High On The Mountain Top

So I had a cool experience the other day. I have been wanting to go to my special thinking spot ever since I moved back to the Wasatch Front. It is above Bountiful overlooking the temple. I just decided to take my scriptures and ipod and hike up and watch the sun set in the west.

It was a beautiful short hike. I kept telling myself it is not as hard as the Great Wall of China so that gave me strength to go to the top. (I guess i need to hike more :) )



I found my perfect spot and enjoyed the beautiful leaves and overlooking the Temple of the Lord and my childhood neighborhood.

I felt overwelming peace and my heart was full of gratitude for growing up in such a blessed place. I am grateful for a family of neighbors that will always hold a special place in my heart. I read a verse that says "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;" Mosiah 12:21. It was a beautiful day.

I read from The Book of Mormon reading the Abinadi story. I felt an overwhelming spirit and am grateful for such a choice experience. I listened to some great music and just had some time to center myself and enjoy the view. It was fun to listen to the Hymn of the Fallen sung by the Tabernacle Choir. I listened to the same thing when I was on Ha Long Bay in Vietnam this summer. It was inspiring to look back at that experience and again enjoy the wonders of Gods Creations!

HIGHS & lows

This last week was an interesting mix of highs and lows...
HIGHS: I finally found a part time job that I am super excited about. I am going to work at The Garden restaurant at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I hope I can do a good job there and eventually move up in the company over time. I have always loved the hospitality industry and would love to do something there. I know its not the ideal situation financially but anything worth getting is worth sacrificing for.

I had to get some papers from Idaho so I decided to make an dash up north. I stopped by Fruit Way to get some pumpkins and the last of the summer peaches. It was a beautiful drive up the canyon to visit my sister. I missed the height of Logan fall leaves but there were still some beautiful sights.

Time with Mand is always too short but we did get to make some cute halloween treats. Brenna is crawling like crazy. I just want her to stay little forever.

I got up to Idaho and was able to spend a little time with my cute mom and my dear grandma. We made more of the fun treats and were able to laugh and talk until the early morning. I realized that I hadn't really laughed in such a long time. It felt amazing. Thanks mom!

LOWS: Dealing with life is sometimes hard, realizing that your rose colored world view of some people close to you is not reality. Those glasses got taken off with a couple of people close to me on Sunday. It was strange that it happened all in one day. I think the Lord just said "Why not give it to her all at once, that way she can get it over with. Crying the same tears but for double reasons."

Its not important to state who or why or what, the fact is I was hoping for a good relationship with some family members and I think I was kidding myself when I thought it could ever be that way. I realized that a lot of people are see the world as theirs and we all just live in it. Focusing on how others affect them and not how they affect others.

I just want a happy and healthy family relationship. I don't think it is hard to ask. Even though my family has changed a ton over the last 2 years, I feel like whatever hard things life throws at us, we should be able to move past it and love each other regardless.
I guess I thought that could happen but after spending time with some people, it is apparent that this is a onesided hope.

I am grateful for a loving mother and others that support and love me through highs and lows. You know who you are and I appreciate it more than you will ever know.

Job Search

I am now intensifying my search for a job. "Perfect Timing" considering the economy and such! But it cant be helped!

It has been so fun living with Mike and LuAnn and their cute little kiddies. It is a good taste of motherhood. I dont know how LuAnn does it everyday! I am so blessed to be here. But now that LuAnn is feeling a little better it is time to go out into the cold cruel world!

Any prayers or crossing your fingers and such would be greatly appreciated!

Spiritually and literally fed!

What an amazing conference weekend! I love October conference. The change of seasons and the beautiful messages of hope and love. I was blessed to come up to Twin Falls and spend some time with the family. Mand Brandon and Brenna came too. It was fun to see her personality changing and she is becoming such a cute little girl.

Saturday was spent with Dad and it was fun being together and listening to conference on the radio. Brandon and Dad cut up wood for dad to use in the winter. How much wood could 2 woodchucks chuck? A lot aparently! We had the most amazing hamburgers. I dont know what he did but the food was excellent.

Sunday was fun. Gathering around Grandma B's tv all together. Mand let me do some fun stuff with her hair. I loved it. It looked cute! We had an amazing dinner and time together. Altough it went by too quickly.

The messages of hope in times of trial and dealing with the changes of life brought so much comfort in these crazy times of life. I was kind of freaking out about the whole government and financial crisis on friday but conference calmed my nerves and reminded me that if you stay close to the Lord and keep his commandments and listen to his divinely appointed leaders, everything will work out. "He will not fail us or forsake us."

Its back to Farmington for awhile. I miss those little kiddies and have to find a job asap! I dont want this feeling of peace and happiness to end! I am indeed spiritually fed!

Change of pace!

I changed the name of my blog so I can keep blogging now that life is crazier than ever! I will add pictures to my earlier posts of Asia. I am living in Farmington for awhile and will be soon jumping into a job in Salt Lake hopefully! I dont expect anybody to read this but it is a good way to journal and express the craziness that is my life!