hi.
im so sick.
my head and throat are raw and angry. I slept most of today and it was so nice. But eventually I had to get up and live life or whatever.
other than this yuckiness I am feeling, my week was pretty lovely.
I spent some time with friends, got to chat with my grandparents a bit, and just enjoy the summer. It was a nice week.
I hope your week was lovely as well! I'm teaching Sunday School tomorrow and am procrastinating finishing up my lesson.
my thoughts are so scattered.
have a lovely saturday evening
June 29, 2013
June 23, 2013
announcement
I have a rather big announcement to make...
You may say its too early or "not set in stone" enough to tell you. But I disagree.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO IT. Let me tell you what I did tonight.
Tonight I watched a wonderful broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah for all the members and missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There were magnificent speakers and the spirit was so strong. My family and I watched in my dad's tiny office huddled around his computer. (we don't know how to work the TV)
All the messages were inspiring.
But this song was the one that brought me to tears.
This isn't the actual video from tonight, I will post that one later. But this song is just so beautiful and it gave me such a peace in that ....
I want to go on a mission.
are you ready for the announcement?
I have started my mission papers! It is rather early, in that I wont be able to submit them until December, but I'm so excited. I want to work and I want to preach this glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. To help others find this happiness and joy.
More to come on this grand adventure
You may say its too early or "not set in stone" enough to tell you. But I disagree.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO IT. Let me tell you what I did tonight.
Tonight I watched a wonderful broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah for all the members and missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There were magnificent speakers and the spirit was so strong. My family and I watched in my dad's tiny office huddled around his computer. (we don't know how to work the TV)
All the messages were inspiring.
But this song was the one that brought me to tears.
I want to go on a mission.
are you ready for the announcement?
I have started my mission papers! It is rather early, in that I wont be able to submit them until December, but I'm so excited. I want to work and I want to preach this glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. To help others find this happiness and joy.
More to come on this grand adventure
June 20, 2013
turtle
this is a turtle anna kent and I found when they were here and we went on a mountain bike trail. I discovered these pictures today and love them, so here you go:
also, I dont know why these pictures are so big...sorry
June 19, 2013
walks with grandpa
>>Everyday this week after musical I have had the pleasure of visiting my lovely grandparents. I love them so much. My grandpa just got home from a long time in the hospital and recovery at the local nursing home. He and I go on walks and give Granny a break for a while.
My grandpa amazes me. I am so lucky to have him. On one of our walks, I asked him to give me some advice about college and relationships and such...He usually isn't 100% aware of what's happening around him, but on our walk he spoke like a philosopher.
He told me that the success to any relationship is communication. That if you were ever upset with your partner that you MUST tell them why, and while you do, they are not allowed to say a single word. You get to speak and get everything off your chest and by the end, you usually don't feel mad anymore. He told me stories about he and granny, newly married and in school searching for pop tabs on the street for some extra change.
We walked to a short brick wall and he and I sat and talked some more. I don't know why, but I decided to tell him about a heartbreak I went through, and how I felt that it was going to be really hard for me to trust anyone in college...He sat and looked at me while I cried about it and when I was done he put his arm around me and assured that I would find someone to love all of me because I was worth it. He gave me a kiss on the head and we walked back to his home. I love him to pieces.
My grandpa amazes me. I am so lucky to have him. On one of our walks, I asked him to give me some advice about college and relationships and such...He usually isn't 100% aware of what's happening around him, but on our walk he spoke like a philosopher.
He told me that the success to any relationship is communication. That if you were ever upset with your partner that you MUST tell them why, and while you do, they are not allowed to say a single word. You get to speak and get everything off your chest and by the end, you usually don't feel mad anymore. He told me stories about he and granny, newly married and in school searching for pop tabs on the street for some extra change.
We walked to a short brick wall and he and I sat and talked some more. I don't know why, but I decided to tell him about a heartbreak I went through, and how I felt that it was going to be really hard for me to trust anyone in college...He sat and looked at me while I cried about it and when I was done he put his arm around me and assured that I would find someone to love all of me because I was worth it. He gave me a kiss on the head and we walked back to his home. I love him to pieces.
Registered
Registration for college is now probably number 3 on my 'things that make me anxious list'. For reals, I have rarely been that freaked out about anything. Last night I spent 5 hours looking up all the classes I wanted to take this first semester and then looking up EVERY SINGLE teacher on ratemyprofessors.com determining which one I wanted as my 1st and 2nd choices and the time they taught and how my schedule would work with every single course combination. I had charts and everything. I was ready to go.
