Quick Post!

Hey guys! 

So not too much to talk about. Just wanted to tell ya about my day. 

I was supposed to work for an hour today, but I ended up working for about 2 1/2 hours instead. It was actually pretty fun. I worked an hour alone, then my friend Tana ended up asking me to stay longer and help her out. So that's how I ended up staying longer. She is such a sweetie! I love working with her. She is actually going to be helping me out on Saturday at the car show with the Spider-man guy. I can't wait! It is going to be a blast! =) She is so excited to meet him and be able to get a picture with him and his autograph. I don't blame her though because it IS, of course, the real stunt man that plays Spider-man, and will be wearing the actual Spider-man suit from the movies!!

Anyway... I ended up not going on my date tonight with Curtis. We decided that since we couldn't find anyone else to go with us, that we would wait until Friday and go on a lunch date and to a movie after lunch. I thought that was a better idea anyways. I'm still excited to be able to see him again. He is definitely by far one of my best, and great new friends! =) My parents keep asking me when they get to meet him. I don't have a clue yet. I guess it kinda depends on if we are meeting somewhere or if he is going to pick me up, or yeah... But I guess we will find out when the time gets closer. 


Well, I will talk to you all next time! Have a great Wednesday night!


Love, 
Jess

Crazy Tuesday!

Hey everyone! Ok, so the past few days have been pretty cool. I have been crazily busy! But honestly, I have nothing to complain about. I am loving life so much! =D

I don't remember if I told you guys about Saturday or not. Since I happen to not remember, I am going to tell you anyways! So all day Saturday, I was so anxious for the Regional Stake dance for that night. I couldn't wait to see the new friends that I had made during that week, and to share the evening with them all. They truly are some of the most best friends I have ever made during my whole life! I don't know where I would be with out them right now. When I got to the dance, I was lucky to be able to first dance with one of the guys from my company, named Curtis. He is such a sweet guy. He has an amazing humor that any girl would love to be around constantly. I was also privileged to get to dance with a guy, also in my company, named David. What an amazing spirit he has. I am grateful that I was able to spend that whole week with them and also at the dance. I absolutely love being able to know them! I know that they will forever be some of my closest friends for eternity. 


On Sunday, I really enjoyed being able to spend time with the kids from my ward that were able to attend EFY. We all had the feeling that the friends that we had made from that previous week we felt we had known our whole life. That we knew everything about each other and were best friends even in the preexistence. I do not doubt that we were all best friends in Heaven before we came to earth. What amazing youth we have in these latter days!!

On this fabulous Monday we just had yesterday, I didn't do way too much. My poor mother went to SEVEN different places throughout the day. She was so exhausted!! I only went to three places. My mom went with me to open up an account so that I actually had a place to put my money from work, and any other extra money I made. Then we went to Winco to get some groceries. About two minutes, literally, after we got home, I left to go hang out with my best friend Jake! We ended up going to Burger King and got a shake and he got a burger with his. Jake is going to college to be a professional dietitian and chef. He wants to open up his own restaurant too with tons of healthy items that would be on his menu. Jake is the type of guy that will accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. What an amazing guy he is. To plan ahead of the goals he wants to accomplish and get them. Anyway... After we left BK, we went to his cousins house and hung out there for a while, talked, listened to music, etc... It was kinda awkward, because his cousin and I dated several times and now he has another girlfriend, and I ended up being the one that was quiet most of the time. But it was still good to see him. After we left, we went to Jake's and hung out there for a while and were acting silly and being our usual dorks together. I can always be myself around Jake. He is just that type of guy!

