away from it all

my dad is in town because he loves me. this has been a rough couple of weeks but somehow my dad knows how to make things okay again. last night after getting some stuff done we went to dinner. we shared the sushi pictured below, and then took a drive up through the mountains behind draper temple while the sun was setting. we ended up at the temple and sat on the lawn to watch the sun set. i love quiet moments like that. i haven't done that for a while and last night i remembered how much my soul NEEDS that- to get away to a high place where i can appreciate beauty and leave my problems down below. i have spent the past year discovering beautiful places in utah valley and it's changed my perspective on utah. maybe because my only experience was provo, i thought utah was ugly. the truth is the opposite though, utah is actually very beautiful. i've even found several places in provo that blow my mind. also, all of these photos were taken with his new iphone. i must get me one of those at some point, because i take pictures like crazy with my terrible phone camera. these are amazing considering how little light there was: