So sorry its been so long since my last post. Its been kind of crazy for me these past couple of months. Well its that time of year, the beginning. The time where everyone makes goals that they try so hard to keep but usually only happens for about a month or two. For us college students, we have a whole new semester of classes. Some even have new roommates. In my apartment its the opposite, we have less roommates. Okay only one is gone and doing amazing things in Washington D.C. but I feel like our apartment is even smaller. Anyways, back to it being a new year. I am ready for this new year. I am ready to see what this year is going to bring and what will happen. We never know what is going to happen and I think that is why we enjoy the new year knowing we do not know what is going to happen and not knowing make us realize what we can do or change. That might be where we come up with the idea of new years resolutions. Everyone makes some, even if its just be happier or ready for something new. The new year means a new start. We have another 365 days to prove something, or to change something. We have another 365 days to find love, or make friendships that will last thousands of days, to learn something new, to start a family, to get a raise in our job, to fix a relationship, to fix a broken object, and so much more. We realize at the beginning of every year that we have time to do any number of those things and more. Thinking of all those days make me realize that I want to fill them up to the fullest. I want to make all 365 days the best they can be. Its only 2013 once, I will only turn 21 once and you know what I want to make it a year I will never forget.
When I say make it a year I will never forget, I do mean I have to do something totally crazy every month. But to make this year mean something. To make sure I am living my life to the fullest, that I am not just going through the days and counting down till spring break or summer, but to enjoy it as it comes. Because we only live this year once. We are only this age once. We only live January 7, 2013 once. Don't you want to remember actually doing something rather than just wishing it was another day. The time we have on this Earth is short as it is, lets make it a goal to not make it seem shorter and count down till something else happens. Lets make the best of it as it comes. :)
Monday, January 7, 2013
Monday, November 12, 2012
Random Act Of Kindness
So yesterday in Relief Society we were talking about kindness and experiences with random acts of kindness that other people have done for us. This got me thinking of times people have done random acts of kindness for me. Like one time Alyssa, Kensey, Kenna, and Shawnee got into my room last year at Snow and "Heart Attacked" my room when they found out my dads cancer was terminal. How that made my day, month, and even year. It didn't take them ages to do it and they had fun doing it and it made my horrible month a better one. They also a couple months later hid easter eggs around my room. How sweet right? I love those girls so much. They decided to do something nice for someone and they had fun with it like hiding eggs in my boots haha. Yeah it made their day but I do not think they will ever know how much that impacted my life.
Haha love them!
Another experience I had was when my moms boss offered us a small vacation in Salt Lake at the hotel my mom works at. Once he found out about my dad, he wanted to do something nice for my family. And it was amazing. We got to have a great family weekend together in the hotel. It didn't take long or a lot of effort from my moms boss and his act of kindness is something that none of us will forget. And not only was it nice but it helped us create memories that will last a lifetime. Like how my dad said we were on a redneck vacation cause we went to dinner in the restaurant there and everyone was dressed up and we were all in t-shirts and jeans. Yeah definitely weird. Or how we were in Salt Lake when City Creek opened. Those memories are going to help us through this rough time.
Riley and Daddy. (Daddy's first picture without braces and shows teeth!)
haha we were all wearing black shoes except daddy lol he didnt get the memo.
There are so many more experiences I could go on and on about with people doing small and simple things for me but that is not why I wanted to post this. So I have been wanting to do some kind of random act of kindness and had no clue what to do or who to do it for. Then last sunday I found who I wanted to do it for and I had a feeling I needed to...I just didn't know what to do. They do not know me and I do not really know them. So ignoring the feeling I went on with my week. Then yesterday I got that feeling again and I was all umm okay I get that I need to do something they do not know me so what should I do. Then I was on Pinterest. Yes that amazing site girls can spend hours on. Well found my idea for what to do for that certain person. Cutest thing! You get herseys hugs and kisses and put the saying, "I thought you could use some hugs and kisses." Loved it! Told my roommates that we should do this because we were just talking about we should do something for this person(s). So today Ash and I went to the store and got the stuff for it since its late we will probably end up leaving it on their door tomorrow...who knows.
