What the hecks been going on in my life.. :) (in case you perhaps were wonderin...)

Alright alright sooo...i keep thinkin I'm gunna get better with updating but i think what it is mostly is that no one probably cares what happens in my life....im suprised i even get comments on my posts. i swear people just feel bad for me so they comment to make me feel alittle better about myself haha anyways i didnt think so but i guess lots has been going on kind of. Almost a month ago i went on a fun little trip to California with Derek's sisters and they favorite people: Brandon (Megans Boyfriend) and Chelsi (Ashlyn's best friend). It almost sounds as if i was like the 5th wheel but the trip was so much fun! :) I am absolutely obsessed with the beach and with the ocean soooo of course once I'm there....the sound of the ocean alone convinces me to never leave and return to burning-freakin-hot Arizona. (was i suppose to hyphenate that?)(is that even how you spell hyphenate) haha. We went to Temecula cause Megan's friend got married and thats where her reception was (Friday night). Earlier that day we went to Dana Point which was fun takin pictures on the rocks and everything and if you're looking for a nice quiet beach with not alot of people than its the perfect place to go. The next day we drove to Huntington, AMAZING by the way! It was my first time there and i loved it oh so much :) we spent the whole day there. It was so fun and i loved all the shops and i bought myself a rather cute pair of boardshorts. I was quite excited to find them cause i have been looking for some for awhile that weren't too too pricey. Anyways, after our long but wonderful day in Hunington we ate a this fun mexican restaurant then headed to San Diego and stayed with the wonderful McMullin family (Derek's stepbrothers in-laws) :) They are so nice to let people crash at there place whenever visiting San Diego. Such awesome people :) we stayed the night there then headed home the next day. It was a short but much needed trip. I enjoyed it so much and of course once i was home i was questioning why....haha. The weather there is incredible. I so want to move to California! Here are some pictures from our trip :)


Car Ride....









Going to Dana Point












Huntington


Brandon as a large woman tanning in her bikini haha....




















The Pier :)













The Mexican restaurant we ate at...







Frozen Yogurt! :) sooo good...






What a wonderful trip.... :) i definitely miss the beach dearly...hopefully i will visit again soon!

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 :)