SQUARE :)

Tell me this isn't the coolest ring you have ever seen! haha or maybe it's just me. Ive always been a square person especially when it comes to jewelry. I love square watches, square plates, i dunno just square stuff haha so when i came across this I pretty much fell in love :) haha
Of course in no way do I expect this to be my engagement ring and wedding band cause ill love any ring i get but i definately wouldnt be disappointed if this were it hahaha kidding. I just think it's so unique and I like to be different. Just thought I'd share this beautiful find with all of you :)
(give me your opinion..im curious :) )

Chromatic Love :)

This is the newest love of my life :)



I feel like im up there with everyone else now since im finally updated with the current technology haha


theres a personal digital engraving on the back as well :

2 Nephi 25:26

Silence

I'm in Love......

Finally an update! (this may be rather long)

Wow! Me, the epitome of all lovers of blogging, not to mention one who finds her self secretly getting annoyed when people don't update their blogs frequent enough(haha), has neglected to blog in what i think is far too long. I must say though im pretty happy to admitt that its because ive been busy!! yes! i said busy haha. Usually i have had nothing to do with my life except have all the time in the world which of course was nice at times but majority of the time i felt so lazy and had nothing productive to do. Anywho, I am also happy to admitt that i have things i would hope are more worthwhile to read about, unlike most of my previous posts. I must warn you that this could be quite lengthy but if you are up to reading it then you are awesome and i love you more than i did before you get to the end of this post. :)


Lets start with EASTER PAGEANT!!


Can i first just say that Easter Pageant was pretty much one of thee most incredible things ive ever done in my life!! It was my first year and I felt so extremely blessed to have had the opportunity to be able to be part of the cast. It's been a dream of mine forever to be in pageant and ive always imagined what it would be like. So imagine what i felt like first putting on my costume then first stepping foot on the stage. Probably meant more to me than most peopkle would think. What a beautiful and definately spiritual experience it was :) To be able to be on the temple grounds every night and be surrounded by some of my closest friends, as well as most amazing people, and sharing the same experiences. It was just too wonderful to explain in words. I had the time of my life! :) Definately going to do it for the rest of my life...haha (well at least the years i have time) As amazing as this experience was i know this is so little of writing but majority of it is hard to express in writing or words. Here are some pictures from pageant!:


PRACTICE







I promise we wanted to be there as much as it doesnt look like it on our faces in the first picture haha



FRIENDS WHO CAME TO THE SHOW


Katelyn Burnett!! (one of my favorite girls) Love her so much!! :)


Jenny McCauly




Kaitlin Grey! Sweetest Girl Ever!! :)


Kaitlin, Greg, Matt, Sean.....i think hahaha



THE SHOW and our fun photo shoot








(can i take a moment to brag and say that I'm am best friends with THEE kelly allen who played mary :)........k moment over haha)














haha this was one of the funniest times every. I was laughing to hard and tearing up. These pictures don't do justice showing how incredibly histerical this was haha. Please notice Rons (far left) head dress blowing in the wind, then Corwin's (second last to the right) pose, and Paul's (far right) beads across is forehead which by the way he needed help putting it on because at first he put the beads under his nose haha

Hope you enjoyed the (thousand) pictures!


second exciting thing..
MY NEW JOB :)
I have been blessed with the wonderful opportunity of watching these two little boys! :)


Gage and Beau ( i stole this picture from your facebook brigette haha)

These boys are pretty much the sweetest and cutest little things in the world. They keep me laughing and smiling the whole time. I absolutely love watching them every day im there and Brigette herself is so awesome i love her :) So this is why i've been super busy and im very happy to be and to have this job!!


OTHER LITTLE UPDATES

I went from dark dark brown, to dark brown, to RED (haha yea red which i actually kind of miss), to Blonde again! It took forever but im happy to be back to the normal. Its a little different than i wanted but who cares its just hair.