I had a little too much fun making the paper :)
Anyways, I am not posting this to be all "Look what I did" "I am so good" yeah no that is not it. My point in doing this was to show that random acts of kindness and service can be fun and simple. It can makes someones day and also help them through some times. We do not know what they are going through but when we get that feeling to help we shouldn't ignore it because its not going to take much from your life and its going to make a difference in someones else's. Serving others is a fantastic thing. It makes your day so much better and it can be something small like giving someone candy or even just smiling at someone and saying hi. It does not have to be something huge so do not think that you cannot do anything because I promise you, you can do something! I challenge everyone to do some random act of kindness this week! :)
Another experience I had was when my moms boss offered us a small vacation in Salt Lake at the hotel my mom works at. Once he found out about my dad, he wanted to do something nice for my family. And it was amazing. We got to have a great family weekend together in the hotel. It didn't take long or a lot of effort from my moms boss and his act of kindness is something that none of us will forget. And not only was it nice but it helped us create memories that will last a lifetime. Like how my dad said we were on a redneck vacation cause we went to dinner in the restaurant there and everyone was dressed up and we were all in t-shirts and jeans. Yeah definitely weird. Or how we were in Salt Lake when City Creek opened. Those memories are going to help us through this rough time.
There are so many more experiences I could go on and on about with people doing small and simple things for me but that is not why I wanted to post this. So I have been wanting to do some kind of random act of kindness and had no clue what to do or who to do it for. Then last sunday I found who I wanted to do it for and I had a feeling I needed to...I just didn't know what to do. They do not know me and I do not really know them. So ignoring the feeling I went on with my week. Then yesterday I got that feeling again and I was all umm okay I get that I need to do something they do not know me so what should I do. Then I was on Pinterest. Yes that amazing site girls can spend hours on. Well found my idea for what to do for that certain person. Cutest thing! You get herseys hugs and kisses and put the saying, "I thought you could use some hugs and kisses." Loved it! Told my roommates that we should do this because we were just talking about we should do something for this person(s). So today Ash and I went to the store and got the stuff for it since its late we will probably end up leaving it on their door tomorrow...who knows.
Anyways, I am not posting this to be all "Look what I did" "I am so good" yeah no that is not it. My point in doing this was to show that random acts of kindness and service can be fun and simple. It can makes someones day and also help them through some times. We do not know what they are going through but when we get that feeling to help we shouldn't ignore it because its not going to take much from your life and its going to make a difference in someones else's. Serving others is a fantastic thing. It makes your day so much better and it can be something small like giving someone candy or even just smiling at someone and saying hi. It does not have to be something huge so do not think that you cannot do anything because I promise you, you can do something! I challenge everyone to do some random act of kindness this week! :)
Friday, November 9, 2012
Everything Happens For A Reason
A lot of things have been happening that make no sense to me or just make me annoyed but one thing that I have come to realize is that everything happens for a reason. President Thomas S. Monson talked about this in the Sunday morning session of this past conference. He mentioned stories of his life that he was at a certain place at a certain time for a certain reason or that a certain thing happened for a certain reason. Now at first he did not understand the reasoning behind why he had to go where he had to go but he went and later learned the reasoning. This talk really hit me and has stuck with me this past month. Its been almost a year since I found out about my dad's cancer. I never blamed anyone or anything for my dad having cancer but I never understood why he had to be the one to get it. This past year has been a trial for me with this because knowing that it might be the last time I get to see him or the last holiday I get to spend with him its hard. Lately, I have felt that its just been one thing after the next. But this talk and some good friends advice is that everything happens for a reason. It truly does. I know that this trial is meant to strengthen my family and me.
Another thing that got me was when I was in California. I knew I had to be there for the birth of my nephew but I didn't know I needed to be there for another reason. When we were waiting, Jaimie [Amber's mom] sat down next to me and we had a really good talk about my dad and she made me realize something that I never really thought of...His side. I was so stubborn and pissed about things that are going on with him I never stopped to think what he was thinking. Now yes I could ask him but where do you think I get my stubbornness from. He tells me he is fine. Which right now he is but for me I need to know more than fine. Honestly, she told me something that no one has told me face to face straight out and she is probably the only person I wouldn't smack for telling me it. I really needed to hear it and you know what it has helped so much. Now does she know that helped me probably not. Did I know that that would give me comfort or strength? Heck No! But you know what I was in a certain place at a certain time for a certain reason...well reasons.