Today was so much fun, but also kinda frustrating. Well, the frustrating part was only at work. But I will get  to that soon enough! My mom, yesterday, left her big, huge, 4 inch coupon binder at Smiths yesterday, so today I went to go retrieve it for her. When I got back home, my mom, sister, and I went to the bead shop and a scrapbook store to get some fun ribbon and beads for my sister's jewelry booth she is setting up in a car show this weekend. I ended up leaving early because the bead shop stunk so horribly that I got one of the worst headaches I have had in a long time. So I got to work about 15 min early. I ended up working about 2 1/2 hours alone, so I got pretty bored by myself. But it got better once my friend, and coworker, Katie, got there to assist me and start gossiping with me! Haha. I'm just kidding. But we do like to tell stories about whats been going on in our lives. After a few hours of working, a lady came in to exchange a shirt that wasn't the right size. When she got a different shirt that she wanted, we told her that she would have to pay a little extra for the shirt she wanted, because it was a higher price than the shirt she had originally bought. For about 10 minutes straight she threw the biggest fit I have ever seen any customer throw, told one of our customers that they shouldn't buy a shirt that is a different price that they want to exchange it for, and we ended up losing some service because of the way she acted in our store with other customers around. We even called customer service about the issue she was having, and even what they said, she was throwing a fit about. We FINALLY got it settled, she left with her original shirt, and with customer service's phone number, and a scowl on her face. That is the part that was so frustrating about my day. On the other hand though, the guy Curtis I was talking about earlier, texted me and we started talking for a little while. It was nice, because since I met him, I get butterflies and smile really big. He is so funny and sweet! Tonight when we were talking, he asked me to go on a date with him tomorrow night to a movie! I can't wait. Hehe. I am such a dork... Lol, but I don't care right now. I can't wait for my parents to meet him either. I have talked to them about him several times and they seem pretty anxious to see what he is like. =) 

Anyways... Sorry for the long post. But I had a lot to talk about. I will write again soon!! 

Love, 
Jessy!   

EFY WEEK!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone!!! So I haven't been able to post anything this week because I have been gone at EFY. Which stands for Especially For Youth, for those of you who don't know what it means. It is amazing! It is a youth activity that is apart of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It has so many amazing activities that are not only a blast!, but also that are amazingly spiritual and peaceful. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to attend with over 900 other youth!! 

Monday was our first day at EFY. We all got registered, got our name tags, with an awesome EFY t-shirt, a handbook with all of our lessons in it and an area to write things down, and also a DVD that has tons of songs we learned and sang throughout the week, with a few video lessons on it too. After we received those, we all went into the auditorium and got a preview of how the week was going to play out and what kinds of different things we would all get to experience. It was absolutely incredible. Everyone enjoyed it all and had a blast!! When we got finished in there, we went to find our counselor groups which had between 5-12 people each in it. We got to know everyone in that group, then found out that we were going to have a company group, which was created with 3 counselor groups put together. There were 2 groups of girls that were put with one group of boys. In no time, we were all acting like we had known each other our whole lives and were already joking around with each other. After that, we went back to the auditorium to get some more news and updates about the week and what the rules, etc... were.   That pretty much concluded our day.

Tuesday was a blast. We were all able to have fun playing more games with each other and get to know more things about the other people in our company. We also had FHE with everyone together in the auditorium. It was so amazing and spiritual. We also had a lot of laughs during it. That evening we also had a dance with everyone around. We were able to learn some new dances for some of the songs that were played. One of them was Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus. I'm not the biggest fan of her, but I happen to really like that song and the dance to it. 

Wednesday was our game day with all of the other youth there. We all got to participate in about 6 different games with our companies. Every one of the games I had never played before so it was kind of confusing for me in the beginning. But I got the hang of it soon enough! We were also able to have our morning devotional with everyone and also our own company devotionals. After the day was starting to come to a close, each of us got to spend time on our own reading the scriptures, praying, looking for answers that we felt were needed at the time.

