General Relief Society Meeting 2010

Man! I love Conference time :) It's my favorite time of year!! Both in April & October!! :) I am apart of the Relief Society now and I feel okay with it. At first, I felt so young but, now I know that it's okay to grow up. It's okay to get older and be an adult and experience things, and go through trials similar to adults I know and look up to :) It has been such a crazy ride here at college without my parents, but it's good for me. I've loved (in an odd way) having to make myself be more independent that I thought I already was.

Anyway, I wasn't able to make it to a broadcast of this year's Relief Society Meeting so I watched in online. Thank goodness for Mormon Messages!! I love it :) I watched all of it. Here is a copy of President Monson's talk. He's hilarious! :) He's so amazing!! I love him very much!

And...
Happy Birthday to my Best friend Cheyenne :)

It's been an amazing 11 years, and I'm so lucky to have her in my life!! :)

One of God's Beautiful Creations

Lately, I've been kind of wondering why I haven't been happy. Last week I blamed it on being away from home too long. I blamed it on not having a car and not having anyone close in Ephraim. It makes me sick to think how I can just make up excuses like that because I now know the thing that's missing that caused any happiness I ever used to have. And that's the Gospel. I've been forgetting to read everyday and say my prayers, I don't feel the Spirit as much and I haven't been to the Temple in months! It really gets me down :/ I remember watching the CES Fireside that was given and Elder Richard G. Scott spoke. It was AMAZING. He did such a wonderful job on Temple Marriage :) (It made me think of Brady, I love you!) Anyway, I just miss the Spirit. I miss the feeling of it and it causing my happiness and helping me change my attitude. College life has been hard lately, and after being here and hearing about the Relief Society Broadcast going so well, and General Conference is going to be amazing, I just need to pick myself up and start getting into my habit. It's hard to read and pray at night because some of my roommates stay up late and so when I try to wake up early, it just doesn't workout because I'm tired and want to sleep more, but just like exercising, I'm going to have to force myself.

So the purpose of this post is God's creations. Friday, I went to this cute little pond with my roommates Mars and Jessica. It was beautiful! Long walk in the hot sun, clear skies, just us girls! It was a really fun time and I enjoyed it! Then a little later that night we all went camping up at Jade's grandpa's property! It was so sweet of her family to let us go camping! We had fun! I rode with Mars and her car is just not like Jade's, so it couldn't fourwheel, but we were proud of how far it made it, it was hilarious! But we finally got to the camp site and then we started a fire, roasted hot dogs and talked and told stories and laughed and took some pictures and had ice cream, then we went to bed. But the one thing I loved most about camping this weekend, were the trees. They were BEAUTIFUL, and I'm not exaggerating. The colors were so pretty, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, brown, yellow-green. They were amazing. The stars, moon and trees looked breath taking at night time. I'm so lucky and grateful God created those things so I can enjoy the beauty of them. I may not like the cold weather but that's the beauty that comes with it and that's what I'll appreciate. We're so blessed on this earth!

And last but not least....

Mars was kind enough to let me catch a ride to go home for the day. I spent it with my babe and then my family :) Gosh I love this boy. He's so good lookin'. How'd I get so lucky?? :) :)

College 2

So these last two weeks have been pretty hard. I feel really bad about how I've acted but I'm so homesick. It's gotten better these last two days because I have such kind friends that are so willing to help me.

I miss my mother a lot. I'm sure you've read that in the last post, but I think calling her every day has been really good for me. My relationship with her is so strong! I miss my dog too. I miss kissing his cute face so much every day and driving him crazy. I miss his fuffy hair and just him. I miss him :(

I love college though. It's been hard and it's very different than high school and I wasn't as nearly as prepared as I needed to be. I'm going to steal the idea from my roommate, and tell you a little about each of my roommates. I haven't done this yet, but they deserve to know how thankful I am for them all :)

I'll start with Jessica. She is the one next to me, in white.
This girl is a sweetheart! I've loved getting to know her. She's really funny and is always willing to go walking on the tredmill for an hour with me :p She's always watching silly videos and has helped me fall in love with Baman & Piderman. Hahaha anyways, she's been through a lot, but I believe she's strong deep inside. I just know the Jessica deep down is in there and willing to be happy and live each day. She's a beautiful girl and I love her personality!

Next, Mariela. She's next to Jessica on the right. This girl is hilarious. She's always got everyone laughing and always got some joke or something to say. She's a smart girl and independent. I love that about her. She knows what is best for her, and she knows how to take care of herself. She's very caring, and if you need a friend, she is always there. She's beautiful! I'm jealous of her curly hair :)

Next, Katie. This girl is so outgoing. She's so pretty and so cute! She's always getting after us for not talking so much but I'm glad she isn't a quiet child. She's sooo into shopping and it rubs off onto me a lot! Hahaha Katie, maybe we should go to the mall sometime soon :) She really loves college and enjoys being here. She's very friendly and is always willing to talk to people. She's been such a shoulder to cry on to all our roommates here!

Next, Whitney. She's in purple. She is my room roommate. I love her to death! She's been my friend for a very long time and I appreciate her being there for me. She's so sweet and always laughing and being positive. She's always willing to be friends with whoever comes her way, and she's very caring and is always making sure that I'm okay. We're complete opposite but I think that's what keeps the both of us sane here at Snow. She's beautiful and I love how she doesn't care what she looks like, she'll fix her hair, get dressed and accepts that as good enough for herself.

Last, but not least, Jade. She's the last girl on the very right. This girl is so awesome :) She's very pretty and I wish I knew how to do hairstyles like she does! She's so very kind and a good person. I love how much she cares about her family, no matter what happens. She's so close with her little sister and I admire that because I'm establishing a relationship like that with my little sister as well. She is always willing to listen and give you advice if you need it!


I love all my roommates and I'm so grateful I get to spend Fall and Spring semester here at Snow with them. I'm going to miss Mars & Katie when they graduate but I know we'll make life long friendships. I am the type of person to wear their heart on their sleave, and I usually don't have a problem letting people know if I'm sad or happy, but lately I haven't been being open. I want my roommates to know that I love them, and that I'm okay, that I may be going through hard times with different things but because of their outgoing, happy, bubbly, loving, caring personalities it keeps me sane and sometimes when they don't know that I'm having a bad day, it helps me forget that I'm having a bad day. I appreciate all they do and respect them as beautiful Daughters of God that they are. That prolly sounds cheesy but they are. I love that they all still love to go to church, and read scriptures and attend Institute and such. I'm so lucky!

Anyway, another short story. I wrote Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and President Thomas S. Monson a letter a couple weeks ago. Elder Holland wrote me back and it was the coolest thing ever. I knew President Monson wouldn't be able to. Well, I went in for an interview with my bishop, and he told me that the Secretary to the First Presidency wrote him, in behalf of President Monson. I had mentioned my dear friend Andy and how he passed away and the topic of it and then I tied it into a positive testimony thing. He told my bishop to council with me and help me with my concerns of the topic and to read over this talk with me, and I just bawled. I think my bishop got teary-eyed himself. My bishop then pointed out to me that the letter was proof that President Monson cares about us all individually and he really does love us all and along his side, our dear Father in Heaven ♥ I think it's amazing and it's so true. The leaders of the church are in fact watching out for us!

Anyway, I'm going home this weekend, attending the Homecoming football game at my high school and then I'm spending all my time with Brady and my family as much as I can!! I've missed them terribly :( 8 weeks left of Fall semester! Yahooo :)

I Am His Daughter ♥

I've had such a crazy week! I've gotten really home sick. I've been way overwhelmed with a lot in my life. I love my mom so much. I've called her everyday and she just lets me vent. She is the most amazing woman I've ever met. I miss her so very much. I call my dad everyday as well, it's been really nice having a relationship like this with him. I've always had one, but I enjoy calling him everyday and talking to him and telling him what's going on in my college life and asking for his advice. I love my papa so much. The love I have for my parents just pours right out of my heart everyday and I just tear up every time I think about it and how much they really mean to me.

Anyway (there you go Jess, I typed it correctly! Lol) I've been lacking spiritually a lot lately, and it has definitely taken it's toll on me. I haven't been to church since I last spoke in my home ward :( I miss being involved badly. I went to Institute everyday over the summer. I had an experience when I went to Institute down here in Ephraim and it was about obedience and for some reason, the Spirit just like exploded inside me and I started to cry.. in the middle of class!! Hahaha I instantly thought of my parents and all they've done and sacrificed for me. That kind of Spirit and Love I felt that day is something I've been missing more than anything. I yearn for the Spirit, for the daily scripture reading again, for the praying morning and night, somehow (like attending the Temple once a week) it just dropped on my priority list... But I'm trying to make it back to the very top.

