Adventures in the wonderments of the flower

NEW BLOG!!!

2009-06-14T13:00:00.003-07:00

I have a new blog!!! It is:

alexandorchid.blogspot.com!!!

Please follow me! I miss yoU! I'm getting better at blogging! I promise!!!!

TEN DAYS!!!

2009-06-09T22:07:00.000-07:00

10 days until I get married to the most amazing wonderfullest amazing boy ever!

I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

2009-05-19T06:15:00.000-07:00

I have a seriously strong testimony of tithing and fast offerings. Alex and I are seriously the luckiest soon to be married couple ever. Things have just worked out for us so well! We were originally going to get married on July 25th! It was going to be great and I was actually pretty excited about it, BUT look at this we went into financial aid to figure some stuff out and found out that if we get married before June 30th we'd be able to receive a very nice refund for last year. We've been so worried about money and it was such a relief that we were going to be okay.

I also have a very strong testimony of prayer. I know that Alex & I have been praying a lot to find the right place to live. Alex went and looked one day at 13 different places and no luck. Then, Yesterday I was given the opportunity not only to put my contract up for sale on Bulletin BOard, but ALSO to look for apartments! There were seriously a bazillion apartments being sold! I called probably 15 people and we looked at four apartments yesterday. We both felt as if we found two places that we both really like and feel at home and it was such a blessing we didn't even realize! Heavenly Father really loves us! He really is watching and praying for us always.

Last night as Alex & I were saying good night on the phone I was checking my email and this girl, this angel found that she wanted to buy my contract for Summer Second Block! I really hope she buys it. I'm not totally sure yet, but if she does than really everything has been working out for us to get married on JUNE 20th 2009!!!! We really are the most blessed couple alive.

We also got to register at Bed, Bath, and Beyond yesterday. It was beautiful and wonderful! I felt really lucky to be there. We registered for the coolest stuff, and we tried to be "smarter" about it. We tried not to register for things that were ridiculously expensive, because of course that wouldn't have worked and we also tried to only register for one of the things we needed instead of 50 toasters, for example! I was really excited for that and it was a ton of fun. We still have one more place to register and that's Wal-mart and we'll be done!

We're hoping to be able to getting the wedding plans in order, right now I'm just having a slightly difficult time finding Bridesmaids dresses, but I hadn't been praying for the help because I just thought well, Heavenly Father doesn't care about that, but last night I started. I have such a testimony of prayer, and JUST doing the things that Heavenly Father asks of us: Paying our Tithing , trying to keep the spirit. WOW I just love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so lucky!

MY LIFE IS SOOOO GOOD!!!

2009-05-09T21:59:00.001-07:00

My brother got baptized.

I'm getting married July 25th, 2009 to the most gorgeous man on earth

I'm a daughter of my Heavenly Father.

MY LIFE ROCKS!!!!

My Brother is getting BAPTIZED!!!!

2009-05-01T19:22:00.001-07:00

My baby brother Idean is getting baptized! HOw cool!? Huh!? I've been a member of the church for four years and he's never taken a strong interest.

He came down for my graduation and he had long conversations with Alex, my fiance, and he just felt the spirit so strongly. I love My little brother and he's such a stud!! He's in the picture on the far left and that is Molly Davis his lady friend *wink* and that's me and my fiance on the right. I'm so sad that I can't be at his baptism, but I'm excited for his baptism! I love him so much and I'm so proud of him! I LOVE YOU BABY BROTHER!!!!

No Time!!!!

2009-04-08T15:59:00.000-07:00

STRESS is the key word to my life lately... I am the I-Team Director and man was I a crazy woman taking that on. I am so blessed for it, but my life has been a mess since! I am so stressed out and have so much to do so if I can just have the prayers of those around me? Yes? Maybe?

ANYWAYS... I love ALex Christensen

I love my family

I love Ashley Akin

I love everyone!!!

I'm engaged!

2009-04-01T06:33:00.001-07:00

So I got engaged to Alex Marshall Christensen on Saturday Night the 28th of March! It was the craziest thing ever! I did not expect it at all. We had just gotten back from a triple date with Katie, John, Abby & Ryan and we were at his house talking about how much we loved each other and how we just wanted to be together. We went and sat on the step going into his father's room next to the Ferret's cage and theit litter box and it was smelly ( funny ha ha ) and Alex got really quiet while we were talking. His face seemed a little scared and I went on to ask him what was wrong and he said, "I can't" and I said, " You can't what?" and he said, " I can't" and on his side of the story he said he got this prompting from Heavenly Father that he was suppose to ask me at that moment to marry him, but he thought that was crazy. Finally he looked up at me scared and shaking and said, " Orchid, will you marry me?" and I was shocked I was kinda quiet and then my eyes got really big and I look at him and nodded yes. I then asked, " Was that a purposal?" and he said, " I think so." We hugged and kissed and were so excited. We told our families and they were excited as well! We didn't have a ring yet though because he didn't think he'd ask that night. Tuesday morning he tied a piece of string around my finger apologizing for not having a ring. Then the rest of tuesday came... it was such a hard day. I was crying because I was scared and nervous and I just didn't know what to do. I knew I loved him and I knew I wanted to marry him, but everyone asking me about the engagement just stressed me out... So emotionally it was a rough day, but then Alex had come in for the Mentor Training meeting and long story short we went back to his house for dinner. THere was a sweet table set up of candles and a long stem red rose and dinner. Frank Sinatra was playing and it was so romantic. He sat down and served me food and then he got up and got something. He came back to my chair and got down on one knee and started to tear up and said, " Orchid, will you still marry me?" and I said "OF COURSE!" and we both were crying and kissed each other and held each other. This past few days have been crazy and amazing. I love Alex and I'm so excited to marry him. We're getting married July 25th in the Rexburg Temple! Cool, huh?!

Jenaca, my sister, got engaged that night ( tuesday) and Alex and I went to go see her and my brothers Chase & Travis!

Engaged girls!! We're getting married 5 days apart!!!
The ring on the left is mine and the ring on the right is Jenacas'!
That's me and Al. I don't look cute in that picture because it's been such a long day, but that's the boy I'll be with FOREVER! I love him and I'm so excited!

Heavenly Father knows

2009-03-29T01:02:00.000-07:00

Heavenly Father knows everything...

You'll understand later.

Grad Fest...

2009-03-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

That's a really small picture... ha ha but I really had an incredible experience at Grad Night tonight. President and Sister Clark are so inspired it's crazy. I was in tears of the inspiration they had. I had an amazing talk with Alex last night about the potential that strong young couples have in the church. Today was as if it were out of the mouth of two, three, four, five witnesses. We need not to forget ourselves when we go out into the work force and remember the most important things in this life are what last eternally. We need not get sucked into the lure of the inner circle at our jobs. WOW PRESIDENT CLARK! I feel so blessed! I can't wait to face the world and know that My Savior is on my side and he's watching over me and carrying me through my life!

So I like this boy....

2009-03-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

Ha ha! I've been so happy lately! I just started dating this boy named Alex. He's is the funniest boy! I like him so much!!! He's soo fun! We just have a blast together! We have had so much fun! I don't know what else to say... He's fun! So I thought I'd update this blog of mine!!!

Too Long!

2009-03-12T21:39:00.000-07:00

It has been too long since I last blogged! SO my life has been so crazy lately! THere is only 4 weeks of the semester left and I'm terrified! I don't know if I can do all the work I have to do in four weeks, for school, for I-team, for all sorts of the craziness! Anyways I've been having a really fun time and I don't have much to blog about right now.... actually that was kind of a lie, but I just don't want to blog about it yet. I love the world and my best friend is having a baby any day now!!!!!

Emotional Roller Coaster!

2009-03-05T21:36:00.000-08:00

So so many things in my life have been going on! It is crazy! I'm trying to decide what to do for this summer and I'm trying to get everything organized for SSE!! I'm trying to have a social life as well as doing well in my classes! I'm just soo exhausted! I just thought I'd say that. This past week so many things have happened in my life that I don't even know how to explain! Heavenly Father has blessed me so much with so many promptings in my life! Oh man!!! So anyways Just wanted to leave that little thought with the world. I love my blog I feel like Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail writing out to the void!

Dreams are made of tears...

2009-03-02T20:18:00.001-08:00

Dreams are made of tears....

I miss my mom a lot. She's been having a really hard time back in Iran. I am so sick of people saying, " Isn't that dangerous, her being over there." I wish people were less ignorant and realized that Iran isn't that dangerous. It's a country like any other. I miss her so much and she calls me crying missing me and my brother.... SHe's made my brother and I her life and doesn't have her own life.... what am I suppose to do to convince her to live her own life... I don't know what to do... I'm tired of the tears I love my family and I don't see her healing.... She's not healing.... I pray for her.... why isn't she healing... I trust him I do, but this hurts... it really hurts, she's my mother why can't I take care of her. My dream is that I can wipe away my tears...

It's been too long, I know!

2009-02-23T00:37:00.001-08:00

Okay so I said I'd put pictures up on the blog of Jaclyn's Wedding... but there are so many it's crazy!!!! So here is just one of them with all of Jaclyn's friends and family.... I think I'm turned around in this one... ha ha Anyways doesn't she look like a princess!

So this semester is going. It's half way through and I'm pretty dang sure I'm going to get a B in one of two of my classes and get an A- in the others. I've been so tired and busy that I just haven't been doing my normal straight A work in classes and you know what.... I'm tired of caring whether I have straight As or not. It's not that big of a deal, right? I mean I am almost 22 years old and I've kicked my bottom in college it's time to take a B just because I don't have the energy to put in the effort... that sounds bad huh? Well anyways I've been having mini panic attacks about all the work I have to do, but luckily I've been way blessed in being able to control myself better! It's great!!!! As soon as I start freaking out a little about all I have to get done, I sit and breathe and say to myself, ya know Orchid It's not that big of a deal.... this semester will be over soon, you'll graduate and you'll be on your way to student teaching!

Which is coming soon by the way... I student teach this Fall and this summer hopefully I'll just be working trying to save money for Student Teaching. I'm excited for my life to keep going. I This is really random but I just love the Temple. This week I had the blessed opportunity to go twice! Who ever gets that kind of time! I don't know but I think Heavenly Father gave that to me because I was so tired and needed a break from the world and came into his world. I love the peace and serenity you feel in the Temple. It gives me so much hope that life will go on ....lol I'm so dramatic...

Anyways I love the crazy trials that life throws at you. I know that I'll be getting so crazy ones soon and I've been getting crazy ones this semester... Basically this semester has been absolutely INSANE, but it'll be okay... Right?

ha ha it's 1:45 in the morning I'm just goin nuts....

selfishness...

2009-02-16T01:33:00.002-08:00

I’m the worst friend ever…. I’ve been so self abosorbed in my life lately…. All I do in wallow in my own self pity….. OH poor Orchid all her friends are married and she’s not even dating anyone… Wow does that not sound absolutely pitiful… I even forgot my bestfriend’s birthdays… Tiffani’s 21^st birthday and I forgot Lindsay’s 22^nd birthday…. I forgot my Dad’s birthday earlier this year in January ( January 5^th) … and I forgot Katie’s 23^rd birthday January 28^th….

I have been so selfish because of my stupid little feelings…. I barely call my friends anymore…

I don’t hang out with anyone and constantly only worry about MY grades, and MY feelings, and MY health…. I’ve been so SELFISH and SELF ABSORBED…

To all those who feel like I have forgotten about them I promise I haven’t I promise I’m just trying to get over a very very hard virus… ya know…. The virus: Selfishness! Hm….. funny funny….

Why would anyone want to date someone who was so wrapped up in her own self pity she forgot her best friends birthdays? I’ve become a bitter spinster and all I am worried about is what the world will think of me being almost 22 and not even in a relationship that’s heading in the path of marriage or even seriousness at all… Everytime I go to a party with all my married friends or engaged friends all they do is say how they have to get me married and how is the dating thing coming along, are you dating anyone? Why aren’t you married… that’s my favorite question since I have SOOO much control over it…. Honestly do you really think I know why I’m not married? I just feel like in the culture of the church it is so relevant for me to be married at this time and to be having children which is not something that I don’t want, but it’s something that hasn’t come yet in my life. I just haven’t found the boy…. Or the boy hasn’t found me either way it hasn’t happened….. and honestly with the plan of salvation one of the reasons we’re here and really of the MOST important reasons is to find our eternal companion and great a life together to bring children into this world and raise them righteously and honestly I have such a GREAT desire for that, but I can’t force it… I can’t just say I want it now and get it now…. Things like this happen on the Lord’s time but in the mean time I wish I wasn’t so selfish….

