Color our tomorrows with the best of our yesterdays :)

Yes, I cried during this video.

"Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope."

~Author unknown

Healing for Life

Yet another reason why I love my job.

"To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own."

~Abraham Lincoln

Families Can Be Together Forever

Today I went with Tiera to take photos for her photography class. We went to Santa Clara, Dixie Rock, and the St. George Temple. I was really excited to go to the temple!

We got to the temple and sat on the sidewalk by the stairs on the east side. While we were there I heard a mother talking to her son. He was maybe two or three years old.

She told him, "Did you know Mommy and Daddy got married in the temple so we could be a family forever?"

It was just about the cutest thing I have heard in a while. :)

"Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. 'Children are an heritage of the Lore' (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live."

~ The Family: A Proclamation to the World.

Sometimes.. you have to play the game

So.. the biggest news of recently is I got a job! Anybody who reads this already knows, but it is great therapy for me to type it out. I work with Intermountain Healthcare. I have waited for a job with Intermountain for years and years so it is a dream come true! I am an employee on the Acute Rehab floor working night shift. That has been quite the task for me since I was the person who ALWAYS fell asleep first... but I like it. I work with amazing people! Staying awake isn't too bad as long as I get a nap during the day. I am SO SO SO happy to work with Intermountain and in a hospital setting!

I love my new house. I actually rearranged my room today. It is beautiful and I have fabulous roommates. It looks like a real house and it is beautiful. I am surrounded by good influences and I get to spend time with my brother, a lot. I feel like it was a great move for me. It is a step in the right direction.

I still have my bumps in the road. We all have our cross to carry. I have had plenty of set backs.. it is clear by reading this blog. This is where most of my troubles pan out. I still don't feel like all of my pieces are put together.. and I don't feel like everything is right at this exact moment... but I know it is what I am supposed to be doing. This is what I need to do. This will help me become the person I know I am.

"Nothing is permanent in this world. Not even our troubles." ~ Charlie Chaplin

My very own Twilight

So I had my blood drawn and then I went to Wal-Mart. I was in the check out line when a nice man with a spanish accent started talking to me. Here is the convo:

Man- Looks like somebody was bit by a vampire.
Me- Excuse me?
Man- Your arm (motioning to where my blood was taken)
Me- Oh right! Kinda looks like that doesn't it?
Man- I bet you were confused. Touching your neck trying to remember what happened last night?
Me- Haha that is impossible.
Man- What is impossible?
Me- Something happening last night.

I thought it was funny :)

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings

Dancing Through Life!

I love to dance! I can't even describe my passion and love for dance! I am trying to stay on top of my technique so I can try out for Thriller this fall! I plan to continue dancing after I get my nursing degree. I really want to go to California to be a dancer at Disneyland. It only makes sense because I love Disney so dang much! :)

I feel so lucky to teach dance at an amazing studio! I work under a fabulous director! She works with my schedule and helps me when I need it. She is calm and patient. I couldn't ask for a better employer. The students... well they are pretty incredible too! They are so great and respond so well to my crazy ideas for choreography. They are very hard workers as well. They are progressing so much every day. I absolutely adore teaching at Desert Edge Dance Company!

"To dance is to give oneself up to the rhythms of all life" ~ Dr. Maya V. Patel

Photo Happy

I just got a lot of pictures (FINALLY) that I have wanted to post for a while. That is basically all this post is.. pictures :)

Sometimes... I get happy when I read messages from my brother :)

Sometimes... I smile big when cranes do this for Mother's Day :)

Sometimes... We have a great yard sale :)

Sometimes... My mom and I laugh about the past :)

Sometimes... My parents come to Stg with Japanese friends :)

Sometimes... Noah and I go on a date to see Jon Schmidt then go to karaoke :)

Sometimes... I write "Happy Birthday To ME!" on my legs (very faint).

Sometimes... I get carried away

Sometimes I like fun make-up for my birthday :)

Sometimes... I take lots of pictures with lots of people to remember my birthday :)

Sometimes... Tiera makes "S" and "Sar-Bear" pancakes for my birthday :)

Sometimes... We rock it at competition :)

Sometimes... I model for Tiera :)