2 years ago....

This is a post mostly just for me. I have had a horrible week. Two years ago this week, we were together with my whole family, every single one of us. We had spent an amazing weekend at a BYU football game and then we randomly decided to go to a basketball game after. It was a blast and I would do anything to have that moment back. Then came Thanksgiving and we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Figgins. After the events with the Figgins we ended up going to the Jensen side and spending time with them. Nothing can take away those moments that we had together as one with all our loved ones. Dev playing with the little kids and just laughing, I look back and it was like heaven on earth with those times we had. I ended up going to my first "Black Friday" that night with Alison and Angela. It was so much fun and I got Dev and Caleb a game for the Nintendo. They played it together for hours. Saturday came and it was the huge BYU vs Utah game. We had a huge party and ate lots of food. Devin had invited Ashlyn and he was so cute with her the whole time. It was cool to see how he treated her. After the game is when my life changed forever.
I have went through this week not being able to control  my feelings. Sometimes all I can do is think about it and want to cry and cry. I had a great time with my family on Thanksgiving and Taylor's family throughout the week. But I have had a really hard time letting myself let go of the accident and allow myself to be happy, to remember all the good times. It breaks my heart. I don't want people to remember me as being grumpy and that is how I feel right now. I'll I want is to remember the good times and not anything about the accident. Sometimes I don't feel like I can talk about it because all I can do is cry when I think or talk about it.
I think a lot about what would be happening now. Would me and Dev be attending Utah State together? Would we be in the same ward? Would he put in his mission papers now because of the age change? What would he think of Taylor? Who would he be dating? I would hope we would've done a lot together and that he would want to spend time with me. I look back and regret not being nicer and doing more with my family during my High School years. It breaks my heart, but also makes me want to be better and is definitely something I am constantly trying to work on. 
Sometimes it is so hard to know what you are supposed to get out of trials like this. I am just so grateful for the knowledge that I have of the gospel. I am thankful for forever families and to at least know that one day we CAN and WILL be all together again. I am so thankful for priesthood blessings. I am thankful for my dad and Taylor who are worthy priesthood holders that can give me blessings of comfort during times like these. I hope and pray that one day I will be able to look back on this and will have learned something. That I can teach my children what I have learned and that they will be able to know all about their Uncle Dev.
I know that everything will be 'OK' with time and I know that I will be just fine. It will just take awhile to heal. But all will be well!

Day 9, 10, & 11

Day 9: I am thankful for the snow! I love the holiday season and it makes it all the better when their is snow!

Day 10: Today I am thankful for a wonderful home. I am thankful for the fireplace that I can lay by when I go home and that it is so relaxing.

Day 11: I am so grateful for Sunday! I am grateful for Kelli and the wonderful talk that she gave today on gratitude. She is such a great roommate and friend! I am also thankful for being able to spend Sunday afternoons with Taylor. It is the best! I am grateful that he watched The Notebook with me tonight! We have been dating for 10 months today! Pretty crazy! It's been fun!

Day 6, 7, & 8

Day 6: Today I was grateful that the elections were over. I am grateful that I live in America and that we are free to do what we want... pretty much. I am also grateful for the knowledge of the gospel and the comfort it brings during scary times.

Day 7: I am so grateful for volleyball! I love it and loved that I was able to go play it for a couple hours with my fun ward. I am also grateful that I am healthy enough to go play. I am grateful that it helps me relieve my stress and also is a good time.
I am also grateful for small acts of service. I love being able to go through out my day and watch what others do for each other. It makes me happy and makes me want to be better!

Day 8:  I am thankful for my roommates! I love that we can go do stuff together and are just so chill around each other. I am grateful that I can talk to them about anything and I can just be myself! They are great. I am also grateful for the great examples my sisters are. I love hearing that they go to the temple and that they have good friends that go with them! They are amazing!

Some of the things I have done over the past little while...
Last weekend I went home to babysit my siblings while my parents were in Hawaii. Friday, I made Fried Rice and Chicken and everyone had friends over. Taylor came over and we just kind of chilled. We went and got Leyla a little Mickey stuffed animal because she broke her wrist. It was so cute to see her with it. When we got home we watched some basketball and that was about all for Friday.
Saturday, Sierra and Amelia  had their Girls' Choice dance so they went on their date for that and me, Caleb and Jacob went to Caleb's basketball game and then to the Aggie football game with Taylor and his mom. After the game, Teresa took us to Wingers to eat. It was a lot of fun. Me and the boys drove home and just relaxed the rest of the night. It was fun to spend time with them. I get to go back tomorrow because the parents are still gone... Lucky them! But I am excited to go back, it is always nice to be home.