Thursday was church dress day. When I arrived that morning, I saw all of the young men dressed up in their white shirts and ties and dress pants. When I saw them, I wanted to cry because of how amazing they all looked and what an amazing sight they all were. I loved being able to see how brightly each of the men light showed. I have never seen such a more beautiful sight before. The young women were dressed in amazing church dresses and skirts with cute little blouses. We each felt so amazing and happy. Thursday was so spiritual and warming. I had never felt so amazing the whole day. We also got to learn new songs that all of the young men and young women got to learn and sing together. It was absolutely incredible!!! The young men also got to shout "HOORA! HOORA! HOORA FOR ISREAL!" Every single one of the girls LOVED that! We all cheered for them and clapped for them. I knew right then that our young men are so special and amazing, and are necessary for our future and have such an important roll that is needed to be played in the world. That evening with our companies, we got the opportunity to bare our testimonies. I went first, explaining how this whole week has changed my life, and who I was for the better. I also explained that I did make the best friends ever in less than a week, and how much I loved and appreciated them all. Every single one of the boys also bore their testimony and how being there at EFY changed their lives also. So many of them explained how they WILL go on a mission because how the wonderful experience they all had and how being there changed their life. I love those boys so much and know that they all will do what they said they will.  We were also able to watch the variety show, which was pretty much a talent show, but with so many variety of talents shared with us. We also were able to listen to a musical program.

Yesterday (Friday) was our last day attending EFY. It was such a wonderful day. By far the happiest! My company actually became a real family! We all became so close to each other and had true love for one another. We were able to do a service project, which was making blankets for people in one of the near by nursing homes. That was so much fun. In the nursing home, there were about 130 people in there, and we youth made over 180 blankets for them in an HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!! How incredible is that! We had so much fun being able to do a wonderful cause for people who don't even have family to come visit them. Each of us loved the experience! After we finished the blankets and got our lunch, we sat together as a family and company taking pictures, getting everyone's information to stay in touch with and just played around. We all loved and enjoyed the time we spent together. That evening, we had our last devotional, last lessons, and our last time together as all of the companies together in the auditorium. We watched a video of the week that we had just gotten through with all of our activities. Pictures and music was played of all the events taken place there at the site we had EFY at. Of course I cried throughout the whole thing. I was so sad that the week was coming to an end. That we would all go home, and got our separate ways. We all sang the songs that we got to learn earlier that week, which made me cry even more and harder. God gave me just the smallest amount of love for each and every one of those youth that He has for them. I realized that these people were and are my family. That they always will be, and how amazing each one of them are. I love them so much.

Thankfully, last night was not the last night we got to see each other. Tonight we are all going to a Stake Regional dance and we all get to spend time together again and enjoy the wonderful smiles each person has. We will always be able to stay in touch, because of the incredible ways God has given us for different ways to communicate. I love EFY. I love the people I met. And I love my Heavenly Father so much. I am so grateful that I was able to attend this wonderful EFY program with so many people from all over the place! I am grateful for the testimony that I have and how much it has grown this past week. For the wonderful spirit I have felt this whole week. And I am going to do everything it takes to keep that spiritual high with me at all times, and in all things, and in all places.

I love you all so much! =) And until next time....
Have a fantastic weekend!!!

Jessy

August 5th!

Hey everyone! So I have been extremely busy lately. But honestly... I can't think of everything that has happened since I last posted. But I will do my best!

When we went to Utah, my family was able to go to Temple Square, but it was so freaking hot that we didn't stay very long at all. We left a short time after and went to my aunt Amy's and waited to go out to dinner. When we did, we planned on going to this buffet place. But instead, we went to this salad buffet because we couldn't find the place we were going to go to first. We decided, when we got back to my aunt's, that we were going to just go to bed. It was late enough and we were all tired. It had been a long day.


On Saturday we didn't do much. We had my cousin Alisha's baptism. My mom, aunt Amy, and I went to Seagull Book to get something to read and look at the pictures they had. I got several books. One is called "Epicenter". I got done reading it on the way home. In less than a day. It was so good! Its one that I could read several times and love more and more. I also got a couple others, but sadly at the moment can't remember the names. Haha. Later that evening, we went to my aunt's ward dinner and pool party. It was actually a lot of fun. I got to hang out with one of my friends from her ward. I had a blast that night. 


Sunday we went to church and went home. I was so ready to go back home. I had a rough time staying happy for certain reasons, but in the end I was glad to go down there for my cousins baptism and see my family and friends. 


