So Much Happiness!

So, I think everyone that reads my blog already knows this but; MY SWEETIE GOT BAPTIZED LAST SUNDAY!!!  I'm so proud of him :) It makes me heart smile every time that I think about it.  I know it was a huge decision for him and I'm so glad he decided to be baptized and join the church. He was quizzed pretty hard by friends and family close to him about making sure that he was doing it for the right reasons and I'm happy to report I definitely believe that he did! It was such a special day and I'm so glad that I got to be a part of it. I loved being with him while he took the missionary discussions. I learned a lot that I didn't know and it helped me to value my testimony that much more. All in all it was a wonderful experience and I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to be a part of it. 

Simply Blessed

So... I'm sitting here at my computer not exactly sure where this post is going to lead me. We'll see how it ends up and what I wind up titling it. Tonight my heart is full, and I don't know how to describe the feelings I'm having. I feel so blessed. You know those days where you're just kinda going along and all of a sudden you realize how amazing your life is. Let me tell ya, I don't have those very often cause there is usually something going wrong and most of the time I let one little speed bump throw me for a huge loop but; this week is different. 

First things first, my sweet boyfriend Waylon recently started taking the missionary discussions. It's funny because a lot of my friends and family don't realize that he isn't a member of the church yet because he's such a great guy. I'm so very proud of him for his choice. I know that the gospel will bless his life as much as it has blessed mine. We've been having the missionaries over at my parent's house and I feel so blessed to be a part of this very special experience. The missionaries keep asking me to share my testimony during the lessons but it's so hard for me because, well, I'm basically an emotional wreck! I guess you could say that the spirit reaches me through my tear-ducts! But, honestly I am so grateful for this experience in my life, and I know it will help me avoid taking the gospel for granted in my life. 

As I've mentioned I'm currently driving back and forth between Logan and Salt Lake working two jobs. It gets tiring sometimes but I am grateful to be working so that I can save money for school in the fall (coming way to quickly :/) This past week when I got down to Salt Lake my new roommate Aleisha was already here. I'd been feeling a bit guilty about her because I helped her move in 2 weeks ago and then headed to Logan and hadn't seen her since. Luckily she forgave me, as far as I can tell, and is still such a sweetheart. I'm so grateful that everything worked out for us to live together and I am so lucking forward to a great new experience.  

After work on Wednesday my sweet friend Lindsey came over to chill. I sure do love her. I feel so lucky to have met her and had the opportunity to make her a part of my life. As strange as it may sound I feel like I was supposed to meet my wonderful quirky new best friend. She brings so much of what I need into my life and I'm seriously so thankful that we fell into each other's lives. We're very quickly becoming experts on how to deal with each other's special issues! Because if we're being honest; our issues have their own issues! And I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Tonight when I got done with work I came and picked up Aleisha and we hurried over to Per's softball game in West Valley. We only caught the last little bit (I did get to see Per's homerun, she's hit one in each of the 3 past tournaments, woman stud) of the game but it was a good time. I don't know if it's normal for a 19 year old to enjoy hanging out with my parents as I do. My mom is one of my best friends and even though Papa Sam and I give each other a hard time, all the time, we really do love each other. 

All in All, as I'm laying here in bed, I feel so extremely blessed, and looked over. I know the rest of this year isn't going to be easy, It's not supposed to be. But nights like this do help me realize that I am going to make it through whatever life has to throw at me. 

Birth-Week!!

