GREAT NEWS!!!!

Okay, y'all!!!

I have received my mishun call!!!

I have been called to serve in the

Texas Dallas Mission

Spanish Speaking

Reporting to the MTC on December 14th!!!

only 7 weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy right now! I know I am going to love this place so much more than I already do!

I'm sure it is going to blow my mind as to: how hard it will be, how fun it will be, how much I will love the people!!!

I just can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Mission Papes

Submitted.

Yes, Right this second they are in Salt Lake City
being reviewed by The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

How awesome is that!?!

Oh man, I can't wait to figure out where I get to go spent the next 18 months.

I am taking guesses, so if you would...

please make a comment down thurrr

and let me know where you think.

And in return, I will place your guess on 'the map'.

:D

reaallly good news!

There is nothing that I want more in this life,

than to be a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ. In wherever I take my life, and wherever my life takes me,

than to be a loving wife/mother in a Christ-centered home,

and to truly become a woman of God.

everyone, I have decided to serve a mission!

I am going to put my life on hold for 18 months to go help people to realize the love that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ has for them. Help them to realize their eternal worth.

Living the way that He wants me to live is what truly makes me happy in this lifetime.

I want others to feel the way that I do.

I will be submitting my papers in a couple of weeks, and I seriously could not be more happy!

It's all I can think about!!

HOLY SMOKES!! I'M GOING ON A MISSION!!!!!!!

P.S. This is the missionary photo my mother took of me to submit in my papers. Bahaha.... So darn happy to be going :D

decisions, decisions..

I am terrible at making them.

It takes me seriously 12 years to figure out what I'm going to eat for lunch one day..

Just think--if I can't even figure out what I'm going to eat, then how am I supposed to figure out

where I'm going to school in the spring.

or who i'm going to date, or even MARRY!

Gosh, I get anxioty thinking of all of this.

but you know what I do know?

That the Lord thy God is with me withersoever thou goest.

- Joshua 1:9

so it'll all be okay :)

Timpanogos Cave

I'm going to become much more familiar with this trail...

twice a week

during summer-time

7am baby

You're welcome to join!!

bucket list

I know you also did this as a child. Don't deny it!

not in any particular order

1. go surfing
2. learn to use chopsticks
3. marry the man of my dreams
4. buy an old house, fix it up, and live there
5. have babies.
6. see celine dion in concert
7. live in a city (for a short time)
8. watch the macy's thanksgiving-day parade - not on tv!
9. ride a zip-line in a remote location
10. go to hawaii
11. have secret love notes throughout my newlywedded home such as-- Reminder: tonight, we make out.
12. have a tree house in my yard
13. have a tire-swing in my yard
14. have a hammock in my yard
15. have cherry blossom trees in my yard
16. sing "I'm gettin' married in the mornin'" the day before marriage.
17. have campouts in my livingroom. like in a tent...

This is all I can think of at the present moment.

What's on your bucket list?

Your Happily Ever After

I love today.

It is such a beautiful morning.

There isn't one cloud in the sky, and all of the flowers are looking as gorgeous as ever.

I read this talk this morning.

It was perfect. Just what I needed to hear.

Youth Conference is this week, and I have been trying to think of what I want to share with the girls that I will be over. I think that I definitely need to share bits of this talk.

Our theme is:

We Believe

"Seek the Hero[ine] Within"

Already, before even meeting them, I have so much love for these girls. I can already recognize their eternal worth, and I can not wait to help these girls recognize it for themselves.

"Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens. Your own wondrous story has already begun. Your “once upon a time” is now."

-Deiter F. Uchtdorf

Hope you have a lovely Sundee.

xo

What I really want:

sorry peeps. it has been a while. school started this last week.

YUCK.

and i kinda sorta threw my back out?? playing soft ball. yes, i am an old granny.

DOUBLE YUCK.

lately, i have had soooo many thoughts and ideers racing through my brain. of things that I truly want. things that will bring me lasting happiness.

my brain kind of hurts.

but I have been thinking of a little list of things that i really, really want.

and here we go:

- to be dedicated to following Jesus Christ. In wherever I take my life, and wherever my life takes me.

- to be a loving wife/mother in a Christ-centered home. And to grow old with my hottie of a husband.

- to always look on the bright side of things. I love this quote:

"After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open skies." --Samuel Rutherford

- to always be healthy.

- to be a friend to everyone. And to include Christ in my circle of friends.

these are only some of the neat things rushing through by strange-factoried brain.

I am so excited to see where life takes me!

So many roads to take..

So many decicions to make..

and I love it.

No More Finals!

I am so happy that finals are now finally FINAL.
[how redundant]

I want to do so many things this summer!

I hope I can get everything accomplished.

list includes:

camping
fishing
softball [check]
horseback riding
star gazing
smore making
4 wheeling
hiking
running through sprinklers
gardening
weekend gettaways [we can put a check next to this after this weekend.. yay PC!]
getting tan
biking
ice blocking
fireworks
BBQ's
quilting - and not to just tie one
natural water slide
popcicles

and of course

lots

and lots

of

SWIMMING

happiness and loving

i used to make lists of things that made me happy..

see a list here.

but you know what i have realized recently?

that i don't need to make lists to think of reasons for being happy.

but that it is love of, from and for people is what truly makes me happy.

it is what heals me and moves me

and it is what actually makes me, me.

because the more i love, the more i find myself growing. and the more i grow, the more substance of me there is of me to just love others even more... if that makes any sense. (it does in my head.)

love this quote, given in one of my favorite talks

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

-Mother Teresa

moral of this post:

give people the benefit of the doubt.

be kind to each other.

don't judge a book by it's cover.

accept someone's differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings.

have patience.

forgive and forget.

and love one another.

Becoming Like Him

Today is DAY 1.

From now until Christmas, each week I am going to be working on 1 Christlike attribute that will help me to become more like Him.

You're welcome to join the fun!

Here's the Schedule:

1. Oct 26 - Nov 1 ... Faith in Jesus Christ
2. Nov 2 - Nov 8 ... Hope
3. Nov 9 - Nov 15 ...Charity and Love
4. Nov 16 - Nov 22 ... Virtue
5. Nov 23 - Nov 29 ... Knowledge
6. Nov 30 - Dec 6 ... Patience
7. Dec 7 - Dec 13 ... Humility
8. Dec 14 - *Dec 20*(my birthday) ... Diligence
9. Dec 21 - Dec 27 ... Obedience

At the end of each week I will be writing down what I've learned.

I am really excited for this!

"...what manner of men ought ye be? Verily I say unto you even as I am." 3 Nephi 27:27