I know this entry is a wah wah wah entry but I almost feel like I don’t know who to talk to…. I’m afraid to say this to anyone’s face so I’m just going to write it out to the world as if it’s a void that won’t reply because I don’t want pity hugs or pity things said to me like, “ oh you’ll find him one day” or “ you’re beautiful, I don’t understand” or “it’s coming soon, I can feel it” …. I need to focus on others more… I’m too into myself…. It’s 2:32 in the morning and I’m not asleep…. I probably should go to bed soon…. Sweet dreams.... Goodnight void…. Goodnight world….

Wedding Day!

2009-02-14T22:33:00.000-08:00

Today Jaclyn got married!

I cried so much. I love this girl so much. I don't have pictures up yet but hopefully I'll get them up monday.

Jaclyn's one of my best friends. There are very few people in the world that I feel that I really will keep in touch with them for the rest of my life. Jaclyn is one of them. She has given me so much confidence, and taught me so much in my life of where true confidence comes from. I love that girl so much and only wish and pray and hope that her dreams came true today and will ffor the rest of her life...

Where is the reverence?

2009-02-08T12:37:00.000-08:00

This is a post to just let out all my anger....

I just don't understand, when you are 23, 24, 25 years old shouldn't you be more mature than to make faces or be irreverent in sacrament meeting or during ward choir.

Thank goodness Ward Choir Director is not my calling. I do not feel the spirit in my Ward this semester because some people are so rude. They talk while in sacrament, they don't listen to the speakers, they don't listen to the hymns... They're ridiculous how they don't even seem to respect the actual passing of the sacrament!

I'm not trying to be Molly Mormon or try to be Self Rigteous, but seriously we're all over the age of 18 have some maturity please....

Side Effects...

2009-02-06T19:23:00.000-08:00

Warning Sign

Be careful there are many side effects to this life....

SO I've been thinking a lot about my life lately. I'm on this medicine right now and they just put me on a higher dosage and I've been exhausted. I'm really tired all the time and my doctor thinks that it could be the medicine I'm taking because I'm healthy.... They've taken so many tests on my little body and I'm apparently one of the healthiest people ever! ha ha... I hope I figure out what's wrong with me soon....

So about life... I've been thinking a lot about of my life.... It's really interesting... In my little bubble world many people think that at my age I should be married or I should be in a steady relationship... it's not that I don't want to be in one it's just that there hasn't been an opportunity in my life were me and a boy have had the same amount of feelings for each other to commit. I'm actually really happy about my life though. I work really hard to get good grades, I have wonderful friends that love me, I have a healthy family, I am blessed with with this amazing gospel, with my amazing opportunities to serve on this campus, with my amazing opportunity to be given a scholarship to go to school here. I do love so much to be here in Rexburg.

For the side effects... There are people that think of me as being odd and look down at me for not being in a relationship! I feel like that is something that I have left in the hands of Heavenly Father. I'm social enough, most people at my school if they don't know me personally know of me... things will work out... I know they will

I wish Christmas was still here...

2009-02-01T14:10:00.000-08:00

I miss the spirit of Christmas... I know we can have it all year but I miss it.... Christmas didn't feel like Christmas this year....

As long as there's Christmas

I truly believe

that hope is the greatest of the gifts we'll receive

As long as a guiding star

shines above

there'll always be christmas

let there always be a time where the world is filled with peace and love

As airheaded and as Mrs. America as this sounds around Christmas time that's when I feel that the world is most at peace....

I miss Christmas

I'm in love

2009-02-01T01:03:00.000-08:00

with my roommate Brighton. shes the best :) the end!

Christmas time it's a New Year Rhyme!

2009-01-01T08:29:00.000-08:00

So it's 2009.....*sigh* WOW... I can't believe a whole entire year has gone by. To be honest though, I've always kind of seen the year as the school year. It's funny, but most new year's eve's I haven't taken really seriously as a totally new year. This year though I am I suppose. I feel like I made so much progress this year in my life and have seen a lot of things that I liked and disliked about myself. I want to keep going with the goals that I have set that are good, and try to ride of those that are bad. I also want to make better goals. My next entry I'm going to list out my goals for this year. I have been pretty good at keeping my goals. I love this new year business, It should be great!!!

This is my dad and I, New years Eve at O'Charley's! I love my daddy I don't get to see him very often so it's good when I do.
This is my baby brother. He's such a stud and so smart! I miss him!!
These are some friends that I have been so lucky to hang out with. In a glad note most of them will be out west with me soon!
Christmas Eve was wonderful hanging out with my Church Family. These people have blessed my life more than you could ever imagine and I am sooo grateful for them. I love them with all my heart.
This was a pic from my Christmas work party. These ladies have made such a huge impact in my life and I am so glad that I know them. I love them so much!

Well...

It was Christmas time

and all was great!

It's now a New Year Rhyme

and I am ready for this new state!!!!

Tag... a list!

2008-12-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

rULeS: aNsWeR tHe quEstIonS wItH OnE wOrD oNLy!!

Were is your cell phone? Coach
Were is your significant other? nonexistent
You're hair color? striped
You're favorite thing? Life
You're dream last night? weird!
You're life dream/goal? happiness!
The room your in? Living
You're hobby? many
You're fear? loneliness
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Family!
Where were you last night? Idean's
What you're not? Tall
One of you're wish list items? Books
Where you grew up? Georgia
The last thing you did? pray
What you are wearing: sweats
You're TV? Emma
You're pet? none
You're computer? Mac
You're mood? pensive
Missing someone? yes
Something your NOT wearing? glasses .j's
Favorite store? Many!
Your summer? Rexburg
Love someone? Many
You're fave color? Green
When is the last time you laughed? recently
When is the last time you cried? Friday
Your significant other's hair: nonexistent
You're life in one word: Changing

Now it's you're turn! You can just pick one and do it in the comments if your to busy to do the hole thing.

Home for Christmas...

2008-12-18T18:35:00.000-08:00

So I'm home for Christmas....

What a time. The first three days of my vacation I slept in three different time zones... I'm not going to lie that was a little tolling on my body. I'm here though, finally home. It's funny though I think of home as Rexburg, Idaho, more than I think of home here where I am. My mother is in Iran, my father in Louisiana, and my brother in Atlanta... I've moved around quite a few times so it's hard to choose a place where I'd call home... Where in this world do I feel most at home? In this snowy little town called Rexburg...

I decided that I love the snow, but I can't drive in it and that's why I hate it. I have a very light weight car so it seems to swish around even when I'm careful! It scares me! SO that is why I would ever disown the snow, because of my own fault of not being able to drive in it.

I love trying to figure things out and realizing that in the end it's only but faith that will help me carry me on

I love Christmas. I love my Savior and the time of year he brings at this moment. It's such a wonderful time to be in.

