Short Entry

Well, today there hasn't been too much that has happened. So I won't be writing too much tonight. 

Most of the day, I have been trying to relax and feel better from getting a not so great or fun sunburn from mowing our yard. I only mowed half of it though because I could feel myself burning and it was also really hot outside. When I got inside and all cleaned up, I looked at my neck and arms to see how badly they were burned. They didn't seem too bad, so I went on with my day trying to help my mom get things ready for the yard sale tomorrow. (Which by they way starts at 8:00 in the morning at my house!!!) Not too much later, I started to really feel the burn on my left arm. I went to see if it had gotten any redder. Unfortunately it did. My arms, neck, top half of my back, and legs. I really wasn't even outside for that long. So I am kinda bummed, and I do not look forward to waking up so early to get things set up for the sale either. I'm not going to be feeling all that great. 

Anyways, have a wonderful night everyone! Will write again soon!

The Fabulous June 17th of the year 2010

I am so proud of myself!! I have actually been on here a lot lately!! Lol. 

Well, today has been one heck of a day. Since how we are getting ready for our garage sale this weekend, we have been pricing tons of stuff and trying to get it all ready to go, etc.... But after I was done pricing things in my room, my momma had me go to PetSmart to get some medication for our little Lucie. Let me just tell you all that she is the most adorable Toy Poodle ever!!! Anyways...when I got there, I got what was needed, paid and went home, all within 20 minutes. I thought I did good. But then we opened up the box and it was empty!!! So........ I had to go BACK to the store, hoping to be able to exchange it, but unfortunately they had none left. Well, this really nice cashier dude helped me out by going to check on some other things, comes back with the same medication, but with a bigger count of the tablets inside it. (I only needed 2 tablets), but he opens the other box, hands me SIX tablets and said to not worry about paying for the extra. What a sweet guy.

Well... Afterward, I get home, we give Lucie her meds, and it was a long rest of the afternoon. I was waiting for my dear friend Luke to come pick me up to go to a lake, but then he ended up telling me that if we went to the lake, we would get really cold. And neither of us like cold weather, unless we are skiing or, for him, snowboarding. Haha. So we ended up going to a pool and had a blast there. At the time, we hadn't planned on getting wet. But for some odd reason I had the feeling to take my swimming suit. I am VERY glad I did, since how we went to the pool. He and his cousin tried throwing me in it in the beginning, WITH my clothes still on, but I begged them to let me get changed. Lol. It was fun though. I cant wait to hang out with them again. :)

Well, that is all for tonight. Will write again soon!! Have an amazing evening!!!

June 16th of 2010!!

So since I posted my talk from Sunday, I have really enjoyed this week. I can't really complain about anything right now. I would like to start my post off by saying I love my mom and dad with everything and so much more than I've got. They mean the world to me and I am so grateful they are my parents. :)

There isn't way too much to write about right now. Though before my last post, it had been a while before I was on, I can't seem to remember much of what has happened recently. Kinda sad, but oh well. 

So my family is having this huge garage sale, and we are really excited to be able to get rid of so much junk. Well, most of it is actually almost brand new or it is new. We just call it junk cause we aren't using it at this time of day. A lot of it my parents wanted to keep for when I get married and have my own children, but they decided that when that time comes, that they will just help out and get some more items. My mom and I are also getting rid of TONS and A LOT of scrapbook stuff that literally is brand new and most of it never been opened. So we are putting like these little packs together and hoping that people will like them. :)

I am hoping that we will be able to sell, if not all of the stuff, that we sell most of it. It would be such a huge blessing to be able to get rid of it all and use the money for things that we really do see our selves in need of at this time. 

Anyways.... Until next time, have a wonderful day, evening, and night!!! =) 

June 13, 2010 Update!!

So.... I am officially horrible at posting stuff on here. Any of you this bad at posting things like I am?? Haha. Well.... To start off today's post, I am FINALLY a senior :D I can't believe it!! I am still attending Canyon Ridge, and I love it. I have never truly enjoyed a school as much as this one. Yes, like the past schools I have attended, there have been issues and trials and whatnot, but being at this school has helped me, personally, be a better person. I think being a senior this coming year will also help me a lot more also. Its amazing how just a school can change so much in your life, how you act, and who you become. I know it changed me for the best, and I have my Heavenly Father to thank for that.

Anyways... Since my last post, which I believe was about my dear friend Ashley, I can say there has been A LOT that has happened. I can happily say that I have earned my Young Womanhood Recognition, received my gift from it, and wear it proudly. Being able to complete my Personal Progress has been amazing and blessed me with so much. A lot of that I can thank to my mom. She helped me through so much and kept on pushing me to finish it.

Today I was able to give a talk on the Second Article of Faith. Just for the heck of it, I am gonna write what my talk says. People all day at church said it was really well said and thought out, so maybe you will like it too.

The Second Article of Faith states, "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression." I looked at the cross-references from the words punished, own, and transgression. 

Under punished, it gave the scripture Exodus 32:33, which says, "And the Lord said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book."  That scripture is pretty self-explanatory.  If you sin and not repent of it, then God will not bless you with the things he has/had in store for you.

The second scripture I looked up was Mosiah 26:36, which states, "And those that would not confess their sins and repent of their iniquity, the same were not numbered among the people of the church, and their names were blotted out." Like the first scripture, this explains what Heavenly Father wanted to put across to those who would not listen and obey His commandments.

And the last scripture I looked up under punished was D&C 127:7 and 128:7. I am only going to post 127:7. It says, "That in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven."

I next researched on the word own and it gave me the scripture Deut. 24:16, which says, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin." I very much liked reading this verse because it explains that you can not give your wrong doing to someone else to take the consequence for you. You, yourself, have to claim the sin you made and deal with the consequence and understand that the outcome was only because of the choice you made.

I also looked up Ezek.18:20, which says, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." This also explains the same as the scripture I wrote above.

When I looked up the last scripture for own, I was referred to Joshua 24:15. This scripture reads, "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Out of the Bible, this has got to be my favorite scripture. It is so bold in what it explains. You cannot choose to follow the Lord and Satan, both. You must choose whether you will follow one or the other. But to follow both, it is impossible and incorrect.

And for my last cross-reference on transgression, I read Matthew 12:36, which states, "But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." This speaks of foul language that the world uses every day, in these days. So many people are always swearing and cussing, etc... What people don't understand is when they use God's name in vain, its worse than putting all of the worlds swear words together. It states very clearly in the Ten Commandments to NOT use His name in vain. Using this language is also very offensive to not only Heavenly Father, but to also those of who do not use those words so rudely and wrong.

I also read in Alma 12:14. This scripture reads, "For our words will condemn us, yea all our words will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless, and our thoughts will also condemn us, and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from his presence.

The last scripture I read was in Eccl. 5:2. This reads, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter ANY thing before God: for God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."

I read on lds.org, under Fall of Adam, some of the process of why we have sin. It states, "The process by which mankind became mortal in this earth.  The fall of Adam is one of the most important occurrences in the history of man. Before the fall, Adam and Eve had physical bodies but no blood. There was no sin, no death, and no children among any of the earthly creations. With the eating of the "forbidden fruit," Adam and Eve became the "first flesh" upon the earth, meaning that he and Eve were the first to become mortal. After Adam fell, the whole creation fell and became mortal. Adam's fall brought both physical and spiritual death into the world upon all mankind.

The fall was no surprise to the Lord. It was a necessary step in the process of man, and provisions for a Savior had been made even before the fall had occurred. Jesus Christ came to atone for the fall of Adam and also for man's individual sins.

