This sounds fun!

One of my bestest friends, Melissa, had this on her blog and I am totally excited to do this. Read and enter this fabulous contest...you know you want to!The deal:The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me. To you! It will be my choice and made especially for you. Just so we’re on the same page, here are . . . The details:No guarantees you will feel absolute true love, but possibly happiness, fervor, or chocolate. What I create will be just for you. It will be done sometime this year. You have no clue what it will be… cookies, a photograph, a piece of homemade jewelry.It may be some other random thing I am capable of making or doing that would be enjoyable to you! I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you! That’s for sure. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The fine print:You must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. When you get your lovely homemade goods from me, post a picture on your blog so I know my love arrived without a hitch!

Fear Not I Am With Thee...Oh Be Not Dismayed.

Its amazing how one phrase can make you feel so safe and that things will work out. Yesterday in primary we were learning the 3rd verse to the hymn How Firm A Foundation. I have had this song memorized since I was a teenager. It was one of my moms favorite hymns and today I really  understood why.  There is such a power in the words of these verses. I think that sometimes in life we feel like we are all alone and that nobody understands what we are going through. The savior does know what we are going through. In this verse of the song he says, " Fear not I am with thee, oh be not dismayed. For I am the God and will still give the aid. I will strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand. Up held by my righteousness, omnipotent hand." What powerful words. How can you not help but feel his comfort and love from them. I have just not been able to stop thinking about this verse so I thought that I would share. 

American Idol

Well, I have decided that in honor of American Idol starting up again, I would post my very favorite audition from last year. You can't help but laugh your head off. It is definitely a good one. So anyways, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Happy 5 Year Anniversary!!

Over the weekend, Eric and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary. I can't believe that it is already here. It feels like it came so quickly in some aspects. I remember when we were first married, people would say "Oh, so you are just newly weds. Isn't that great. I remember that phase. Don't pass through it to quickly." Well, it has come and past now and I can truly say that it has been an amazing 5 years. I am married to the kindest, sweetest, most loving man in the whole world. He is my rock. He is always helping me to become a better person. He is my shoulder when I need to cry. He is my sounding board when I am frustrated. He is also my voice of reason when I just can't see the big picture or don't want too. He is such a hard worker. His love for the gospel is unwaivering and his testimony strong. I am so lucky to be married to such a wonderful person. 

So, now that I have gotten all my mushiness out I will tell you what we did this weekend. Friday, was the big day. So I got up and Eric made me breakfast, My favorite french toast. Then I went and get a pedi and my make up done at my fabulous work! Thanks Ashlen and Megs! You made me feel so beautiful. Then I went home and Eric and I ventured out to see the movie Twilight! On our way there though we had to make a detour. He came out of the store with the most beautiful flowers! I am so LUCKY! He totally pampers me. Then we rushed over to the movie.  After our movie, we made the journey up to Deer Valley and stayed at the Stein Erikson Lodge. It is so gorgeous there. We had such a gorgeous view from our room. We ate at there amazing restauraunt. So Fantastic!!! Then we got up the next morning, lounged around, enjoyed the amazing view and late check out. We were very sad to leave but we will definitely be back there! So, all in all our 5th year anniversary was a huge success!  Here are some pictures of our great time! Enjoy!

Pizza Pizza!

Well, here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for...I finally have some pictures to post. I know, you are picking your jaw up off the floor as we speak.

Eric and I decided that tonight instead of buying pizza and to save a little money, we would attempt to make our own. We bought all of the stuff to make it and started to attempt to make our own pizza. You should know that in the almost 5 years that we have been married we have never made pizza. Pizza has either been frozen or purchased. So we did okay for our first round...See for yourself.

This is what happened when we tried to move it from the counter to the pizza stone.
                                                    

  This the pizza after we fixed it. A little mishapened but good.
                                           
                                                                  
                                                                     
  And for the grand finale...Here is the end result.

                                                                   
                                                                 

Here are the rest of the pictures from the night...

                         

                                                                              The End.





                                                                

Let it Snow?

So, all this last week I was in Burley nannying for some friends of ours. It was really fun and the kids were pretty good. We did some fun activities, watched lots of movies, did homework, colored lots of pictures and made cupcakes with frosting. All in all, I still want to have children, the kids are alive and the parents were happy.

Now here comes the explanation for the title of this post. We woke up Saturday morning to a winter wonderland. Overnight it had already snowed a good 10 inches. The snow did not let up at all. It snowed all through the day and then into the night. Cars were barried, driveways covered and plowed several times. The happy side to this madness were the looks on my neices and nephews faces. They played and played all day long. They made tunnels and snowmen, and came in side to get warm with some hot chocolate. Rosy cheeks and rudolph red noses, didn't stop them from playing. Since we had now where to go, it was actually kind of a great day. It felt like it should be christmas already. I guess that we should get through halloween first. All in all we recieved about 22 inches of snow! What a crazy weekend!

I WISH YOU ENOUGH

My friend Tawny put this on her blog and I really loved it. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. The airline had just announced the departure flight. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, “I love you, and I wish you enough.”

The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.”

They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?”

“Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking, but why is this good-bye forever?”

“I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is…the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.

“When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?”

She began to smile. “That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and her smile grew.

“When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.” Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory,

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear….

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more….

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting….

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger…..

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting….

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess….

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye….”

She then began to cry and walked away.

-Author Unknown