School is slowly winding down and I am actually not going to be coming back to Utah State next semester. Surprise, Surprise.... I changed what I am doing again BUT... I think this is my final choice. I am going to attend Bridgerland starting in January and do Dental Assisting and then apply for the Dental Hygiene program most likely at Weber. I feel like this will be a good career for me to go into and it will be a good 'mom' job if I have to work someday. I am excited for what is coming up it should be a good, final decision!

Day 5

Today I am thankful that my siblings were able to come to Logan to have FHE with me! We went to Pizza Pie Cafe and Bowling. It was so much fun. I am also grateful that my parents were able to go to Hawaii, they are amazing parents and totally deserve it. I am grateful that Taylor brought me his calculator (for my chem test) this morning since I forgot last night at his house. I am thankful that I was able to pass my CPR class today so that I can go to Bridgerland to become a Dental Assistant and then apply to be a Dental Hygienist.

Day 4!

I am so grateful for Sundays. I am thankful to be able to go to church and partake of the sacrament each week. I am thankful that it is a relaxing day. I am thankful that I was able to go spend time with Taylor's family and be able to get a lot done. I am so grateful for the gospel and for the blessings and comfort it brings into my life. I am grateful for my calling and the miracles I get to see and the challenge it brings. I am thankful that it has helped strengthen my testimony and help me be a better person!

Gratitude November Day 1,2,3

Day 1
Thursday I was grateful for such a great job. I am grateful for the great patients I work with and all my coworkers. I am grateful I was able to find a job I like and that will help cover my living fees! I am grateful that it works so well with my school schedule also.

Day 2
Friday I was grateful for my siblings. My parents are gone for the next little while and I was able to come home and babysit for the weekend. I am so grateful for who they are becoming and for the example they are to me. I am grateful that they are so forgiving when I don't have very much patience and that they are such good kids. I love them so much!

Day 3
Today I am grateful for Taylor. He has been so patient with me the last couple days when I have been having a rough time and getting stressed too easily. I am grateful that he is always there to tell me it is going to be ok and that I just need to relax... I am grateful for his family also and for how amazing they are to me. I love him and am thankful for all he does for me!

Sometimes....

I'll be honest sometimes life just stinks!
Sometimes there is not enough time in the day to get everything done.
Sometimes school is boring.
Sometimes there is an assignment that was forgotten about or a test that didn't go the greatest.
Sometimes there gets to be so many different choices, it's hard to pick just one and know if you made the right choice. 
Sometimes you feel like you are never going to be able to catch up on sleep. 
Sometimes you can't stop worrying about the future
Sometimes you may feel inadequate for the callings you receive.
Sometimes you feel like you never do enough. 
Sometimes you may doubt yourself and forget who you really are.
Sometimes the unexpected happens, getting sick, death of a loved one, or not getting into a program

BUT...

Sometimes you have to step back and look at how much you are really blessed and realize that whatever gets thrown at you is for a reason. That as you go through life Heavenly Father will never leave you a lone and never give you more then you can handle.
Sometimes you just have to have a little bit of faith. That things will work out. That maybe at this moment, things are rough but they will work out and you need to choice to be happy now. There is something in everyday to be happy about!
 Always the Lord is there to talk to, he is the one that knows every little thing we are going through, he knows that sometimes life doesn't go as we have planned but he knows how to help us through those times.
I am so grateful for the gospel. I know it was a little rant I just went on, but through my observance and with talking with other people, I know that we all have our daily trials. Often times we don't know what others are going through but as we take the time to listen we can be an answer to their prayers. Sometimes all they need is someone to talk to, someone to send them a text, someone to ask how they are doing, and even just to know someone cares. I hope I can do better at listening to the promptings I have, and acting on them with out delay.
I know that Heavenly Father know all my worries that I have. I know he wants what is best for me and answers my prayers. I know that as I am doing what is right that I can receive the personal revelation for what direction I need to take in my life. I know that we are so blessed to be able to have a Latter Day Prophet, President Monson. I am so grateful for his guidance and teachings, and for all the other members serving in the church and their wise counsel.
I am so grateful for the gospel and for conference weekend. It is always so comforting to me to hear the words I need at this time!

Blessings in Relief Society!

