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!!