July 10th's Post!

Hey everyone! So there hasn't really been much happen that I can post. So until more events come, the only thing I can really think of to post is...................................


COUPON CLASS! TODAY - 1PM! MY HOUSE! BE THERE! =D Brownies will be served too! It is so worth it to learn new things about coupons and saving money. Times are getting harder and will keep on getting that way. It is wonderful to have a little extra money! 

The wonderful 8th of July of the year 2010

Hey everybody! Not too much to post today. Just giving an update =)

Today my mom, siblings and I all went to the pool today. It was nice for the first little bit. Then I started getting cranky. 

Actually... I have been cranky since yesterday afternoon. Long story short... I hate people who cause drama that is totally unnecessary. It really bothers me. But oh well. 

I am doing better this evening. I guess I just need some time to calm down and get away. Thankfully, the week after next, I get to go to Utah for a few days. It is going to be wonderful. I love going down there. It is my favorite place ever. I think I love it so much down there is because of all the wonderful and incredible church history there is all over the area. Like the stories about all of the pioneers crossing the plains, mountains, and valleys to get the the Great Salt Lake area. Its just wonderful to hear those kind of stories. 

Anyway... That is all for tonight! Have a great night!

P.S.- Don't forget about my mom's couponing class on Saturday at 1p.m.at our house!!!! Its going to be a blast! You will learn so much that you never knew about before! And there will be cookies!! Come for the cookies if not for the couponing =P Hahahaha, just kidding.  

The 7th of July, 2010!

Alrighty! So I last posted on the 1st of July. Today is the 7th of July!! How crazy is that! Time goes by way too quickly...

Well, since my last post, not too much has happened. For the Fourth of July weekend, my family had some fun. We went to Burley and spent some time with family and friends, and also watched the fireworks. The fireworks this year were really amazing and beautiful. While watching fireworks, I was talking to someone very special to me. We both have this goal/hope to watch fireworks together next year. It would be so amazing if that were able to happen. 

Anyway, when we first got down there, we parked our car and everyone in the car saw my Great-grandma Dayley sitting in her truck with one of her friends. It was so wonderful to see her. I don't get to see her very often since we moved. So it was a special day. 

My grandma is VERY into working on our families ancestry and getting all of our ancestors work done so we, youth, are able to do baptisms and sealings for them. A few months ago, she sent me a huge package in the mail of tons of ancestors in our family. Each of them had stories beyond my comprehension. It was absolutely incredible to be able to read and share some of the experiences each of them had. One of these days I will post one of the stories she sent to me. My Great-grandma has asked me to write a history of my life for her, so that she may be able to add it to all of our family history stories. I told her I would absolutely LOVE to do that for her.

I kind of got to thinking about my past and all of the adventures and things I could think of and put in a story for her history book. While thinking of things, I thought that my blog, and all of my posts on here are part of my history. I write as much as I can about the every day things that have happened to me and mean so much to my heart. So I have decided that I am going to send my grandma all of my posts and then also post on here some of my past experiences from when I was born, to where I am now. I think this will be a good thing for not only her and getting my history put together, but also me and the things I will be able to remember that will add to my wonderful memory. Remembering historical things that are apart of you and your family are some of the most precious treasures possible. So I can't wait to get everything sent to her!

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Anyways... After the weekend was over, I started to get a cold. Unfortunately, its been getting worse and not as much better. Hopefully I will feel better soon. 

Next week is girls camp. My sister Shelly will be going, but I won't be attending. I have a job now! So I will be working. I am not complaining though. I am grateful to have this job. Its a great opportunity and it is going to be a fun experience. I also don't like going to girls camp that often... I have anxiety that gets pretty rough whenever I am with people I do not know or trust well. So I feel having this job will be better for me anyways. 

The week after, I hope to go to Utah. My mom is doing this coupon class for my family and they are going to invite friends and other family relatives of theirs. I hope it will be a big turn out. And I also hope to see someone special to me while down there for a few days. =) Thankfully though, if I am not able to go down that week, I will be there the next week for sure for my cousin Alisha's baptism! It is going to be a wonderful month. My grandparents from Georgia are flying in for the special occasion too. And I will be able to see some friends I haven't seen in a while either. I can't wait!

Well, I will write again soon! Have a wonderful evening everyone! =D 

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OH! Also!!!..... My mom is having a couponing class this weekend on Saturday at 1:00 at our house!! You are invited! Bring a friend too! Its going to be awesome. She will teach you all you need to know about how to use coupons the right way and how to save money no less than 70%!!!!! It is an awesome opportunity!!! Prices are going up, and money needs to be saved! This is the perfect time to learn how to save more!!!!! =D

Update!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! So its been like almost a week since I last posted and figured I need to keep posting or else I will get lazy and not write anymore. Things that have happened in the past week.... Um, now I have to think back so long ago...