6:50 rolled around that next morning.
Registration opened at 7:00.
I had all my codes ready to enter, by 6:59 I started refreshing the page so the link that said "registration closed" would turn into "registration open" without me missing it. When 7:00 hit, I clicked that link so fast! I knew I was like THE first one....however to my horror....a grey screen appeared where the course list should have been...a message poped up saying that since I had refreshed the page so much, it could not take me to my desired link and to close out of the entire program and start again...
I remember screaming in my head...but nothing escaped my mouth. I was furiously anxious.
I logged back out and back in..by this time it was 7:03 and I knew that 2,000 other incoming freshman were taking my seats. My computer decided then to become a turtle in mud...It went so slow...I thought it was like crashing or something. I ran upstairs to use my dad's computer...it was now 7:06 and I had NO classes.
by the time I got in, My first and Second choices for teachers for a lot of my classes had been taken. I started shaking. I took whatever I could, forgetting about what the websites had said.
I grabbed a few of the teachers I wanted and things were going ok, but then I tried to sign up for English...and apparently as a freshman you can only take 2 Foundation classes as a lecture, and if you want to take more you have to take them online. Rearranging classes so I took some online and some not was a nightmare. whatever.
I shed some tears and shook profusely...but it got done. I am now a registered student at Brigham Young University-Idaho.
I will be taking
Missionary Preparation
Family Foundations
Math 108
American Foundations (online)
History/Philosophy of Education(online)
Jazz dance class (on a wait list)
I'm rather happy about the turn out even though it hardly followed the schedule I had worked so hard on. Oh well, I'm sure all the classes will be lovely. I'm just happy it is done.
6:50 rolled around that next morning.
Registration opened at 7:00.
I had all my codes ready to enter, by 6:59 I started refreshing the page so the link that said "registration closed" would turn into "registration open" without me missing it. When 7:00 hit, I clicked that link so fast! I knew I was like THE first one....however to my horror....a grey screen appeared where the course list should have been...a message poped up saying that since I had refreshed the page so much, it could not take me to my desired link and to close out of the entire program and start again...
I remember screaming in my head...but nothing escaped my mouth. I was furiously anxious.
I logged back out and back in..by this time it was 7:03 and I knew that 2,000 other incoming freshman were taking my seats. My computer decided then to become a turtle in mud...It went so slow...I thought it was like crashing or something. I ran upstairs to use my dad's computer...it was now 7:06 and I had NO classes.
by the time I got in, My first and Second choices for teachers for a lot of my classes had been taken. I started shaking. I took whatever I could, forgetting about what the websites had said.
I grabbed a few of the teachers I wanted and things were going ok, but then I tried to sign up for English...and apparently as a freshman you can only take 2 Foundation classes as a lecture, and if you want to take more you have to take them online. Rearranging classes so I took some online and some not was a nightmare. whatever.
I shed some tears and shook profusely...but it got done. I am now a registered student at Brigham Young University-Idaho.
I will be taking
Missionary Preparation
Family Foundations
Math 108
American Foundations (online)
History/Philosophy of Education(online)
Jazz dance class (on a wait list)
I'm rather happy about the turn out even though it hardly followed the schedule I had worked so hard on. Oh well, I'm sure all the classes will be lovely. I'm just happy it is done.
a few things
Well hello there.
A few things:
>> Remember the musical I spoke of earlier? Well I am so happy I decided to do it! It is actually SO MUCH FUN. I love it. I go everyday from 1 to 4. I got the part of Lancelot. He's a rather buff dude whose tough and proud of it...but also has a bit of a secret....:) You should come see the show if you want to find out what it is!!
It is July 19th and 20th (friday and saturday) I will tell you when tickets go on sale!
>>I started working on Personal Progress again. I have already completed the program, but my Relief Society class is working on it together. I'm working on planning and preparing meals for 2 weeks. My mom helped me with the first one and I took it to granny and grandpa tonight and had dinner with them. I think I want to start giving away some meals I make to different families.
>>I am a Sunday School instructor! Its really rather exciting. When I was called, I was really nervous and anxious, but so excited. I love to teach and its what I want to do so I was pumped! the Sunday School president is so incredibly nice and supportive. He gives me so much feedback and encouragement. I feel so blessed to have this calling. I taught for the first time last Sunday and I was amazed how the Lord really does help us if we prepare. I felt His spirit with me as I taught, and I thought it went really well. I teach again in 2 weeks
A few things:
>> Remember the musical I spoke of earlier? Well I am so happy I decided to do it! It is actually SO MUCH FUN. I love it. I go everyday from 1 to 4. I got the part of Lancelot. He's a rather buff dude whose tough and proud of it...but also has a bit of a secret....:) You should come see the show if you want to find out what it is!!
