Busy...

Wow I havent been good about trying to post on here weekly..life can just get so busy but honestly I just have so much to be grateful for. Thanksgiving was a great holiday week we did lots together as a family which I love. I feel busy with work and school and church lately and I'm getting so excited in 11 short days I actually get to see Tommy. I cant wait. I'm so excited for christmas to come and I just love this time of year, the christmas songs, the lights, the joy that is in the air. I ponder how grateful I am to have a savior who lives and loves me. I feel so blessed. Sometimes I think we get so busy and caught up in life that we dont always take the time to remember the small things that make us happy. My greatest blessing is to have the gospel in my life. Without it I'm sure I wouldnt be who I am today and I probably would realize the things that are most important to me.

its been too long...

so i had a goal of writing on here once a week and i failed..ha ha..its been forever...lfe has been crazy which i guess is a good thing...i only have about 3 weeks left and i finally get to be with my tommy again..its getting really exciting and feels so real..i never thought this day would come..my family gets sick of hearing about it and they keep telling me they will be happy when hes home cause then they wont have to hear about it anymore..kind of funny to me..ha ha...anyways so last week i got to meet one of tommys favorite elders from the mission. Me and my mom went to the airport so that was cool. and then today me and caitie went and heard his homecoming talk. hopefully when tommy gets home we will actually get to hang out with him... I'm really looking forward to seeing the family 4 thanksgiving and so excited for chirstmas. I love christmas music so much and the season. It always makes me so happy.

Reunited...

So this last week has been a good one..and im happy to say im down to 7 weeks..how exciting right...i cant wait...thats not even that long when you really think about it...so I was able to meet up with my bestest girl friend tiffany bench...aka...kramer..it was so fun...we got to chat and laugh together and we went to the beach and went out to dinner. it was just good to be around her...sometimes i get so sad that we dont get to see each other regularly cause she feels more like family to me so it was nice..today i went to my political science class...i was so discouraged a few weeks ago because i feel like alot of stuff is over my head but i felt like i studied hard and i still managed to get an f on the test..when you try really hard that kind of makes you not want to try..but i decided i was gonna continue to give it my all and try my best..i took a quiz 2nite and im happy to say i got 10 out of 10..i was so proud of myself and my professor said theres still hope of me passing the class and that the next tests arent as hard as the first one so thats pretty comforting..i have seen lately how much happier i feel when i try to pray and read scriptures everyday..im not perfect but i can def. see the difference its making in my life...my so grateful for conference and the reminders we get to be better...well i think thats about all my news for right now..i just feel blessed...

only 9 more...

9 more weeks and hes finally home...i cant wait...i can count that on my 2 hands..and weeks go by fast...super excited...=)

Court's Homecoming Rally...

well friday was a super fun day for me. I had the privilege to go with caitlin to watch courtney dance at her homecoming rally and also announce the top 5 who made homecoming court. This was sooo fun for me. I was only gonna go to 1 rally and then go to work so i would make it on time but I decided to be late since I just had so much fun watching her dance with this huge grin on her face. I loved every single bit of it. Im so glad I got to be apart of it. It was also fun that night our family went to the football game and there she announced who the winner was for court. 1 of her really good friends ran and I'm sad to say she didnt win but she almost did. It was just alot of fun to be there to see it all. On a sad note, I have worked for about the past year with a girl named Trish at my daycare job. She has become such a great friend and I have enjoyed learning from her and talking to her. She gives great advice and is always a good listening ear. I really love her so much and Friday was her last day at work. I'm really gonna miss her but I'm grateful God let me have her in my life for a while and I'm grateful for the bond I have with her. I'm excited for her and her new job, with having a little baby it will be much nicer for her to get off work at 2pm instead of 6pm. I hope we will be able to continue to stay close and keep in touch with one another.

L.A. County fair...=)

What friday after work i had the chance to go to the L.A. county fair. I havent been since before my mission so it has been a few years. We didnt have much time to walk around but none the less it was really fun to spend time with my sisters (minus manda =(...) and just have a good time together. I love watching mom at work there cause it just seems like she has a good time and enjoys herself. She was nice enough to go early with my sisters since i couldnt get off work until later and stand in line to see if we could get tickets to the concert that night. so a few weeks ago caitie asked me if i wanted to go with her to see leann rimes perform. I was all excited. I remember as a child always liking to sing. I have never really been that good at it but i always enjoyed it in the privacy of my home...so i had a little karoke machine and leann rimes was one of those singers i always loved to sing to for some reason. So I love her cause she brings back fun memories. ha ha...anyways they ended up getting the tickets for free. i was all excited...once i met up with them we ate together and there was a wierd like 5 minute pouring down rain storm..ha ha..it was so random. so the concert ended up being really fun and we even got to see kelly pickler before. it was really fun im glad we got to spend some time together as sisters. =)

General Conference...

I feel so lucky and so blessed...conference was wonderful and it always is but i just love that i can be reminded of the things most important and how i can improve. i love that everybody in my family is to the point where conference is really important to them and means a lot to them. like really we all get excited and take notes ...something that i love that my parents do and its something i want to do with my kids is after conference we all sit together and share things we loved about conference. its kind of funny cause we all get excited and go on and on and don't want to stop sharing..like we want to talk about all the talks that we liked so we don't even give everyone a fair chance. something that i loved that we brought up tonight as a family was the talk by Elaine s. Dalton and how she spoke to fathers raising daughters and how important it is for a man to love his wife and show his daughter how special she is to him. this made me reflect on my dad and how lucky i am to have a dad who really loves my mom and shows it always. we knew to always talk to our mom with respect and if we didn't we would hear it from dad. they have always made it a priority to take time to spend with each other and go on dates. I started thinking about how important that one thing is. Like i look at people once they have kids sometimes they put their kids first and its important to take care of Ur kids and nurture them and raise them but i just started thinking like about how its important to always make Ur spouse feel loved and important and help them know their #1 to you. this was good for me to reflect on before I'm married so i really can think about whats important to me and what i want. as we told my told how grateful we were for his example he got tearing eyed and it was just a sweet experience. he told us that we should want nothing less then a man who loves us and that the reason why their marriage was the way it was, was because they always put god first and because of the gospel. I cant wait to be able to have my own husband one day who will take time to love me, and be a good example to my future children. i could go on and on about conference just because i loved it so very much. i would have to say my favorite session was sat afternoon and my favorite talk would have to be Neil L. Anderson's..he spoke about families and how their ordained of god and having children. this was special to me probably cause i really cant wait for kids and its something i have always wanted. As i listened to this talk i reflected on what a sacred calling it is to be a mother and how important it is to have children in the lords time instead of Ur timing. he talked about how the world suggests to delay having children and how the worlds ranks it below college, the gym, a job. but just how important it really is, its a calling not a hobby. I loved that. I am a person that stresses and sometimes i think i couldn't have kids if my husband didn't have a good job or if we were not set. but this talk really made me realize its all about putting our trust in god and how much happier we will be if we do things his way instead of our way. we will be so much better off and so much more happy. I really cant wait to be a mother when heavenly father reveals to me its the right time. =)...i guess it would be a good thing to be married first too..ha ha...1 thing at a time, but i think its good to think about..ha ha...like i said i could go on and on but i think ill leave it at that and just say how grateful i am to have heard what i did. I'm grateful for conference and the strength it gives me to face the world and try a little harder to be a little better each and everyday, cause if were not progressing were digressing.