K i totally had jury duty this past Tuesday and let me tell ya....it was a very long day haha
It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be though. We watched hitch then legally blonde and i played sudoku out of my little sudoku book that i keep in my purse haha ( it became very handy at that time i swear i did like 20). I think about 5 other groups were called before mine were. I finally get called around like 3 is (just know...ive been there since 7:30 in the morning haha) and we go up and go in to the courtroom and the group is asked a bunch of questions of whether or not they are able to be impartial or if they have any work related excuses why they can't be there. Afer like a half hour we are dismissed for the judge to decide who is dismissed from the entire trial and i totally got lucky and was dismissed! :) then i went from there to work with my special needs client and i finally got home around 10:30. I'm sorry if i sound like im complaining haha i know everyone has long days but it was pretty boring not knowing anyone and sitting quiet for hours and hours when those who know me well...i LOVE to talk haha

So anyways....thats just a little update on my life! Life is wonderful! Despite all the bad stuff and the constant struggles of everyday life of course. We can't let that bad stuff get in the way of our happiness though because if we dwell on it we become captured in thoughts that lack all hope that there is. We all have problems... just let the little things go and you'll become stronger and are able to handle the harder things better. Life is beautiful i promise! I've seen it and experienced it! It's just all a matter of how you look at it! :)

Ive been tagged.....5 THINGS

5 Things I was doing Five years ago:
-In the 8th grade at Stapley Jr. High
-In the dance company at DancEnergy
-Wondering what was wrong with me because boys didnt like me and i never had a boyfriend (haha)
-Worrying too much about what people thought
-Babysitting every weekend pretty much

5 Things on my to do list today:
-finish writing missionaries back
-watching my shows
-going to pick up my check
-takin a nap before Easter Pageant practice
-go to Easter Pageant practice

5 Things I would do with a Million Dollars:
-donate some to the church
-use alot to buy stuff for friends and family (my favorite thing to do)
-TRAVEL!
-pay for school
-buy a car


5 Places I have lived:
-the pre-mortal life
-in my moms tummy
-in an apartment
-at my grandmas
-now in a neighborhood called homestead (ive lived her since i was two hence why i used silly things for the first 4)

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years:
-serve a mission
-finish school
-get a good job
-be married
-maybe be having my first child

5 People I tag:
-Amber Payne
-Heather Sproul
-Jentry Taylor
-Kim Hathcock
-Sydney Shumway

I didn't believe in bubble baths until now

So i never really used to get the big deal about bubble baths and why it was something girls always did. I always thought to myself...What is so great about sitting in the bath with bubbles and just soaking in water made dirty from your body. And the whole reading a book thing....how is it possible to not eventually get the book wet plus i hate reading so i always thought it was a dumb idea. My whole point is that i pretty much thought bubble baths were worthless unless you are a little kid because you get to play with bubbles and you dont consider bath time as a time for washing your body; its just a time for bed. Well things have changed. I wasn't having the greatest night and i was struggling to be optimistic which is something that i never realized i had to do until i actually was struggling with it. I was upstairs in my bathroom....and i was like....you know what....im going to take a bath and stop fighting against myself about feeling sorry for myself. I looked under the sink in my cabinets to see if i even had bubble bath soap. When i looked it was honestly right in front of my face and i didnt even know i had any ( i think it was meant to be...not coincidence at all). I got all excited when i started to fill up the tub and i used the entire bottle of bubble bath haha. I sat in the tub which was scorching hot but it felt good. I soaked there for alittle bit and it help my relax and clear my mind and forget about all the things i was worry about. I really had some good pondering time and thought alot about life and about and was about to see things at different perspectives that i never had before. After that i said to myself....wow...now THIS is why "bubble baths" are peoples getaways. It makes so much sense to me. I am now officially a believer in (hot) bubble baths :)

silly post i know but my thoughts about life really changed my whole night and i thought i'd share a little small experience :)

Tuesday's :)...what a Priviledge....

