Can I just say that I feel like I have been ran over by a HUMONGOUS semi truck? I shall explain later... Gotta go do homework though. Have a wonderful afternoon!
Jessylu!!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Post!!!!!!
Hey guys!!! So I really truly apologize for not posting at all lately. I have been so busy and lazy about getting on here and telling you what has been going on. I really need to get back into the habit of telling you all about my day!
I guess since my last post was kinda about Spider-man and way excited to work with him, I will start about that. When I got to the car show, I was asked (informed) that I would be working with him from about 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. I didn't mind working with him at all for several hours, but I thought that 6 1/2 hours was quite a long time to do that. Well, I did it. But I didn't do it alone. Like I said in my last post, my friend Tana came to help me. I was so glad that she invited our other friend, who worked with us both, Katie, to come to the car show and work with us and Spider-man too. They both came and we all had a fantastic blast!! One of Tana's friends brought us come "cake suckers." They were literally cake with icing and sprinkles on a sucker stick!!! Let me just say they were DELICIOUS!!!!!!! I told Tana that I wanted to learn how to make them. I kind of have an idea, but I am not sure exactly how to do it yet. Anyway, Spider-man was a blast! He was so much fun and did so amazingly well with the kids who came for autographs and pictures. I absolutely loved him!!!! He played Spider-man so well and had almost every single child that came through convinced that he was the real Spider-man. It was super cute! Tana, Katie, and I all were also able to get pictures and autographs from him. I was UBER happy! That day was pretty much the bomb of the summer!!!
Work has been really stressful lately. I honestly do not like or enjoy it anymore. I really did like it when my old manager was working there, Sara. And I also liked working there when we really didn't have a manager. I truly miss Sara working with all of us though. Sadly, to be honest, I do not like my new manager. I have a really hard time working with her. Its truly sad. She has the kind of attitude that she thinks she is better than everyone else and they all better listen to her or else... Well we just wont go to the "or else" part. It could get nasty with her..... Anyways, Tana and Katie, who I mentioned above, ended up leaving. They, both, no longer work at Downeast Basics with me. I am so sad! They were the only people there keeping me mostly with our new manager. Katie actually moved and had a two weeks notice in, so we all knew that she would be leaving us all soon. I am sad because we never got to say goodbye or give each other hugs before she left. Tana ended up quitting out of no where. She definitely had good reasoning though. I wont say because, well, its not very nice.... Lets just say it has to do with..... guess who! You guess it, our current manager! Also, several other girls that are working there are planning on getting a different job. I really want to find a different job, but I doubt that it would happen. I got this job for a reason. God blessed me with it. So I should be grateful.
Well, school has now started! I am OFFICIALLY a senior!!!!!! =D I also do not attend CRHS anymore. I am now at a different high school, AGAIN! How crazy is that... I think I have transferred almost every year of my whole life in school. Sad. But I really, really like being at my new school. I am with all of my closest friends, EFY friends, and also making new ones that I am positive I will have for all eternity! The classes I am taking at the moment are: 1st-Attendance Aid, 2nd-Art, 3rd-Creative Writing, 4th-Media Aid (favorite class!), 6th-Bella Voce (all womens choir), 7th-English, and 8th-Am. History. Yes, my semester is mostly fun and barely any required classes. I think it is awesome. I have more required classes next semester though. Did I mention that I am apart of the GRADUATING CLASS OF 2011!!!!!?????!?!?!?!!? I am so freaking Stoked!!!! It is amazing. I am participating in things that I normally would not do during the school year. But I figured that since it is my last year being at home in school, that I would go for the gusto! So much fun =)
Lets see...... Oh! Also, less than a week ago, my sister Shelly got bitten by a cat. Yes it sounds weird and not all that horrible. But, this past Saturday, she and I went to a Regional Church dance and she kept on telling me throughout the whole dance that her hand was swelling and was really hurting her. I gave her some Tylenol, and we both hoped that it would start to get better. Well, about 5 minutes before the dance was over, she came up to me and showed me her hand. It was HUGE! Right then, I got the feeling that we needed to leave really, really soon from the dance and go home. I didn't know why, but we left soon after then. By the time we arrived home, my parents took over on helping her with her hand. And I went to bed. Well, I woke up the next morning, being a Sunday morning, and saw a paper taped on my bathroom mirror that said to read the note on the counter in the kitchen. So I did and it explained that my sister ended up in the ER around mid-night. A half hour AFTER I went to bed. I felt horrible! She, for the past 5 days has been doing a lot better. The ER gave her a splint to put her hand in, and gave her medication to help take the infection away. Well, get this! They told her that this kind of infection was one that could have spread all over her body and caused her to go to the ER and STAY there for several days if it had gotten any worse. Thankfully, she is doing a lot better and isn't having many issues with it. Just a little soreness.
One more little story! This is my favorite part!!!! No joke =D So on August 31st, I turned 17 years old. I had a birthday party that next weekend and had so much fun! I invited like 37 people, but only 13 or 15 came. I planned on it being a mixed party, (guys and girls) but only 2 girls I invited showed up and like 13 guys came!!! The two girls had to leave about 45 minutes after they arrived, along with two guys that they came with. They all carpooled, and the girls had to work soon after. So after they all left, there were about 11 guys there. And then there was me! But let me tell ya, it was, BY FAR, the most absolute, best, most fun, enjoyable, exciting, little kid, funny birthday party I have EVER had!!!!! It was so much fun. I could not ask for a better party, better friends, or better parents especially, for allowing me to have this party. It was so much fun. So, thank you all for coming, and making it the best day of my life at that current point in time!!!!!! I love you all bunches =D
Well, I better get off, because I have been on here a while writing all this. I am pretty sure that there is a lot that happened in between all of this time, but I cant seem to remember it all.