Basically I've done nothing exciting though just chillin out at home. It's nice. Well hope to have some exciting things to put up soon!

Sincerely,

your one and true Flower

listen to this song it's beautiful:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CseiSIfnofA&feature=related

Spirit Conference Extravaganza!

2008-12-06T19:55:00.000-08:00

I feel so blessed for my experiences here at BYU-Idaho. I love it so much. I joined the SSE ( Student Spirit Events) This past summer and I have absolutely loved it! It's been amazing! This semester I was given the opportunity to be a mentor this semester and it seriously was the most amazing moment of my semester, in all honesty!

This was my mentor group!!! We were such a fun group! I seriously felt that Heavenly Father put us together. We had such an awesome moment in the bus and we shared our favorite scripture thanks to Cassie, and it was such a spiritual moment! We grew so close to each other in that small moment in time! I love this gospel looks how it creates friends!
The most amazing thing we did was called the SPIRIT CHALLENGE. This is what I feel is one of the greatest object lessons of the Tree of Life ever! I love this gospel. I've always been a part of it but I've never watched it and it was such a testimony building moment of my life. Oh my... I love life.
This picture above is why I love Idaho.
This is a weekend I needed so bad. I loved the bonding and love of Christ and God and the feelings that I have for the Gospel.

Oh and one of my Best Friend's Jaclyn Pope is ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!

Christ, my Savior, my everything...

2008-12-03T22:47:00.000-08:00

I feel so blessed to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Everyday I wonder why I was so blessed to be given this gospel. I have had some pretty trying times lately and so I called one of my best friend's Ashley. She is so amazing, and she really really helped me a lot and is always there for me. These are just a few quotes from the brethren that have made me feel better in times that I felt were hard and low. I love the comforting words of our apostles.

"The disciple will be puzzled at times, too. But he persists. Later he rejoices and exclaims over how wonderfully things fit together, realizing, only then, that with God—things never were apart! "~ Neil A. Maxwell

“Faith is not only a feeling; it is a decision.”

Neil L. Anderson

"That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come is my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

"In life, have much fun and laughter. LIfe is to be enjoyed not just endured." ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

Thanksgiving Day...

2008-11-27T20:45:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I feel a little lonely today on the day of thanks.... I miss my family ( although I did have thanksgiving at my former Bishop's place, which I'm so grateful for) but I decided to lift my spirits I'd type out what I'm thankful for....

I am THANKFUL for

1) My Heavenly Father

2) His Son, Jesus Christ, and his atonement

3) for the truth of the Gospel

4) for the scriptures

5) for Latter Day Prophets

6) for my family

7) for my friends

8) for my car

9) for BYU-Idaho

10 ) for Temples

11) for Hymns

12) for music

13) for technology

14) for my opportunity for education

15) for this country!

16) oh my I'm so thankful for so many things, if I keep going it might never end....

I am the most blessed girl in this world and I don't know how to thank my Heavenly Father, I'll never be able to make up to him the greatest gift of life that he gave me! I love Thanksgiving!

WOW... Tagged again!!!

2008-11-26T12:29:00.001-08:00

So I really wanted to put up a post about Christmas since I've changed my blog all Christmas style, but anyways I guess I'll respond to Brighton's Tag.... These are in no particular order

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1) Gilmore Girls
2) Extreme Makeover Home Edition
3) What not to wear
4) Growing Pains
5) Smallville
6)SO Weird ( old disney channel show)
7)Myth Busters
8)Boy Meets World
( I want 24 to be one of them... My best friends are really into it and we decided to have 24 nights on Monday nights now... so I'm catching up during Christmas Break.. I'm excited!)

8 Favorite Restaurants
1) Chilis
2) Olive Garden
3) Chik-Fil-A
4) IHOP ( only because I worked there for almost 5 years... ha ha )
5) Bajios
6) My Kitchen ( no seriously I really like cooking myself ha ha, this is actually my MOST favorite )
7)Original Thai
8)Texas Roadhouse Grill

8 things that happened yesterday
1) worked in the Advising Center in the Hinckley from 8am-5pm DID ALOT OF PAPERWORK!
2) had a funny conversation with my dad... we called each other buttheads.... ha ha
3) worked out ... it felt sooo good!
4) straightened my hair :)
5) Saw the New Bond Movie: Quantum of Solace ... it's so good!
6) Day dreamed :) *sigh* ;) and journaled!
7) cleaned my room :) I hate a messy place!
8) read my scriptures

8 favorite things to do
1) Reading
2) Working out
3) Being with my family ( not always blood related)
4) Being in the temple
5) Traveling
6) Listening to and creating music!
7) Journaling
8) Being HAPPY!!!

8 things that I'm looking forward to
1) Finishing this semester
2) Graduating College
3) Figuring out what the next step of my life is
4) Getting married ( one day I mean)
5) Being a mommy ( one day after I'm married)
6) Recieving my Endowment ( also one day)
7) Christmas ( I LOVE CHRISTMAS it's my favorite holiday other than my birthday!)
8) See my bestfriends get married and have babies

8 things on my wish list
1) Getting a new winter coat
2) Be in love again
3) Have my family get baptized, and become members of the Church
4) Visit Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, Ireland, and The Netherlands ( and of course France and England since I have family there)
5) To live long enough to see my future grandchildren and hopefully beyond!
6)See Coldplay in concert up close with good seats!
7) Become an amazing teacher
8) Get kissed under the misltoe ;)

8 people I tagged
1) Nicole & Nathan
2) McCall & Eric
3) Courtney & Travis
4) Lindsay & Travis
5) Lorie Ann & Mason
6) Katie Lynn & John
7) Melissa Passantino
8) David Holmes

I love blogging it's fun :) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I've been Tagged!!!

2008-11-25T23:36:00.000-08:00

thanks brighton for tagging me!! I love you so much!! ( I'm being serious! )

So this is the fourth picture in my fourth album on my computer as of right now..

The boy in the left is Daniel and the boy in the right is David. These are two good guy friends of mine whom which are both newly married. They were in my ward over the summer and this picture was in Alpine chalet Lounge we were waiting for a friend of ours to open his mission call!! Anyways, I'm super tired... so i have to go to bed... goodnight all....

Confusion...

2008-11-22T09:22:00.000-08:00

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said these few things:

"People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them."

"Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines."

