Caves, Ducks and a Coconut

Today was Lovely.  After a pick me up from a friend last night.

Thank goodness for amazing friends to remind to not give up. Even

my Book of Mormon teacher noticed how happy I was today,

He told me he hoped I was that happy for the rest of the semester!

On Monday for FHE my group went to the Civil Defense Cave! Lots of fun and I want to get more pictures for sure from my FHE 

Brother's! We got glow sticks and cut them open

and splattered them everywhere! On ourselves and the walls of the cave!

I'm so grateful for the girls I live with...they are so fun and vibrant. They

just make everyday bright! Today we went to Nature Pond and 

feed the ducks! It was a lot of fun and Alba and Tracey were hilarious.

 We of course partied the drive over and on the way back to the apartment. Needless to say

some people were looking at us funny! That made it even better!

Alba also had a coconut and got work on getting it open.  It was quite the project!

Absolutely Lovely!

I love my mother!!

Today and everyday I am constantly thinking about my mother!

She is a: 

teacher,

nurse,

hero, 

chef,

listener,

hugger,

my personal psychologist, 

motivator,

chauffeur,

dancer,

best friend,

a mother.

Mom

I love you for

All the times you picked

Me up when I was down.

For all the times

You traded your warm smile for my frown

For all the times you brushed my hair

And tucked me into bed…

Or needed something for yourself and put me

first instead.

For all the dreams that we have shared,

the tears and laughter too. I

love you mom with

all my heart…There’s

no one quite like you!

Nobody has taught me more than mother.

She has taught me the gospel, how to be a great mother, to be myself, how to take care of myself, how to be a good person, and to 

be a loving daughter.

I want to be just like her.

Girls Night with Mindy Gledhill

Mindy Gledhill came to Rexburg, so did my mom and my sisters!

It was such a lovely light.

I ended up with sheet music and a CD by her!

I surprisingly knew all the words to her songs, and was loving every minute!!
I had my mom on one side and sisters on the other!
I love my family so much!! I was excited for the whole week for them to come up for 1 night.
I guess as a child myself, you don't realize some of the wonderful things you have
when you are away from them constantly!

 Woodhouse Girls

 "I've bet you've never seen a pregnant butterfly before"

 Dancing around on stage!

She is hilarious

 I'll always laugh at "We don't own a bathroom door" after her story

 Beautiful Voice and Woman!!

 Can I say I just adore her!

Her stage was so fun and whimsical!! 

 "I do Adore"

 I was so excited to meet her!!

Her lovely butterfly wings!!

Grateful Fridays

Today I have a lot to be grateful for...so I decided to do a regular posts of Grateful Friday's.

Sometimes I feel like there are so many negative things going on 

wether is how we feel about ourselves, what is said about us, things going on in the world, 

and how people can be on the internet.  I feel as a blogger I can be

more of a positive influnce.

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I am grateful for:

{1} The most wonderful mother-I want to be a great mom like her!

{2} The temple-even looking at it can be a comfort; being inside is like going home

{3} Amazing friends- they constantly remind that I am perfect the way I am

{4} BYU-Idaho-this is where my testimony in Jesus Christ and his atonement blossomed 

{5} Little Children-they are so loving and so brave, nothing can really stop, they're some of my hero's

{6} The silly things in life that makes days brighter

You can link up and be apart of it...

Here are the rules

Have 3-10 things you a grateful for

It can be anything

Leave a little reason

Post the Button in your post or blog

be yourself
Link back up!
Have a Happy Weekend Everybody!

Are you grateful
Here is where you can share how grateful you are!

Spring has finally Sprung!!

The sun finally decided to stay out for the past couple of days!

HURRAY!! I love it...I'm finally getting some good Vitamin D and a tan.

Today I went to the park with my roommates Bee and Roo.

It was like the whole town of Rexburg came out of hiding!

It was a glorious day!!

7 pounds

Nope not the movie! I have lost 7 pounds!! I am so excited! In the two weeks of 

living at school I have actually lost weight!! 

Things got hard when I was diagnosed with Hoshimoto's disease 

(an auto immune disease that attacks the thyroid). Definitely a battle.

I gained weight so fast from that and board-em eating during my first semester of college.

I would workout and nothing happened...I started to lose hope.

While I was home I was pretty apathetic about working out and what I should

eat. I was tired all the time while I was starting to take medication and feeling better.  There would be days where I would cry in the mirror because I felt fat and very unbeautiful.  I hated going in public and having people look at me.   I felt like they were judging and guys didn't want to date me.

I was holding on to life to tight(I still tend to do that but I'm changing that).

One thing that completely changed my outlook was my mom told 

me it was okay to take care of myself.

There is nothing selfish about it. Once I got to school I was taking care of myself. 

Getting up early to eat an awesome breakfast(scheduled of course). 

Another great thing is swimming and running. The swimming pool at the Hart is my best friend!

Now I just need to add biking and I could do a triathlon!( Totally considering it! 

Maybe a half marathon).  Everyday I feel better about myself! 

I love who I am and what direction I am headed.