Last Saturday I thought that my best friend was coming home from college for the weekend, but he ended up saying that he was going to come this weekend instead, because of the Fourth of July. He wouldn't have been able to come for the holiday if he had come last Saturday. Luckily, I get to see him on this coming Saturday! I can not wait. I miss him so much! I wonder sometimes if he realizes how much he means to me... 

Anyway - I ended up thinking I wouldn't have plans for last weekend, because I had planned several things with some of my friends, and also Jake, my bestie! But, fortunately, I got lucky and ended up getting plans. The sad part is....I do not remember what those plans were, at the moment. 

Sunday was a pretty good day. My daddy taught our Family Home Evening for that night. (We do it on Sundays instead of Mondays cause he works that night.) He had each of us write everyone's names on a piece of paper, three names to a side. Then he had us make two columns for each person. The first titled "Now", and the other "Future". Under the now column, he had each of us (privately) write what we thought that persons goals were for right now and the next 2 weeks to a month. When we were done with that column, we had to do the same in the other column, but what we thought their goals were for the future. When we were finished, we each got to read aloud the first column about each person in our family. Most of us got the goals right for that column, but there were several that we got wrong or was close to, but not quite. Then we had to do the same for the "Future" column. There were more missing spots in this column. To our surprise, we did not know each other as well as we should. My dad's lesson was to see how well we know our own family. Not anybody outside of it. Yes, we do know each other well. But we don't know each other as good as we should. We should be a closer family and know, if not every single thing, most everything that that person wishes for their life now, and then. Since he taught that lesson, we, as a family, have been trying to think of ways we can spend more time together and get to know each other better. 

On Monday, I started my job at Downeast Basics, in the mall. Well, it was more of a tutorial day instead of starting work. I officially start working on the 13th of July. I don't know why I start that late, but oh well. As long as I get to keep the job, I'm happy. I thank Heavenly Father for giving me this job. I feel it will be an amazing experience for me before I go to college. I chose to apply there because of the really good modest clothing the sell. Just because the clothes are modest does not mean they are not in style. The clothes Downeast Basics sell are very much up to date with style and adorable designs. So I love how they sell these products with a modest touch to them.

Today my family went to the Rec Center to go swimming with some neighbors from our ward. It was pretty fun. Though, I would like to ask the Rec to warm the pool water!!!! It was ice cold when I got in. But, I was not alone. Everyone thought the water was fridged! When we got home, we all got some food, and started relaxing and getting ready for my dad to go to work. I went to my room to, what I thought would just lay down for a few minutes, but turned into a couple hours of sleep. It was nice to get a nap in, but I missed saying goodbye to my daddy. I hope he knows I love him with my whole heart! I wish there was some way I could express how much I love him more than I already do. It worries me that he doesn't know how much I do love him. He is my hero and means the world to me. I wish every single person could have a father like mine. He is absolutely amazing. 

Anyway.... I will write again soon! Have a wonderful evening. =)

9:08p.m. On the 25th of June, 2010!!

Hey everyone!!! Okay, so for the past couple of days that I haven't written, a lot has happened. Well, not a lot, but you get what I'm saying! So on Thursday I went to the mall to turn in some applications. When I got that finished, I went to Downeast Basics to get an application. (I think I already told this story, but I can't remember. =P ) Anyways... I was at my friends house today and Sara, the manager at Downeast called me and said that I got the job offer!!! I am SO thrilled!!!! Lucky me I will start on Monday. I will only be there for about two hours, just so they can get me ready for everything and whatnot. But its still great! I can't believe that I got it! I know that this is truly a blessing from Heavenly Father and I thank him with all of my heart!!! =) 

Anyways, to me that was a lot. Lol. But I'm gonna go for the night.

Talk to ya'll later!!!! =D

Interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok. So today has been pretty fantastic!! I decided that since my sister and mom were gonna go out and buy some jewelry that I would go to the mall and turn in some applications that I have had for like...EVER!!!! When I turned in those apps, I went to go and find some more to turn in. 

Well, I was closest to Downeast Basics and asked for the application. The lady (named Sara I think?) told me that today was her interview day and had some people that were coming in for them and asked if I just wanted to hurry and fill out the application then do an interview right after wards. I was so excited and immediately said yes.

So I filled it out within about 15 minutes and she gave me the interview. To both of our surprises it went EXTREMELY well!!!! I am so glad. She really appreciated and was surprised by how much more mature I am compared to most 16 year old kids! I told her I get that a lot and thanked her for that. 

I feel that this is a blessing from Heavenly Father for me to get a job. I didn't have a clue that she would be interviewing people that day! I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much, just incase things don't work out. But I cant really help that I am excited for how well it went! =) 

Anyway... Have a FANTABULOUS day everyone!!! =D

Blog Update!!!

