Christmas crafts have begun. [:

I made a wreath! Ornaments and bow were all found at the dollar store. Then I got a Styrofoam circle from porters, and some tulle and made a snowy winter-y wreath. Super easy and not too expensive. Just thought I'd share with ya guys. [:

This is what happiness is.

 Credit: Jamie Jespersen

 Credit: Jamie Jespersen

I am extremely happy today.
Maybe its because I feel healthy again
Maybe its because my newly remodeled room is clean
Maybe its the smell of my favorite febreeze scent.  (spelling?)
Maybe its the fact I have so many decorating Ideas for our apartment
Maybe its that I love the ring on my left hand's ring finger [:
Maybe its that I found spotify and have listened to good music all day
Or maybe its just because I get Garth forever. [:

For whatever reason I am so blissfully happy. My photographer canceled on me and I don't even MIND! Garth and I are taking a trip to the thrift store, and we are going to bake something. I don't know what yet. Then I'm going to get ahead on some homework.

Mostly I just want to share a thought with all of you.
I was thinking last week all about my life (big surprise I know...I'm always self-reflecting) , how much its changed, and what all my plans for myself have been. Its funny where your plans meet with reality. I'm so very happy right now, and so incredibly content. However, in all honesty, Garth was not part of the plan. Its funny how little we know ourselves compared to how well our heavenly father knows us. So grateful his plans are what happened in my life. I mean don't get me wrong, my plans were great. I would have been very successful. But I'm also learning I would have been miserable. This path makes me so much more happy, and feel so much more fulfilled. I just didn't know that then. Thats the great thing about the gospel. When you live it, you can feel a sense of direction in your life. And when you find a path, its not that you're letting go of anything you want or sacrificing your own needs, its that you're simply discovering something you want more, and need for your personal happiness. Grateful for a heavenly father who knows me and was looking out for me. Grateful for parents who taught me to rely on him and to never settle. Grateful for a fiance who is more than I could ever dream for myself. Grateful for siblings who are the only friends I have ever really needed in this life. And grateful for the opportunity to grow as life keeps going!

Loving life guys. Hope you are too. [:

Sicky

So its been quite an interesting week here in Rexburg
Started it off on Sunday with kyles talk at church and the linger longer after.
My roommate was sick that day and threw up twice so we just had a Lord of the Rings movie night that night.
Monday was class as usual.
Tuesday I worked and then I stayed up till 5am catching up on hw because I wanted time to focus on wedding stuff..So all my homework was done till Friday!
Then Wednesday I kept planning on sleeping but instead I rearranged my room did some group work and went apartment shopping. Garth and I signed a contract for a cute little two bedroom apartment (: so excited Haha. Then I had enough time to go home and sleep for a bit before work. However when I woke up I  knew I was sick. So I hurried and made Garth dinner before I called in work. As soon as I finished his tacos it was off to the bathroom.
Long story short I was throwing up from 6:30-2:00am. My lovely fiance counted 29 times. Lol. I'm sharing this because I want to express gratitude for Garth. After seeing me run to the bathroom and hear me throw up many times, to watching me crawl to the bathroom, all the way to eventually just holding a bowl for me as I became more and more dehydrated he still comes around! Haha. He even took me to the hospital at 2 and held me while I threw up in the middle of the ER. then he listened to them talk about my digestive system and cramps for a good 10 minutes and watched as they hooked me up to the IV. Then he drove me home..got me a gatorade, some sprite, and water. Plugged in my heat pad and tucked me in bed at about 4am. Such a sweet boy. Glad he still loves me after seeing me at my worst.

Today...all day

Today it rained...all day.
Today I walked everywhere ...all day.
I woke up early to actually spend time on my hair only to realize when I left that I should have just left the bed head and slept in. The never ending breeze and big drops of h20 invented a hairstyle all their own.
In my first class, with the teacher I despise, I actually defended the teacher I despise. One student would not stop arguing about pointless things in the reading. I finally had to raise my hand and politely point out all the ways he had been wrong. I also wanted to teach him that to win any argument you must come up with something better than stating the same point in various orders and sentence styles. However I refrained... and I don't think he was mad at me. The teacher, whom I despise, smiled at me though. (:

This weekend we get engagement pictures. Cross your fingers the rain stops and my cold goes away! Wedding planning continues slowly but surely. And house hunting inches ahead slower than a snail. But progress is progress my friends.

I still have the best fiance. He eats at my house everyday even when I'm too busy to cook with him...and never complains. Hes also brought me flowers not once...but twice!! Love him a lot a lot. (:

Anyhow just felt like writing for a bit..hopefully soon I will have engagements!!

Love the Gospel.

    Answers to prayers come in such funny ways. Seems like when I'm praying about something I want right now and feel pressed for time, God wants to teach me patience. Then when I'm praying to love someone but willing to take little baby steps he hits me with a brick and makes me change immediately. Funny how that works. Glad he knows what he's doing, because I sure don't.

