Love One Another

check out my new favorite song:

and after I bought it...

found out that part of it is in SPANISH!

love it!

da BOM

I love this book.
This book has changed my life.
The whole point of this book is to testify of Jesus Christ.

I read it daily, and because of that I have more knowledge of what my Savior has done for me.
He died for me. He made it possible for me to return to live with my Faher in Heaven again.

I love the Book of Mormon so much! And if you have not yet read it, I urge you to do so!
It is my favorite book. Ever!


"And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ,... and they teach all men that they should do good." - 2 Nephi 33:10

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LDS Superbowl

Conference, conference, conference!

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

I get to go!

So happy!

I'm get to go to the Saturday morning sesh up in SLC with my mumsie and popcicle.

So watch for me during those hymns!

(I don't think it will be very crowded.... hah)

Seriously, I get so flippin' excited for conference weekend.

It's another tradition, and we all know how much I just LOVE tradition.

Usually on sunday morning sesh.. Mom will make cinnemon rolls, and we will all lounge around in our jammies all day long. It is so much fun! YAY!!!

Forget Me Not

I loved attending the General Relief Sociey Meeting with my mum and sister this past saturday.

It was just what I needed.

"Sisters, wherever you are, whatever the circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you, with an infinite love."

—President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

NFYC

North Field Youth Conference

There isn't anything I would have rather done this past weekend than to be a counselor at this amazing event.

I loved it.

I started off the week getting a little nervous. Thoughts running through my head like, "What if the group of girls that I am over hate me, and end up leaving because of something I say or do."

Then Wednesday night came.

I got to read get-to-know-you sheets about each of the kids that would be in our group. I just had such a wonderful feeling about the girls in my group.

Thursday morning - I finally got to MEET all of my Mia Maids.

All of them are so beautiful.. inside and out.

We had lots of bonding moments. Pretty sure all of them told me which boys they were crushin' on for the week ;) That's what us girls like to talk about. And a lot of spiritual moments as well.

And then Saturday night came. I didn't want to leave the wonderful Young Women that I have spent the last few days with. I have grown to love all of these girls --each so unique and individual.

Amie - photographer

Emily - dances ballet

Emma - sings and plays guitar

Ellie - horse back rider

Karina - dance team

MaKenna - gymnast

Lisa - miss fashionista

Sarah - soccer pro

Paige - swimmer

Shaylee - photographer

I left with a little hole in my heart. I miss them already. I just want them to be safe, and to make sure that they will be alright. Sweet little Emma that last night says, "We can't leave without having our family prayer."

So we did.

I also taught them the cheer my family does after we have family prayer.

"To Eternity and BEYOND!"

I have felt a small portion of the love that He has for each of his children this week.

He wants all of us to be safe.

He wants us to all make the right decisions.

He wants to make sure that we will be alright.

(I'm so glad He is in my circle of friends)

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

matchy-matchy

and he didn't even text me to find out which color I was wearing.

(**side note** i really love jake's face in this picture. he's got a nice curve smile..ha!)

(**side note dos** my dress looks more red in this pic... it's actually more pink. promise.)

how inspiring (:

I can't wait for the weekend!!

tonight: We're seeing the Carl Bloch exhibit at BYU.

i have heard nothing but amazing things about these paintings. It will be saweeeet!

tomorrow: Bishop Greg asked if I wanted tix to go see the Saturday Morning Session of

General Conference

How sweet is that?

Even sweeter that I have never been, and I get to go with you-know-who for the very first time!

SO FLIPPIN' EXCITED!

Have a spectacular weekend!

xoxo

kara. not the chocolates, but just as sweet.

my friend kara

she is just amazing.

i really like her a lot.

we didn't really know each other very well until last year around this time, when she started coming to my bachelor nights.

what fun times.

anyway.. kara is leaving on wednesday to go serve an lds mission.

it's very brave of her, but i know she will be an awesome missionary and change so many people's lives.

she's that great.

she invited me to her last piano recital.

holy guacamole! this girl is unreal! i had no idea she was so good at tickling those pearly whites.

but she is.

and the last song she played - how great thou art - brought me to tears.

amazing.

just as she is.

love you, kara!

good luck in texas!!

because i wore red lipstick

before church yesturday

i listened to this talk on my triple sweet scripture ap.



then i went to church. had the normal routine

- sacrament meeting

- sunday school

- and then of course there's relief society



guess what the lesson was on?



did you guess?



well, it was on the very talk that i randomly decided to listen to yesterday morning.



not sure yet why I needed to hear that. but apparently i did.



i wrote a list of 100 things i am grateful for in my 10 year journal, so no need to do that here, but i am grateful. for lots of things. and for conference talks- that give me little boosts of encouragement.



if you are ever feeling worthless, just go listen to a general authority speak. they'll make you feel a zillion times better (:

**note to self: wear more bright red lipstick- you'll get lots of compliments at church. Well, probably not only at church.**

Gratitude Minute

I love my singles ward.

