoyed the mist.

This was the view to my right, everywhere I looked it was beautiful.

This was how the path looked.  I was nervous to go down, but luckily I didn't fall.  Enjoying all of this beauty definitely gladdened my heart!