Sometimes I think to myself that I cause my own confusion for life... The answer is my Heavenly Father, right? But sometimes he doesn't give you the answer.... sometimes he wants you to figure it out on your own... sometimes he trusts you enough... but what... what if you don't trust yourself

The sunrise comes out of the east

And I am standing still

My heart thumps louder than those in Edgar's thoughts (The Tell-Tale Heart)

and my eyelids are feeling heavy

My thoughts tire me out

but I still hear that voice calling out to me

My confusion rises with the moon

And the day has gone by

I wish I understood the darkness

and I wish I understood the unknown

But I guess I need to let myself be lead,

and just go not knowing beforehand the things which I should do (1 Nephi 4:6)

I need to trust myself and know that he'll be by my side

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work" ( Aristotle)

Remember to enjoy the the journey and trust in Christ, ( President Monson)

The perfection will come...

I really need to rely on the Lord more... I don't enough... I say that I have faith and trust him but still worry.. but honestly I'm more worried about making the right choices in my life.... I guess he will never let me go the wrong way so I should just decide and go with it!

Oh life... *sigh*

I love the Temple

2008-11-18T22:23:00.001-08:00

I had a rough day today... devotional hit my heart pretty hard and I sat with a friend afterwards and cried for about an hour

He told me that I have to go to the Temple and pray and read my patriarchal blessing...

I was at first thinking I don't have time, but my friend said I had to... it would make me feel better... and I so I went to the temple... As I was sitting there in front of the doors of the baptisms and I saw a bunch of students going in and I asked if they had a baptismal appt. I recognized one of the girls and we were chatting....

I got this feeling that I should join them in the baptisms... I thought to myself I don't have time," orchid just pray, feel better and LEAVE you have tons to do... "

Well I remembered how I have been getting the feeling to follow prompting... SO I did... I followed the prompting and went ahead and joined them for baptisms!

As I sat there I read my patriarchal blessing and it kind of made me feel good to know the things that I will be blessed with if I make sure and follow my Heavenly Father.... I then decided to start reading the Book of Mormon. I started reading Ether 2 and in Ether 2 if you go to the last verse :

Ether 2:25, " ANd behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?"

I learned from that scripture and the story of Ether 2 that I can't live life without my Heavenly Father. I need him, only he can get me through the storm, he'll be my breathe of life from the hole of the barge, and he will be my light in the dark, just as he was blessing the brother of Jared. Oh I love the Scriptures...

I left feeling amazing... I felt so much better... I love the Temple and I have such a great testimony of it... I can't wait until I am able to receive my endowments, I know I will LOVE it and be so excited to go to sessions all the time! I love the Temple and I want to spend my life preparing for it and living as if I am already endowed so that nothing will stop me when it is time to go for myself! Oh how I LOVE the TEMPLE!!!

Love Story

2008-11-14T10:42:00.000-08:00

I seriously am so in love with love... I'm such a sap..

almost a year ago I finally ended things with a boy that I was madly in love with...

Sometimes I don't understand the paths I'm lead in

I found him my Romeo, the one that I wanted to be with forever.... but there lied a problem I couldn't be with him forever it hurts alot sometimes.... Even a year later I still am hurting

I found him why do I have to search again.... I almost don't want to.

I'm not in love with him anymore but I just don't want to go through the pain of sharing my life with someone all over again and then getting my heart RE BROKEN.... Oh life... Please listen to this song by Taylor Swift:

IT's called Love Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMK9IvEsF0

2008-11-12T23:27:00.000-08:00

I know I'm the worst blogger in the whole world, but I just feel like I have to blog about something really exciting.... I was informed by Brighton, my amazing roommate that it didn't have to be that exciting. Well I actually have a few exciting things to blog about:

1) I was called to be the Director of ITEAM next semester! I am so excited! It's going to be a load of work, but so worth it! I'm so excited to be able to be with the SSE and to use the spirit to add a great time to the students on this campus!!

2) I went bouldering for the first time. I got blisters all over my hands and it was wonderful! I loved it! It's hard and it takes a lot of muscle, which I don't have, but it was so fun...

3) Finally I went Country Dancing tonight for the first time!! It was so fun and I loved it so much!! I am going to go next week too! I am really bad at Country Dancing, but it's okay perfection takes practice right?

Anyways sadly I don't have pictures from any of these exciting events, but I'll make sure to work on that. I love my roommates they're amazing, and I love my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, I am so blessed to have them in my life. GOod night World...

So the semester begins...

2008-10-03T21:53:00.000-07:00

This semester has begun and I'm soo busy! I'm sorry it's taken me forever to update my blog! It has been a crazy semester!!! Working, going to school, hanging out with friends, dating, working out, being involved on campus! I feel like there isn't one minute to breathe!

This is a picture of Brad and Tiffani seeing each other for the first time in about two weeks! They are soo cute! Brad just got back from his mission in Brazil in August and he goes up here at BYU-Idaho and Tiffani is an amazing girl who goes to BYU! She's one of my best friends!
That's Travis Williams! He got back from his mission in July!!! He's my brother! I love this boy he spoke at my Baptism... Talk on the HOly Ghost! What an impact he and his family has made on me!
I woke up at 5:50am last saturday when Tiffani was visiting and I have no idea why I woke up so early... I was sad but with my time I decided I'd make breakfast for my friends and roommates... it was fun :) those hashbrowns were made from scratch!
That's Dalan's Soccer Team. I went and watched them play! They won!!! I got the juice boxes and rice krispies like you'd get when you were a kid on a soccer team!
That's me and Kristy above. That's Dalan's girlfriend! We're showin off how we're the coolest soccer girl fans ever!
My friends Chelsea ( on the left ) and Ashley ( on the right) They're beautiful huh?
That's Jaclyn, Me, Ruth, and Allie... just chillin in the living room.... wow I love those girls so much!
Erin and Rochelle... how cute! They're family ( cousins)! Erin is my roommate! She's way funny
This is when Tiffani had just gotten to Rexburg last weekend. It was the first time we really had gotten to hang out in FOREVER

And that is Tiffani and Brad running towards each other.... man I love those two...

So the semester is going! It's Conference weekend right now and I'm loving it. We've only seen the first session but I already feel like I've gotten so much out of it. Wow I love the power of the Spirit that our General Authorities bring into our lives. What a blessing it is. I love LIFE!!

2008-09-21T17:27:00.001-07:00

It's been way too long..

It's been quite the semester already...

I'm such a busy girl but it's soo much fun!!!

I promise I'll write it up soon!

I love ya'll!!!

Brighton Fun!

2008-09-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

Me and my roommate Brighton are crazy... at 2am we decide that we want to take crazy photos of ourselves on the Photobooth on my Mac.... Oh college girls... what do you do with them!?

School has begun!

2008-09-11T22:09:00.001-07:00

This is the picture of the first day of school. I have no make up going to my first class... ew... oh well ha ha....

So school has begun. We got a brand new ward and I don't know how I feel about it yet... hopefully it gets better no body has really gotten together at all... sadness

My classes are going to be a ton of work but it'll be okay and I'm really busy because I work two part time jobs and I am pretty involved on campus so I'm going to be so busy...

Oh my... I love everyone... and I just gave a really funny apartment prayer... haha

Love ya'll

night

I love my little brother..

2008-09-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

So growing up me and my little brother always loved each other but would fight like cats & dogs! We would scream & yell, scratch & kick... we were awful!!! But now him being 20 and I, 21, we are a lot more mature.... well.... not really.... ha ha

So me and my brother always think that this face is so cute and funny and we both look very much alike when we do it....

I was having a really hard day one day and I got a text from my little brosef saying, " Go check out my facebook picture." And to my surprise the picture below was his profile picture
Is that not the funniest thing you've ever seen. It seriously brighten my day sooo much I loved it! I love my little brother. He's bigger then me ( 6'2) and stronger then me and smarter then me, but he's still my baby brother and he makes me laugh so much! I love him!

Family is awesome, isn't it!

Wild Weekend!!!

2008-09-01T08:27:00.001-07:00

So I had a wild weekend! As seen in my last post I went down to Bountiful Thursday and Friday for Luke & Mary's wedding and had a blast! Then Saturday I had Lorie Ann & Mason's wedding that was beautiful and soo much fun! And then that evening the Akin family came in and we all prepared for the BIG BASH that was for Ashley, Michelle, Greg, Deagan, and Ryan! It was a Birthday party for all! This weekend was so much fun! But time to get down to business I have a Showcase to DIRECT!! AH!

So this is Ashley, my roommate, and her boyfriend Mike. They are sooo fun! This was at the birthday party!
Look at that cake!!! There were like 35 people at this shindig!
Those are the burgers Mike was trying to kill me with.... I ate the whole thing any ways but look how pink it was in the center!! Ha ha!
Whoa! Look at all that food!! Yum!
Sister and Brother Akin! Oh man they're soo much fun! I love being around them! Honestly it's never dull with the Akins! They are so much fun!
This is at the Rexburg Temple! That's me and Chase waiting for the beautiful couple to come out!
That is Karen, Lorie Ann's sister and Karen's husband and daughter! They are just the cutest family! I had to get a picture!
So here is the happy couple! They are so beautiful! ANd fun and happy! I am so excited that they're married! They are so beautiful!
Look! IT's KATIE!! She's engaged!! I am so excited! She's getting married in October! Isn't that crazy! I am soo excited for her! John, her fiance! He's awesome! So much fun!
And that me.... being crazy as usual.... Oh what adventures am I going to get myself into next...

Luke & Mary's Wedding!!!

2008-08-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

So All of these pictures are backwards kind of.... the first ones are from today and the last ones are from yesterday... Anyways... I drove down to Kaysville/Syracuse/Bountiful Utah yesterday and spent the most amazing two days with the most amazing families ever! I felt soo loved by the Remingtons and by the Alleys and these two days weren't even for me! They were for LUKE & MARY!! They got Married! These are some of my bestfriends!! I knew them both before they were dating, then I knew them while they were dating and now I saw them get married! It's been the coolest Experience!!

I took that picture above of the two of them at the Temple right before we left. They got married about Bountiful! Such a beautiful Temple!
That's me and Mary! I love her so much.... this day I knew it'd come I felt in my heart for a long time that her and Luke were perfect for each other
This is at the Wedding Luncheon! They caked each other!
This is them leavin for the honeymoon! They're going to HAWAII!! How cool!
As I was driving home I saw the mountains and thought about the wedding I just got to be a part of... the sealing between two bestfriends for eternity... and AMAZING wonderful families that are going to be sealed forever through these two amazing people and just thought..... How blessed we are to have this gospel.... how blessed we are to know God....
Ethan was mad.... he thought the Temple Ceremony took too long.... ha ha what a sweetheart!
Luke and Mary coming out of the Temple!! WOO!
Julie ( Luke's Sister) Saw me put sweet Mikel to sleep by singing to her and thought it was soo cute! She said she had to take a picture... Oh I love Julie! We're Blog friends now!!
That was my idea thank you! Isn't that cute!!
That's way funny! Oh Luke!
Me and Julie were so confused.... that was a wedding gift Luke & Mary got... huh?
That's Dave, Mary's older brother. He's is soo funny! A really witty guy.... was he winking at me? ha ha !
Baby Blake!! That boy! He's sooo cute!! I just loved that baby! So happy and handsome!! ( Julie and Steve's son!)
That's me in Liz in the car on the way to the Temple! She's Mary's older sister who just got back from a mission to New Zealand!!!
Bountiful Temple!!!!
Me and Mary at her reception!!! She's soo gorgeous... like a princess!
Wasn't it beautiful!
Luke and his boys.... man the Ocho..... they're all growin up! How cute!
That's Emily Jensen, Mary and Me!!
Luke and Mary opening gifts!! So fun!!
Oh I love that girl.... she's amazing she makes me feel so good about myself. She really has this sweet presence that makes everyone around her happy :)

Seriously this was probably the most fun I've had all summer break! I love the Alleys and the Remingtons sooo much! They made me feel so at home being with them... I wish I was part of their family! I hope I always always stay in touch with them....

Oh man I'm car lagged... gotta go to bed!

Faith....

2008-08-22T22:05:00.001-07:00

An excerpt from my spiritual journal two years ago ( so i was just reading through my old journals)

" Are we born with faith? Before this time we didn't need faith, so do we come to the earth with a natural inclination to have faith? Is the loss of faith come with hardships and storms in our lives? Why do we lose faith? Why do we have faith? How can we gain back faith if lost?"

I just thought that those were very interesting questions to think about.... Faith... So important to mankind but so many of us know little to none about it...

How much I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.... I know that it is the true church restored on this earth today with the fulness of the Gospel.... *sigh*

End of my summer semester!

2008-08-19T19:28:00.000-07:00

This is for Mc Call and Courtney! I am so sorry it's been so long since I posted. But here is a little about my past summer semester! Now I'm really excited because I have these other pictures too from my vacation to GA... but for now the summer semester!

