Senior Year!!!

I'm not your typical teenage girl. I was actually excited to go to school! I got out of bed early and on time(surprisingly) and turned on my jams and started singing in my brush like it was a mic.. dancing around my room when I... Wait this all sounds too good to be true... because it is. I woke up and got ready, not really sure if I was so ready for school to start or not. So maybe I am the typical teenage girl. First day of school? Ugh. Singing in the morning? My voice doesn't have the capacity for that.(especially that early!) Dancing? I can't do. So that was an obvious thing it wasn't true. School. My last year of high school. Senior year?! Me? Woah. Still as I got in my car to go to school couldn't grasp to the fact this was my last year of high school. The year I had to do everything I wanted to do. "Well here goes nothing" I said as I went through the high school doors and the adventure I call senior year begins. 

Live. Laugh. Love? ❤️

There are so many thoughts rushing through my head as I think about the upcoming school year that starts... TOMORROW! It's crazy to think that I am going to be a senior, and that this is my last year of high school. Time always flies faster than you want it to and as much as I wish I was still in kindergarten playing in the sand and painting cute pictures, well that's too good to be true. Well tomorrow I take on a new adventure my last first day of high school, and I'm just not sure how I feel about it yet.  I've learned to value the memories that I have because as I continue in my life, time keeps going faster! Sooner than I know I'll be going to college and finding my next adventure. So treasure the moments you have now  because time flies, and you don't want to miss anything. Go out and have fun, and maybe take some risks. Because one day you won't be 17 (or however old you are) and be able to experience what you can when you are 17. Live a little. Live . Laugh. Love? ❤️ 

"I Could Get Used to a View Like This"

Being outside is probably one of the best things to me. I want to travel, well I want to go on a lot of hikes and go camping. Nature is my relaxation spot because no matter what the weather is, to me it is always beautiful, relaxing, and calming. Yesterday I was able to go to memory grove park, and then popperton park both which had beautiful views. It's something I would never give up and I want to continue to find more places with beautiful views. My goal for this next year-summer is to hike as many little/big cottonwood hikes. I want to continue to do this because this is my happy spot, my place I can find pure joy, and relaxation(even if I am sweaty), it's something I'll always love even if it may be hard due to my seizures. The sun is one of the leading factors. But one of the things I've learned from my crazy mom is "you don't let it define you, you define it."

I won't let it lead my life and I will continue to strive to do all the things I can do, I will not let it control or change my life too drastically, because I will still enjoy my life. Any ways, being in the mountains will always be one of my favorites, seeing nature and all the beautiful things this world was blessed with is amazing. Nature is my happy place, what's yours? 

Don't Get Wrapped Up.

So many things happen in life and it makes it very easy to get wrapped up in all of it. 

Don't let the troubles and thoughts overwhelm you, which I know is really easy to do. Go to your happy place, wherever that is, and for one minute just relax and take a deep breath. Know that no matter what happens it will all be okay. Realize this is the only life you are given and you can't sit and wallow in self pity over something that's going on in your life. You need to choose to be happy and  you need to choose to live your life to the fullest. Because everything in your life is a choice. Don't let the bad affect you, always find the good. It will take you a while to get to that day where you can push out the negative and move on but I know it is doable. And yes bad days are inevitable, but all I'm saying is you don't have to let them affect you. 

The future is a scary thing.

As I think about it my future and the time to make a lot of important life decisions is rapidly approaching. This is my senior year and after its time to go to college and decide on a career, decide if I'm going to serve a mission, there are so many things coming up faster than I would like. Just when I thought I had it all planned out I start thinking and then my whole "plan" kind of falls apart. I had a plan of going to college at USU or UofU to get my major in physician assisting, but as I think about it I think is this something I want to do for a career? I'd be going to college for 4-6 years to get my degree and do I really want that? There are so many degrees out there and so many colleges and now as soon as it becomes closer to making that decision I don't know anymore. Convienent, right? Well anyways senior year starts in 10 DAYS! Holy guacamole that's so soon! I'm so anxious and nervous but excited!! Well here's to the class of 2016, and here's to hoping this year is the best 😊

August 5, 2015

"When you are with the ones you love you are exactly where you are supposed to be" 

Not every day is easy and occasionally there is something you hear or someone tells you something that you just don't want to hear but you need to hear it to better yourself and get to where you need to be. Don't snap at them, maybe actually take the time to listen and then think about what they said. 

These past few days have been great I've been able to spend some time with my very great friends at my friends mission call opening and this morning at the temple. I realized that they are my second family and all of them may not be in my life forever but for the time being they are here and they make me so happy. They lift me up in times of hardship and they treat me good and don't make me feel left out. 

No one will quite understand the feelings I have as I sit in the temple and am able to baptisms for the dead. It's such a special feeling and it has such a special place in my heart. It's something that will always stand out to me and I'll always love and support. The temple is a place of peace and you can't help but feel the love of your savior as you sit and get to partake and help perform blessings. It's truly just the best thing I have in life. I was able to finish 2nd Nephi today which I haven't done ever without my family. I'm not finished with the Book of Mormon but I'm making progress and as I continue to read and go to the temple and continue going to church I feel of my saviors love and continue to grow a stronger testimony every day. 

Thankfulness

Being thankful for the little things in life is what is really important to me. It's important to me because when there are things that are going wrong in your life you need to realize the small things. 2 things that I am grateful for today are; 1. nature. How beautiful it is. I had the opportunity to go on a 5 mile hike with my stake priests and laurels, it was pretty hard but the thing it made me realize is how important it is to persevere to the end, as hard as it may get you need to keep going. I can compare this to my life there may be parts where life is rocky and hectic but you have to continue to the end even if at one point you end up on your hands and knees crawling up to your final destination. Life and the plan of happiness is important and you need to do what you can to get there. Nature showed me this, and I am thankful for it and the beautifulness it surrounds me with and calms me with. I am thankful for gods great gift. 

The second thing I am grateful for is people who have integrity. Today after my hike as I was riding down the ski lift I dropped my bag with my very expensive sunglasses, and instead of people leaving it, walking over it, or taking it for themselves they were kind enough to return it lost and found where I could find it.

So please find the good and be grateful they may not be things that stand out thy may be things you have to look for, but I promise if you do it will help in the long run. :)