be still

For whatever reason, today in church this thought and hymn have kept coming to mind. So I thought I would share it and maybe it will touch you on this Sabbath day as much as it has touched me.

knowing who i am

One of my favorite bloggers the other day wrote an astounding and poetic blogpost about if her readers really know who she is and what she stands for. I was so moved by what she had to say and how proud she was to be saying it. I've done a "things you don't know about me post" but I felt like i wanted to write something more. Because of her post I wanted to do something similar and declare my statement to the world.
This is who I am:
I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father who loves me and I love him. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I know it, I live it, I love it. I am grateful for my Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, who strengthen me to make it through my struggles and self doubts. I do everything through him who strengthens me. I'm grateful for the knowledge that I have of eternal families and that I will be with my entire family again and for eternity. I know that one day I will meet the man of my dreams and will be able to be sealed to him for time and all eternity in the temple.
I know that I am an individual and unique. I know that I can stand on my own two feet and stand up for myself. I do not need anyone to prove to myself that I am beautiful. I am strong and have been given many purposes on this earth. I may not know what all of those purposes are right now, but I know that I am here for a reason, whatever they might be.
I believe in destiny. Not in a cheesy kind of way. I believe that every person is put in our path to strengthen us or test us. People come into our lives for whatever reason and we are meant to teach each other.
I'm sometimes crazy. And sometimes too quiet. I sometimes stay too far in my shell, but I'm okay with that. I am sometimes deep in my shell when I'm at school and at work. I have a lot of thoughts running through my mind and would rather stay focused. Other times I can be a little crazy and eccentric. There are different sides to my personality and can be more cautious of opening myself up.
I am a sister and I love my family and sisters with all my heart. I could never be who I am if it wasn't for my sisters and their strength which strengthens me.
But most of all, I accept and love who I am! "I am titanium!"

 

 

kids say the darnedest things, like werewolves

If you haven't seen this commercial, I don't know how you've made it through your day without literally losing your mind. Everytime I start to feel stressed (which is a lot of the time!!) I just remember this commercial and quote it to myself because I've seen it so many times. Prepare to laugh hysterically... 3...2...1...

P.s. did you see the kids face sitting next to her? If not, please watch it again, at your own risk of dying from laughing so hard!

awesomeness

(Again, written a few weeks ago, I just never had time to post it.)

As previously mentioned, Jenny and I were home alone on Saturday while Josh and Maggie were on their way to San Francisco for their honeymoon and Carrie was with her Prom date. So Jenny decided that the two of us just keep getting MORE AWESOME!! Who needs adventure and fun when we
just keep getting more awesome sitting on the couch!?;)

(Just kidding. Adventure and dates are still wonderful and fully accepted...)

small shops, big prizes

Jenny and I decided that while my parents were on their way home from Logan with all the wedding stuff, while Maggie and Josh were on their honeymoon, and Carrie was on her prom day date, instead of sitting at home and watching Downton Abbey like we usually find ourselves doing at home alone we decided to go to a fun store named Hip & Humble here in Sandy and sepnd the rest of my gift card before it expired. We found some fun, quaint stores here in little old Sandy. Who knew you
didnt have to go to San Fran or out of state to find cute stores? We came away with some fun finds!
We found:

• Wonderful hand creme from Hip & Humble
• People water!!??? It actually does exist. I had to buy it just because of Jeff with one f.
• And a yummy panini from a cute, old, Brazilian man who could hardly speak English. Who needs dates or honeymoons when there are cute stores to explore!!!???

trying to catch up

(Written from a few weeks ago. I just haven't had time to grab the computer and transfer it over to my blog.)

Man, life can get so crazy before the blink of an eye. My life for the past few weeks has been so crazy that I havent even had time to remove the nail polish from all of my fingernails. Forget putting new polish on! I can't even seem to find enough time to get my nail polish off! I'm currently typing with 4 out of 5 fingernails without nail polish. The rest of my nails are covered in chipped, faded, and
striped nail polish. And it always seems that my blog falls to the bottom of my long to-do list.

A few of the crazy events since my last post include an awful virus leaving me immobile for 3 days. A couple of hefty midterms and papers. Full-time school. The job hunt. Applying to scholarships and the LEAP program. And many more that i jsut can't seem to remember. But most of
all... (drumroll please).... MY DEAR SISTER GOT MARRIED TO HER WONDERFUL (now) HUSBAND!!!! They're currently visiting San Fran and I am soooo jealous of them! And I'm
pretty sure I've told them numerous times just how jealous I am. (If you don't know, San Francisco is my favorite city quite possibly in the world. (One day I will live there for some period of time.)
They were married for time and all eternitylast on Thursday in the Salt Lake Temple. All of last week was immersed in wedding planning and stress. Including wrapping 600 cake pops. (Let me tell you, they taste delicious! But wrapping them is not a piece of cake.;) I hope you caught that pun because I thought it was hilarious! Sister Hortin joke!!!) My entire house was covered in peach and navy everything! With some cardboard boxes mixed in. We made it through though with
only a few MAJOR bumps and bruises. Including sewing one of the bridesmaids into her dress and fixing the bride's hair in less than 15 minutes. More photos will follow all about the wedding. At least I'll try. We've seen how well that worked out before. But hopefully I can kind of work my way back into a routine of school and work and volunteering and the job hunt and getting my homework
done and church and writing papers and working out and best friends and blogging and most importantly painting my nails. Yeah right... There's no way I can fit all of that into a normal routine. Wish me luck. I'll try to bump up the blog a little closer to the top of my to-do list so you don't feel neglected! (Keyword: TRY)