It is July 19th and 20th (friday and saturday) I will tell you when tickets go on sale!
>>I started working on Personal Progress again. I have already completed the program, but my Relief Society class is working on it together. I'm working on planning and preparing meals for 2 weeks. My mom helped me with the first one and I took it to granny and grandpa tonight and had dinner with them. I think I want to start giving away some meals I make to different families.
>>I am a Sunday School instructor! Its really rather exciting. When I was called, I was really nervous and anxious, but so excited. I love to teach and its what I want to do so I was pumped! the Sunday School president is so incredibly nice and supportive. He gives me so much feedback and encouragement. I feel so blessed to have this calling. I taught for the first time last Sunday and I was amazed how the Lord really does help us if we prepare. I felt His spirit with me as I taught, and I thought it went really well. I teach again in 2 weeks
June 18, 2013
enduring love
June 11, 2013
June 9, 2013
smores
June 8, 2013
today was ridiculously amazing
Let me tell you the wonderful story of today
Chapter one
waking up at the perfect time of 9:35 to a peaceful and quite home, the light shining in from my window through my thin brown curtains. Kiva curled up next to me still asleep.
Chapter two
watching my darling puppy get so excited as I say the word "walk" over and over, and seeing her run next to my bike, resting for a bit, but then getting excited all over again to run. The perfectly calm wind blowing against our faces on the bright sunny morning.
Chapter three
Helping with a wonderful group of girls at a garage sale for the Oklahoma tornado victims, talking with strangers about the other local charities and the work they are doing for the disaster relief
Chapter four
curling up on my bed watching youtube videos of Sophia Grace and Rosie
Chapter five
getting a well needed haircut and talking with my hairdresser about the effects of words and the beauty and the darkness they can cause in a persons soul
Chapter six (my favorite chapter)
visiting my wonderful grandpa at the nursing home he is temporarily staying at, and eating a delicious meal with him and granny, meeting so many wonderful people with amazing lives and stories, and discovering a beautiful clock in memory of my great grandfather that I never knew existed.
Chapter seven
playing beach volleyball in the pouring rain with members of the singles branch I attend, getting soaked and so messy diving (and dancing) in the sand
Chapter eight
coming home to a home of smiles and laughter.
2 months
Two days ago, my sister and her lovely husband left to go back to their home in Idaho. I miss them dearly, especially Anna. I had so much fun while they were here, we had so many laughs and funny conversations in the car...(sister talks are the best) and it was just so wonderful. Im so happy they surprised me last month, I honestly don't think I could have completed the last few weeks of school without Anna here. I just love her very much.
When they left, it didn't feel like a goodbye. It felt more like a hey-see-you-in-a-bit, because its only 2 months away until I leave for school myself.
When they left, it didn't feel like a goodbye. It felt more like a hey-see-you-in-a-bit, because its only 2 months away until I leave for school myself.
see you in a bit
June 4, 2013
trail
today was amazing. I was able to go biking on a river trail with Anna and Kent this morning. The air was crisp and fresh and the few raindrops that fell kept us cool. It was so beautiful riding through the branches of trees with big green canopies of leaves over us. The whole time I rode, I listened to General Conference talks and hymns on my ipod. What a beautiful world we live in. God's creations are truly magnificent and all we have to do to see it is LOOK. look at the beautiful natural elements around us. It is all done by His handy work. We are so blessed.
June 3, 2013
father dear
music is so beautiful. It has the power to move, to inspire and express feelings that can be shared in no better way. I truly believe it is a gift God gives to his children to bless others. It is amazing.
I'm at that stage in my life when I'm not really sure what is going to happen in the near future. I don't know how to answer questions everyone asks me about my plans or my desires for my life, and I sometimes wish I could go back to when I was a little girl and I could do anything. When I listen to this song, I think of my dad. I'm not really sure why. He has always been so supportive of me and whatever my little heart desired, even if he did not agree with it. He let me express myself and experiment to find out who I am for myself. He let me make mistakes and was always there when I needed him, but never when I thought I didn't. He let me come to him and has helped me realize the kind of person I wanted to be and what I needed to do to get there. I'm still not positive on everything, including myself, but I know where I come from. I have been taught by wonderful parents that I am a daughter of a King, who loves me and supports me just like my Earthly father, and who always be there, no matter the mistakes or hardships I face. And he will help me through.
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