I have a skill, where I am pretty good about stretching my birthday into a birthweek. I absolutely love my 4th of July birthday. I love being an American Baby, the fireworks, barbecues, home-made ice cream, everything that comes with the great American Summer holiday. This year was no exception to my list of great birthdays. I started celebrating when I got back to Logan from Salt Lake. Waylon got a whole week off of work and we took advantage of it! His job is great but I hate that he always has to work at nights. This week we watched movies and made late night treat runs, and just hung out. It was so great. I hate that he had to go back to work tonight! For my birthday I woke up around 9 and my mom had made me quiche for breakfast, we went to the parade in Hyrum, when we got back I went to my dad's for a bit, After that we went to dinner, and last we had some family and friends over for cake and ice cream. After everyone had gone home I opened up some presents from my parents. They got me the sewing machine I asked for as well as some roller blades so that I don't have to steal Miles' any more. After we got done with our 4th and Birthday festivities it was time for the Cruise In. I love the cruise in, the atmosphere is so much fun and I love to check out the cars. Thursday was a bit rainy so Waylon, Perri, and I went bowling and to see the Katy Perry movie. Friday we got the chance to go check out the Sock'hop at the Cruise in which is just all the old music that matches the cars. All in all it was a great week filled with lots of family and friends.

There's just been so much nothing going on that I haven't even had time to blog. I kinda love it. I took this past week off from The Cowboy Grub down in Salt Lake because I wanted to be around for my mom's birthday and to check out Per's tournament in Kaysville. So I haven't been back down to my place since two Fridays ago which is kinda weird. It's almost like I've got 2 lives going on. Which isn't really a bad thing, it's just that when I'm here in Logan I don't really think too much  about Salt Lake and when I'm down there at my place I'm just focused on work and friends there.

This week my roommate from last year is moving out and I have a new roommate moving in. I'm excited to have it all done and taken care of because it has been causing way too much stress in my life. If nothing else this whole crazy stressful experience has taught me two things. It's great to try to please people and help them out but, if it is making you physically sick, causing you to lose sleep, or making you an emotional mess it just isn't worth it!!Sometimes I just need to be able to tell people no. Lesson learned, won't do that again! The second thing I learned or to be more specific realized came from the Wonderful World Wide Web! I was wasting time on Pinterest (Which I actually feel like I am doing more often than I care to admit) and ran across a quote that read "You can either pray about something or you can worry about it. You can't do both, Praying requires putting trust in the Lord and if you trust him you won't worry." It didn't tell me who said it but I took it to heart. It's something I need to work on. I'm not sure why I have such a hard time trusting the Lord when I can recognize and appreciate his hand in my life every day. But it's something I'm working on :)

Other exciting news in my world... Per and I have a new hobby. We are becoming hard core roller bladders. Okay, Per is more of a hardcore bladder than I am. I fall fairly hard and frequently. But it is a great time. The other down side is that I don't have my own roller-blades. I have to borrow Miles'. They are pretty small so if I stay out there too long my toes begin to fall asleep. It's been so hot lately that we have to go at night after the sun goes down, which makes it difficult because I can not see the bumps and rocks that like to jump beneath my wheels and make me fall. As a solution to this problem my sweet Papa Sam went and bought us headlamps at Walmart tonight so that we can see where we are going. He's the best! We didn't get to try them out tonight but I am looking forward to trying them out when I get back here next week!

By the way, I am not slouching in this picture. I actually have wonderful posture. Perri is just that much taller than I am now :/

Another hobby we have taken up this summer is 4-wheeling. I love it. I took Waylon up Providence canyon on a ride but it was closed and then Per and I decided to explore Millville canyon a little bit. Since then we haven't been able to get enough of it!! Per and I get a little braver and go a little further up Millville canyon each time that we go. Although it sometimes takes her a little while to get up the courage to face all of the cows that live up there!

Checking out a pretty sunset in Providence.

Cool kids in our helmets and glasses

That's about a wrap on my summer happenings. I'm headed back to Salt Lake tomorrow because I have to work tomorrow night and Friday night. Sunday I am heading back to Logan for a full week and then some. I am so excited for the week of the 4th and that is only partially because it's my birthday (19 isn't really that exciting.) The Cache Valley Cruise In is the weekend of the 5th-7th and that is always I good time. Also, Waylon has the whole week off from work which I am way excited about. I'm loving my summer but it's a bummer when he has to go to work every night when I want to watch movies or have bonfires or star gaze and stuff. So that week that he has off is going to be great. Like I said, that's about it for my current summer stories. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Later Gators!!!