It's been amazing how things have worked out recently. I have been super nervous about ideas we have came up with for Relief Society and how everything will work out. But it has been amazing how they have all came together.  A couple weeks ago we decided to have a lesson on Worth and Visiting Teaching. I was really nervous on how it was going to go. In Sacrament meeting, my wonderful Visiting Teaching Coordinator did her talk on Visiting Teaching and did an amazing job. Then in Sunday School, our Sunday School President gave an amazing lesson on the Worth of Souls and living our happily ever after. It was so good! I was amazed that without even planning to coordinate, that everything went so perfectly together. After Sunday School I just wanted to get up say Amen and let everyone go home. It was an answer to my prayers that everything went well. I am so grateful for the spirit and how well things fell into place.
Another neat experience is this week we combined our lesson with the boys and had a huge temple lesson. This month, we decided to have a Temple month where a different member of our ward to go to the temple every day for the whole month of October. I explained how it would go and then passed out a calendar for people to sign up. We then had three mini lessons. The first one was on personal revelation, the second was on how going to the temple blesses others and the last was on making the temple a habit. At the beginning of the last mini lesson, the kid wrote up college and the temple on the board. He told us to shout out feelings we felt at the temple. They were words like peace, comfort, love, etc. Then he told us to shout out words about college, bored, overwhelmed, stressed were some of the words that were said. He said these are both words that should be a priority. He went on to talk about that as we attend the temple those feelings of being overwhelmed and stressed will be able to counteract with those feelings we have at the temple. I thought it was an amazing way to look at it. I was so impressed with all our speakers and the spirit they brought. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve right now. It has been a huge blessing and testimony builder in my life. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us and that as we listen to the spirit and act upon those promptings that things will work out. I am so grateful for the gospel and for the knowledge that I have!

My Best Friend!

So... I just decided to write a little post about how grateful I am for Taylor. He is my best friend! He always tells me I couldn't live with out him and I always laugh but in all honesty, I couldn't. He is always there to talk to me, listen to me complain, give me a hug when I need it and makes me laugh all the time. We have had such an amazing couple weeks! I have loved spending so much time with him! I love our drives in the car when 'Pontoon' comes on and Taylor turns it up full blast, rolls down the windows and he belts it out! I love it! I love watching Sports Center, Sports Beat, and all the other random shows we watch. I'll be honest most the time they are completely boring but I would watch anything he wants as long as I get to spend time with him.
A few things we have done over the past little while; went to our first USU football game together, washed Taylor's truck and put it on KSL, went to the Sham Battle, went on walks, helped each other on homework and just things like that!
This week Taylor started classed for his MBA program. I am so proud of him and that he is doing it. He has been very determined and spent TONS of time studying, which means not very much time for us to be hanging out. It makes me sad. I miss hanging out with him everyday but I know I need to support him in studying and doing well in his classes!  Thanks Taylor for all you do for me!

Sorry for the horrible picture quality!

At the Rodeo!

1st Football game together!

Start of a New Year!

Wow! Everything is going by so quick! Summer is officially over and the new school year starts tomorrow. I can't believe it! I recently got called to be one of the Relief Society Presidents in my ward. I am so excited and extremely nervous. I think it is going to be a great learning experience. I already love who I work with. I think they are amazing people and will help me grow and be able to accomplish what the Lord wants us to do!
I have all new roommates this year also. All of them but one I knew from High School. Me and Kelli decided to room together but the rest of us were just all random. I am really excited for this upcoming year and all the new challenges and responsibilities that will come.
Just a little miracle story, I went to lunch a few weeks ago with Kelli and we were talking about this upcoming year and all the things we had to get ready for. She told me that she didn't have an apartment and was stressing about that. I told her that I would help her find a place the next week. That Sunday Allie called me and told me that she was not going to be coming back to Utah State. I was way sad but then it hit me that Kelli needed an apartment. I love Kelli to death and was happy that things worked out the way it did so that I still had a roommate that I knew. I am going to miss Allie a ton and hope she comes back soon, but I am excited for Kelli to be my roommate and for the new adventures of this year!

I'll Be What You Want Me to Be...

Today I went to my cousin Colton's Homecoming. He did such an amazing job and was such a great missionary. He talked a lot about representing Christ's name and a phrase from D&C 84:85 which says, 'Treasure up in your minds continually the words of life." As he was sharing different experiences and his testimony, it was a huge strength to me. It made me think a lot about what I have faith in and how I am representing Christ's name. I had the desire to be better and to want to teach others the gospel. I am so grateful for Colt's example to serve a mission and for his strong testimony. The closing song was I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go. It touched me immensely. I still am worried about my future and what is going to happen, but as I listened to that song there were many phrases that touched me and that were answers to my prayers. "So trusting my all to thy tender care, and knowing though lovest me, I'll do thy will with a heart sincere, I'll be what you want me to be." I know that as long as I am trusting in the Lord that he will lead and guide me in the direction that I am supposed to go in life. I know that he knows what is best for me and will never let me down. My goal is to turn myself over to him and listen to the spirit on what I am supposed to be doing... and maybe just let things go as they come not stress so much!