Now this week is what I should really talk about. Right now as I type, I was suppose to be in a hotel next to the beach in Southern California for my cousins wedding. But with certain things that come up and obstacles that made it so that really we should not go. Now yes it is sad and bumming that I am missing my cousins wedding but I know that everything happens for a reason. There is a reason that we were not meant to go to California. More in likely we will never know the reason behind why we shouldn't have gone. But I can already see some of the benefits of staying, saving money, saving vacation days, not missing school, etc. And also we were kind of treating this trip as a must go because we do not know how many trips we get left with my dad but I believe that we will have more time because if that was the case these obstacles wouldn't have been in our way, I would be at the hotel on the beach right now if Heavenly Father knew that my dads time was coming closer than we thought. Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways.
Sometimes when going through something that just plain out sucks its hard to tell yourself or someone else that everything happens for a reason. There is a reason for this or that but you know what its the truth. We are here on this earth for a reason in it self. Do you honestly think that we would have all these problems or bumps in the road for nothing?! No because of those bumps it takes you to something better and greater. Think about your trials or problems, they have some how made you stronger or something good secretly came out of it. With my trial of my parents having cancer, I have a strong connection to my family that most families do not have. I have a relationship with my brothers that you usually do not get with siblings until your old and married. I have realized that people can be gone or sick with a blink of an eye. I also realized that life is just to short to miss. Now yes I have more trials in my life than my parents having or had cancer and you know what I have learned from those too and they have made me the person I am today. So even though it can be a rough time just remember...Everything Happens For A Reason!
Another thing that got me was when I was in California. I knew I had to be there for the birth of my nephew but I didn't know I needed to be there for another reason. When we were waiting, Jaimie [Amber's mom] sat down next to me and we had a really good talk about my dad and she made me realize something that I never really thought of...His side. I was so stubborn and pissed about things that are going on with him I never stopped to think what he was thinking. Now yes I could ask him but where do you think I get my stubbornness from. He tells me he is fine. Which right now he is but for me I need to know more than fine. Honestly, she told me something that no one has told me face to face straight out and she is probably the only person I wouldn't smack for telling me it. I really needed to hear it and you know what it has helped so much. Now does she know that helped me probably not. Did I know that that would give me comfort or strength? Heck No! But you know what I was in a certain place at a certain time for a certain reason...well reasons.
Now this week is what I should really talk about. Right now as I type, I was suppose to be in a hotel next to the beach in Southern California for my cousins wedding. But with certain things that come up and obstacles that made it so that really we should not go. Now yes it is sad and bumming that I am missing my cousins wedding but I know that everything happens for a reason. There is a reason that we were not meant to go to California. More in likely we will never know the reason behind why we shouldn't have gone. But I can already see some of the benefits of staying, saving money, saving vacation days, not missing school, etc. And also we were kind of treating this trip as a must go because we do not know how many trips we get left with my dad but I believe that we will have more time because if that was the case these obstacles wouldn't have been in our way, I would be at the hotel on the beach right now if Heavenly Father knew that my dads time was coming closer than we thought. Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways.
Sometimes when going through something that just plain out sucks its hard to tell yourself or someone else that everything happens for a reason. There is a reason for this or that but you know what its the truth. We are here on this earth for a reason in it self. Do you honestly think that we would have all these problems or bumps in the road for nothing?! No because of those bumps it takes you to something better and greater. Think about your trials or problems, they have some how made you stronger or something good secretly came out of it. With my trial of my parents having cancer, I have a strong connection to my family that most families do not have. I have a relationship with my brothers that you usually do not get with siblings until your old and married. I have realized that people can be gone or sick with a blink of an eye. I also realized that life is just to short to miss. Now yes I have more trials in my life than my parents having or had cancer and you know what I have learned from those too and they have made me the person I am today. So even though it can be a rough time just remember...Everything Happens For A Reason!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Home Sweet California!
Guess what everyone?! I AM AN AUNT! Yep that is right! My sister just had a sweet little boy named Dillon! So of course I had to get my butt down to California for his birth! I didn't want to go alone so one of my best friends Alyssa went with me on this wonderful trip! Man what a blast it was! We drove to Vegas and flew out of Vegas cause we got great deals on tickets! We walked the strip cause we got to vegas super early. Lets see, some dude wouldn't take no for an answer and I got bit in the head by a polar bear. Haha ohh man what happens in Vegas. Look at this creepy bear!