• all of the awkward RM's who are in the ward to find a wife.
• watching engaged couples cuddle all during sacrament (JUST GET MARRIED ALREADY!)
• and then of course there's the Releif Society's Gratitude Minute.

For those who don't know, Gratitude Minute is when all of the ladies in Relief Society talk about what they are most thankful for in less than one minute.

Cool Right?

Well, you would think so.. until you hear the comment's that went something like this:

1. I am soooo thankful that Harry Potter came out this week.
2. I am grateful that my house didn't burn down this morning when my oven caught on fire.
3. I am thankful for my puppies. Because they are sooooo cute.
4. I am thankful we live so close to the mall.
5. I am grateful for my job, even though I HATE IT!.. but I'm still grateful for it.

Probably a good thing that I didn't raise my hand... I would have said something along the lines of, "I am grateful for all of these nothingness comments that have made my Relief Society experince exceed tenfold." (except for the Harry Potter one of course.)

Also, I think this Gratitude Minute may have been the cause of my mini-nap during RS.

Woops...

Happy Sunday!

As School Starts

things have been very stressful.

i sometimes feel like i can't do all that i know i am capable of.

it is overwhelming at times.

but then i remember..

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:13

The Home Teachers

Sunday: The day was wonderful. I had a carefree sunny happy cute day!

I woke up

brushed my hair

had delicious heart shaped pancakes

took a nice hot shower

got ready for church

went to church

went to the enrichment meeting directly after church

and then came:

The Home Teachers

Erin left for New York on Saturday.. so it was just me. Me and the home teachers. Awesome. I tried to cancel and just say we should try and find a day that they could teach Erin and I.. but I was unsuccessful.

It went surprisingly better than expected. They kept all of the focus on me (which made me a little uncomfortable, but it was nice of them), and then shared with me this loverly thought.

I like the part on Partriarchal Blessings. I know that if I am true, faithful, humble and prayerful then the things in my blessing will happen, but sometimes I think that they happen beacuase I am trying to form my life according to my blessing. A personal Liahona: to chart my course and lead my way.

Once we said our goodbye's, I went to my room, and thought about this in furthur depth. I got out my Patriarchal Blessing to see if anything would jump out. Now, nothing really jumped out to me reading it this time than any other time, but I felt very much comforted.

My home teachers had no idea that I had been stressing about which direction I should take my life. About what my major I should choose, or of what occupation I should hold. This just helped me to open my eyes to see that Heavenly Father is there at all times. He knows my thoughts. He knows my needs. He knows when I need home teachers to come over (whether or not they are teaching both of the Spencer girls, or just one.)

and that just goes to show that He does loves me.

lovingly,

anna mae

never alone

This week has been a tricky one.

but a good one at the same time.

Toward the beginning of this week, I was feeling very frustrated. Frustrated because of several reasons.

1. Why don't I know what I want to be when I grow up?
2. Why does my Dad want to up and move to Singapore?
3. Why didn't I get a letter this week?
4. Why do my Bff's want to move away, or get married and leave me in the dust?..

etc.

Needless to say, I had a little bit of a melt down.

But then came November 5th.

The whole entire day I had been thinking that I needed to get out my Patriarchal Blessing and go over it. It had been a while since I had read it. It took me a while to find it (I guess it really had been a long time.)

Anyway, the first thing I read at the top of the page of my blessing, was the date.

November 5th, 2006.

No wonder I had been thinking that I needed to read it.

Nothing jumped out to me from reading it this time from any other time, but this time reading it was just different. I felt very much at ease. I knew at that particular moment in time, that Heavenly Father loved me, and that he was never going to leave me alone.

Not under any circumstance.

I can not forget to keep Him in my circle of friends.

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