Quick catch up from January-March.

These last few months have been crazy! From starting a new semester, my sister coming home from her mission, quitting a job that I have had for almost a year, building new relationships, and just living the Provo life. A few weeks into January, my family and I left for Argentina to go pick Jami up from her mission. We were there for 10 days and it was such an amazing trip! I met so many neat people and it was definitely a trip that I will never forget. I want to go back already. So now Jami has been back and it has been so great! I love having my best friend home and she is moving up to Utah in a few weeks and we get to live together, I'm stoked! Another highlight of these last couple months was being in this awesome photo shoot called color me rad. It was a photo shoot for a marathon that is coming up in April and it is going to be unreal! It is called color me rad because they are doing this thing where they throw a new color on you every lap that you run. Go to the website colormerad.com and watch the video and sign up! The downfall of the shoot was having my hair dyed from the colored powder. My hair was purple for almost two weeks, it was pretty bad. But the manager paid us to get it our hair fixed so that was really nice. Another funny moment that happened last month was dropping 300 dollars at H&M. I was having a rough couple days and some of my friends and I drove up there to shop and, I ended up not trying one thing on and just buying it all. It sounds like I'm a crazy shopoholic, because it's kinda true. I'm obsessed with clothes and I have way too many. My friends make fun of me because my closet is so small and all my clothes are literally dominating my closet and I had to buy another rack because I have way too much stuff. Lastly, one of my best friends got married this past weekend!!! Kate Lovell. She is the most genuine, spiritual, loving person I have ever known. She dated my brother Nick for about a year and a half and even though it breaks my heart that they didn't work out, I am so so happy for her and her husband Drew! Their reception was so beautiful and it was such a fun night. Her and Drew are just so in love and I look up to them as a couple because they are so incredibly happy and I know someday I will be the same way with my future hubby. Enough with this cheesy blog post so I'm gonna end there! 

I have a weird obsession with cute wedding pics.

"I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade."

I hate Goodbyes.

 

I have known this girl for like 13 years and she is such a gem. She is leaving to serve an 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. When she was saying her goodbyes to everyone, I was like one of the only people who cried of course haha, but it's because she's so great and was one of my favorite people to be up in Utah with. She will be training at the mtc for two months and then will be taking off to Portugal. So happy for this beauty and I am going to miss her funny jokes, our random night sleepovers, deep talks about life, and laughing together 24/7. I love you Whitney Nelson! 

 TYESEN LARSEN. 

Man this guy is also a gem. I met him a couple months ago and this past month we have really bonded and have started a great friendship. He leaves on January Fourth and I am saying bye to him tomorrow and I am sad! I seriously hate goodbyes they are the worst. He is one of the most tenderhearted and loving guys out there. There should be more people like him. I am so very proud of him in every way and he is definitely gonna be one of my favorite people to write :) We have a love no one will ever experience. But seriously.

So blessed to have her.

"I can now with every energy of my soul and being testify that God the father of our spiritual souls does live and love us and will always bless us if we do his will.  Never doubt and never give up. Always fight until the end, even when it seems like it is too long and too far of a journey more to keep on going. Just like President Uchtdorf has promised us, ¨diligently doing the things that matter most, will lead us to the Savior of the world¨ I too can promise that when we focus on living the principles of the gospel and obey God’s will, we will come into the loving arms of our Redeemer and find peace. I love missionary work and I love every single moment that is occurring in my mortal existence to help me grow and learn so I can come to know who I am and to understand my divine potential.  I want to be with my Heavenly Father again someday and become perfect like him, through his beloved and perfect son Jesus Christ.  We are so blessed to be able to share this knowledge and happiness with others.  We have such a great reason to rejoice.  Thank you so much for all your prayers, thoughts, and support.  I LOVE YOU ALL!"

this quote says it all.

I need to say this to myself every morning.

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.