Then when we got to California, my grandparents took us to my favorite restaurant ...COCO'S! It is like going home and having mom make you a nice home cooked meal. It is the best. Thursday was a crazy lets see everything we can day. We went to the best place on earth...THE BEACH! I love the beach. It is the one place in the world where everything is okay, the ocean is so peaceful and beautiful. You know how everyone has that one place where you can just sit for hours and think...Well the beach is my place which kinda stinks cause its 6 hours away lol.
Then we decided to go walk around the Newport Beach Temple!! ahh my favorite temple. When the temple was announced, everyone in my stake were ecstatic because that meant there was going to be a closer temple! LA is not totally far in miles but with traffic and everything its can be a long trip. I was in Primary at the time and they handed rocks to each primary child and asked for us to write our name and our favorite scripture or primary song on this rock. In result they put all those rocks under the baptismal font in the Newport Beach temple. How legit. So a part of me is in that temple! That is why I really want to get married in that temple because it is home for me.
Thursday night we met up with my old friend Jean Luke. I haven't seen him since 3rd grade! Crazy right?! It was so much fun to catch up with him and we had an amazing time just talking and laughing. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much. It was fun and he might come up to Utah during Christmas break with our friend Pavan! Yay! I love re developing friendships!
Friday was the big day! So before it happened Alyssa and I went to lunch and the movies with Jaimie and Amber. It was kinda cool to be a part of her last activity before she became a mom. After hours and hours of waiting, little Dillon Sinclair was born into this world. He was 6 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. Love that little boy so much! He is so tiny and just so chill. I cannot wait to see what he does in this world.
So really the rest of the weekend was great! Swap meet with Alyssa, holding Dillon more, went to my grandparents ward halloween party, going to my cousin sierra's dedication, holding Dillon more, feeding and burping Dillon, and then headed back to Utah. It was a great weekend and a busy one. Loved every minute of it and it was all worth it to get to hold my nephew the day he was born and the two days after. It was great to be there!
Thank you Utah for having Fall Break!
Fall break is a fantastic time of year for us college students. Four days off school usually right after midterms. Its seriously heaven! Since I live farther now, I never really go home because of the time of travel, gas prices and have you seen my car? Chevy Trailblazer does not get the best gas mileage at all. Anyways so I got to finally go home! I didn't realize how home sick I really was until it was like two days before I got to go home and I was all ahhhh I can't wait. Funny thing was that I told my family I was coming home Saturday because SUU was playing Weber State and they know how much I love football :). But I decided it was more important to be home with the family! So I drove up Friday with my roomie Ashley. When I got home only Riley was there and I didn't see anyone for hours later. It was a fun little surprise! Then we ended up going to see Taken 2 all together as a family that night! It was so great to be with my family again! I definitely missed them. My weekend was very low key and family based and I loved it. Got to go on a drive with my mom and shop, went on a fun date, carved pumpkins with the fam, got to take my little cousins for the day and play with them, and got to visit old friends at Snow College! What a fantastic weekend! Seriously my favorite part of that weekend was that I got my two little cousins for a whole day! I took them to McDonalds and the park and seriously they keep me so entertained. I love them! This was definitely a great and needed break!!
Cayden wanted to push Sam! What a sweet big brother!
Sunday, October 14, 2012
What Happened?
So this week my Grandma Kittie posted a picture on facebook of my cousin, M'Lee and me back in like 2004. I commented on how wow that was forever ago. It got me thinking, what happened? What happened to all of us hanging out and just having fun together? Making up dances to NSYNC and Backstreet Boys to perform for the family. What happened to stunting at family parties or even dance parties? What happened to just goofing off? Not even what happened to all of us cousins hanging out but what happened with the world? What happened to music that was just fun to listen to and made you want to find that "true love"? What happened to the music that didn't talk about sex, drugs or partying? What happened to asking the person you like out on a date, not a "lets hang out"? What happened to actually talking about problems or even just talking on the phone for hours or even just a couple of minutes? What happened to writing letters to people? What happened to actually calling someone on their birthday? What happened to our imaginations? What happened to believing in magic and believing dreams to come true?