I have so much to do. HW. FHE planning. Honey moon. Storage Unit. Work. Center Pieces. Find a place to live in the winter..oh and try to have a social life. [:

Don't worry I'm starting on the homework right AFTER this. I just wanted to give a little snippet of my favooorriiiteeee talk from the Relief Society Conference, and tell you all I canNOT wait for conference this weekend. Not just to go see everyone in logan but also because I just LOVE conference. Yeah yeah yeah. [:

So Here it goes: Uchtdorf never ceases to make me cry.
He spoke about the flowers called "Forget me Nots" And how for every one of the 5 petals there is something we women shouldn't forget.
1. Forget not to be patient with yourself.
   Often we compare ourselves to others, usually we see our weaknesses and their strengths. We have to learn that one day we will be perfect, but TODAY we need to stop punishing ourselves.
2. Forget not the difference of good sacrifice vs. bad sacrifice
   Staying up late to prepare a talk is important. But MAYBE staying up late to hand stitch each sisters initial in handmade pot holders for your lesson isn't important lol
3. Forget not to be happy now.
   We tend to wait for our golden ticket, and we put our happiness on hold. Keep the righteous desires and wishes of your heart, but also remember to just stop and be happy.
4. Forget not the WHY of the gospel.
   Usually we know the how and the what, but we're promised that if we remember the WHY our lives will be enriched. He said the gospel is not an obligation, it is a pathway.
5. Forget not that the Lord Loves you


Beautiful!

Its just a Good day.

Oh College. Gotta love it.
Still miss the Fam.. but for me that just never goes away. Love them way too much.
Garth gave me flowers last week when he got a job and they are still very much alive and very beautiful. All shades of purple. My favorite color and the color of my room! Whatta thoughtful guy [:
This week has been kind of busy, this has been the first day I haven't felt I was going from thing to thing. Its the first day I haven't worked. Work is really nice for me because it gives me a chance to stop thinking about all the things on my to do list and just think about present tense. Although last night I started reading my English assigned poems at 7 and was still reading at 11:30 so that was kinda lame. Gotta love being an English major. There's only one normal guy in my class and it just so happens he is getting married the same day as me and going on his honeymoon the same days, possibly to the same place. haha. (Garth and I have 2 options and haven't chosen yet.) Hoping to this weekend. Still need to find a house and a storage unit.

But today I got a break from hw and went and helped Garth clean his house for clean checks and then I went running. I have made it a goal that since I can't run on Tuesday Wednesday and Sunday I will be on the treadmill for at least an hour the other days. Hopefully all goes well timing wise! Today was the first day and I already love it. Its a shame I don't have more than an hour to devote to that. But now I need new running shoes. I've had them forever and my feet are starting to feel it.

Tomorrow is the first day this semester that Garth and I get to go to Ballroom dancing class. [: Just something fun to do. Plus thats how his parents met, so I figure its kinda cute.. haha. So excited!!
And tonight I get my new temple recommend (mine expired) So sometime this coming week I will find time to go with Garth for sure! He works a kind of funky schedule, usually having long breaks in the middle of the day. Then he goes back to work at 4 until 8. But its nice because I usually get to see him for lunch, and then when I close he picks me up from work at 11:45 after he's done playing basketball. [:

We're cute. I know. haha.
Can't wait to be married and not have to live with anyone messy or moody or who takes long long long showers! It will be a nice simplicity that I'm looking forward to.

Keep your fingers crossed I can get my shift covered next friday and go see the family in LOGAN! [:
And also go to Salt Lake and do some bridesmaid dress scoping.
Thanks!

"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.."

Being an English major means a lot of reading. I don't think I care if I ever read another poem, and the Unit just started. The one I liked today was by Shakespeare all about how love is constant and doesn't change even when everything around it does.

So far this semester hasn't been too bad. Roommates are pretty cool. Really enjoying having my own room and living down the hall from my best friend. College would be boring without Jamie. I got pretty stinking lucky meeting her a year ago. She's even going to take my engagement pictures!! Speaking of the wedding I have to keep reminding myself to keep looking and planning wedding things! I'm so very ready to be married to Garth, it is not even funny. However, I'm not so into the planning. Thinking about it and homework and social life is a little much. I don't feel like there hasn't been one night this semester that I haven't done SOMETHING. Even if it was just cuddling on the couch with Garth to a movie. I'm enjoying the workload, its manageable but still enough to push me. I keep reminding myself why I chose this major. I LOVE IT. So long as I don't procrastinate its not too overbearing.Garth and I have made a lot of meals we both have never tasted. We started out with chicken curry over rice which is actually one of my favorites. But we've made a breakfast casserole (which supplied breakfast for many people for quite some time) a spaghetti casserole, some cookies, we just had a sunday pot roast and potatoes, we make breakfast a lot because its my favorite and last time we made homemade hashbrowns. Its been yummy. But its a good thing I have a treadmill here. Running has become a necessity. [:

I really miss my family and good old Colorado. Its the best place on earth, and I have the best family. My momma is one of my very best friends and I can't wait to see her soon. I'm looking for some good Christmas crafts (yes already) for my sister and I to both do. Its tradition. Any ideas let me know!
Missing Tink as well. CANT WAIT FOR THE DINNER!! [:

Anyways I still have the best Fiance ever if youre all wondering. You should probably be jealous of how many times I have had a foot massage this semester. Yeppers. Love him.