Creepy Creepy.... last day of the semester we all went and saw the new batman movie and while waiting in line we encountered this!!
My gorgeous roommates whom I love!! We're all so disgusting ha ha!! This is the last day of the semester!!
I made this scrapbook page for my friend David! He's going on his mission!! WOoo!! He's going to Uruguay!

We all went mini golfing and it was so much fun! The boys won.... dang it... we were suppose to give massages but we never did... ha ha
That is CB!!! My Home Teacher!! He was the best I can't wait for him to come back in January! Such a crazy dude!!
Beautiful, gorgeous Jayme.... I love this girl she really makes me feel so good about myself!
Me at the Sandbar!! I love the sun! I love the summer!!!

So this is Nathan. He's my best friend! He's soo awesome! He's from Washington and he's got some of the best taste in music

That picture above is my friend Dalan at the Car Wash that the EQ threw for the Relief Society! It was awesome!! SO much fun!!

This past summer was a buncha fun... these pictures were from the last two weeks of the semester. I'm going to miss our Ward but it's time to embark on a new journey at BYU-Idaho! I am excited and ready to go!

I'm sorry

2008-07-22T14:15:00.000-07:00

My computer is being sooo crazy so I'm way sorry about not posting I really am trying to get better at this blogging thing. I love everyone so much and it's soo nice to read and hear about everyone's life!

Hope to post soon!!

Orchid!

Summer Sun!

2008-06-28T16:55:00.000-07:00

SO I LOVE THE LAKE... ISN'T RIGBY LAKE BEAUTIFUL!!!!

That's my friend Kristy and Dalan! They are DATING!!! It's awesome They are the cutest couple! I love Kristy! and Dalan of course....

That's my friend Hailey with me! I LOVE HER!!! She is awesome!!!

I should probably put more pictures up but I'm going to a ward party soon. I love blogs and they are fun, but guess what I am doing right now... putting off homework for this, now is that responsible?? haha

;)

So it has been awhile since I posted anything...

2008-06-03T10:48:00.000-07:00

So JUNE has come way too fast. I can't believe it is already here. I have had a very reviltalizing week. I just got sick a few days ago and I just haven't been feeling very well, but this has given me time to think....

I am sick of me.

I no longer want to focus on my what I think are "problems" and no longer want to focus on me at all...

I want to help help everyone around me help anyone in need
I want to listen to everyone but myself....

Oh life! ( * and I mean that in the lightest funniest way possible!)

and I KNOW I KNOW i have to add pictures I WILL!

Life....

2008-05-25T19:55:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry Nicole, I'm a bonehead and didn't post any pictures. But I will now... I love Idaho. It's an amazing place here. It's beautiful and calm and gives you space to think. I love all my friends here. So... I have to say that I'm in a place right now... one of my bestfriend's brother just went missing. He's an awesome man and I'm just asking all of you to keep him in your prayers. His name is John Alley... Let's all pray that we find him. If you know anyone in the Southern part of the US please let us know and send them a picture of John so they can be on the look out. He was last seen in midland FL. Thanks everyone.

Lost

2008-05-10T23:41:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wish I was back home on my comfy queen sized bed in my wonderful apartment laying down with my bestfriend watching a movie... I've been kind of homesick... I have never been this way before... I just feel like I need my bestfriend from home. He's always been there for me and he knows me inside and out... it's scary... On the list of people who know me the best it's Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, and then Michael. I've been homesick of spending time with him. We use to watch movies together all the time or go to the park and take pictures.. he's such an amazing photographer... and when I am the most sad in the world, when I just feel like I'm at my lowest he fixes it. He just hugs me and holds me tightly and tells me it'll all be okay... and even if the situation doesn't change I realize how okay it'll be... Well, I am a bit over dramatic... I guess that's okay. I am 21... I don't like this age....* what a bad attidtude... yuck! lol* Good night

Lessons learned...

2008-05-06T10:32:00.000-07:00

So it's been awhile since I have put in an entry... this semester has gone by so fast... I am 21, officially since yesterday. It was my 21st birthday... It is so weird, I just don't feel ready to be 21. I kind of had a reflection day because I just hurt over stupid things and I have learned in the words of Carrie Underwood that pages are turned, bridges are burned, but really lessons are learned and through those lessons I'm growing into the woman that my Heavely Father wants me to be. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has completely changed my life. It gives me life and light and I need to learn that no matter how dark it is and how long I've been walking in the dark I just need to keep following him. Tommorrow will be the 3 year mark of my baptism... I can't believe it's been so long! I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true and everlasting church that brought back the restoration of the gospel. Life is really hard, even when you have nothing to be sad about, even when life should be dandy and you have all the blessings in the world sometimes one thing can just bring you down. I have been feeling like that I have so many things to be grateful in my life right now, I have amazing friends who love me, I'm healthy, I attend an amazing University, I had food on my table, clothes to dress me, and a roof over my head, I have an amazing job, and an amazing boss. I have fun times, and I'm a smart girl and I have always torn myself to pieces and I've never had any confidence and for the first time in my life I have confidence, I am a daughter of a great King in Heaven who loves me dearly and that's all that matters... yet I still have that emptiness lurking inside of me... I just need to stop being a baby and suck it up.... I know that when I someday get to sit and speak with God that we'll be laughing at how immature I was at 21 and I'll be looking over the amazing life I had... but waiting for it to happen is the hard part, I wonder if my patience is being tested... I bet so

well I leave you guys here with an amazing song ( watch it on youtube the link is at the bottom of this entry.)
"Lessons Learned" by Carrie Underwood- There's some things that I regret,Some words I wish had gone unsaid,Some starts,That had some bitter endings,Been some bad times I've been through,Damage I cannot undo,Some things,I wish I could do all all over again,But it don't really matter,Life gets that much harder,It makes you that much stronger,Oh, some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were,Lessons learned.[Chorus:]And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,Every change, life has thrown me,I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,I'm grateful, for every scar,Some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were lessons learned.There's mistakes that I have made,Some chances I just threw away,Some roads,I never should've taken,Been some signs I didn't see,Hearts that I hurt needlessly,Some wounds,That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,But it don't make no difference,The past can't be rewritten,You get the life you're given,Oh, some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were,Lessons learned.[Chorus:]And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,Every change, life has thrown me,I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,I'm grateful, for every scar,Some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were lessons learned.And all the things that break you,Are all the things that make you strong,You can't change the past,Cause it's gone,And you just gotta move on,Because it's all,Lessons learned.[Chorus:]And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,Every change, life has thrown me,I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,I'm grateful, for every scar,Some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were lessons learned,Oh, some pages turned,Some bridges burned,But there were lessons learned,Lessons learned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSm19ETQvg

Let your soul soar!

