so this was me... july 2007
me now... december 2008Monday, February 9, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Jolene...
| You Are Level-Headed and Trustworthy |
 You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries. You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. |
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Updates...
For my birthday my friends too my to see Eric Dodge... He's a local to Southern Utah, but definitely on the rise! ( and hot too! oh and he is single and goes to our singles activities)
He wanted to see Santa so he could tell him that he wanted a Thomas train for christmas.... but as always when he got there he was acting shy. Santa was great with him:)
random car shot in ginger's car on the way to the Eric Dodge concert... kinda out of order
I figured it's probably time to post something new. As, I'm sitting and reflecting on this last year, I am so grateful for my wonderful family, and friends who were there for me. I was truely blessed this year, having my eyes opened and learned so much about myself and life. This past holiday season was absolutely incredible. I had much time to ponder and study. What an amazing person Christ was... and what he did for all of us. For that I am eternally grateful and indebted to my older brother for his self sacrifice so that I will be able to live with my Heavenly Parent's again. I decided this year that I wasn't going to make any New Year's resolutions. I figured why do something that I probably won't follow through anyways? I am now down 105 lbs and all I want to do this year is finish losing the rest of my weight. I don't care how long it takes now because I am over my biggest hurdle. It has been so rewarding and I never thought it was going to be possible. Brendon turns 4 on the 28th!! It just seems like yesterday I was at St.Jude in the OR getting ready to have him delivered. I am so proud of the little boy that he is growing up to be. He has the sweetest spirit and blows my mind away with some of the funny things that he does.
God bless you all and I wish all the best for everyone's new year!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
HYSTHOTLROTBYOYFT?
This was a question posed to us last night at a gospel discussion class in my ward. Now that you are all wondering what that means.... here I will ask the question.
The member of the bishopric that was teaching the class last night said some things that really jumped out at me. He was on a cruise with his wife and happened to be on the same cruise as Elaine Dalton the General President of the Young Woman's organization. She was talking to him about some of the problems that young people are having today.
He said well yeah isn't self esteem one of them? She said yes, but that's a worldly term. He asked her what was heavenly term? She said its one of the young woman's values.... "individual worth". That really hit me pretty hard. Whenever we associate self esteem with anything, we associate it with negatives, stereotypes and stigmas. That's one thing I have been trying to better myself with. I have learned so much about myself, learned that I am worth a lot! I have dignity and self respect.
I have been hit hard lately with some old behaviors. How easy it is to fall back into old behaviors and patterns instead of starting new and better behaviors and patterns. I have seen then hand of the Lord in my life a lot especially in the last month and a half. When I stood accused of stealing money from an employer, my dad and I said a prayer and I felt the hand of the Lord there to comfort me and guide me. Last week, when I was struggling with some old behaviors trying to resurface, I felt I needed a blessing. It was a friday night and I had no idea who I was to call. Driving home from Wal-mart my car turned itself and took me to my ward building. I sat in the parking lot balling, because as I was pulling in, my bishops car was there in the parking lot. He told me that he is never there on friday nights. He said he knew the spirit knew he needed to be there and was there to comfort me and give me a blessing when I really needed it. About a month ago, my friend and I went hiking in Zion. It was pretty late when we were heading back and we happened to do a hike along the canyon rim. He had told me that the hike wouldn't be that bad, and so dummy me wore flip flops. Of course the sandals had no tred and we were hiking up sandy rocks to the canyon overlook. I felt impressed to say a prayer. We had to use our cellphones and ipods as lights because it was so dark. However, I knew since we said prayer that Heavenly Father would be with us. Needless to say we made it out safe, but there were a few close calls.
Another thing that Sister Dalton said to Brother Wittwer, was something that she was going to be introducing and purposing to the young woman. She simply said that she was going to ask everyone 3 questions.
"CAN YOU BE COMMITTED 100% TO DO 3 THINGS":
1. Personal Prayer ( 2 times per day)?
2. Read 5 mins in the Book of Morman per day?
3. Smile at least once a day?
That's one thing I have ALWAYS stuggled with.... the numbers 1 and 2. I think that may be why I have always struggled in the gospel. Even though I have the gift of the Holy Ghost with me at all times, I may not be as strong and faithful as I should be.
Thanks to all my friends and family who continue to love me and support me. You have no idea what your examples mean to me.
