Heck Yeah!

So I'm still on my quest to have a cool blog. I have added things that actually are really just for me.  Curtis, my younger brother, helped me to change the background on my blog. I don't really know anything about html code so hopefully I got enough just by watching him! I think its really cute! And I can keep it up still December when Christmas should really start. Not in September. Or I could change it for birthday when its my birthday! Yay.  I am so excited for the fat loss tip of the day because I have been working out pretty regularly since I have moved into my new apartment/condo.  The clubhouse has a small workout room with 2 elliptical's and 2 treadmill's. Anyway I'm excited to start that because it can give me a tip everyday to try. Today's tip is going to be hard. No carbs after 9. We shall see. I am also excited about the weight tracker at the bottom of the page because I was looking for a place to keep track of my weight. I know your not supposed to check everyday but I'm kinda OCD like that anyway. I put a mood tracker just for fun!  Dictionary.com I also put because there are a lot of words out there I do not know and I check my blog everyday anyway so if I don't know a word I can get two birds with one stone. Check my blog for comments and look up the word of the day...thats a good idea for a new gadget! Hum, so many things that I can do! :) Yay. I'm so excited for this so I will probably be adding and deleting things so be on the look out for new cool things!

Technology

I was thinking the other day how great technology is! Technology is so great you can get a myriad of information at the touch of a button. I think that my favorite thing about technology is that you can keep up with old friends that live close, far away or halfway across the world! I have recently become reacquainted with some old friends. Even though I haven't actually talked to most of them I think that its so great that I can see what they are doing from there postings online. Its so fun to see old friends after so long and how there families have gown and what they are up to! So I send a big shout out to all of those friends that I haven't seen in a long time and am now friends with on Facebook! Another thing that I love about technology is that it keeps track of my budget for me. All I have to do is put in the numbers and its does all the work for me. That is awesome because math, no matter how simple it is I dont really care to do it, and now I dont have to! Yay. I just love technology and how it makes my life so much easier. I have so many things to be grateful for and technology (when it works) is definitely one of them!

Forward to the Future

My Dear Friends and Family,

As I look forward to the near future and the not so near future I see some things that are quite unsettling!  I first have to thank my amazing parents who loved me enough to teach me of the things that are right.  I was born of goodly parents who showed me the way. In a world ever increasing in confusion I know where to look for answers to the things that trouble my mind.  As we all know California is going to be voting on a proposition to change the states constitution on the definition of marriage. Even though I do not live in California and this proposition doesn't affect me, it does! This is a issue that is not going to go away anytime soon. I was taught as a young girl to make my decision on how I would handle difficult decisions before they came so when they came I would already know what do.  At the time that this proposition came up many years ago in California I was in a junior in high school I made up my mind then on what my decision would be.  I am once again taking a stand and defending what I know to be right and true. Marriage is ONLY between an man and a woman and is ordained of God before the world was. I look forward to the day that I am able to enjoy of the blessings of that sacred institution.  I am grateful to those who have shown me what a good marriage is and could be.  I have had many great examples and can only hope that I will be a strong example to my present friends and future children and even future friends of what our loving Heavenly Father wants for his children.  Because we ARE his children and he does love us and know us individually!  I hope that you all know how much I love you and am grateful for your love and friendship! And just incase you wanted further reading on my views here are a few websites.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage

http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=5fd30f9856c20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1

General Conference

I just got home from attending my first General Conference. It was such an amazing experience.  I am so grateful for my cousin who went with me so that I was able to have that experience. I hope that the experience that we had today will remain with both of us through out the rest of our lives. I am now a firm believer in having questions when you watch or go to a session of conference because not only will you get answers to your questions but you will gain more questions that maybe you didn't know that you had.  I didn't receive answers to all my questions but at this point I am grateful for tomorrow when there will be two more sessions of conference so that I am able to better myself a little more.  I am still totally unsure of my path in the near future and for life but I certainly feel more prepared than I did earlier today! There are not words to express the spirit that I have felt today! I am so grateful for the knowledge and the intelligence that I have been given. Heavenly Father is totally aware of me and the things that I need because he can look and see.  I needed to attend that session of conference. Looking back I can better understand some of the feelings and the thoughts that I had.  I had a friend point out to me that instead of saying that something annoyed me I would say that I didn't understand. I thought about that today as I was in this particular session of conference and thought that I was grateful that I didn't understand a lot of things because thats a better place to be than to be annoyed. I want to understand things I want to learn things so that I can better understand. I love this time in my life because I am young and am able to learn and take things in quickly!  I have also gained a greater understanding of the love that Heavenly Father has for his children. The last couple of days I have had many experiences with children. Last night I was so blessed to be able to care for my nephew while his parents went out for the evening. There is such a spirit about little ones. I just love the things that they bring to the world with a smile and laughter!  Today I was entrusted with my cousin who is 10 almost 11 and was able to take her to this session of conference where the choir that was singing was a primary choir. I think that I enjoyed this children's choir differently and maybe more so that I would have the Tabernacle choir because of the special spirit they bring. I was reminded of how powerful music can really be. Before the meeting started they were practicing the songs they were going to be singing and one of the songs they sang was "I Love to See the Temple".  I felt the spirit so strongly from that song. It was incredible! I wish that I could keep that spirit it all the time. I guess thats the trick of life. How to keep the spirit with us always! I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and am grateful for the great joy and blessings that it has brought to my life! I love Him and am thankful everyday that he gave me the life that I have, Its not an easy one but it is one worth living because I KNOW He is on my savior! I am so excited to see him and run into his arms and feel even more so the love I know he has for me and everyone! I only hope that when it comes time to see him again he will recognize me!  I felt the love that Christ has for all of us today I saw many people who did not have tickets to conference with signs asking for tickets. If I had more I would have given them tickets. It was raining all day and saw many without an umbrella and wished that I had one to give them. There was a woman in front of me in line to go into the building and I sheltered her from the rain. He loves and is aware of us all! All you have to do is look and see the many wonderful things that he has created for us!  Today has been one of the most rewarding days of my life. I only hope that I can live up to the path that has been set before me and pray for the strength to help myself and others!

Cutest Baby EVER!

So I thought that I would be so cool with my blog, so creative.  But I was giving the URL address to my friend so that he could look it up. He couldn't find it so I told him that I posted it up on my Facebook and he looked at it he realized that I spelled opinions wrong :( oh well.  And it's more sad that I didn't realize it until he pointed it out. I've had this for almost a week. 

Oh well so this week has been a good week.

Last night I got to babysit the CUTEST baby ever! My nephew is almost 3 months old and such a joy to watch. Now that he is getting older he is more playful and is making his cute little baby sounds! I sure to LOVE THAT CUTE LITTLE BABY!  While I'm watching him I look forward to the day that I can have my own cute little baby. I dont know how far away that is but in the mean time I have the cutest little nephew that my brother and his wife share with me.  I sure do love that little baby! I feel that I now have a small minute understanding of what if feels like to be a parent. I love that little baby and would do anything to protect him! He is just a gem! I am so proud to be an aunt.  I have another cute niece that lives in Iowa. I dont get to see her often but she is just a joy too! She is about 7 and a half and can talk your ear off on the phone. I just love to listen to her. Watch out teenage-hood :)  

I am so glad that I am going to get to see all of my family this upcoming May for my younger brother's wedding!  It will be fun! From the last time we had a family picture taken we will have added a sibling-in-law and a nephew!  I just love my family I am so blessed to have family that I do.