But, I hope you all have a FABULOUS EVENING AND NIGHT!!!!!!!!
Jessica =)
I guess since my last post was kinda about Spider-man and way excited to work with him, I will start about that. When I got to the car show, I was asked (informed) that I would be working with him from about 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. I didn't mind working with him at all for several hours, but I thought that 6 1/2 hours was quite a long time to do that. Well, I did it. But I didn't do it alone. Like I said in my last post, my friend Tana came to help me. I was so glad that she invited our other friend, who worked with us both, Katie, to come to the car show and work with us and Spider-man too. They both came and we all had a fantastic blast!! One of Tana's friends brought us come "cake suckers." They were literally cake with icing and sprinkles on a sucker stick!!! Let me just say they were DELICIOUS!!!!!!! I told Tana that I wanted to learn how to make them. I kind of have an idea, but I am not sure exactly how to do it yet. Anyway, Spider-man was a blast! He was so much fun and did so amazingly well with the kids who came for autographs and pictures. I absolutely loved him!!!! He played Spider-man so well and had almost every single child that came through convinced that he was the real Spider-man. It was super cute! Tana, Katie, and I all were also able to get pictures and autographs from him. I was UBER happy! That day was pretty much the bomb of the summer!!!
Work has been really stressful lately. I honestly do not like or enjoy it anymore. I really did like it when my old manager was working there, Sara. And I also liked working there when we really didn't have a manager. I truly miss Sara working with all of us though. Sadly, to be honest, I do not like my new manager. I have a really hard time working with her. Its truly sad. She has the kind of attitude that she thinks she is better than everyone else and they all better listen to her or else... Well we just wont go to the "or else" part. It could get nasty with her..... Anyways, Tana and Katie, who I mentioned above, ended up leaving. They, both, no longer work at Downeast Basics with me. I am so sad! They were the only people there keeping me mostly with our new manager. Katie actually moved and had a two weeks notice in, so we all knew that she would be leaving us all soon. I am sad because we never got to say goodbye or give each other hugs before she left. Tana ended up quitting out of no where. She definitely had good reasoning though. I wont say because, well, its not very nice.... Lets just say it has to do with..... guess who! You guess it, our current manager! Also, several other girls that are working there are planning on getting a different job. I really want to find a different job, but I doubt that it would happen. I got this job for a reason. God blessed me with it. So I should be grateful.
Well, school has now started! I am OFFICIALLY a senior!!!!!! =D I also do not attend CRHS anymore. I am now at a different high school, AGAIN! How crazy is that... I think I have transferred almost every year of my whole life in school. Sad. But I really, really like being at my new school. I am with all of my closest friends, EFY friends, and also making new ones that I am positive I will have for all eternity! The classes I am taking at the moment are: 1st-Attendance Aid, 2nd-Art, 3rd-Creative Writing, 4th-Media Aid (favorite class!), 6th-Bella Voce (all womens choir), 7th-English, and 8th-Am. History. Yes, my semester is mostly fun and barely any required classes. I think it is awesome. I have more required classes next semester though. Did I mention that I am apart of the GRADUATING CLASS OF 2011!!!!!?????!?!?!?!!? I am so freaking Stoked!!!! It is amazing. I am participating in things that I normally would not do during the school year. But I figured that since it is my last year being at home in school, that I would go for the gusto! So much fun =)
Lets see...... Oh! Also, less than a week ago, my sister Shelly got bitten by a cat. Yes it sounds weird and not all that horrible. But, this past Saturday, she and I went to a Regional Church dance and she kept on telling me throughout the whole dance that her hand was swelling and was really hurting her. I gave her some Tylenol, and we both hoped that it would start to get better. Well, about 5 minutes before the dance was over, she came up to me and showed me her hand. It was HUGE! Right then, I got the feeling that we needed to leave really, really soon from the dance and go home. I didn't know why, but we left soon after then. By the time we arrived home, my parents took over on helping her with her hand. And I went to bed. Well, I woke up the next morning, being a Sunday morning, and saw a paper taped on my bathroom mirror that said to read the note on the counter in the kitchen. So I did and it explained that my sister ended up in the ER around mid-night. A half hour AFTER I went to bed. I felt horrible! She, for the past 5 days has been doing a lot better. The ER gave her a splint to put her hand in, and gave her medication to help take the infection away. Well, get this! They told her that this kind of infection was one that could have spread all over her body and caused her to go to the ER and STAY there for several days if it had gotten any worse. Thankfully, she is doing a lot better and isn't having many issues with it. Just a little soreness.
One more little story! This is my favorite part!!!! No joke =D So on August 31st, I turned 17 years old. I had a birthday party that next weekend and had so much fun! I invited like 37 people, but only 13 or 15 came. I planned on it being a mixed party, (guys and girls) but only 2 girls I invited showed up and like 13 guys came!!! The two girls had to leave about 45 minutes after they arrived, along with two guys that they came with. They all carpooled, and the girls had to work soon after. So after they all left, there were about 11 guys there. And then there was me! But let me tell ya, it was, BY FAR, the most absolute, best, most fun, enjoyable, exciting, little kid, funny birthday party I have EVER had!!!!! It was so much fun. I could not ask for a better party, better friends, or better parents especially, for allowing me to have this party. It was so much fun. So, thank you all for coming, and making it the best day of my life at that current point in time!!!!!! I love you all bunches =D
Well, I better get off, because I have been on here a while writing all this. I am pretty sure that there is a lot that happened in between all of this time, but I cant seem to remember it all.
But, I hope you all have a FABULOUS EVENING AND NIGHT!!!!!!!!
Jessica =)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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!
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!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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
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
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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
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
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