2008-04-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

So everyone is getting onto me for not putting up pictures on my blog... This is one of my favorites. I took this on sunday. It was a beautiful sunday and I had alot of pondering to do about life so I did what any other BYU-Idaho student would do... took a walk to the temple grounds. I feel like it's almost cliche to go to the temple grounds when you are stressed and feel like you need a break from the rest of the world, but you know who cares. I love the temple it brings peace into my life. Even just being on the grounds make my soul soar. I love it. But yeah....

So that's the beautiful Rexburg Temple! So the picture below is me and my roommates. My bestfriend, Lindsay Cartin got married Saturday!! At that temple!!?!?! It was sooo beautiful! That's me with the black hair on the far right of the picture. The one in the middle is my gorgeous roommate Jaclyn and the other side, the blonde is my beautiful roommate Sarah. I LOVE THOSE GIRLS...

Well... it's late I'm tired I'll add more later

So it comes to an end...

2008-04-11T08:13:00.000-07:00

This semester has been quite a semester... I wonder if anyone even really reads my thoughts, but you know... that is not the point of my blog... It is for me to express myself, get my thoughts out...

Well. This semester I feel like I've grown alot. I finally reached to the point where I was okay without my ex-boyfriend. He was amazing. That kid is still a good friend of mine, and he's still great, and I hope he's okay. I have just realized we are not the right ones for each other which is GREAT!! Especially since I ended the relationship.. funny how it took me longer to get over.

Then I made this HUGE decision in my life that after I prayed about it earnestly it just didn't feel right. It was hard for me to except my fate of not going through with that huge decision. It was really weird too, because it was a good thing I wanted. It's not like I wanted to do something that was bad for me or anyone else. It was a type of service, but you know it is more important to follow my Heavenly Father. He knows me better then I know myself...

I kinda got myself in this situation too that I let myself kinda get hurt... You know people wonder why I have trust issues... if I could actually trust someone in that area of my life maybe I wouldn't be so unwilling to let that part of my life happen...

I strangely vague but remember this is a selfish blog...

Well I love Michael Buble and his song LOST has been my theme song this past week! I Love that SONG!!!!!
The LYRICS :
I can't believe it's over
I watched the whole thing fall
And I never saw the right man was on the wall
If I don't land
Days were slipping past
That the good things never last
That you were crying
Summer turned to winter
And the snow it turned to rain
And the rain turned into tears upon your face
I hardly recognized the girl you are today
And god I hope it's not too lateIt's not too late
'Cause you are not alone
I'm always there with you
And we'll get lost together
Till the light comes pouring through
'Cause when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won
Babe, you're not lost
When your worlds crashing down
And you can't bear to fallI said, babe, you're not lost
Life can show no mercy
It can tear your soul apart
It can make you feel like you've gone crazy
But you're not
Things have seem to changed
There's one thing that's still the same
In my heart you have remained
And we can fly fly fly away
'Cause you are not alone
And I am there with you
And we'll get lost together
Till the light comes pouring through
'Cause when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won
Babe, you're not lost
When the worlds crashing down
And you can not bear to crawl
I said, baby, you're not lost ( 4x)

you can watch the video and listen to it too by clicking here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5cZC5U6dM

seriously .... listen to it, it's amazing!

Not my will but thine

2008-03-25T07:38:00.000-07:00

So... it's been an interesting few weeks. It's funny how when you desire something so bad and lose care for something else the exact opposite happens. That might not make much sense to you, but it's like this. Say you desired an apple before and then slowly that desire just faded away and now you desired a banana. Now you worked really hard to recieve that banana, you put your all into it and it's a good thing, it's definitely not wrong Anyways you find out that the banana is not the thing you're really supposed to have. Actually that you really shouldn't even buy the banana let alone eat it. And an APPLE falls into your lap! But an apple that hard to eat.... it's really confusing this story huh??? Well basically what I'm trying to say is follow the will of the Lord. It is so important that even if you don't understand why and you don't agree with Heavenly Father's suggestion for your life ( because you know, you still have your agency) you should still follow it. Anyways it's just important. Just think, what if Joseph Smith didn't follow the suggestions Heavenly Father had for his life, we wouldn't have this great gospel!!! So I don't think I'm suppose to bring to pass something great because I'm listening to the promptings I'm being given, but hopefully I understand why he said no later. I love the gospel and I don't know if I should be posting this online, but maybe, just maybe somebody needs to hear this too...

I'm out.

Hello World!

2008-03-21T12:03:00.000-07:00

Courtney is disappointed in me... I haven't been updating :( But life... well it's been interesting... There is 20 days left until the end of the semester... ( that is including saturdays & sundays) meaning really there is like um... actually 14 school days left as in 14 Monday thru Fridays left... AH! I feel as if I should be stressed out because I have so much homework to do but for some strange reason I have this peace that everything will be okay... It's a nice feeling ( by the way I know I am using the ellipse in the incorrect manor, but most people know that it really symbolizes a pause, a sigh, or just a random ponder when it comes to the text of a blog or journal.) Anyways... It's been a ride these past few weeks, actually pretty much since about mid-mark of the semester. I have been so happy! Even when frusterating things happen, even when sad things, bad things, mad things happen, I've been happy. I know what it is. It is this GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. Those of you that I don't know and are reading, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. It is the truth restored on this earth today. It is the church of happiness, the gospel of joy! I don't think I've ever been this strangly happy in my life because I know that My Heavenly Father loves me, as does Jesus Christ. I hope this doesn't sound preachy or "holier than thou" because again those who know me, know that I don't mean it that way. I just feel like my face is toooo small to fit the smile that I want on my face!

I would just like to give a little tribute to the best job ever. I love my BOSS and the other ladies I work with. They really do bring a brightness to my days and the ones that are leaving... I don't know what I'll do without you this summer, but we will meet again! I love you all and I hope you know that!

That's my post of the day! YAY!

My first blog entry!

2008-03-18T09:53:00.001-07:00

This is my first blog entry! I am so excited I finally got a blog! SO I decided to get one just like all of my wonderful friends at work but I could never think of a title to put on it, and finally!!! I chose the title " In the words of Orchideh" because these will be my words on what is going on in my life and my name is really Orchideh, although I have everyone call me Orchid. Orchid is just easier to say. Orchideh just looks cool... right? Anyways... This is my first entry. I need to get pictures up on this!