Happy Halloween!!

Hope everyone had a safe & happy Halloween! I got to work today, so I wore my famous skeleton with a heart costume that me and BriAnne made last year.

I was super brave this week and went to a tri-stake Halloween dance for FHE on Monday. I went as Katniss Everdeen. It was fun to meet more people in my ward, but it was a major mosh pit-there was so many people there you could hardly move. Special thanks to Liesl for her brilliant idea and for letting me borrow her new boots to complete the ensemble and to Cailie for being such an excellent hair and costume designer, as she let me borrow her sweet leather jacket and black skinny jeans!

I am so bless to be loved by such an amazing family! Well, it's getting late, and I have to work in the morning. Only 7 more shifts until I start my new job!

More Changes Coming My Way

This week I got a new job, I will now be working for the Same Day Surgery (SDS) and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). I'm excited to start this new position and hope that I will have a lot less "zombie days" (My days after a night shift when I feel awful and have a horrible headache). I won't start my position for another 3 weeks.

To Have Hope...

During Sunday school, I was handed this quote to read to the class. I really love it. It is simple truth that your soul can embrace with:

"If our lives and our faith are centered on Jesus Christ and His restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and His teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right." President Howard W. Hunter (Teachings of H.W.H., p. 40)

This is just so true! It is a good reminder, that helps one better prioritize things.

One of the quotes that I have kept close this year is focused on hope.

"Hope is an abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill His promises to you. It is manifest in confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, and patient perseverance. It is believing and expecting that something will occur. When you have hope, you work through trials and difficulties with the confidence and assurance that all things will work together for your good. Hope helps you conquer discouragement. The scriptures often describe hope in Jesus Christ as the assurance that you will inherit eternal life in the celestial kingdom." (Preach My Gospel, p. 117)

The Lord does and will keep His promises if you are but faithful. So the combination to success must be #1 Focus your life on Jesus Christ & #2 Have hope. If you can but due those two things all will work together for your good, even if in the moment it does not feel that way. For then you are sure to trust in the Lord.

Never forget Jeremiah 17:1, "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is."

I always want to be one that the Lord can have His hope in.

Living In the Moment...

What a good theme song for enjoying the journey!

Special thanks to Mandolyn & Hazel for sharing this song with me. I love how Hazel can totally rock out to this happy song!

Timing Experience #2

Tired after a long day on the floor, I finally made it home to my apartment. Walking up the stairs, I realize my roommate is in the shower...translation...I really should have used the bathroom before leaving work. So disappointed, I open the door to my room and out of the corner of my eye I see the silhouette of a man in the corner of my bedroom. Simultaneously, I turn on the light, and I see Edward Cullen, red eyes and all, staring back at me. I jumped back instantly.

Yes, a life size Edward silhouette was
standing in my room!

I had been so tired, but now I was wide awake! An unexpected man in your bedroom is quite a bit frightful when you're a single girl like me! However, once I realized what it was, I started laughing. That was the funniest prank to pull on a roommate ever! HA HA HA! However, I think I greatly disappointed my roommate when I walked down the stairs and calmly asked her if she owned the Edward in my room. We spent the next few minutes laughing. She was thoroughly disappointed that I did not scream out in fear like my other roommate when Edward met her in the bathroom.

Timing is Everything!

This week, Cailie came to visit me. She was super excited and brought some tennis racquets (she has been having some serious tennis withdrawal with the end of her season). Only problem was we didn't have any balls. :( No problem, we can buy some...only Wal-Mart was all out of them. Luckily K-mart had some... Now to play some tennis!

Problem #2: We went to play tennis at the tennis court at my apartment. Court was taken...Okay, no problem, we can play at another court. Google address of Olympus Park and off we go to play!

Problem #3: When it looks like on the Google map it will be on your right hand side, you must account for the trees and houses that block your view of the park. We drove around for maybe 20 minutes just trying to find the park. Sweet, finally made it to the park!

Problem #4: All the courts where taken at the park. Seriously, who knew playing tennis was the popular thing to do? All 16 courts were filled with ambitious players. Back in the car yet again!

Luckily when we got back to my apartment complex, the court was free!!! We played some awesome tennis until it was too dark to see the ball anymore. Sometimes it is all about timing. Everything, including all the pieces, has to line up for it to work out. 

I was thinking about how this experience describes many frustrations in my current life. The problem is the timing is just not quite right for things to be where I want them to be, and this is a frustrating experience. If I can just be patient and keep trying, things will eventually work together to create the goal (just a lot of frustration and patience in between). The amazing part is all the things you learn in between where you currently are and where you want to go/do that you would miss out on if you got what you wanted right away. So yes, it is all about TIMING!

The Last Week of September!

I had the best weekend with my family. We were able to have all the sisters together for a late night chat on Friday night and Saturday night. It was so fun to be able to go to the Relief Society Broadcast with my mom, grandma, and sister. It just left you feeling so uplifted!

I can hardly believe how grown up my nephew and niece are getting...

This is one of my favorite pictures of Lawrence.
What a cute little man!

One of my favorite pictures of Hazel.
I love her adorable smile!

My goal this week is to not pass out at work! I have spent the last week off of work recovering from a self induced concussion after passing out at work. Walls are not friendly when you take them out with your head. My symptoms are finally going away, and I return to work tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me!