So, since Friday, when I last posted, not too much has happened. Well, there has been a lot, but not enough to remember everything. Life is still wonderful. I am enjoying every bit of it. I have an amazing family, I have fantastic friends, and they all love and care about me. 

I think for this post I am going to reflect on the past couple months and some of the changes that have happened to me. Maybe for some of you that are having a rough time, my story will help you. 

In the beginning of March, I was having a very rough time with life, my self-esteem (like if I really was beautiful or if people were just saying that), if people really did love me, etc... I have had issues with these before, but at the time, it all came crashing down on me and I didn't know how I was going to get through the next couple years until college started and I could re-start my life. 

On March 17th, I had enough and at the time, my parents were not home. So I started to talk to my best friend, Jake. He has always been someone that lives near by, that I can count on whenever I am in need of something. When I texted him, I told him the issues I was having and he kept on trying to convince me that I am beautiful, sweet, nice, smart, friendly, and about everything that anyone could want. I wanted to believe him, but at the time I was so down and sad that not even what he said did as much as I was really hoping it would. I knew that it would take not only myself to do what I could to feel better, but I would need a spiritual kind of help.

About a week later, the General Young Women broadcast was, well, being broadcast. I didn't feel like going, but my mom and sister convinced me to go and listen to what the speakers had to say. The talks were on what our Young Women theme is on. "Be Strong and of Good Courage." There was one talk that really stood out to me though. (Here is the website to find all the talks: http://lds.org/broadcast/gywm/0,7726,2298,00.html.) The talk that stood out to me the most was by Elaine S. Dalton, the Young Women General President. The whole talk stood out to me. But there are a few paragraphs that I would like to state from her talk. It says...

Young women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, remember who you are! You are elect. You are daughters of God. You cannot be a generation of young women who are content to fit in. You must have the courage to stand out, to “arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.” The world would have you believe that you are not significant—that you are out of fashion and out of touch. The world calls to you with unrelenting, noisy voices to “live it up,” “try everything,” “experiment and be happy.” Conversely, the Holy Ghost whispers and the Lord invites you to “walk in the paths of virtue,” “lay aside the things of this world,” “and cleave unto [your] covenants."

Recently, a group of young women visited my office. At the end of the visit, one young woman confided with tears in her eyes, “I have never thought of myself as beautiful. I have always felt very ordinary. But today, as I walked past the mirror in your office and glanced into it, I was beautiful!” She was beautiful because her face shone with the Spirit. She saw herself as our Heavenly Father sees her. She had received His image in her countenance. That is deep beauty.

Young women, look into the mirror of eternity. Remember who you are! See yourself as our Heavenly Father sees you. You are elect. You are of noble birth. Don’t compromise your divine inheritance. You were born to be a queen. Live so you are worthy to enter the temple and there receive “all that [the] Father hath.” Develop deep beauty. There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the Spirit, who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.

Remember, you are daughters of our Heavenly Father. He loves you so much that He sent His Son to show you the way to live, so that you could return to Him someday. I testify that as you draw close to the Savior, His infinite Atonement makes it possible for you to repent, to change, to be pure, and to receive His image in your countenance. His Atonement will enable you to be strong and courageous as you continue to raise your banner for virtue. You are golden. You are the banner!

And so I conclude with the Lord’s words to each of us, His precious daughters: “Behold, . . . thou art an elect lady, whom I have called.” “Walk in the paths of virtue. . . . Lay aside the things of [the] world. . . . Cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. . . . Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive.” Of this I bear my witness in the holy name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, amen."

After hearing the story of the girl looking into the mirror in Sister Dalton's office, I was in tears and truly felt inside that I was beautiful. I have changed the ways I look at myself and the way that I think about myself. Satan did such a great job at the time at trying to make me think the wrong things about myself. He tried to ruin my life, who I was, and what I was and am now. 

I do know that I am a Daughter of God. I know without a doubt that Heavenly Father loves me. I can also say that I know that going to this Young Women broadcast that it changed my life and I am so grateful in so many ways that my sister and mom convinced me to go. 

I won't say that life will now and forever more be perfect and that I will think the world of myself. I know that Satan is going to try and ruin my life again or try and make me do things I know to be wrong. But now that I know who I am and what I am makes me so much more stronger than I would have been if I did not hear what these talks were about. I know in my heart that I am beautiful. That I am loved by so many. That I am everything that my friend Jake told me I am and what others have also said about me. I have become someone that I can help others with through their self-esteem problems and tell them the story that changed my life forever. 

I am grateful to my Heavenly Father to showing me the light and the truth and His love for me. I will never forget such an experience. I hope all of you will read this and see a difference in your eyes and know that you ARE a daughter or a son of God. Those of you who are guys, read this and put Son in for the word Daughter, or put the word Men in for the word Women. A message like this should go out to the world for both female AND male. Both young and old. 

I leave this message with you all hoping I have helped you in some way.  =)

Have a wonderful Monday evening!!