That came from a conference address from Henry B Eyring. It's amazing to see changes within myself and my spirituality this past year. I have been having some personal trials where Satan is hitting me at where I am most vulnerable. Isn't it amazing how well he knows us and our weeknesses."Have you seen the hand of the Lord reach out to bless you or your family
today?"
The member of the bishopric that was teaching the class last night said some things that really jumped out at me. He was on a cruise with his wife and happened to be on the same cruise as Elaine Dalton the General President of the Young Woman's organization. She was talking to him about some of the problems that young people are having today.
He said well yeah isn't self esteem one of them? She said yes, but that's a worldly term. He asked her what was heavenly term? She said its one of the young woman's values.... "individual worth". That really hit me pretty hard. Whenever we associate self esteem with anything, we associate it with negatives, stereotypes and stigmas. That's one thing I have been trying to better myself with. I have learned so much about myself, learned that I am worth a lot! I have dignity and self respect.
I have been hit hard lately with some old behaviors. How easy it is to fall back into old behaviors and patterns instead of starting new and better behaviors and patterns. I have seen then hand of the Lord in my life a lot especially in the last month and a half. When I stood accused of stealing money from an employer, my dad and I said a prayer and I felt the hand of the Lord there to comfort me and guide me. Last week, when I was struggling with some old behaviors trying to resurface, I felt I needed a blessing. It was a friday night and I had no idea who I was to call. Driving home from Wal-mart my car turned itself and took me to my ward building. I sat in the parking lot balling, because as I was pulling in, my bishops car was there in the parking lot. He told me that he is never there on friday nights. He said he knew the spirit knew he needed to be there and was there to comfort me and give me a blessing when I really needed it. About a month ago, my friend and I went hiking in Zion. It was pretty late when we were heading back and we happened to do a hike along the canyon rim. He had told me that the hike wouldn't be that bad, and so dummy me wore flip flops. Of course the sandals had no tred and we were hiking up sandy rocks to the canyon overlook. I felt impressed to say a prayer. We had to use our cellphones and ipods as lights because it was so dark. However, I knew since we said prayer that Heavenly Father would be with us. Needless to say we made it out safe, but there were a few close calls.
Another thing that Sister Dalton said to Brother Wittwer, was something that she was going to be introducing and purposing to the young woman. She simply said that she was going to ask everyone 3 questions.
"CAN YOU BE COMMITTED 100% TO DO 3 THINGS":
1. Personal Prayer ( 2 times per day)?
2. Read 5 mins in the Book of Morman per day?
3. Smile at least once a day?
That's one thing I have ALWAYS stuggled with.... the numbers 1 and 2. I think that may be why I have always struggled in the gospel. Even though I have the gift of the Holy Ghost with me at all times, I may not be as strong and faithful as I should be.
Thanks to all my friends and family who continue to love me and support me. You have no idea what your examples mean to me.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
HALLOWEEN 2008!!!
Wow, we had a blast! On the monday night before halloween my friend Juan and I went to the corn maze. Then on Wednesday we went to this very well done haunted house at the mall. On Friday night we took Brendon to the trunk or treat for the city of Ivins and took him all around our neighborhood. Man, that pumpkin got so heavy to carry. The pictures below are from the trunk or treat and while we were getting ready to head out for the night. There was an ambulance and a fire truck. He is sitting on the gurney in the back of the ambulance and the driver's seat of the fire truck. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. There is a picture of Brendon and Grandpa....then you see the pictures of the ghosts... haha It was a very nice week. As you can see, Brendon was the red power ranger. Notice he is doing there stances and positions.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
my new years resolution.... sorry for the punctuation or grammer
so as most of you have known me... i have been heavy the whole time. part of my new years resolution was to lose weight. so in february i started using ALLI... i have been really trying to watch what i eat and with the little excersize that i actually do. however i do work 2 jobs lol well from what i have been able to count and track i have lost somewhere around 65lbs. im headed to vegas this next weekend for a girls weekend and i was thinking, i have some of my favorite old pants in the shed i should go pull them out. i have about 20 more lbs until i get to the weight i was at when i was pregnant with brendon. i went to the shed and pulled out my favorite pair of jeans and a pair of off white ones. they were pretty much what i wore throughout my whole pregnancy. i tried them on.....AND THEY FREAKING FIT!!! i know that i know that i still have a long way to go, which gets very discouraging at times....yet this just makes it so much more worth it.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Tire Swing....
Well, remember that tire swing that my dad made on mother's day weekend when Chick was visiting? Here's what's left of it lol We have become quite the neighborhood hang out:) The swing used to be about 2 feet off the ground!
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