Since then, I have just been working and going to the fair this week. Its been pretty fun. I have enjoyed hanging out with my closest and best friends.


Well, until next time, have a great afternoon!!!


Jessy

Late Post!!!!!

Hey everyone! So its been a while since I last wrote. I have been so freaking busy! Sorry for the lack of update. 

Life has been pretty much amazing. I love how things are falling perfectly into place. 

Last week, Wed-Fri, my family was able to go to Utah and have some fun down there. My mom ended up doing a coupon class at my aunt Diana's and it went pretty well. This class was a lot more lively than the one she had before. I enjoyed it a lot mainly because I was able to see my family. (Her coupon class was Wednesday night.) On Thursday, we went to the Family History Center, the Church History Museum, and the Gateway mall. My grandparents are missionaries at the FHC, so we were able to get to see what kinds of different things they do there. It was really neat to learn stories about past relatives that I have, have never heard about, or have but have forgotten about. It was truly a really neat experience. After we went there, we went to the museum. I have never learned so much about the church history than when I went to this museum. It was absolutely incredible. I loved it. On my phone, I took over 120 photos. My phone has become fairly slow since I took so many. Haha. I enjoyed it so much though. And the spirit there was incredible. I can't wait to go back soon! Later, we went with my  mom's sister and her family to the Gateway mall for dinner. We didn't go shopping, because of how wore out everyone was. Everyone's feet were starting to hurt. So dinner was all we did. We headed back to our cars and went out separate ways. My mom went with her sister back to her house though. 

Since we all got back home, I have been fairly busy. I worked yesterday and today. It was really fun. I got to work with new girls that I hadn't met yet. They were all fabulous and very sweet! I can't wait to see who I work with next week. Most of all though, I can't wait to get paid Friday!!!!! My first paycheck!!!! =D It shall be wonderful! 

I also can't wait because very soon, I will be able to see the man I very much love with all of my heart! I am so very grateful that my parents do not mind if we go on a date because of certain circumstances. But he is absolutely wonderful and means more than I can ever explain. 

Until next time though... Have a great night everyone! 

Jessy

The Miraculous Sunday

There is just something about Sundays that make it one of the best days ever. Maybe because of Sunday naps, or going to church, or maybe just the spirit it gives me. But I love Sundays and am so grateful that they always come back around. 

Yesterday was a very good day. My mom had her coupon class. (Which only like 9 people showed up too. Thanks for everyone just barging in through the door!!!) Lol! Just kidding. =)  Even though not many people showed up, it went good. It was extremely quiet compared to the first coupon class my mom had, which was a plus! Not too many questions. AND!!!!, it was less than 2 hours! Which was absolutely fantastic! The first one she didn't get through even half of all the stuff about coupons, and it went over 2 hours long. 

After her class, I was able to go to a car show that was just ending right when I arrived! I made it to see about 8 cars at the most. They were absolutely gorgeous vehicles!! I have never seen such a more beautiful '56 Ford pickup. It was a bright yellow color, had amazing chrome bumpers and wheels. So many amazing things done to it...

I also went to the mall and helped my dad and siblings look for a birthday gift for my mom. Her birthday is tomorrow. We wanted to get her something that was special and meant a lot, but also wasn't extremely pricey. I was also able to go and see my boss. She is such a sweetheart! I am so sad though cause she is moving to Boise and wont be my manager anymore. She is looking for a new one to hire. I told her that the new manager has to be like her. Fun, exciting, good attitude, etc... 

Today has been really good too. The spirit was so strong at church! The talks given in sacrament were about getting closer to Heavenly Father and knowing him better. Doing that would make you know yourself better and how many blessings you really do have. Another talk was on service. Not just for inside of the church or in the home, but for those who you may not like, talk to, or even know. Just doing it with real intent in your heart. With real love and not caring about the blessings given and received from doing the service. It was a really good day at church. 


We also had someone come to look at our house this evening. I'm not getting my hopes up though. I just hate getting depressed when no one buys our home. So I am done getting excited about it. 


Anyway... Have a great night everyone! =) Sweet dreams!

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!