'Till we meet...

So I know that I am a little late but I still wanted to pay tribute to this amazing man. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from him...

"When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'."

"I want to bear you my testimony. I know that God our Eternal Father lives. I know that. I know that He watches over us, His children. He is the great God of the universe. He is the Governor of the universe. And yet He listens to each of us, His children, and how thankful we ought to be. I know that Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer of the world, He who wrought a great Atonement in behalf of each of us. I do not care what you remember from this meeting, but I hope that you will remember this, that you heard Gordon B. Hinckley say that he knows that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer of the world... That is my testimony and it is as real and as true as the sunrise in the morning."

"This is my prayer for all of us:'Lord, increase our faith.' Increase our faith to bridge the chasms of uncertainty and doubt. . . . Grant us faith to look beyond the problems of the moment to the miracles of the future. . . . Give us faith to do what is right and let the consequence follow."

Stormy Weather

Sometimes when it rains...

it pours... 

and just when you don't think you can handle the rain anymore... 

it hails.  

On these days... well... these are the days you have to believe that a rainbow is coming your way.  

Happy Black History Month....

Alice... 

This one's for you!

Say it loud...

I am black and I am proud!

BeUTAHful...

So I just got back from a quick trip to the wonderful land of Zion.  It was such a good time.  A friend of mine always teases me because I say "it was just nice to get away"  but really it was just nice to get away.  

I started the trip off with a quick trip to temple square.  Really... you gotta love the place.  It was freezing outside so I only stayed long enough to take some shots of the Temple... and try to get a few shots of myself and the temple.   

 Don't mind that my eyes are kind of crossing... they just do that sometimes... Its a problem... 

Saturday was an awesome day of snowboarding on the "best snow on earth."  We rode at Park City where my friend Spencer (that is that back of his head) hooked me up with a free ticket.  It was sunny and beautiful and it had just snowed a ton so the snow was really good. 

The rest of the trip was spent spending time with good friends and family.  

Here is half of the Six-headed monster. 

Jessie, April, Emily 

I spent a lot of the weekend with Emily.  She is such an amazing girl and an even better friend.  She seriously loves everyone and you can feel that when you are with her.  Its people like Emily that make you want to be a better person!  

Emily and I went to Jessie's house on Sunday night and joined her gigantic family for a family dinner.  They even let us join in on the dating and marriage discussion that they had after dinner.  I tried to take notes... :) 

It was so fun to see Jessie.  You seriously can't help but to love that girl. She is funny, beautiful, and she knows a little about A LOT of things. The best part is that even after marriage and two kids she is still the same fun loving girl... Luv ya Jessasouris    

Monday there was a big snowstorm so I opted to not take the little Hyundai that I was driving up the canyon to go snowboarding.  So in the morning I met up with my long time best friend Allyson.  Again... another amazing girl.  This girl has the most contagious laugh you have ever heard.  It was so fun to talk and catch up with her.  

My next stop was a past from my BYU-Hawaii past.  I stopped by Corbin Smith's house.  This guy is the greatest.  You can seriously talk to him about everything and anything.  I spent like 3 hours sitting on his couch just talking without even realizing that anytime had gone by. Ladies... he is quite the catch... 

That evening my sister in law Tauna cooked me, Jason, and my cousin Tina an awesome meal in the cute apartment. Can you believe that little Jason is all grown up and is having me over for dinner? They both seem so happy and are perfect for each other. 

 

We also planned on watching Prison Break but were sorely disappointed when the State of the Union  came on instead.  But like the great citizens that we are we kept it on to find out what was in store for the U.S.... 

This trip was just what the Doctor ordered.  It was nothing spectacular but just so good just to hang out with people that I love.  It also made me very grateful to come home to sunny California...

Happy Birthday Saxy Poo-Poo face....

Little Sheboygan turned one years old on January 31st.  I love you sonny boy Saxon!

I am in love...

Just when I thought that I was giving up on love all together I found the new love of my life. 

For the past six months I have been living life primitively. My digital camera's screen in the back did not work.  So I...similarly to back in the day... would have to wait until I plugged my camera into the computer to see what kind of pictures I had taken.  Don't get me wrong... this had its perks... It was extra exciting to plug my camera into my computer so because I had no idea what was in store and people didn't get the freedom of deleting the pictures that they didn't like of themselves (I now have some great blackmail pictures).. but this got old after a while. 

So I searched high and low and found the perfect camera for me...

Get this... Its waterproof (yes you can really take it in the water... even the ocean), sand proof, freezeproof, and best of all  shock proof (meaning I can drop it and it should be able to withstand the abuse).  

I am so excited about this purchase.  Fun pictures are to come. :)

Changes...

My Dad often tells me that if you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you always got.  So I decided that I was ready to change things up a bit. To quote my favorite poet..."its time for us as a people to start making some changes..." (That was Tupac for those of you who are too white to know that). So what changes does a girl start with?  Her hair of course. 

 Not to be a traitor to my natural born color but it was time to find out who really has more fun blondes or brunettes... 

 

My dad might die if he see's these pictures... but sorry Dad... as the spice girls say I needed to color up the world and spice up my life....

PS... I am well aware that these are not the best pictures of me but you get the idea... self portraits are often hard to take.  

This is just the beginning of the new and improved me... 

(oh and for those of you who are confused the picture in my last posting with the dark hair was a wig... this time its for real )