If there's one song that has made me feel more important than ANYTHING in the world, it's "I Am His Daughter" from EFY 2010. It makes me think of Heaven and my dear friend Andy. It makes me feel loved and the Spirit just pours while the song plays. I love this song, and that's what this post is about. Being children of God, and knowing it; believing it; living it; trusting it.

I love this song, and I hope whoever reads this and listens to it will as well. I love my Heavenly Father and I always will. He will always come first in my life. I know He loves me. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

If Only..

Imagine what the world would be like in 10 years if every child woke up doing this everyday, meant it, and followed through for the rest of their lives.

What a wonderful world it would be :)



I am always striving to do my best like this little girl does fully.
It is such an inspiring little video! I thank the Lord everyday that I have the opportunity to love, and feel emotions and enjoy this journey on Earth. I can't ever repay him other than to be obedient, stay on the path, and keep the commandments. ♥

College

So I made it to college! :) It's been pretty crazy! Hahaha It keeps me really busy too!

I love my roommates though :) They are such amazing people and we're always having fun together!

I miss my family a lot but I've been down last weekend, and I'm going again this weekend! I cannot wait!!

So, I'm taking really good classes. I've been learning a lot and doing my best to study always and remember things and to really take college seriously. I know when it's time to have fun and when it's time to be serious. Studying at almost 11:00 at night is not something I'll be doing ever again! Hahaha

Anyways, I've really enjoyed this experience and I hope my parents know I'll forever be thankful :)

Here are some photos of the last couple weeks!

When I went home for the weekend Brother Smith was having his CD signing so I went to visit him, and of course, bought his CD and he signed it for me :)

(Pictures of Manti Temple taken by Me :)...)

Half the basketball team over to watch the University of Utah football game? Check!

Happy Birthday Abby!

Today is my best friend, Abby's 18th birthday :) I'm so happy I have her in my life!! She is so special to me and I just can't imagine life without her. Hahaha she'll prolly laugh if she ever reads this but I remember what she wore and our first words the very first day I met her. For some reason I just remember that! Hahaha anyways, she is such a great gal and I love her to death. We were both born in August, my birthday is the 13th which is switched around to the 31st which is Abby's birthday! (I know, we're dorks figuring this out!) And we were both born in the same hospital!! It's crazy! Hahaha she is beautiful and I've always wanted her hair. She's amazing in every way and we always have a stinkin' blast when we're together! She's always makin' me laugh and I just love spending time with her.

We kind of always joke about how Heavenly Father told us in Heaven that we could be best friends on earth and be born around the same time! Haha we are so crazy I love it! :) We were baptized on the same day! I remember feeling mad she got to go first, but now I think of it as an example thing. She is such a wonderful example to me and I love everything she has done. I look up to her so much and have wanted to be just like her, for so long!! We are just about two weeks apart so I remember crying when I went into Young Women's without her. That was so hard! But after that, whenever I moved up, we would always tell each other, "2 weeks and I'll be with ya!" And then it became easier to cope with. We took Drivers Ed together and it was just a stinkin' blast :) So many good memories. We hungout so much last summer. We did conditioning with the Cross Country team and it was always such a stinkin' hilarious thing because we died pretty much everyday. Well, at least I did. Abby was such a good/fast runner that she never waited for me... :( Hahaha I'm totally kidding!!

Anyways, Abby is just such a great friend to me. I wish I could be there with her on her birthday!! But if she reads this, I want her to know how much I love her!! She is SERIOUSLY my best friend. I have no idea what I would have done throughout my life, without her. I know I can go to her in the middle of the night for anything. The night before I left to college I was at her house till 2 in the morning just talking and finally saying, "See ya later!" It was pretty hard but I know I'll see her plenty of times in my life to come :) She's so special to me and I thank the Lord everyday that I was blessed with a friend like her in my life. Abby, I hope you have the best 18th birthday ever :) You are beautiful. You are a daughter of God and the Lord loves you unconditionally perfect, please never forget that!