Latter-day revelation supports the biblical account of the fall, showing that is was a historical event that literally occurred in the history of man. Many points in latter-day revelation are also clarified that are not discernible from the Bible. Among other things, it makes clear that the fall is a blessing, and that Adam and Eve should be honored in their station as the first parents of the earth."

I am truly grateful for the gift of repentance and the blessings I have received from it. I know that we have a prophet of God here upon the earth this day. I know that this is the true church of God, and I am so grateful to be apart of it and have been raised in the church. This is my testimony, and I leave it with you all, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I shall HOPEFULLY write again soon!!! :) See ya!

Ashley Winn and Family

During this past week a little girl, that my whole family has always been close to, passed away. Her name was Ashley Winn. Through out my whole life, she has always been such an amazing spirit, inspiration, joyful, happy, and loving little girl.

Ashley was born with a disease in her heart, and throughout her body. The day she was born, she ended up being life flighted to Primary Childrens Hospital to receive her very first open heart surgery. During her whole life, she continued to have surgery after surgery after surgery.

Ashley always showed her love for the Savior Jesus Christ in so many ways. Her deepest desire was to fulfill her mission on this earth and please her Father in Heaven. When she made a mistake, she would feel awful for it and do everything in her power to correct what was done. Ashley did what she could to express her love and devotion for all those in need, when she was the one going through all the worst times. She never asked for anything from anyone. Not her parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc....

Tomorrow morning at 11:00am, her funeral will be held. We, my family, will attend it.

Words we cannot express to this dear little child of how much we love her and are so happy for her to not be in pain anymore is beyond comprehension.

The only way I feel I am able to tell her how much I love her and what she has done for not only me, but for everyone else that she has and will touch the lives of others is through my prayers to my Father in Heaven. Every day when I pray, I ask Heavenly Father to let all of my loved ones in Heaven know how much I love them, and what they have done for me. I am so grateful for knowing each and every one of the people I have known, that has passed on from this life to the next.

Though we may be sad and morn that they have left us physically on earth, they are still with us in spirit, and have become each and every one of us guardian angels.

To the Winn family... I love each of you with all of my heart. I keep you in my prayers every day. My family loves you and keeps you all in their prayers every day. We thank you for all of the posts and updates on dear little Ashley. We all give you our love. You are all strong and amazing people, and Ashley is so lucky to have such an amazingly wonderful family like you. Never forget that Heavenly Father is there for you all the time, when it seems like nothing else could go wrong, or when you feel at your lowest. Pray to Him often and express what you feel in your hearts. Don't forget how much Ashley loves you and appreciates all you did for her while here on this earth. Blessings will come to each of you as you strive to live life to the fullest with happy and loving hearts.

We love you all. I love you all. Thank you for sharing you sweet little angel with us. She will always be your guardian angel until your time has come to see her again. 

Journal Entry

Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of update. Its been a very busy last couple of weeks. Can you believe we are already into the 3rd month of 2010!?!?

For the past 2 or so weeks, my wisdom teeth have been causing me a lot of pain from my neck and up. Yesterday after school, I was able to go to my dentist, who is in my ward, and get them checked to see if they needed to be pulled out. It took him no longer than 5 seconds to look into my mouth and tell me it was time. So on Thursday, March 4th, at 9:00am, I am going into minor surgery to get them out. Yay me!! Not... 

School this semester is going o.k. It seems harder to get all of my work done and in at the time it is due. But I am working really hard at trying to get better grades this semester. I am doing everything I can to graduate a semester early. Which means I will go to school next year, in my senior year, and only be there for half of the year. My plans are to go to college in Provo, Utah at the Paul Mitchell Cosmetology school. I am so excited to learn more about doing cosmetics. I truly enjoy every bit of it. If by any chance I don't make it into Paul Mitchell, then my secondary plans for college are to go to Idaho State University. I have MANY friends that go there and tell me much about the different programs they have. There have been several people tell me about their cosmetics courses also, and how good they are. I would love to be with many of my best friends, but I would also like to go where my heart wants to go. 

