Bucket List part 2

Yesterday we crossed off item number 2 on our bucket list. We had a whipped cream fight. It was so much fun!!!! Here are the pictures:

Yes, we had a blast:)

Bucket list

Well we crossed off one item from our bucket list today..... Pulling a round about in the middle of an intersection.

Yes that is right, we were on our way back from Wally world. The way that I go there are exactly 4 round abouts that you have to cross. The first one I did regularly. The second one I crawled around it at a whopping 3 miles and hour at least twice around. The third one I went around 5 times. The fourth one I could only go around twice because there were other cars in the way.

In the car with me were my roommates Aubrey and Alison. I created a fifth round about on the way home. I was coming up on the intersection of 2nd East and 3rd North, when out of no where this round about pops up. Of course I had to follow it. Then as if nothing had happened it disappeared again.

It was the craziest thing. Then when we pulled into the parking lot of our apartment complex, my roommates fell out of the car and almost kissed the ground. I thought it was hilarious. Now we can say that we have officially crossed off an item from our bucket list:)

Apartment Bucket List

This year our apartment has made a bucket list of all the things we want to do together throughout the semester. Here it is:

1. make aprons
2. drop bouncy balls in the Tanner/SWKT
3. Staching through the snow
4. astronomy show
5. make some one else's wish come true
6. swing dancing
7. play with all the Eyring displays
8. pull a round about in an intersection
9. Whipped Cream Fight
10. Shaving Cream Fight

It is going to be a great semester!!!

New Year

Sorry I haven't written on here for a while. I have been super busy this year.

I just wanted to take some time on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon to reflect on the greatest gift in my life. The Savior and his atonement. One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Chieko N. Okazaki about the Savior.

I couldn't find the exact quote but she talks about how the Savior know s how we feel all the time. he knows our situations and how we feel. He knows all stages of life and what challenges that come with each stage of mortality.

I love this quote because it shows just how infinite the atonement is. It shows how the Savior is our ultimate comforter. I love how you can cast all your burdens on him and lean on his arm. I also know for a fact that the Savior is the one person in this world that will never let you down.

I was reading a letter from my friend Tairsa, who is on a mission right now, and she said that "the gospel is a hospital for the sick, not a spa for the perfect". This quote really hit home for me because I am always striving to be perfect. But I understand now that it will never happen in this life, and that is okay. The Savior doesn't expect me or anyone else to be perfect in this life. Perfect people don't need a Savior.

Therefore I am going to strive to be the best person I can be and try my hardest to be a better person every day but if I mess up that will be okay. He knows what is going on in my mind.

Another comfort to me is that Satan doesn't know what I am thinking. Only Heavenly Father and the Savior know our thoughts, I learned this from the scriptures. This is a tremendous comfort because of the many temptations that we are faced with everyday.

I would just like to finish by saying that I am so thankful for the atonement and its power in my life. I mess up constantly but I know through the Savior's redeeming power I will be able to live with my Heavenly Father again one day and look up into his face and know that I am home once again.

Music For Life

I have been struggling for weeks now trying to decide on a song that basically explains my life.I have been trying really hard to come up with one and I think that I finally found one. Not really, actually I found about 50 but I have slimed this list down to 5. Here was the criteria:

1) Had to be an up beat song. Any one who knows me would understand this. Any one who doesn't know me.................... well you should!

2) Has to make people smile when they hear it. I like to make people happy, therefore my song has to make people want to listen to it not be all down and depressing!

3) Has to be a unique song. I am not a normal person.... Much to my mother's chagrin I am not a normal sweet little girl. I like to think have spunk and am my own person.

4) I have to like it... This is a pretty vague category I know but if the song is going to be about my life I better like it


So here are the 5 songs I found...............

1) 2012 by Jay Sean
2) Dynamite by Taio Cruz
3) Club Can't Handle Me
4) Tik Tok
5) Fire Burning


So if you have any opinions or songs you think of that are not on this list let me know!!!

Girls

Girls are like
apples on trees. The best
ones are at the top of the tree.
The boys don't want to reach for
the good ones because they are afraid
falling and getting hurt. Instead, they
just get the rotten apples from the ground
that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples
at the top think something is wrong with
them, when in reality, they're amazing.
They just have to wait for the right
boy to come along, the one
who's brave enough
to climb
all the way
to the top
of the tree.

Hearing the Voice of the Lord

This past week end was general conference. As a kid I always remember general conference for one reason. We either got to come out to Utah or we got to go to my grand parents house. To be serious we only came out to Utah once for general conference but I still remember it. Every other time we spent basically the entire week end at my mom's parents house. We would always have tons of food and play games with her entire family. She is number 5 of 9 so there was always people around to play with.

This year I am away from my family. It is the first time in my life that I have not been with my immediate family for the April conference (my parents were out here last year for April conference). It has been a very different experience. I actually had to make the decision to watch conference and to prepare for it.

It was an amazing experience to analyze my self and try to strengthen my testimony. I even had the privilege of going to Salt Lake for the Saturday Morning Session. I can't even explain the feelings that fill the conference center as the prophet of God walks into the room. It is a spiritual uplifting just to see him sitting on the stand.

I have to admit this weekend has been so great. I have heard testimony of Jesus Christ and have strengthened my own testimony. I even took the opportunity to write down the impressions that came to me during each session. I filled page after page of notes and thoughts I was having. I am so glad that I am a member of the true church of Christ and have the opportunity to hear the Lord's will for me with the help of the Holy Ghost.

As this weekend has come to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to share my testimony.

I KNOW that my savior lives. I know that he loves us and has suffered infinite pain to have us come and live with our Heavenly Father once again. I know that Thomas S Monson is a prophet of God and speaks with the voice and power of God. I proudly sustain him and the rest of the apostles and area leaders. I know that the book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and God speaks to us through it. I know that I am a child of God and he loves me more than I or anyone can comprehend. Even when I mess up he is there to lift me back up and place me back on the straight and narrow path. I am eternally grateful for the atonement and the chance it gives me to live with God and my family forever.

After this weekend I have realized that I am not a very grateful person. This is my goal to be more thankful for the blessings I receive everyday. I am going to try to see the Lord's hand in my daily life. I am also going to try to serve more. I am going to pray to the Lord to lead me to people who I can help. That way I can be an instrument in the Lord's hands.