Little Waitressing Rant (WARNING contains whining, Read at your own risk)

So I really do love my job a lot, but on a night like tonight I don't love the general public population. I just am going to rant and rage for a little minute and hope that it makes me feel better. Number one, If you don't want to deal with people then don't go out to eat. I am so sick of the people that just seem pissed that I am talking to them. If I can put on a fake smile through sore feet, and a tired back then you can at least be decent to the person who is serving your food.  Number two, If you have good service the tip you leave should reflect that. If you are going out to eat in the state of Utah it is more than likely that your server is being paid $2.13 AN HOUR!! Waiters and Waitresses are living off of your tips, the majority of us never see a pay check due to taxes. If you have a good server then don't leave them a two dollar tip even if it is a ten dollar check. I read somewhere that the lowest amount that should ever be left for a table is $5. I realize this is unrealistic because we live in Utah and people are cheap but it's nice to dream. Number three, and the last thing I want to rant about. Do not fight over the check like children, it is unfair to your server and not a problem they should have to deal with. If you can not handle this problem in a discreet manner then LET IT GO!! Is it really that terrible to allow someone to buy your dinner? Ok, that's all. I'll get off my little soap box now. Have a great rest of your day :) 

We fit together like a strange wonderful puzzle

So the other day I was pondering a conversation a had with my brother Zachary a few years back. We were talking about how we had basically the best family ever. Now let me explain before you get the wrong idea. We were talking about how we pretty much have everything covered in our family. Everyone has a different skill that will help us out with any problem we can really come up with. My mom is in charge of all the financial advise that we could ever need. Taxes, savings, Big purchasing decisions anything. Big Sam is kinda the catch all, Mostly he is the pro of sales. One of the best sales man I have ever met actually. My oldest sister Amber is the crafty one in the family. She does interior decorating, takes photos, sews many crafty things, and is very trendy. Her husband Ryan is our legal expert. He is a lawyer and one of the smartest men I know. My next sister Erin is a nurse, she has all of the medical knowledge. We call her when anyone is hurt or sick Erin's husband JT is our defense man. Jt is in the army and he takes care of all scaring off boyfriends and such. Christopher is Mr. fix-it. He can literally fix anything!! Sabrina, Chris's wife was a hairstylist in Denver, she makes sure we all look good. Zachary is our bilingual man. He will handle the Spanish if we ever need them. Zach is also pre-dental, at this exact point in time it could change at any given second, so he will keep all our teeth squeaky clean. Per is our humor master. She makes all of us giggle on a regular basis. Miles, and the rest of the nephews are just waiting to figure out what their jobs/characteristics will be. And then there is me... I am a waitress and you know what we do? We ALWAYS have straws!! Ha ha Hopefully one day I can contribute more than that. It wouldn't hurt to have a pharmacist or PA in the family too

Summer Catch-Up

Well... I try to be better about blogging but I guess spuratic blogging is better than not at all. I guess I forgot to blog because I don't exactly feel like anything specifically worth mentioning ever happens to me. I'm just living and loving my summer! I'm not going to lie the driving back and forth from Logan to Salt Lake is getting a little old but I wouldn't have it any other way. I find myself sorry to leave my friends and my job in Salt Lake on Friday night but then on Tuesday night I absolutely dread leaving my friends and family in Cache Valley. It's a really weird situation haha. For now I'm going to stop trying to over analyzing everything and just roll with it. This weekend my parents went out of town so it was just me and Per for most of Saturday. We decided to build a blob! It was a blast!!!! We went to Home Depot and bought some heavy duty plastic sheeting and gorilla tape which we used to make a big waterproof bubble and filled it up with water on the lawn. We slip and slidded and laid out and goofed around on it and it was loads of fun. We're definitely going to have to do it again on a warmer day!