Life is Brilliant.

 I love science, I always have.  As a young child I had a microscope, a telescope, a chemistry set, anything I could get my hands on that dealt with science.  I was fascinated by it, I still am.  I am a science major at Boise State and the further along I get in my undergraduate career, the more and more amazed I am at the sheer brilliance of life.  It is mind blowing that people of science can believe that we were formed by evolution alone, that there was, is, no divine hand that creates such perfectness in this world.  Today, while sitting in my Genetics class (which,by the way, was being filmed for NBC Dateline :D) learning more in depth about how each individual can be identified by a single cell containing their DNA, I couldn't help but think how incredible this is.  Really, who could argue that its not incredible?  But beyond that, sitting there I gained more of a testimony that God is real and that he has created all the beauty of this earth.  Everything fits together so perfectly.  From the differentiation of cells to create our perfect bodies to firing neurons creating our thoughts.  I often catch myself thinking about these things mechanically because its easier to understand them that way, but when I allow myself to really think about the way these things work I can't even comprehend how they could possibly create such outcomes as thinking, the intricate features of a baby, the movements of my fingers as I type this.. I know it is only possible through God, like everything else in this world.
 There are so many things to be grateful for, like the opportunity that I have to go and receive a college education (though it has taken me forever!) and to learn more about the marvelous things our Heavenly Father provides us.  I am so lucky to know where we have come from and to be able to sit in my classes knowing that there is a greater being that has perfectly created the awesomeness of the things that I learn about. That there is purpose to this life and it wasn't an accidental development.  I love being awed by this magnificent world.  There is beauty everywhere.  I have decided (again) to try to revamp our blog and to focus a little more on the beauty of life.  I am also coming around to the idea of using this as a way to reflect on my family's adventures and to help remind us of the beautiful life we've been given.  So to start, and I'm starting small, I am re-titling our blog.  Hopefully this will be more of an inspiration to keep me going on this.  :)

    In case you want to discover something new and exciting here is a link to one of my favorite sites...  Science Daily  Enjoy! :)