Valentine's Day and pinterest.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

hah. this is my Valentine's pic for this year. Luuuhhh.

I actually kinda celebrated and made sugar cookies this year! We decorated them for FHE and I gave some to friends. It was fun.

And although decorating a few cookies was fun, I will probs not be making sugar cookies for a very long time. Because in all honesty, it's a pain in the butt. hah. But it was fun while it lasted.

One of my best pieces of work:

And. On another note, I just discovered pinterest. Which is kinda bad. I kinda get sucked in when I get on. Sooo, I'm gonna try and avoid that like the plague. Cause all I need is another website like fb.

hah. Happy V-day!!

The Church is True!

oh yah! And. I'm gonna talk to bishop about starting my papes this weekend!!
STOKED. BEYOND EXPLANATION!

dear mom and dad, please send money. I'm so broke it's not even funny.

I now understand this line in Baby Girl by Sugarland.

Hah. But seriously. check this out.

Yes. That says $1.39.

Good thing pay day's Friday.

This semester's been a little rough money wise for some reason, I dunno why, I got a big raise at the beginning of this semester. But it's ok. I have everything I need. I paid my tithing, fast offering, rent, utilities, internet, groceries and stuff, and still have money left over :] So I'm good.

And on a completely different note, being sick is no fun anymore. I remember when I kinda liked being sick at home cause I gotta stay home from school, lie in my bed, watch an endless amount of movies, and get spoiled by my mom. No longer.

Yesterday morning I woke up feeling awful, but all I could talk myself into was sleeping through my practice time and first class. Then I had to drag my sick self outta bed to go to school cause I had a quiz and presentation in french and couldn't miss orchestra. I did however, talk myself out of my last two hours of practice time and went home and passed out. (When I woke up this morning, I had slept 15 out of the last 24.) Ridiculous.

But, on the plus side, I am feeling MUCH better today, and am confident that I'm on the upswing. I ate vitamins for breakfast this morning and might make it my normal length day on campus. So that's good.

Also. I watched two talks for my living prophets class by Elder Uchtdorf, so those cheered me right up as well. Love him.

Here's a short Mormon Message by him that I love.
The Parable of the Ugly Duckling.

Life is FANTASTIC!

The Church is True :]

marriage.

So. J-Dawg and I have been joking recently about how everyone and their dog is getting engaged. Cause like seriously, as of late, soooo many people have gotten engaged. It's weird, cause I'm realizing that yes, I am that old. But it's so good and happy!

And two of my best friends have gotten engaged as of late. So I just wanted to give a little congratulatory shout out to them.

Brett and Laura:

These two lovebirds got engaged on January 20th, and I could not be happier for them! Laura has been one of my best friends since high school and we were friends all growing up, so I am sooo thrilled for her! She's getting married in May. And I'll be there before I go on my mission! I don't know Brett very well yet, but I know he's a good man and I'm excited to get to know him better as he will be marrying my best friend :]

Dallin and Becs:

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLDDD!! haha. jk. This was just a little joke that we had last year about what would happen if the only people left on earth were Apt. 9 and Apt. 18. But Becs and Dallin are getting married! And I'm sooo excited for them. Becs has been one of my best friends since last year and we got especially close over spring and summer when her and Dallin started dating. But yah. I know both of them pretty well and I'm so blessed to have them in my life. They're both FANTASTIC people and I'm sure they will always push each other to be better. Hopeeefully I'll make it out to the wedding or reception. We'll have to see though.

Love all of you! I wish you all the best. You are great!

The Church is True!

p.s. Florence passed away on Wednesday. We were gonna go singing to her tonight but found out what had happened. I will miss seeing her every week. And I will miss her crazy wit. I only hope I can be as lively, energetic, and sassy as she was when I am old. Love her.

pic of the fab 4 and her:

a realization.

So last night I sang with the Combined BYU Choirs (Singers, Concert Choir, Men's and Women's Chorus for the last time in a LOOONG time. Ok fine, just 2 ish years. But still.

That is easily one of my favorite things to do. Like seriously, it competes with playing Heldenleben with phil. I just love it sooo much!!

We sang "I Stand All Amazed" arranged by Zabrinskie. And it was sooo powerful. And yes I started crying my face off on stage. Partly because of the Spirit and partly because I realized, halfway through standing up there that this was going to be the last time I got to do this in awhile. And I got really sad. Really fast.

It's just weird. Cause I've been waiting to go on a mission for SUCH a long time. Like basically ever since J.J. went on his. And I've always thought it would just be sunshine and happiness to leave and serve a mission for 18 months, no sadness or missing anything from home. And don't get me wrong. It's gonna be AMAZING. I know that. But I also know that it's gonna be the hardest thing I ever do. And it's gonna be hard. Not only when I get out there, but it's gonna be hard to leave. To walk away from my family, My friends, the cello studio. To leave phil and women's chorus. To give up my job, my cello, my life.

Bahhhh. I'm excited. I am. It's just gonna be a sacrifice. But a bigger blessing, I am sure. I love this gospel. It's the reason I want to serve a mission. I want everyone to at least have a chance to hear this good news! even if they don't accept it at this time.

It's mission time. Almost. I'm stoked. And a quote from Joseph Smith to finish. That I love.

“a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has the power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.”

I LOVE Life.

The Church is True.

p.s. Jack my little bro got his mission call last night. He's going to Budapest, Hungary and is sooooooooo STOKED. and I'm stoked for him. He will do great things.

Now pup and I just needa get started on our papers :]