Phobias

I saw Rachel Ray the other day, and she decided to conquer all of her fears. 

So she went skydiving and went in a small human hamster ball. 

I think that it would be awesome to conquer all of your fears. 

Life life without fear. 

I think my biggest fears that I would have to conquer would be 

1. Deep, dark water

2. Heights 

3. Rejection 

4. Sharks, Spiders, and Snakes 

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Summer

I thought not taking classes this summer would be great.
I thought it would be fun and easy to have eight weeks off and just work. 

I planned a "theme" for each day. 

Monday- Family History Day 

Tuesday and Wednesday- Volunteering at a retirement center 

Thursday- Reading day 

Friday-temple day 

Saturday- Cleaning and organizing day. 

This was my grand plan.

It turned out a lot different than I planned.
What I didn't anticipate was working 40 hours a week, 

and whenever I get home late being too tired to do anything and having to go to bed to get up early for work.  

No social life. 

I thought that I needed a break from school, but now I need a break from WORK. 

I think working 40 hours a week is just as exhausting as school. 

I'll maybe talk to my work about cutting back hours last week. 

It's nice to earn some Money though :) 

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Lessons Learned from Rock Climbing

I never thought I would rock climb on anything but a rock wall. Ever. 

But last night, at eleven thirty or so, my roommates and some guys went on a little hike.
They promised me it would be easy, so we went. 

But then, there was a rock on the side of the path.
To make it more interesting, the guy who is a professional rock climber decided we should climb it.
No equipment, just your hands and feet. 

I was terrified. Absolutely terrified. I have never done anything like that in my life.
I can't even climb a rock wall with a harness, let alone a rock on a mountain that's twice as high with nothing.
The only reason I think that I ended up doing it was that everyone was going up and I didn't want to be left behind in the dark by myself. But I was still terrified and not very good at it.
It was good though, it made me realize things.
It was a great learning experience through the spirit.
I think Heavenly Father wanted to teach me a few things.
He wanted me to realize that I can't quit things that I start, and I should be able to finish things.
Even if they are hard. ESPECIALLY if they are hard.
I think it was a great example of our relationship with the Savior.
Think if it this way, I went too high up. Farther than I should of, and Mack (professional rock climber) had to come and help me down.
I couldn't see a thing. I literally wouldn't have been able to do it
without him and his flashlight, my light was out.
During different times, my light would go on and off. But his was brighter, and constantly on.
He was always by my side, he never left my side.
The others went ahead and he stayed behind to help me.
He had to guide my feet, and I had to have complete trust in him. My life was quite literally in his hands.
At one point, my whole weight was on his knee.
I was comforted knowing he was on the ground, and that the path we had taken was possible.
Someone had walked it before. 
I'm so grateful for this experience, it was great and I feel like I learned and accomplished something a lot.

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Sister Enestrom

I miss Sister Enestrom!
 She's one of my best friends and she's down in Santa Maria, Brazil right now on her mission. 

Sometimes when I worry about her, I remember she's in the Lord's hands. 

I pray for you every night. 

I miss you. 

I love you. 

Return with Honor. 

You go, girl :) 

Miss you! 

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Life :)

Yesterday I had a sore throat and didn't feel good. 

So I had some time.. (most of the day).... 

to just lounge about and watch TV and spend some me time. 

It was great. I think that everyone needs that sometimes.
To just be by yourself and reflect on your life, spirituality, and goals. 

Self- Evaluation. 

I feel like I'm doing great, but there is always room for improvement. 

I'm going to narrow these down into steps to take for each goal. 

I'm going to print them up on a fancy piece of paper and put it somewhere I will see them. 

My Goals! 

I am going to make some goals for myself. 

I'm going to find somewhere to volunteer. 

I'm going to spend more time at the library. 

I'm going to eat healthier. 

I'm going to live on a budget. 

I'm going to get to know people in my ward.
I'm going to go on a date. 

I'm going to workout three times a week. 

I'm going to spend some quality time with the people that I love and care most about. 

I'm going to make goals for my future. 

I'm going to spend more me time. 

I'm going to listen to uplifting music during the week, not just on Sundays. 

I'm going to be more organized and clean my room. 

I'm going to stop worrying about the big things, ( Marriage, Career, Mission, etc.) leave them up to God, and be happy and just live my life.

I'm going to make the choice to be happy every day :) 

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Family History

Family History is amazing.
Last semester, Heather (my wonderful roommate) and I took a Family History class at BYU.
It was amazing.
At first I was like... really, Heather? That sounds boring and it's for old people who have time.
I didn't see it as important.
But I took the class anyway, grudgingly.
And it became my favorite class very quickly :)
I really loved the things I learned. I had never really put much thought into Family History and why it's so important, and what part it plays in the church.
I put it to the side as something nice to do when I'm old.
Boy was I so wrong.
In this class, I learned just how central Family History work is to the gospel, the temple, and to our own salvation!
We CANNOT be saved without our dead
We CANNOT go to the celestial kingdom on our own, we go as families.
That was very humbling to little prideful, selfish me.
We learned that Eternal Life is an inheritance. And if our ancestors aren't given it, who do we "inherit" from?
It is SO very important, but so discouraging sometimes.
It's very difficult but I know with the spirit we can find things that we wouldn't be able to normally.
I truly have a testimony of Family History work. There is so much to do and so little time to do it.
We need EVERYONE's help in this work.

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