The Night Sky

I do enjoy the looking at the night sky.  It makes me happy to look outside and watch the International Space Station pass over our house. It is always during the crew's sleep time, but I think about the lives that are living in space, the people working on the ground 24/7 to make that happen, and the chance that one day, Brook may be living in space!  But mostly, I am in awe of God's creation.  How He spoke it all into existence and even named the stars.  My God is a genius!

Wednesday night, the girls and I stayed at the playground at church after service while Avery was at choir practice.  With our spring weather, we have been spending lots of time there with friends.  We are so thankful for our church and friends there.  God has given us more than we deserve, as He always does.  We stayed at church until it was dark and we saw two beautiful bright stars in the sky.  We realized these stars were Venus and Jupiter! We came home, pulled out the telescope to the middle of our street (we live at a dead end), and got a close-up view of Venus, since it was actually the brightest in the sky.  Here is my best attempt at a picture to share:

The faint light you to the left in this picture is Jupiter, and the brighter light is Venus.

That was our mid-week excitement of spring break! Or should I say, my excitement!  We are so enjoying our spring break.  I am thankful for the staycation.  We have been able to do several little things around here, even though a few more things are still on the list.  It has been great & makes me look forward to summer!