Besides Sunday, Tuesday is my favorite day. I have the wonderful opportunity to go every Tuesday morning to the temple and perform baptisms for the dead. It honestly is thee greatest way to start off my day and it completes my week :) This morning was quite a beautiful one. After i walked out of the temple, i walked a little ways then just stood there, closed my eyes, and took in a deep refreshing breathe. I was just soakin up the beauty of the temple grounds and of the earth. One of my favorite things about the mornings is birds churping/singing. It ALWAYS brings to mind the song from primary called My Heavenly Father Loves Me...probably more known by it's first line..."Whenever I hear the song of a bird, or look at the blue, blue sky...." and so on. That is probably one of my favorite songs. It reminds me to take a step back away from my own life and look at this amazing and beautiful world God has created that most of us just look past. I love the grass and the trees and birds, flowers, the gorgeous blue sky, the wind and fresh air. It makes me soo happy :) alright I'll quit with that but just know i love this earth. Another plus from being at the temple was that i saw the Easter Pageant stage almost complete constructed up. It made me soo excited. I can't express how extactic i am to be in the Easter Pageant this year and to be able to have this experience with friends as well. First practice starts this upcoming Saturday!! I am stoked. It truely is an honor. So aside from all that my weekly visit to the temple was a pleasure as always. What a priviledge it is to be able to have temples and to be able to go inside and perform baptisms of the dead. I think alot of us look at it as something that we would love to do rather than what an honor and priviledge it is. This past Sunday i was actually thinking of so many things we don't view as priviledges. Like bearing our testimonies. From the time i was in primary up until like this past November, i had never bore my testimony. I have a fear of talking in front of people. For some reason though, the past three fast and testimony meetings something other than my own two legs (and the added pounding of my heart that i can in no way ignore) has gotten me up on the stand to bear my testimony which is something i never in my life thought i would be able to do. It's just a scary thing to get up in front of a bunch of people, especially a singles ward, and speak. It's not even so much of the fact of expressing how much i love the gospel and testify of its truth because i could do that everyday all day long, but it's just that my words get messed up and i never say things right and i dunno....i never feel like i get my point across either and i also never get to say everything i want to say. This past Sunday though, I realized that it is such a wonderful thing that we are able to have about 40 minutes once a month to be able to hear and sometimes bear our testimonies and to express our love of the Gospel. I have been able to get alittle more comfortable since I've gone up three times now haha and I'm so grateful for that and that my nerves have been calmed alittle bit. Anyway, i always end up talking too much about one little thing. Other things i realized that are priviledges are having the scriptures. I think we take them for granted at time. Take a second to think where we would all be without them. We learn so much from them or at least i know i do. I cherish my scripture study time :) I love getting lost in the scriptures and learning something new and finding a way to apply it to my life or to just come to the realization of something so simple that i never thought of before. I challenge all of us to really look at the scriptures especially the Book of Mormon as such a priviledge to have. Other things are prayer. I am so grateful for the power of prayer. The fact that there has been made a way possible to speak to our Heavenly Father from here on earth is a blessing that i will never be able to express my gratitude for in writing or in anyway for that matter. And it's so simple, we just get on our knees and we can speak to him anytime and anywhere. Prayer is incredible to me. A personal thing i look at as a priviledge that most would look at as a sacrifice is serving a mission. My reasoning for lookin at it as a priviledge is probably because i have the strongest desire in my heart to serve the people of the world and to preach the Gospel and to give them knowledge and inform them of the blessings the atonement can bring to pass in their own lives.
Whether it's the Lords will to have my serve a mission or not. I will be a missionary wherever i am and whomever i come in contact with. I just want to take part in helping bring our brothers and sisters home. So this post is incredibly long and if you have read it, bless your heart cause you probably wanted to stop reading after the first novel. haha. When i get talkin about stuff i am passionate about, i don't realize how in depth or involved i get in it or the longevity of it. I absolutely love my life and i have thee greatest friends in the world and i know i probably say that in alot of my post but i can't help but feel obligated to express my gratitude for the things i have in my life. ( hmm....so random but The Office is on in the background and as i was typing "express my gratitude" Michael Scott was saying it at thee exact same time. haha. sorry about that) I can't think of anything else at the moment to add so ill conclude with a challenge for everyone to see the wonderful things we have as priviledges and see what we can do to help them to better our lives :)

