Hello again

It's been awhile. Well, thinks are going good, but I am anxious for school to be over. Actually I'm anxious for homework to be over. I'm enjoying my classes and I'll be sad when they're over. I have a lot of great friends I am going to miss seeing.
Time has gone by so fast this semester!!! Today it's really warm and I LOVE IT!!!
General Conference was wonderful! I decided that I am in missionary mode because I mentioned to my mom about all the wonderful talks about missionary work and she said "I don't remember there being a lot of talks about missionary work." I guess you hear what you are thinking a lot about. I can't wait for a mission! If the Lord has other plans for me than serving a full time mission, I will be happy with that but I want to go on a mission very badly!!!! I do know how I am going to be able to wait a year!
I hope everyone is having a terrific April! Things are great here in lil'ol Manti! ;o)
Remember to keep smiling!!!

Hooray for Spring Break!

Howdy everyone! Well I just have two more classes to go (tomorrow) before my spring 'break' officially starts! I am very grateful for the week long break!!! I need some time to re-focus myself!
My birthday went terrific and I couldn't ask for better family and friends! My favorite present was from my parents. It was a beautiful white temple dress that I had mentioned to my mother when I saw it that it was a dress that I would like when I go through the temple. Now it is something to always remind me of my goal and what I want to do most! I am anxiously preparing for that day and can hardly wait!!!
Though spring break will be a break from school I'll still have dance and teaching. But those are the funner things anyway! I am LOVING Musical Theater and am so thankful that I felt that the Lord was okay with me doing it again!
Well, better go. Hope everyone is having a wonderful March 1st! I have a lot to do this month but I'm excited, mostly ;o) Ta Ta for now!

Almost 20

Now that February is almost over I am finally getting to write again. Things are going well. I am a little stressed with classes but overall it's going pretty good. I finally decided what I am going to Major in if I go to BYU. History!!! I am super excited!!! One decision down now a billion more to go! I don't like decisions!

Another thing that has been on my mind is that I am going to turn 20 this Monday (the 27th). This is weird for me! But I am excited. It makes me think back to the last year and to the future. I honestly have no clue what I will be doing in the next few years. Almost everything is completely out of my hands. I am just glad that it is in the hands of the Lord and that there is no one more capable. Thank heaven for tender mercies!!!!!

Hope everyone is doing great! Keep Smiling and Come What May and Love IT!!!

Almost to February

Don't have any homework that I can do at the moment so I finally have a little bit of time to write! Things are good mostly. Just trying to get in the swing of things. A little less than one month until my 20th birthday. I'm super excited! For the past several months the little girls would ask how old I was (yes more than once) and I'd say "Twent.. I mean nineteen." Not sure why I would always do that, but pretty soon I won't have to worry about that anymore. ;o)
I decided that something I REALLY want this year is my own digital camera. Not sure why it is so hard to bring my family's camera to download pictures on the Internet at school but it is.
I also want a camera because I am planning to go on a mission in a little more than a year from now. I heard about a service mission for the church where you audition and are then called (only 20 out of about 200 make it) to go and do musical theater productions at Nauvoo! So that's the plan but if I don't do that I'll probably just do a regular mission, so either way! Pictures from that experience are mandatory! ;o)
I am SO SO sick of school, but I still have to go so oh well! ;o)
Better head now. I have institute in 15 minutes. I LOVE that class! hehe
Always remember to smile!

New Year

Well, the New Year has begun and I am quite overwhelmed!!! There have been many good things though. For starters, because of a couple changes in circumstances I am going to try to do the Musical Theater Sr. Company at Manti Music and Dance again. I am SUPER excited but I little worried about fitting it in with school, but oh well.
Classes are interesting, and books cost SO much!!!!!!!!!! That drives me nuts, but oh well with that too! ;o)
Things are good though. I am very grateful for Martin Luther King Jr. Day which will give me a little extra time to catch up on things I need to do at home.
Hope everyone is doing well! Keep smiling!

Almost Christmas!

Honestly, how does time pass by so quickly?! Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the days are flying by faster then ever!

Well, finals are almost here and miraculously I have retained a teaspoon of my sanity, I think, or maybe it's just a pinch ;D

I will be very happy for the break! But it is very bitter sweet. I am going to miss some of my best friends that are in my classes! I find that no matter how much you want to, if they're not in your classes it is SO hard to ever find time to actually do something with them! Besides the quick hello that you say when you pass each other while walking to class!

I have so much to do before Christmas! I really want to try to keep up on dance and some school and reading during the break! But with all the projects I have who knows what I'll actually get done! ;D

And no, I probably won't get pictures on here until after Christmas. Sadly my computer time is pretty much non-existent when I am not doing school, but there are good things about that too!

I've pretty much gotten used to the braces now, and I haven't needed to take any kind of pain killer! Even tightening them wasn't too bad. The hardest part is trying to find food that is; legal, easy to eat, and possible to eat! It's the weirdest feeling when I'm trying to chew food and it feels like I don't have any teeth at all and I'm chewing aimlessly with my gums! ;D hehe

I hope that everyone is enjoying the Christmas Season. I have to admit that I am going to miss the slightly warmer weather of Christmas in St. George, but I guess there's times and seasons for everything! And because of 'wonderful' finals I don't get to go to warm Arizona with my Dad and sisters, but the other three of us will just have to party! There is happiness to find in everything! ;D

Merry Christmas everyone!

;o) I should have pictures!

Well the braces are on and I am in pain again. It hasn't really been that bad. I just REALLY want to grind my teeth because of all the pressure and my bottom lip really isn't appreciating the metal that keeps rubbing against it. But I'm doing okay. Maybe one of these days I put a picture on here.

This November our family has started a new tradition. Usually we put up the Christmas tree the Sunday or Monday after Emma's birthday (Oct. 31st), but this year we decided to put up our "Thanksgiving Tree"! It has red, orange, and yellow lights, decorated with pine cones, sparkling mini pumpkins and fake leaves where we have written what we're thankful for on them, covering the tree. I LOVE it! Especially since I'm not ready for Christmas quite yet. Maybe I'll get a picture of the tree on here too eventually! ;o) Well, a class is about to come into the writing lab so I better run! Happy November everyone!