Fall, and other life lessons

Well, it has finally arrived. Fall is officially here. I didn't realize until it came how much I missed fall  :) It is such a wonderful time full of so many changes. All of the leaves changing colors, the cool fall weather and the glorious fall clothes! ( Like this little gem I have wanted for oh so long)

       There are so many wonderful things about these last three months of the year. Its interesting that three of the biggest holidays in America happen in the last 3 months of the year. I am truly grateful that I get to spend these months ad holidays with my whole family this year. There is nothing greater than the family in my opinion. That is where we get our heroes and examples, best friends and companions, and most importantly, that is where we get our strength, confidence, joy and love from. 

I love my life right now. I am so extraordinarily happy and uplifted by everything around me. I know that a big part of this joy and happiness comes from the fact that I KNOW Heavenly Father loves me and hears my prayers. I know that He not only hears my prayers but He answers them, nit according to my timing but to His. I loved President Uchtdorf's talk at the general relief society meeting.  I will end with a quote he said that really stuck out to me. 

"God is fully aware that you and I are not perfect. Let me add, God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others- usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths... As a result we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does." 

Forget Me Nots:

1. Never forget to be patient and compassionate with yourself.

2. Never forget that some sacrifices are better than others.

3. Never forget that you need not wait for your "golden ticket" to be happy.

4. Never forget that the "why" of  the gospel will inspire and uplift you.

5. Never forget that your Heavenly Father knows, loves, and cherishes you. 

I'm back!!!!!! 
Sorry I haven't posted for so long!!! I'm determined to keep up with my blog from now on!! So much has happened since my last post!! Where to start!!


I finished up at Snow in April and then moved home. I had an amazing summer and decided to transfer to SLCC instead of going back to Snow. This summer I had so much fun!! I went on a trip to Las Vegas and St. George with the family and got to see "The Little Mermaid" at Tuachan. i hung out with friends and family. I went on a last minute road trip to San Diego with some amazing friends. And I started going to my singles ward instead of the family ward. 
Pretty awesome summer!!! Here's some pictures of my awesome adventures!!

Chris, Liz, Nicole, Abbie, and me at the London family reunion!!

 The Manti temple when Jerica and I went to the Manti Pagent!

Me and Jerica enjoying our chocolate covered strawberries at the Manti Pagent.

Kendra, Me, and Jerica at the San Diego Zoo!!

The view from our wonderful 5 star hotel in San Diego  :) 

I will add more pictures when I get a chance. This summer was also a summer of changes in my life. 

I also decided to repaint and redecorate my bedroom and build a bookshelf into one of the walls. This has been a work in progress all summer and it is almost done now!! I will post pictures of the finished product when its time. I am very happy with how its turned out so far. Thanks mom and dad for all your help with this. 

Also this summer one of my best friends moved in for a few months until school started. I had so much fun hanging out with you all summer Chelsea! Thanks for being such an amazing friend! 

   

   I have learned so much this summer about honesty, happiness, friendship, testimonies, and most of all, myself. I am so happy with my life and I'm so grateful for the experiences in my life because they have made me so much stronger and have made me a better person. I have come to realize what it really means to 

"Love the Life You're Living"  :) 

Life has been so crazy lately. There has been so much going on lately and i have been slacking on my scripture reading and prayers because of it. I knew that something was missing in my life on the days when I forgot to read my scriptures or say my morning prayer and I started feeling really sad a lot of the time. Then on Monday i got an e-mail from my friend who is on a mission and in it he said something I thought was worth sharing:

"Although we are all "sons and daughters, children of a king" we are all different. Everyone of us have our own person struggles and there comes a time in everyone's life when they don't fall on others, and become independent. For a teenager, it's when they're first handed the car keys and allowed to stay up until midnight. I have found a similar feeling in regards to testimony. There comes a time when we need to be converted to the gospel ourselves. No longer relying upon the testimonies and feelings of our parents or influences of the world. We need to be introspective, look at our lives and tell our stories from a gospel point-of-view and see just how the gospel and teaching of Jesus Christ could help us. The bible says there is a "seed for every need" and we all have different needs."

This really touched me and made me think about how I can become more independent in strengthening my own testimony. I know that I am so grateful to have such a wonderful church in my life that is so giving and so focused on the family and the individual. 

I would also like to say happy late late late birthday to my sister Nicole who turned 21 on the 19th!!  YOu are an amazing sister!! Thanks for being you!!!

And happy late late late late late late late late late late birthday to my other sister Abbie who turned 17 in January!! You are such an awesome, beautiful sister!!  Love you!!

Spring Break

Oh my goodness. Sorry it has been forever since the last post. I have started so many entries but I keep putting off posting them.

This past week I was home on Spring Break!! It was amazing  :) I had so much fun just sitting at home relaxing sleeping in and hanging out with friends.  I loved every minute of it  and had so much fun. Some of the highlights of my break were going to dinner with the family, family night with the Kunzlers, sleepover at Chel's house with the VE girls, and my daddy daughter date to Market Street Grill. I would say that all in all i was a very sucessful Spring Break  :) 

Logan!!!!!!

Today has been a great day. I drove up to Logan after my classes today and I am spending the weekend with my most favorite bestest friend in the entire world!!!   I am way excited to go explore Logan and to just hang out with my friend Kim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Water Update

I am happy to report that our water is now fixed and we have hot water again!!!!! Now if my homework would just do itself then I would be a very happy camper   :)

Water!

Dear Nicole, I now know how you feel. Today we discovered that we have NO hot water!!!!! I am hoping that we can get it fixed soon because I really dont want to have to shower in the freezing cold water!!! And to make things worse it is freezing here!! This is going to be an interesting week! Oh well. Thats okay!

Not a lot has been going on in my life right now. The roommates and I had an awesome super bowl party      ( go packers!) on sunday where i tested my culinary abilities and made this :

This is my awesome seven layer dip that I slaved over for hours and hours. Check out all of our awesome food that we have! It was an AWESOME party. Although I think my favorite part was whenever the Packers would get a touchdown Whitney and Paige would end up jumping on the couch cheering and having our neighbor come over to see if we were okay because he heard screaming  :)


I hate to admit it but I am actually really starting to like this small little college. I have learned so much while I have been going here. I am so happy I decided to go here. Even though at times I feel like I am going to die of boredom or I am complaining about things like how cold it is and the fact we have no hot water, I wouldnt change a thing about my life right now!!!   I am so happy that I decided to go here!!! It has been such a blessing in my life. I know that I came here for a reason and my testimony of this church has been strengthened so much by coming here. I am so grateful for this gospel and how it has enriched and blessed my life. I have truly learned to " Love the Life I'm Living".