Beautiful Utah!

These are a couple of pictures that I took in my skiing class this week.  Utah is BEAUTIFUL!  Skiing was freezing but so fun this week.  It's so nice to take a break from campus and escape in the beautiful mountains.  I am so happy it's the weekend and I get to take a break for a couple of days!  Life is so crazy.

Also, my little brother T.J. and his basketball team won the championship game this week!! I am SOO proud of him!  It's really hard for me not being able to see him play.  But when I think about how fast January flew by, I'll be home before I know it!

Life is good when it's Friday.

Moments That Matter Most

This week has been CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!  Ah, I don't know that I could handle one more thing.  But this week was also awesome!  I had my first skiing class up at Sundance.  It was beautiful and so much fun.  I made new friends in my class, and I picked it up again pretty quickly.  It is just so peaceful to be up in the quiet mountains with all of the beauty surrounding you.  I love it.  Then on Thursday night (after class, skiing, and work!) Cady, Erica, and I went 80s dancing!  Its still my favorite thing in the entire world.  I wish I could have lived back in those days. 

So, with everything that I have going on, I woke up this morning kind of having a melt down. It's so hard to keep up with homework, working 15+ hours a week, Relief Society, classes, and a decent social life. I was just kind of feeling like I'm doing an okay job at everything, rather than being able to focus in and spend the time I need to and do a great job at them.  It can be so easy to look at everything that's on my to-do list and feel so overwhelmed.  But, my Mom reminded me on the phone this morning to just take it one day at a time.  I was reminded that I need to focus on what's important, and not worry so much about all that there is to be done. So here is one of my favorite Mormon Messages that help me remember to slow down and just be happy! I live in a beautiful place with such amazing friends.  Even though I can get pretty stressed and feel inadequate, I love my life here! I am so thankful and am choosing to focus on what matters most and be happy. (:  

Life is good when you remember what matters most!

It's a Winter Wonderland!

SNOW SNOW SNOW! The Eddy's came to visit this week and just in time for tons and tons of snow. So my dad and I took them all sledding and we had a ton of fun.  I am really enjoying the camera Marmee gave me over Thanksgiving, so I went a little crazy taking pictures out in the snow.  I took a lot that I really love out there!  These kiddos are gorgeous and so much fun to take pictures of. I think I love being around kids so much because they have such a genuine joy and excitement about things as simple as snow that a lot of us lose as grow up.  Rather than having a fun day laughing and screaming flying down the hill, we tend to grouch about the bitter cold or the bad roads.  I'm so blessed to have happiness and innocence find me again when these cuties come to visit (:

Life is good when I'm playing with kids!

Home is where your family is.

I am so blessed to be able to spend Christmas at home with my family. I love the holidays when you just get to spend so much time at home with family.  Today was so great! Me and Dad went Christmas shopping all day, and of course he had to pick up a million bananas to make his banana pancakes.  My dad is always trying to come up with these healthy food concoctions its hilarious.  Then we all decorated Christmas cookies! At first I was the only one and nobody would do it with me..but after I got Dad on board and he got into it he drug the rest of the family in too.  They aren't the most artistic cookies but I love them (: I also had to steal a picture of Nate sleeping on the couch with Buddy in his arms..hehe :D 

Life is good when you're hangin with the fam!

Merry December!

Yay its December! It snowed a ton here in Provo, so me and Erica put up the Christmas decorations! My mom sent me the old advent calendar that's always been up in my house and Erica brought a tree from home, so now our dorm feels like Christmas! I even have a wallflower that is a Christmas scent (: Also, Marmee gave me her old camera and I'm seriously in love.  Me and Tay went outside today and took pictures in the snow.  I don't think I'm too bad at taking pictures! (; Just 2 weeks until I get to go home and see my family..I am seriously counting the hours I am so excited.  This long without them is really tough.

Also, I am officially started on my mission papers! I have decided to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  I will probably be leaving early next summer. 

Life is good in the Christmas spirit!