"We count them happy which endure.": I'm getting married. [:

Just thought I'd remind you guys, I AM GETTING MARRIED. haha. Pretty exciting.

Anyhow, really I figure because I have an hour before the next class I have time to blog! Its been a fairly busy week. I leave for Iowa tomorrow right after class. And I'll finally get to pick up my ever so perfect fitting ring!

Its perfect. [:

I was doing a lot of thinking yesterday, mostly because I simply can't stop thinking about the wedding and plans because I'm a girl. And also because we were talking about different tentative dates. (which made me super excited) But also because I was talking to a lot of my friends from High school yesterday. Most of which tell me I'm crazy, but that because they know me so well they know its legitimate. I don't mind being called crazy at all.. I probably am a little crazy! Anyone has to be to love someone. -We all have a little bit of crazy in us.

But I was thinking a lot about how grateful I am for all that I've been taught that brought me to this point. Not only do I like to think I understand the importance and difference of eternal marriage vs. temporal marriage but the gospel has provided so many little things for me. Of course I still have a lot to learn but I'm grateful for the foundation and perspective it has provided me. I've thought a lot about how selfless you have to learn to become, and how you have to work together to keep the romantic feeling of love, because without effort, that doesn't stick around. Its just interesting to hear people talk about future plans and it always involves, being rich, not having children, or simply not thinking about the future for a long time. I am just starting to see the huge difference in my line of thinking, and realizing all the blessings that are coming from it. And I think about in Leviticus about the "Strange Fire". And how they were performing a sacrifice, just not in the way the Lord had intended it to be done. I think this pattern is reflected a lot in the world today-- we tend to bend things and do things in a way which was not necessarily intended by the Lord.
You can see that a lot with marriages and how the idea of what a marriage is, is changing.
But. I'm just rambling.

I was going through some old things on my computer and I found a lot of pictures from me at younger times so I wanted to share them because all the memories associated are kind of funny and some tender. So here goes [: