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.

SpIrItUaL hIgH...

lets just say this past weekend was AMAZING...such a spiritual weekend and i needed every minute of it and loved every minute of it...i was able to go with tommys family to az to witness the blessing of his 1st and only niece (hes probly a little jealous since hes never met her) and the sealing/endowments... of his brother edward, and wife renelle to their beautiful baby kyleigh...i felt so honored to be able to go...renelle actually even asked me to be her escort in the temple. what a special experience...and then during the sealing i got to hold baby kyleigh...i love the spirit in the temple and just to think about what an important and eternal decision they made to bless their family forever is just that more exciting...it was so good to spend time with tommys family and be with them and get to know them better. they always make me feel so apart of the family and i just love to be with them and get to know them better. we were able to go to the womens relief society broadcast...it was just for me i felt...i am at a place in my life where i really needed to be reminded of how much i am loved and tha everything happens for a reason and at a certain time..and that the lord knows best...

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf gave an increbible talk and i felt it was just for me...i was in tears..almost sobbing thru it...ha ha...heres just a few of his main points that i loves so much...
Forget Me Not….Since I was a child I have had a tender connection to the flower forget-me-not….I’m not exactly sure why this tiny flower has meant so much to me over the years. It does not attract immediate attention; it is easy to overlook among larger and more vibrant flowers; yet it is just as beautiful, with its rich color that mirrors that of the bluest skies—perhaps this is one reason why I like it so much.Tonight I would like to use this little flower as a metaphor. The five petals of the little forget-me-not flower prompt me to consider five things we would be wise never to forget.

First, forget not to be patient with yourself.

Second, forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice.

Third, forget not to be happy now.

Fourth, forget not the “why” of the gospel.

Fifth, forget not that the Lord loves you.

to make a long story short it was increbible...so then sunday we went to church and witnessed kyleigh being blessed...then came home ate, had a family meeting where the spirit was very strong as well...then we attended a musical fireside..the tears came again..i love the spirit and how it makes me feel..im so grateful for my heavenly father and all he teaches me and how he knows my needs..i just feel so blessed i really do...i got home super late and i was so exhausted the next day which just happened to be my birthday...btw that reminds me...tommys family was so thougtful to get me a cake to celebrate..me and his twin brothers on their mission share the same bday so it was fun...i worked for my bday and my mom was nice enough to make me some yummy home-made lasagna before i had to rush off to class...and she surprised me with the best bday present ever...a quilt with tshirts from my mission. ive been wanting it...she said she didnt even know how..well she firgured out how to do it and made a beautiful quilt for me..i love how it turned out...so as u can tell..it was just a happy great, fun, uplifting weekend...and i cant wait for conference this weekend...should be way good...so excited for it..the best part to me..is that we can do it as a family...even though mandas far away, and bryce is on a mission and tommys on a mission...we all watch conference at the same time even though we are miles away..its always a special thing to me...=)

Bitter Sweet....

Today was a good sunday...dads not in the bishopric anymore...hes on the high counsel over missionary work...i know he will do good at it and work hard..and im sure it will be nice to sit with my mom at church at least hopefully...so today my good friend Beca Gutierrez gave her farewell talk for her mission. I cant believe shes really going...Im gonna miss her so much..she has been such a good friend to me and shes very special to me, at the same time I'm so grateful for her example and willingness to serve and im just so grateful for her growth and testimony. I's just so proud of her. She will do great things. She mentioned in her talk how we are very similar in the way we got the answer to serve a mission. Like we both didnt want to go, but we put away our wants and realized that the lords plan for us was grateful and we went and did as he asked us to. I loved as she shared her experience of prayer and finding answers in the scriptures. it brought back all the memories i had when i knew i was suppose to go...i cried alot...her testimony was strong and her story was inspiring and i just was thinking about all the good memories i have with her and just how very much im gonna miss her. I feel blessed to have great friends like beca...=)

grandma and grandpa miller

highlight of this weekend was def. seeing the grandparents. we went to their ward in phelan to hear them speak and it was so nice. I guess my grandma miller is very scared to speak and church and my dad said she has only done it 4 times in her whole life so we took the opportunity to hear her. she spoke about how she gained her testimony and the joys of being a grandparent. it made me grateful to have been brought up in a strong family and even more grateful to realize that my dads side of the family has so many strong active members for me to look up to. in my grandpas talk he shared that out of 21 grandchildren i think 11 have served missions. what great examples we had to follow. I am so grateful. after wards we took a few pictures and got a pretty funny one of my dad and unlce larry. hopefully the cousins and family check this one out cause im sure they would love it..ha ha...im so grateful for all the wonderful memories i have of my grandparents growing up and im glad that for part of my life they lived so close and we were able to see them so regularly. I feel lucky to have also had a very close bond with my great grandfather who would come over alot growing up as well. I remember going to church with them and having sunday dinners with them.

Fun Friday...ha ha

yesterday was such a long day...went from job interview to work to job interview then took a test for a job then work again and after met up with the family for a bike ride on a really fun trail in alta loma...loved it..the weather was so nice and it was fun to be together...(sad we didnt take any pics...) finished it off eatting together...i love my family and i love spending time with each other...I really enjoy riding bikes too...its just something i have learned to love in the last months..I really dont like going up big hills though...im not that in shape yet. maybe one day..i swear my dad almost killed us at the end of our bike ride yesterday. made us go up hill..i was dying but i was so proud at the end to say..wow i did it and i didnt even have to take a break...ha ha...about these interviews...i feel so blessed to actually have some job interviews. I have applied for many over the last year in hopes of getting something with more hours so i dont have to have so many part time jobs. its just so hard these days. I just honestly believe everything happens for a reason and its all meant to be the way it goes. if heavenly father wants me to get another job i will. I just feel blessed to have the jobs i do at this time. life is good...=)

Life is good...

This week end was a good one...love spending time with the family...sat went to a baseball game with the singles branch...it was whatever...a little boring to me...but we still made it fun...sunday church, had dinner with the mahinas...feels like its been forever and loved our fhe lesson from cassy about desire...got me thinking about the things that matter most...monday i am back in college...yep its been like 3 years and im finally back at it...only 1 class i decided i wanted to ease myself into it but i feel so good about it and im so super proud of myself...(im not a fan of school...ha ha) its fun cause me and caitie are taking a class at the same time so we can carpool and stuff so it makes it nice...and today i got the best news ever...i found out the exact day and time my tommy is coming home..this means its pretty close...dec 15th...i dont have too much longer to wait and im so excited about that...=) life is already great i just cant wait for it to get even better with him around...