[Lori and I at age 4 at Disneyland. When everything was okay and no cares in the world]
The world has changed. Now a lot of that is because we grow up. We realize that we can't be sitting around making up silly dances that no one is really going to remember in a week. We realize that the world is not all happy and joyful. But some of those things why have they changed? Why does no one ask each other on dates? Why does no one write letters to people anymore [except for the LDS culture where that is the only way we can contact our lovely missionaries]? Why do we not call people anymore?Think about it. Why? What has changed? We can still speak and write so why don't we? So much could change if we just speak out and say what is on our minds to someones face and not hide behind facebook, texting or in this case blogging. Seriously, what has this world come to? Remember when we were younger and believed in fairy tales and that everything is going to work out because that can still happen. Fairy tales yeah you are more in likely not going to find a legit prince with a throne but you can find a knight in shinning armor who can make you happy, that can be your fairy tale. Yeah life sucks, I know for first hand but the things that make it suck does not compare to the stuff that makes life amazing why not do all of these things that do make life that much better. So what happened world? What happened?
The world has changed. Now a lot of that is because we grow up. We realize that we can't be sitting around making up silly dances that no one is really going to remember in a week. We realize that the world is not all happy and joyful. But some of those things why have they changed? Why does no one ask each other on dates? Why does no one write letters to people anymore [except for the LDS culture where that is the only way we can contact our lovely missionaries]? Why do we not call people anymore?Think about it. Why? What has changed? We can still speak and write so why don't we? So much could change if we just speak out and say what is on our minds to someones face and not hide behind facebook, texting or in this case blogging. Seriously, what has this world come to? Remember when we were younger and believed in fairy tales and that everything is going to work out because that can still happen. Fairy tales yeah you are more in likely not going to find a legit prince with a throne but you can find a knight in shinning armor who can make you happy, that can be your fairy tale. Yeah life sucks, I know for first hand but the things that make it suck does not compare to the stuff that makes life amazing why not do all of these things that do make life that much better. So what happened world? What happened?
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
General Conference... Always an amazing weekend
This past weekend was General Conference weekend. This happens twice a year, general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints talk to all the members of the church through television and talk to whoever is willing to listen. It is a great time to hear from our beloved prophet and other leaders who are the mouth pieces of the Lord. I love this because when I have questions about life, the church or whatever I seriously get my answers through the talks that are given during this weekend.
After hearing the talks from this weekend, I am comforted with what lies ahead, I know that everything happens for a reason, and so much more.
The interesting thing that happened this week was that the Prophet announced that the ages for being able to serve a religious mission has been lowered. Men can now serve at age 18 and the women can now serve at age 19. Wow that is history in the making and it was really cool to hear that for the first time with everyone else in the world. I honestly think that is a good thing. Now boys can leave right after high school and more girls will go because they do not have to wait so long and they will more inlikely go because they will only have a year of school maybe and they are more in likely not to be married or tied down so nothing is stopping them from serving. Now hearing this I still do not feel the need to serve but its cool to know I can and gives me even more respect for those who do.
I love this amazing gospel. I know that this church is true and that there are prophets on the earth once again. I know that Christ lives and loves me. And I know that their is a plan for each and every one of us. I do know that if you just listen to General Conference you would see the joy this Church brings to me and every member. Go to lds.org and type in general conference talks and just read some, they can apply to everyone even if you are not a member. Yes there is a lot of religion in the talks but there is also so much advice about how to deal with the world around us and who doesn't need that? :)
After hearing the talks from this weekend, I am comforted with what lies ahead, I know that everything happens for a reason, and so much more.
The interesting thing that happened this week was that the Prophet announced that the ages for being able to serve a religious mission has been lowered. Men can now serve at age 18 and the women can now serve at age 19. Wow that is history in the making and it was really cool to hear that for the first time with everyone else in the world. I honestly think that is a good thing. Now boys can leave right after high school and more girls will go because they do not have to wait so long and they will more inlikely go because they will only have a year of school maybe and they are more in likely not to be married or tied down so nothing is stopping them from serving. Now hearing this I still do not feel the need to serve but its cool to know I can and gives me even more respect for those who do.
I love this amazing gospel. I know that this church is true and that there are prophets on the earth once again. I know that Christ lives and loves me. And I know that their is a plan for each and every one of us. I do know that if you just listen to General Conference you would see the joy this Church brings to me and every member. Go to lds.org and type in general conference talks and just read some, they can apply to everyone even if you are not a member. Yes there is a lot of religion in the talks but there is also so much advice about how to deal with the world around us and who doesn't need that? :)
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