promise yourself.

"Promise yourself: to be so strong that nothing can disturb your piece of mind; to make all your friends feel like there is something worthwhile in all of them; to think of only the best and to expect only the best; to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater acheivements of the future; to give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticise others; to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble; to live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you."

come what may && love it.

I love this video. I highly recommend watching it.

change.

Today I stalked myself on facebook... sounds weird I know. But as I was looking through all of my old pictures I realized how much my life has changed. How many things have come and gone and how blessed I am. There are days when I miss high school. I miss running to wendy's daily and getting frostys with josh (who is now leaving on a mission in 2 weeks to NYC), kaleb (leaving on a mission in June to Ukraine), and kilee (lives in Orem), or even the sonic drives with kilee, I miss having mac and cheese talks and our favorite cran-grape juice with katelyn (school schedules are complete opposites), I miss those summer days when Lynzi (who is getting married in about 2 months) and I would go to lagoon, I miss "fruit shopping" with Mckell (now in Cedar City) and Megan (livin in Logan), I miss going to 7 peaks daily with Alex Mickelsen (who now lives in Idaho), but then I take a step back and look at where I am now and I love it. I do miss all of it but things change and people grow up.  It's all part of life... right?

 needless to say I've been blessed throughout my life with AMAZING friends :)

lovin' every little bit of it.

Today was one of those days where I've realized how absolutely blessed I am.  The sun is shining, it's spring break, and I don't really have a care in the world.  I've come to realize how every thing in your life happens for a reason! You may not see it at the time and wonder why the heck you're being put through this situation but I can honestly say there is nothing better than when that question is answered. I took my dog on a run today OUTSIDE in the warm sun and it was probably one of the greatest things ever. Oh, and then yesterday I went on two walks in the warm sun outside... I think i'm getting just a little to anxious for this whole summer thing :)
this is my life and i'm deciding to live it:)

did i mention i have the cutest neice in the world?

oh she's so FREAKIN' cute!!

this is it.

I always set this goal that I'm going to blog more but... it never ends up happening.  So far this year has been AMAZING.  Started off with my birthday and it was so great! Justin surprised me by taking me to dinner and then after had set up a surprise party with all of my friends at orange leaf! he's such a keeper :) and then I had the chance to go to the BRAD PAISLEY CONCERT! with my concert buddies megan and mckell!

well life is so great! i'm loving every little bit of it. I have easily been blessed with the greatest family and the best of friends. and did I mention I get to date the hottest guy on this planet? welp I am :)