The family is all doing really well. Ashlynn is still her cute, little, short self. But she is almost 12 years old!!! That is crazy! I feel so old... Lol. James is just about as tall as her! He is in the middle of a major growth spurt. He is also so freaking smart. He takes after Chylanne. He is so bored in class that he never does his homework until mom and dad make him sit at the table with them and do it. He hates it! Chylanne is still taller than me (its so sad...) and she is growing even more these past couple of days. She is doing so well in school and also handling band class. She plays the violin, taught herself, and does a fantastic job! In fact.... she has a concert at her school tonight! Mom is still teaching her food storage classes and loves it! Not only is she teaching others, but she is also learning new ways to do things with it all. I think her next couple of classes are on how to properly coupon and save TONS of money (which we have done very well with lately). We are all so very proud of her. Dad is still working for UPS and is such a trooper with it. He practically lives alone. I feel bad for him. The only days he ever gets to spend time with us kids is on the weekends. But I guess it could be worse. He could be back into construction and not ever be home except once or twice every other month.

Well, I better go get ready for school. I hope everyone has a great day. And know I love you all!!!

Very late 2nd Journal Entry

Wow... I seem to not get on here as much as I was hoping.

Things have been crazy. From my last post, I mentioned that my family was going to Utah for a couple of my cousins weddings. Those both turned out great! I love the men the girls married. They both fit perfectly into our whole family.

We spent our new year down in Utah also, with my aunt Amy and her family. It was a blast! I met new friends and still talk to them. They are so awesome.

Right now I am working really hard on graduating early and going to college next spring. I plan on going to Paul Mitchell Cosmetology school. I cant wait! Its going to be awesome. I plan to move down to Utah for school and hopefully I will meet the man I end up marrying! =P Who knows what will happen though.

To be able to graduate early, I am taking several courses online to get my credits for next year. I am only graduating a semester early though. I would hate to graduate a full year early. That would be insane! Then over the summer, I am going to also take some other courses online to get through with the credits. My grandparents, bless their hearts, offered to pay for the courses, according to how hard I really want this and how hard I work for it to happen. I can not thank them enough for doing this for me. It means so much!

My sister, Chylanne, is also working hard on her school work. She is such a busy bee with her violin and her school work. I am so proud of her. She would like to skip 8th grade and go straight to 9th grade. That would be so awesome for her. She hopes that with her being as smart as she is, that the school district will pass her to do so.

Ashlynn is such a social bug! Constantly she is making new friends or she is out with her friends. She is still her cute and small little self. But she is funsized!!! We all love her height. Its what helps make her adorable.

On the other hand, James is having this MAJOR growth spurt!! He is so tall for a 5 year old. In no time, he will be as tall as me. My family all thinks he will end up being tall like Chylanne is. He is so hyper too. None of us can keep up with him. James is loving Kindergarten and is the smartest kid in his class! His teacher is going to set him up on a program called PLATO and get some harder work for him to do. He gets so bored with the work they do in class, that he never ends up doing it. What a smarty!

My mom and dad are both still going crazy, staying busy, and looking for as much "free-time" as possible.

Dad is still working for UPS, and what a blessing that is. On the weekends, there will be many times where he will get home from work and not go to bed like he should, but instead, he will stay up and spend as much time with the family as possible. Since he works at night, he feels and is so alone. We kids work to try and make the time he has with us as fun as possible!

Mom is teaching her food storage classes still and is doing really great and is having fun with it. She is also trying to teach us kids about the things that she learns and does too. We love knowing that if we ever need to live off of our food storage, that our mom will help us out since she knows so much about it. We are very proud of her as a family.

Our family is doing great. We are enjoying our lives. And we are enjoying our friends and family in it too. We aren't a perfect family, but we try. I love being with them. They are my world. My everything.

I hope you all are having a great weekend!!