Today has been 18 months since Devin has passed away. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him. I have definitely learned a lot over the passed year and a half. I am so grateful for my family and their great love and examples they have been for me. I am grateful for good friends that have helped me through this time. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father for being there to listen to me when I felt like I didn't want to burden anyone else. I have gained a stronger testimony through this experience. I am so grateful for the memories I have with Dev. From going to London to car rides to school, to feeding sheep. I love that I still have those memories and can remember him. I can't wait for the day til I see him again.  I love you Dev! Families are Forever!

Where does all the time go?!?

I can't believe how fast time has went by. My freshman year is COMPLETE! I felt like this semester went way well. I am happy with how everything is going.

I am still dating Taylor! It has been fun to get to know him even more. We have spent a lot of time with each others families and it has been a lot of great. He has such a cute, nice family.  He is studying to take the GRE at the end of May. He has been studying A TON... at least it seems like it to me! I hope he does well so he can apply for Grad school for next Fall.We went to the Jazz Game with my family a couple weeks ago. It was so much fun! We went to Tucanos for dinner with my family and then got to the Jazz game a little early and got a Jazz shirt. It was such a fun time spending time with him and my family! After the game Taylor helped me move in some of my stuff into my new apartment!

The day after the game was my sisters' 16th Birthday! I can't believe they are growing up so fast! They are both so unique but I love them so much. I got them a bunch of things needed for when you turn 16, gum, perfume, lotion, lip gloss, nail polish, a gift card to eat, and just random stuff like that. Taylor got them Utah State shirts and signed pictures of Riley Nielsen! They loved it! Sierra said, "Best Present Ever!" It was so nice of him to get something for them. We went and played basketball later on that night and just chilled with the fam. It was great. I am so grateful for Sierra and Amelia's examples to me. I am so grateful for Sierra's fun, bubbly personality and how she cares so much about everyone. I am grateful for Amelia and her determination in everything she does, I love how she sticks to what she know. I love you both!

Sierra and Amelia had there first date\dance on Saturday. They asked me to help them with their hair and makeup. I was so excited. I have missed being able to do their hair for school and all that jazz! They got home around 4:30 from their day date at Toad's and we quickly started getting them ready! They both wanted their hair curly. They both ended up looking so beautiful. Amelia went with Brady McCann and Sierra went with Shawn Johnson. I think they had a lot of fun!

Thanks so much for letting me help! I love you both! :)

The last couple weeks have been super busy! I started my job and picked up quite a few more hours -then what I started with. I work everyday, MWF I work 11-7 and TH I work 7-11. Then I Tuesdays I have my Anatomy class from 5:15-7:15 and on Thursdays I have it from 5:15-9:30! It makes for a pretty long day. But Anatomy is so hard. I love learning the stuff but it just seems to be SO much information.
I was thinking  the other day where the heck does all the time go? I remember when I turned 16 and everything seemed pretty easy going and now I am starting my Sophomore year in college and I feel like I am getting so old... oh well, I guess that is just how life goes. Take it as it comes!

"I Feel My Savior's Love"

Wow, it is amazing what a Sunday can do for you! I am constantly making choices in my life and trying to find an answer. Sunday's are always a great day to find answers and get the help I need. Today during Relief Society it was the Teaching for our Times. Abbie Black (from my ward) gave the lesson on a talk that Neil L. Anderson gave on "What Think Christ of me?" (April 2012 Conference) It was so good and something I needed to hear. She talked a lot about that if we are doing what we are supposed to and what we think Christ would want us to do, we will be loved by other people. Simple as that... Right? She continued on asking us when were times in our lives that we have felt the love of the Savior. That has been something on my mind now. I went to a fireside tonight and it was basically all music, but it was amazing. It was at the Tabernacle as I looked around and I could see young couples with a baby, or a cute girl with a disability that kept giving her sister hugs or an elderly couple just sitting quietly, that I felt the Savior's love for me and everyone around me. I think it isn't always the big things that can have such a big effect on a person. It is by those small and simple things. I know that for me, it is a simple text, a letter, a hug, someone doing my dishes or even just a simple smile that makes me feel loved and appreciated.
I was thinking back on times in my life where I have felt the Savior's love and one of the biggest times in my life was the day my brother Dev passed away. I remember being stuck in the car and praying out with full out desire that he would be fine. That he would be ok and that I wouldn't have to worry about him. I remember not wanting anyone to help me and just to help him. I remember sitting in the ambulance still just praying that everything would be ok. It wasn't until I was getting my MRI, that a peaceful feeling came over me, "he is ok, he's in my hands". It wasn't the way that I thought it would go, I never imagined this happening to someone so close to me. My family came in and the news broke out. It was the worst feeling I have ever felt in my life. I told them that Families are Forever and how sorry I was. At that moment, I wanted to change everything that just happened not for just me but for my family. I wanted to take away the pain and sorrow that they were feeling. I look back now and that is where my testimony of the Atonement grew. I felt how the Savior felt and was so grateful for the Savior and for him atoning for the pain and sorrow I felt at that moment. I felt the Savior's love as my family and some of my extended family sat in a room in the hospital and received blessings. It was amazing the feeling that was in there. I continue through this trial to feel my Savior's love. It is on my weakest days, I can feel angels holding me up and helping me continue on. It is through the power of the Savior's love that I have been able to stay strong and keep moving forward day to day.
As I listen to church music especially the song, "Come Thou Fount", I always feel my Savior's love for me. It is amazing the spirit that music brings. I love the feeling I get when my sister Sierra sings. She is an incredible singer.
I just think sometimes it is a huge eye opener when you step back and see all that the Savior has done for you. It is an overwhelming feeling. I am so grateful for my testimony of Jesus Christ. I know that he suffered for all my sins, sorrows, weaknesses and pains. I know that Heavenly Father knows me personally. He knows when I am going through a hard time and when I need is help. I know that his hand is in all things and he only wants what is best for me. I know that without Christ my family would never be able to unite and live eternally together.  I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have and for the Sabbath day, where I can relax and contemplate everything that is going on in my life. I am so grateful  for the gospel and for an amazing family that raised me in the church.

College and My wonderful Family!

I officially know what I am going to go into! I am going into Physical Therapy! I am so excited. I started going to Physical Therapy for my back about three weeks ago and decided to ask about volunteering. They told me I could come in at any time. I was really way excited and then they told me that they were hiring soon. I went to volunteer and immediatly fell in love with it. I loved working with the people and not having to sit in a desk all day! The next time I went to volunteer, I got offered a job. I am going to work full time over the summer and live in Logan. I am so excited! I am going to take an Anatomy class at night from the Brigham City Campus. I think it will be good to just focus on that class and working.

It's crazy how things change so quickly. I am almost officially done with my first year of college! It is insane, it has gone by so dang fast. I have loved every little thing about college... or just about. I have loved living on my own, meeting new people, grocery shopping, finding meals to cook for one person, staying up late, laughing with my roommates over dumb stuff, studying til I can't study any more, living so close to the temple, learning how much my parents have always done for me, having my family so close and just learning more about myself while I have been on my own. College is such a different world but I love the new experience!

I have to say I absolutely just love my family. I love going and visiting them, I love getting calls from them or texts. I love when they help me bring in my stuff from my car or take stuff to it when I am about to leave. I love hearing what they are doing with their lives. They are simply amazing. I love how outgoing Sierra is and how she texts me randomly all the time and asks me what I am doing or how I am doing. I love how she is strong through everything she goes through. I love Amelia and how she is doing so well in school and is pushing herself, I wish I would've been more like that in High School. I love how she sets her mind to things and doesn't back down. I just love Caleb. I love how everytime I go home he always makes me laugh. I love that he has such a fun personality and is always trying to do what he is supposed to. I love that he still tells me that he loves me. It means the world to me! I love Jacob he is the best youngest child. I love that he still gives me hugs all the time when I come home and I love that he is such a comedian. There is never a dull moment with him. I love my dad. I love how he is such a wonderful person. I love that he is the rock of our family. I love his strong testimony and desire to always do what is right. I love that he is a worthy priesthood holder and I can go to him at any time I need. I love that he is so perfect for my mom. I love the patience and love he has for her. I love that he is consistanly trying to be better and help me be better. I love my mom. She is my best friend. I don't know what I would do with out her. She is amazing. I love that she is still kind enough to send me meals and do my laundry... I love all of the times I can call her just to talk. I love her advice and her great example of how I want to be someday. Last of all I Love Dev. I love that whenever I think of him, it motivates me to be a better person. I can't explain in words the strong desire I have to be with my family forever. They mean the world to me. I know one day we can be together again and their is nothing better then that knowledge.

