goodbye...

there are times where we KNOW it is time to move on from something.
june 2009-i said goodbye to brighton high school

"as we go on

we remember

all the times we

had together

and as our lives change

come whatever

we will still be

friends forever"

and now i am saying goodbye to yet another school that has taught me, taken care of me, and challenged me.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

i will always be an aggie!

logan i will miss you. thank you. for EVERYTHING.

"i guess i thought that this would never end

will these memories fade when i leave this town

i keep thinkin that it's not goodbye."

a special thank you to my kylee! she is the one that started this adventure with me. helped me get the ball rolling on the rest of my life.

and to courtney jean! who knew the day you moved in that we would be the best of friends! she is an amazing light in my life and i am SO lucky to be her friend! she is the one that knew when i was sad and knew how to make me happy. i love you court.

there is never endings only new beginnings.

modern liahona

This past Sunday... I FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON.
this wasn't the first time-but like every other time-it is STILL important!
Every time i crack open that book I am amazed at the way it touches my life.

It has become more than a commandment.

It is a desire, want and need.
I now get so into it that sometimes I can't even put it down. 

• when you want to read as bad as you want to breathe-this book will make sense
• read the Book of Mormon and mean it.
• Make the Book of Mormon come alive.
• a sensible story requires NO faith
• When obedience is a goal-it is no longer an irritant.

I have a testimony of this book and its truthfulness. I also have a testimony that it was translated correctly and it is for our day.  I love this book with all of my heart and I am just as excited starting it over again right away. read it. read it often. you will come to know what i know.

Public Enemy #1

last night i was at 15F (jon, chad, andrew, and beaudy's apartment) and i called my dad to ask him a simple 60's music question that i knew, as always, he would know the answer to... after a few minutes of chit chat about Yanni and the NHL playoffs he told me the news.
OSAMA BIN LADEN has been killed by American troops.
to anyone out there reading this-remember where YOU were when you heard the news.  There are moments throughout our lives that we should never forget.

september 11, 2001-1st Black President-and Osama killed.

these are moments that I am proud to be an American. 

*this song is more about the fight for equality but I think it can still apply. it IS a NEW day. let's embrace it and be thankful for it.
thank you to all those that help keep this country safe.

It's A New Day Lyrics
I went asleep last night
Tired from the fight
I've been fighting for tomorrow
All my life
Yea I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
'Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true

It's a new day

It's been a long time coming
Up the mountain kept runnin'
Souls of freedom kept hummin'
Channeling Harriet Tubman

Kennedy, Lincoln, and King
We gotta invest in that dream
It feels like we're swimming upstream
It feels like we're stuck inbetween
A rock and a hard place,
We've been through the heartaches
And lived through the darkest days

If you and I made it this far,
Well then hey, we can make it all the way
And they said no we can't
And we said yes we can
Remember it's you and me together

I woke up this morning
Feeling alright
I've been fightin' for tomorrow
All my life
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true

It's a new day

It's been a long time waitin'
Waiting for this moment
Been a long time praying
Praying for this moment

We hope for this moment
And now that we own it
For life I will hold it
And I ain't gonna let it go

It's for fathers, our brothers,
Our friends who fought for freedom
Our sisters, our mothers,
Who died for us to be in this moment

Stop and cherish this moment
Stop and cherish this time

It's time for you and me
For us and we
That's you and me together

I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling alright

'Cause we weren't fighting for nothing
And the soldiers weren't fighting
For nothing
No, Martin was dreaming for nothing
And Lincoln didn't change it for nothing
And children weren't crying for nothing

 

the first goodbye...

LOGAN-AGGIE TOWN
i moved up here young, scared, excited.
luckily, there were many friends by my side.
one of those friends has been on my little journey of life for a very long time.

she is always there to talk-always there to laugh-always there to cry

she is ALWAYS there.

well today I had to say my first goodbye in Logan.

Rachel Henriksen

she is going with HELP international to Thailand. 

as we stood at the bottom of my stairs-we hugged and we cried

it's happening -we are growing up.

i feel so blessed that i have been able to grow up with her.

i'm so proud of her and there won't be a day that i don't think about her.

good luck my rachie! i love you so much.  thank you for making Logan a million times better! see ya in 2... months :)

miles to go...

"Miles To Go" (favorite parts)

celine dion
I would walk to the edge of the universe for you
I will only follow the path that leads me to you baby... always

I could build you a bridge that spans the ocean wide
But the greatest gift I give you would be to stand by your side
Some can criticize and sit in judgment of us
But they can't take away the love that lives inside us always

Every step I take for you
I will always defend, never pretend
That every breath I take for love
I could never be wrong, the journey is long
With miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep...

k don't PANIC. i do sleep. but it's not always the most peaceful. dreams,nightmares,longings,or just plain restless. "miles to go before i sleep."
july 12, 2012 i will lay in my bed-fall right asleep-smile on my face-excited for every single day ahead of me because i will be by his side.

i know what you are thinking- yet ANOTHER blog post about HIM?! well... if you are even still following my blog you should be used to it by now :)





 

love.

l.o.v.e. 4 letters. a MILLION meanings.

some are scared of it

some crave it

some embrace it

some get to experience it

i am one of the lucky ones!

we go through life

         "i love you" "love ya" "loves"



is "love" getting to the point of unimportance?
are we overusing it?
when you SAY it-MEAN it.

everytime you say the word...love...remember how blessed you are to say it.

everytime you hear the word.love...remember how blessed you are to hear it.

"just doing the same old stuff which is loving you like crazy and just cant get you out of my head like always and you are for real the girl of my dreams"

B-GOODS...  I LOVE YOU. and i MEAN it.  

someone needs YOUR star

Jenny Phillips - "Someone Needs Your Star" Lyrics

Do you know
That God designed to glow?
And you hold
The Father’s promise in your soul
You may be just one light in the sky
But you are enough
To light up a darkened night

[Chorus:]
Someone needs your star
Someone needs the light you have inside
So rise up high
You were meant to shine
And never hide
Spread your good works wide and far
Someone needs your star

Someone needs
One simple light to bring them hope
You may feel small
But you hold more goodness than you know
Desperately someone’s reaching to find
A beacon of strength
That they can hold on to tonight

[Chorus]

Sometimes it can feel as if we are unimportant.
(they don't need me, I can't do anything, there's nothing i can say)
have you ever left a conversation with regret for not saying something you wanted to say?
what if you had said it?
would you have taken their course and changed it?
would you have made an impact that they'd recall down the road?
would nothing have changed?
how will you ever know?
someone might be WAITING for YOU to say

what you know. what you believe. what you feel. what you love.

open your mouth. open your heart. open your arms.

someone needs YOUR star and you will NEVER know WHO unless you try.