November Pics

Our quote wall is coming along quite nicely.

I'll have to blog some of them someday.

The BEST outfit ever.

Instead of shorts, imagine a white skirt and you have one of my Sunday outfits ;)

Snow! This was early in the month and hasn't snowed in a while.

It only stuck around for a couple days.

We've had highs in the 40s and 50s all month. Very grateful.

Random roomie pic.

Sara is excellent at stick figures.

Sara, Anny, Me, Kaylie

This is our neighbor Alyson.

Kaylie wouldn't give Aly her shoe back.

Sara, me, and Dusty at our FHE Thanksgiving!!

Kaylie is definitely our main form of entertainment.

One night she decided to dress up as a librarian and prance around.

Meet our stalker squirrel.

If Thou Art Merry

All of the devotionals we have here at BYU-I are incredible.

I have not been disappointed in the least with any speaker.

My favorite so far is Wendy Bone, "If Thou Art Merry."

I highly encourage you to read or listen to her message.

It is truly inspiring.

To read.

To listen.

Please. Do it.

You can also find any past devotional here.

I also recommend Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi's talk on October 28th.

Drama doesn't equal Importance

So, last night we saw Ghost Town.

We couldn't stay for the last 10/15 minutes, because we would be late for curfew...

BUT

It was good. I recommend it. There was an incredible quote in it.

I can't remember it word for word, but it went something like this...

"Just because you think that your life is boring and not exciting doesn't mean it's less important than those with drama."

I just love this. I don't think my life is boring in any way, but (and I'm sure you've heard this from me) I think that I haven't had any trials or hard times in my life. I never get depressed or bummed out about it, I feel very grateful and blessed. However, I just feel sometimes like I have such a weak testimony and way of thinking about life compared to others' whose lives have been ridiculed with hardships, or even just a couple noteworthy hard times.

Sometimes we (I) crave drama. Sometimes we (I) want controversy. This isn't how our Heavenly Father wants us to think. He wants us to be appreciative of what we have. Lately, I've been looking at my longing for trials as selfish. I should take my good life and circumstances and use them for good and to help others. Being at school and around so many LDS kids with such different backgrounds and with such tough trials and circumstances I feel like a spoiled brat complaining about my easy life. I'm going to work on it.

Prop 8 Fast

Hi everyone!

I'm not sure how known it is, but...

Tomorrow there is a 24 hour fast going on for Prop 8 to pass.

Spread the word and I hope you participate!

Halloween Fun

Kaylie was gone for the weekend.

Her brother got baptized!

So, her water bottle was representing her.

Here are our costumes!

Me: Rainbow

Sara: Carrot Top

Anny: Miss Sunshine

Kaylie: Water bottle/rain

Hope everyone had an excellent Halloween!