Sitting home on a saturday night.................Life is Beautiful

Hmmm....where to begin....
so it's saturday night and i've spent majority of my time on the computer. I went to Hobby Lobby earlier, which by the way is pretty much my favorite place ever! Anyway, i bought my self a drawing set and some sketch paper cause i have recently gained back my desire to draw. I walked around the store about an hour and a half and found waayy too many things that i want to buy. That store is amazing. I felt guilty for spending money on myself so at Wal-Mart while buying some fudgecycles for Linger Longer tomorrow, I bought a mini Ben & Jerry's for my dear friend Kelly, whom i love with all my heart. I stopped by her house to drop it off to make her night a little better because she's been working hard on homework and i wanted her to at least have a sweet treat while doing it. Anyway, we chatted for a little bit, which made my night because even the shortest conversations with Kelly are THE BEST conversations :) She's such an amazing person. I'm so grateful to have her.
(Sorry for the pointlessness of this story so far)
I came home very excited to experiment with my new drawing supplies i got and got on the computer to find stuff to practice drawing. I got a little bored and was unsatified with how horrible i am at drawing haha. So i went on Kim's blog who by the way is my inspiration to get back into drawing. She is amazing so i went to look at her stuff haha cause I'm jealous of how good she is and admire her talent. I eventually moved on to just looking at other peoples blogs. You know what i realize and thought about....
There are so many amazing people in this world. You may not know it unless you get to really know them....or read their blogs haha. I have been so blessed to have the greatest/most amazing friends ever and to still be surrounded by amazing people as well. Lately I've been giving myself a hard time and stressing out because i havent been doing my scripture study & extra church studies for a total of two hours like i would like to or writing missionaries right away. It's been because this last week i have been convinced to stay out later than i would like which means im too tired to do it when i get home. Then because i stay out late i sleep in and by the time i get up i need to go do stuff. I mean i never fail to read my scriptures once a day but i still don't feel like i have my priorities exactly right. I just never feel like I can ever do enough to show my Heavenly Father the gratitude i have for my life and how wonderful it is. As i did my studies this morning and wrote 4 missionaries i layed back and wanted to cry cause i've been soo stressed. I haven't cried in while and i had no idea where the tears were coming from. I was seriously saying out loud "what is my problem?" "Why the heck am I crying...i need to stop" I layed there and pondered and realized that i need to give my self a break. It's great for us to live our lives as the Lord would want us to but I realized that our Heavenly Father doesn't want us to stress so much about it that it brings us to tears that we aren't doing enough. He is mindful of us and knows our hearts. He appreciates our desires to live the Gospel. I do still feel like i need to devote a little more time to scripture study and finding time to feel the spirit. I am grateful to have many opportunities to be able to do that just because i have so many wonderful people in my life or recognizing the tender mercies our Father in Heaven sheds upon us every single day. I can in know way picture my life with out the Gospel. I would be incomplete. Which brings me to missionary work and my deep love and appreciation for it. There are sooo many of our brothers and sisters out in the world who are yet to receive this wonderful gift of the Gospel that i have had my entire life. I have such a strong desire to serve a mission for this church and if it is the Lords will for me to do that, i will not hesitate to take that opportunity. If it isn't the Lords will, I will of course be a missionary wherever i go and whoever i come in contact with. I think it's so important to always keep a missionary spirit with us at all times and do our part as members of the church to help bring our heavenly brothers and sisters home to our Father in Heaven. I had an experience the other night that i am not completely satisfied with but have hope in. As i was walking out of target about 10 feet away from my car a girl about my age with a worried look on her face came up to me and said that she didn't mean to bother me but wondered if she could use my cell phone to call her friend. She had been dropped off earlier that day or evening to job hunt in that area around target(northeast corner of southern and gilbert) and her roomate never came to picked up. Her roommate never answered and had no one else to call. Poor girl was so scare and almost in tears. She lived out in Apache Junction and the last bus that night had already left and she didnt have enough for a cab. i looked through my wallet and had just spent the last of my cash. All i had were quarters. I decided to go inside and return what i had bought and she said she would wait outside. As i was walkin back into target i remembered how she said she was job hunting for "religious purposes" i didnt EXACTLY know what that meant but it automatically mad me think of the pass-a-long card i had been keeping in my purse for quite some time and as i was at the return counter i search and found it in my purse. (i knew it would come in handy sometime!) I was so happy that i had it. I got the cash and as i handed it to her along with the pass-a-long card and told her just to promise to keep it. I know it was just probably a card to her but I can't help but hope that she really took it as something serious that i wanted her to have. I'll probably never know, in this life, if it had any effect on her but I know that there was a reason i kept that card and probably a reason for me to come in contact with her so that i may be given an opportunity to help someone else out. My $15 dollar purchase that i sacrificed may have changed someones life. I hope in the long run it did. I was kind of angry with my self for not having a Book of Mormon with me so the second i got home i put one in my purse and the next day filled my purse with more pass-a-long cards. I feel that we always need to be prepared for experiences like those. I challenge everyone to keep a couple pass-a-long cards or a Book of Mormon in your car or purse or have them somewhere period. We probably often are scared to pursue a missionary act or moment, but friends or anybody may be more ready than we think. We should at least invite them to learn or invite them to some little activity. They could be more prepared than we were aware of. Listen and follow the promptings from the Holy Ghost who is our constant companion. And live a life where you are able to receive those promptings.
This blog has turned out to be way more than i expected. If you have gotten to this point...you are a trooper! I just am so passionate about missionary work and for this Gospel because i see how it effects the lives of people in the most amazing way. Having it and living it is THEE ONLY way to find TRUE happiness. I know because i have experienced it. I know that everything in life works out its own way on its own time, but the point is is that it WILL work out as long as we live according to how we have been commanded to. I love my family, my friends, and my life!
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL :)