7th Grade

I was a little dramatic in seventh grade. 

I was reading my journal from middle school and I thought this was so funny. 

"Sometimes I feel like seventh grade is some kind of ancient Chinese torture that killed people in the middle ages, it is a really big change and your whole world turns upside down.  I think it is like the biggest change that ever happens to you ever" 

Ha ha ha ha. Gotta love Middle School me :) 

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Only at BYU...

Okay. Call me a nerd. I don't care. 

Last night a group of us met in an apartment after ward prayer and just read scriptures together. 

We went around the room and read the Book of Mormon and just had a great gospel discussion for hours!

It was wonderful. I loved it. I am a fan. Everyone had such good insights, and I learned and realized things that I have never noticed before. It was awesome :)

The Gospel is true. 

The Book of Mormon is true. 

One other thing I thought of was just how true the Book of Mormon was. 

I mean....could college students sit around and make sense of and learn things and make connections, take apart, and learn life lessons from a book that was just made up by some crazy guy? No. 

I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of the Restoration and he restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

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My Wonderful Weekend!

Wow! What a great weekend. I love my family so so much :) 

I went home for my brother's graduation from the University of Utah on Friday May 6th!
We are so proud of him (Even if he DID graduate from the U) ha ha just kidding.

Then it was my niece Lauren's birthday! We got the family together and had a little birthday party on Saturday and that was fun <3 I love my niece's and nephew so much. I love hanging out with them. They are the best.
I love holding my new niece Grace. She is three weeks old now. 

I'm a little obsessed. All I want to do is hold her. I'mma drop out of school. Ha ha just kidding. 

I love herrrr. 

She was born April 19th 2011. 

Then on Sunday it was Mother's day and I let my momma know how much I love her. 

Also we got to Skype with my brother from Brazil! It's amazing that we can actually talk face to face with him in real time from halfway across the world. That still boggles my mind. I guess that technology has been around a while, but still. It was so good talking to him! He's doing really well. Depending on when he gets home, we hope the next time that we talk to him will be in person!! Yay!!

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Waiting.....

Sometimes I feel frustrated.. 

waiting for my life to begin. 

Wondering.. 

Will I go on a mission? 

When will I graduate from college? 

When will I get married? 

How will I pay for rent next month... 

But one thing I have learned is that the Lord sometimes doesn't really give us answers to these questions, because we have to learn to trust him. And this is an important life lesson. The questions never really end after these are answers, and we have to learn to rely on the Lord in all aspects of our life. Also, I have learned no matter what I have planned for my life, the Lord has a plan that is bigger and better than anything I could ever imagine. So I'm alright with waiting and trusting Him that he knows what he's doing. In the meantime, I'm going to focus on my spiritual growth and learning, my education, and my friends and family. 

I'll let the Lord figure out the big stuff. I'll know when the time is right.

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Dreams

I had the weirdest dream last night, 

I dreamed that I won a contest, and it was a trip to Hawaii 

so Heather and I went and were in Hawaii together and it was so fun!
Also there was an MTC in Hawaii and Cami was there and we were looking for her! 

I also won a truck, filled with money.

It was a pretty sweet dream.
I woke up for a minute and told Heather about it, 

and then I went back to sleep. 

This time, I dreamed that cockroaches were climbing through my window, and on my bed! 

Then I dreamed a bird flew through my window and into our closet.
I sleep on the top of a bunk bed and it's right on ground level next to a window, so I woke up freaked out 

Dreams are so weird 

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Funny Videos

This video makes my whole life. It's hilarious :)

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Cultural Diorama Assignment- Short, White, Mormon, Canadian Female

For my TELL 400 class, we are supposed to create a diorama that describes who we are culturally as a person. 

This is a Canadian Flag. This describes who I am because it is my heritage, and where my citizenship lies. I am Canadian and American. My childhood was spent in this place. It represents a big part of who I am. I grew up there and a big part of me developed while I was there. I also have a lot of family there, and that's literally a part of me. I love the memories I have in Canada and the thing that this flag represents. 

This baby represents a lot of things. It represents my love of my family. It represents my future career as an educator. It represents my love and passion for working with children. It represents my goal of having my own children and family someday. My family, and my goal to have my own future family someday is represented in this child, and it represents a big part of who I am. 

This is a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. It represents my morals, goals, and my religion. This represents the life I live and the standards that I live by. This is a symbol of my religion. It is a symbol of my religious beliefs. This represents my values. These things are obviously a big part of my life and who I am. It also represents my aspirations and dreams, because I want to be able to be married in the temple one day. I want to life a life worthy to be there someday.