From This...

To This:

I'm SO GLAD Spring finally made it to Salt Lake City.  I know this post is a little late, okay almost two weeks late, but I still had to put it up.  I LOVE Spring time,  I love watching everything go from gray and cold to fresh, colorful, fun, exciting, and warm.  There are still plenty of cold days in Spring, like this week for example, but summer is almost in sight.  Spring has always been my favorite season.  It's a precursor to the warmth and sunshine and the wonderful summer to come. 

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'let's party!" - Robin Williams

[And I plan to party as soon as finals are over. Oh wait, I HAVE been partying, I guess I should actually act like a student and study! Only two more days of classes and three finals and I am free~ until summer semester starts. :) ]

My thoughts...

Things I've missed a lot lately:

• Sunday dinners with my family
• frasketball (football, basketball court, ultimate frisbee rules)
• fifth grade
• dance lessons, and dance in general
• my sociology class at dixie state
• making muffins at 1am with jen and watching 'friends'
• puerto rico, settlers of catan, powergrid and ticket to ride at woodsides' house
• playing tag outside with my siblings in the summer
• STG Temple
• Pine Valley
• home cooked meals
• dixie state college 7th ward
• swimming and being tan
• high school football and basketball games
• long chats at work with friends
• convenience of living at home
• my family
• institute council in STG
• childhood sleepovers
• the simplicity of life before technology
• babysitting my cousins
• etc, etc, etc

Today in class, we discussed why change is so important. Without it, we could never stretch ourselves and grow.  Just when everything is going well and we get comfortable in our lives, something changes that makes us become better people.  I just wish I was better at welcoming the changes and keeping all the good memories alive and continuing. I will never get today back, and I will never have another day like this with these exact same thoughts, feelings, or events that take place.  It makes it certainly hard to change whatever is perfect in our lives, but without it, we may never experience something that actually is more perfect than what we think is right now, or was in the past.  I just have been missing St. George and how great my life has been there alot lately.  Salt Lake has been a great experience for me, and I'm grateful for the friends I've made and the experiences I've had.  The only constant thing in life is change, and sometimes I wish that wasn't true.  Oh well, that's a huge part of growing up I guess.

 

Shout Out...

Happy Birthday Dad!!
It's my dad's birthday today! Time to celebrate!
Some awesome things about my dad:

• He is left-handed, and wishes his children are too.
• He loves his family.
• He is a total athlete; baseball, golf, etc.
• He is a CPA, and he successfully survived another tax season.
• He always freezes his candy bars.
• He is a great example to everyone around him.
• He is amazing at teaching Sunday School lessons, giving talks in church, public speaking in general.
• He served on the St. George City Council for twelve years.
• He grew up in Douglas, AZ.
• He doesn't like any meat undercooked.  It must be black or burnt- the crispier, the better.
• He has a very strong testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and has instilled that into all of this children.
• He has been married for 29 years to his wife, my mother, and has four children, and a daughter-in-law.
• He has ran in two STG marathons.
• He LOVES warm weather, and HATES cold weather.
• He loves snickerdoodles and cookie dough in general.
• I've never met anyone who doesn't like him or respect him.
• He can talk with his dad all day and night... and he has.
• He is always teasing and giving people a hard time, all in fun of course.
• He served an LDS mission in Atlanta, Georgia.
• He is very competitive, a true Whatcott trait.
• He is named after his maternal grandfather, Bob Mac.
• He is sincere in compliment giving, and won't say something if he doesn't mean it.
• He is a wonderful father, son, husband, friend, and person in general.

I love you dad!! Glad you are mine!

Dear Jacee,

Thank you for still coming to SLC this weekend and playing with me.  I love you.  I'm sorry we didn't find a prom dress for you.  We did try though! I'm glad you could witness my blow dryer blowing up and swinging on the swing with me.  My abs hurt so bad after that from laughing so hard.  Have fun in St. George, and let me know how this weekend goes.  Love you,
Dani

Love, Love, Love

I absolutely loved General Conference this weekend.  This morning's session was my favorite session.  Words cannot adequately describe how I felt.  I am so grateful that Easter and Conference ended on the same weeked this year.  It was so great to hear so many messages about the Atonement and Jesus Christ.  I was able to go with some friends and then meet up with my cousin and friend for the Sunday Afternoon Session.  It was amazing.  I am so blessed that we could find enough tickets and get in.  I wish my friend Maren and I could get a picture too but oh well.  Maybe next time. 

[Rosana, Peter, Me, Carlos]

[Rosana and Myself]

Also,

Happy Easter!!

Hope your holiday is wonderful!

Shout Out...

 Happy Birthday Whitney!!!

1. Whitney is super smart, was Valedictorian in high school and graduated top of her Dental Hygiene class.
2. She love mini snickers candy bars.
3. She loves country dancing, and is amazing at it.
4. She is married to my brother!
5. She is going to Dixie State to earn her Bachelors in Dental Hygiene.
6. She is instantly liked by everyone who meets her.
7. She is from Alamo, Nevada
8. She has two sisters and three brothers
9. She is now an aunt to little Jason
10. Her favorite colors include black and white
11. She will defend you in any argument, and doesn't like excessive teasing.
12. She loves Hallmark Christmas movies
13. She loves to go shopping, even if she returns what she buys the day after
14. She was married on January 3, 2008
15. She loves crafts and is a scrapbooker.
16. She loves playing outside
17. She has always been involved in extracurricular school activities
18. Her first family vacation with the Whatcott family was to Washington DC where Logan proposed, and we got to watch. :)
19. She works as a Dental Hygienist for two dentists in St. George.
20. She likes movies more than TV, but we like watching American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance together
21. She likes Cafe Rio.
22. She likes snowboarding, and going to the Lake.
23. She has never died her beautiful, brown hair

I love you so much, and I'm so grateful you joined our family.  Happy Birthday to you and hope your day has been fabulous. 

It's April, FOOLS...

DISCLAIMER: I actually don't think any of my followers are fools... it just was fun to put as a title, since there is a double meaning.

So when I woke up this morning, I fully expected to see snow on the ground.  Just not as much as there actually was.  Good things it's trying to melt.  I believe snow is okay and somewhat bearable and tolerable in the winter, but not in Spring, especially not in April.  I feel like I'm going on strike or something with a sign that states "NO MORE SNOW!!" or something.  A professor of mine said the snow is just Mother Nature trying to pull a prank on us.  I sure hope he is right, and it won't snow again any time soon.  I do think it is very pretty when everything is white, but when everything is green and colorful, it is beautiful.  I absolutely love Spring, it is by far my favorite season. 

Thinking about April Fools Day, memories from my childhood came flooding back.  My siblings and I had a tradition of putting salt or whatever into each other's water bottles.  We got the biggest kick out of watching them take a drink and spit it all back out.  Another time we put green food coloring in a gallon of milk and told my dad it was rotten, I don't know if he actually believed us but he was a good sport and let us have fun with it.  My mom would never let us be wasteful, so we couldn't actually ruin food.  (Which is smart of her, we probably would have had to throw alot of stuff away if that wasn't the case).  A friend in high school actually broke her leg, and no one believed her because it was April Fools when she came to school in crutches.  When she came to school the next day in a boot and with crutches, we all believed her.  I don't know if I should play any jokes on people or just let it go this year.  Maybe I will saran wrap someone's car or something.  Who knows...