happy holidays

hope your thanksgiving was happy. 

i have a lot to be grateful for, namely the special people who are nearest and surround me every day called my family. 

If I had nothing else in my life, I would still have everything if I had my family. 

My thoughts on Black Friday?

I'd like to take a gun to it. 

I know that sounds violent, but maybe thats because i've worked it the past three years. DUMB idea. 

i'm all for the 

"SAVE THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING"

campaign.

where everyone stays home, watches christmas movies, and eats left overs all day. 

OH, after a good nights rest that is. 

Online shopping would be acceptable.

doing a little anxious dance before the gun was handed over

 

Needless to say, I wouldn't trust myself with a gun if I were you. 

(i missed every single clay pigeon by a mile... aka the one that sat 20 feet in front of me on the ground the entire time) 

H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S

pray

semester break is so close i can almost taste it.

then it's out with the old books in with new and diving right into level 2 of craziness.

including lots of drives up to weber ( every day :( )
and lots of hours in the classroom.

sometimes i wonder if I really know what i'm doing. (i don't)


BUT our christmas tree is up. two of them. :) yay!
And Thanksgiving is this week, I have oh so much to be grateful for.

today i'm grateful for prayer. because it works, and God is listening.
how comforting that we can send a message of gratitude, a plead for comfort, or ask for guidance.
he is watching over us, he loves us, and he will not lead us astray or abandon us. we are never alone and i am so extremely comforted by that knowledge.

a little excerpt

"i've learned that people dont care about how much you know or what you say, but how you made them feel. Just remember that ok? with everyone you come in contact with. make them feel special. make them feel important. We are each so special to our heavenly father and he loves us all the same so make everyone feel just as special as you would want to feel. thats all people really want. is to feel important and that they matter. Thats why i love being a missionary so much is cuz i can be that person for others and its so awesome." 

Photos by: Kailey Rae Photography

so, you should all check out Kailey Rae Photography

and ask her about buying a ticket to the Raw artist exhibition on Dec. 3 and give yourself some culture for the night! 

life now

>currently craving:

a criminal minds marathon with my boyfriend.

>currently stressed about:

UH. end of semester. need we say more? 

>current wishes

I T A L Y

>currently grateful

that i get to work with my mom.

>currently reading

The Rent Collector by Camron Wright. (well when I ever get a second that is, which isn't often.)
oh and, Alma 26:37.

>currently sick

with the bug. ooooh i've got it bad. the travel bug, that is.

>current hobby

does shopping count? no. i like to paint.

>current regrets

I have no regrets. I'm grateful for the mistakes i've made and wouldn't take them back because how else would I have grown and learned from them.
oh, except maybe i'm going to regret choosing to blog right now instead of clean my disaster room. 

>currently obsessed

with documenting (photographing) everything in my life. and michael buble's christmas album. and reindeer.

>currently love

my family and this holiday spirit.

>currently in love

with the one and only :)

>current goals

exercise. school. save $. travel. grow spiritually.

>currently

going to bed. xoxo goodnight.

1 Thessalonians

That blue flower could easily be mistaken for a loofa,
but painting is good for the soul,
and it makes me happy.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

>Remember your prayers for those in the Philippines. And be extra grateful for your warm house and bed to cuddle up in tonight. 

>I'm so grateful for the people in my life, couldn't be more blessed to have them all.

lucky number seven

I'll see you in seven months. 

HOLY COW!!! 

Today, i'm grateful for my missionary :) And i'm grateful he is willing to write me and let me be apart of his amazing experience he is having. Not to mention he still manages to treat me like a princess and make me feel so special and loved from so far away. I'm grateful for the chance i've had to let my testimony grow over these past 17 months and for the example that jord has been to me!

 Oh, and i'm grateful that he only has 7 months left. 

i'm totally one of those missionary girlfriend nerds that i promised myself i would never be... dang it.