Just "Have A Little Faith"

Ok, so as I mentioned in my earlier post, I have no idea what I am doing with my life. I thought I was going into Exercise Science and now I have no idea if that is what I want to do. Yesterday I was thinking, "good heck, am I the only one that doesn't know what they are doing with their life?" Then I went to church and of course that set me straight. In Relief Society they gave the lesson on President Uctdorf's talk from awhile ago called, "Your Happily Ever After" It is an amazing talk. It made me think a lot about my future family and especially my daughters (if I have daughters...). Then in Sunday School my mind wondered and was thinking about things that I need to work on and Personal goals for the week. Sacrament Meeting was great. I love Fast and Testimony meeting. I think that people are truely inspired to get up and say exactly what I needed to hear. A lot of people talked about the stresses of their lives and how they don't know what they are doing and how they are just having faith in Christ and that they know that things will work out. One of the girls talked about the word, Becoming. She siad that that word has helped her put things into perspective and how we are constantly trying to figure out who we are to become. I loved it! It made me think a lot about what me and Taylor say to eachother, "Have a little faith." We say it randomly all the time and I don't often think of the meaning of it, it's more just something we say, but as I was thinking about my future, I know with out a doubt that that is all I need, just a little bit of faith. If I can do this, I will know that Heavenly Father has a plan for me and that I will slowly but surely become who he wants me to be. It is by that little bit of faith, that I will be able to have patience with the Lord and with myself and so I can figure out the direction my life is going to take. I am so grateful for that little experience I had. I am grateful for the spirit and the promptings and insights that I have received throughout my life.
Taylor and I went to the CES fireside last night. Elder Quentin L. Cook spoke. It was really good. He talked about the concerns he has for us as we are living in the world. The one he focused on a lot is wearing a mask. He talked a lot about just being YOU! You don't need to hide who you are, just live the standards of the church and let your light shine. This is also something I needed to hear. I never where a mask, but sometimes I don't let people see who I truely am because I get nervous about what they will think about me. Which is really lame! I one day want to become a person that can just show who I am at all times, to be outgoing and share what I know with everyone! Anyway, Great day! I love Sundays!

The Past Couple Months :)

Wow! I knew that I would be bad at this whole blogging thing! A ton has happened over the last couple months! To start off, I don't know what I am doing with my life! I have no idea what I want to be or anything. Right now I am just going with the flow. I need to hurry and decide though because soon I am going to have to register for Fall semester! AHHH!
I quit Charlie's at the beginning of February. I was working way too many hours and not having time to do anything with my life. I am now working at Valley View Granite only on Tuesdays and Saturdays. It is so nice. It has completly opened up my nights to doing homework and just hanging out. I absolutlely love it. I am not getting as much hours but I am getting paid way better, it is great!
I have started dating Taylor Palmer. He is an amazing person. He makes me laugh, we can have great serious talks and moments where we can just sit and relax together. We have spent tons of time together and I have loved every minute of it. We went on our first date in the middle of January. I was really nervous and was for sure that we wouldn't go on another date. He came into Charlie's later that week and came and talked to me and said we should do something again sometime. He ended up coming over Saturday with Harley(his friend) and playing games and watching the Jazz game. We have done a lot over the last couple months. We have went shooting in the dark, watched movies, went sledding, snowboarding/skiing, went to lunch a couple times, hung out with my fun family and went on multiple tours of Logan. He introduced me to Pretty Little Liars and so we have watched that the last couple of weeks and have started watching One Tree Hill together. I have loved it!
I am loving my second semester. I love my classes and I just love college period! I have met a lot of new people and learned a lot of new things. I found out about a month ago that I have Celiac. It has been really difficult at times. For awhile, all I would eat was chips and who knows what. But I have learned more about it and I guess I will see how it affects me in a couple weeks.
I had to speak in church last Sunday on Patience. It was a great learning experience. I stressed about it for the entire week but it was a great topic for me since I am constantly working on having patience with others and with myself. I am truely grateful for the gospel. I don't know what I would do or where I would be with out it. It has been a huge blessing in my life. I am so grateful for my family. They are such amazing people and I love them so much. I am so grateful for prayer. I know that Heavenly Father knows me personally and will help me with whatever experiences come my way. I know he knows what is best for me and that he knows the desires of my heart. I know that everything happens for a reason. I am so grateful for everything in my life!