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Happy Birthday

Mother!

I love my mom so much.  She is such a great person.  And today is her birthday.  Some wonderful things about my mother is:

• She has a heart of gold. 
• She is quite honest, blunt even.
• She is a wonderful dancer. 
• She got married at age 18 and has been married for 29 years.
• When we listen to the radio, there is usually at least one song she did a dance to.
• She has beautiful light blue eyes.
• She works at SkyWest Airlines.
• She has four children, two boys and two girls and plus a daughter-in-law.
• Her favorite color is blue.
• She has a large fantastic group of friends that she is still friends with from high school.
• She was a cheerleader at Dixie High School. 
• She is a great cook.
• She lets me decorate our house for the holidays.
• Our birthdays are only one day apart.
• She is involved with the Young Women program in the ward.
• She seeks simplicity and humility in her life.
• She loves to work out.
• She loves the water and the sun.
• She is quite flexible.
• She is the best mother, wife, friend, daughter, etc.

I love you, mom!! Thank you for being the person you are and for raising me the way you and dad have.  I would be so lost without you in my life. 

New Semester... New Life

Maybe a new life is an exaggeration.  I still have the same life, but there are some welcomed changes!  But anyways, today I received a new calling in my singles' ward.  I am the Mingles Co-Chair.  Once a month the ward has a mingle after Church.  The point is to eat delicious food and socialize with members in the ward and the Bishopric can talk to those that they need to.  I'm excited but I don't know what to expect.  My co-chair knows how the mingles work inside and out so it will be a good thing for planning my mingle next week.  We decided to do taco salads, like Cafe Rio style. 

Another change is that a new semester at the University of Utah starts tomorrow.  I don't know what to think, I'm ready to be busy again and I am kind of excited.  I also am dreading the whole studying and exam idea.  I know once I'm back in school, it will be fine but it doesn't make it any easier right now knowing my alarm clock will go off around 6:30am tomorrow morning! Wish me luck!

Super Activity

This past weekend was really fun. It was my ward's super activity so we went to Logan Temple and did baptisms, stayed at Beaver Mountain Lodge/ski resort and then on Saturday went to Bear Lake. Friday night we had a bon fire and played card games and talked all night. It was so beautiful up there and also so much fun. On Saturday at Bear Lake, I got a tiny bit sunburned on weird places like my calves and my triceps and my face got a little sunburned of course. I'm impressed that I didnt burn that bad at all especially since I haven't seen the sun lately. We were suppose to do a service project too at a boy scout camp but it fell through. We played alot of sand volleyball and ultimate on the beach. I was kinda sore afterwards.  We had two boats out there and I went to tubing and somehow jammed my pinky finger. It was instantly swollen but didn't really hurt too much. Now it hurts since I'm thinking about it...  We had two banana boats out and it was fun trying not to flip over and also jumping from one to the other.  It was challenging but so fun.  I'm happy that I could have such a wonderful time last weekend, especially since school starts so soon and summer is ending!

... And I'm a Mormon.

Last Sunday night I went to a fireside at the U Institute.  Alex Boye was the speaker and he is such an amazing guy.  He's from England and he's also a great singer.  He's made many CDs and also sings with Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  His conversion story is simply amazing and so touching.  He has so much conviction behind what he says and he shared his story how life really was for him.  He has quite a sense of humor but he was so spiritual, a great speaker.  He sang a couple songs for us, leading many of us girls to tears because it was so heartfelt, true, and spiritual.  I'm grateful that he shared his testimony with us and how much it strengthened me.  I felt so blessed to have gone, and after hearing some trials he went through, even more grateful for the wonderful life I have.  I came across this video about him and thought it was a great link to add to this post.  Enjoy!!
http://mormon.org/alex

Shout Out...

Happy Birthday CHIPPER!!

My little brother isn't so little anymore.  Well he's been bigger than everyone else in the family for a while now.  He is fifteen, it's so hard to believe. 

1. He makes up the most random stories.
2. His favorite band is The Cab. (No, not Death Cab for Cutie)
3. He can make me laugh so easily.
4. His favorite sports are baseball and football.
5. The first roller coaster he has ever been on was at Lagoon.
6. He thinks he's smexy. (Sexy Mexican)
7. And goes by the name of Cheppe.
8. He is a pretty good chef.
9. He loves the Cubs and the Colts.
10. And he went to a Cubs game this year in Chicago.
11. He is smooth with the ladies.
12. He likes Cafe Rio burritos, but not enchilada style.
13. He is pretty good at drawing.
14. He is going to be in 9th grade at Desert Hills when school starts.
15. He has two sisters and one brother, and is the baby of the family.

Love you chip! I hope your birthday is fantastic!

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Happy Birthday

Logan

Logan is such a great person! And today is his 25th birthday.  I'm grateful that I could come to St. George this weekend to see him and my family.  Here are some interesting things about him:

1. He graduated from Pine View High School.

2. He was quite accident prone when he was little.

3. He likes sports, mostly football and baseball.

4. He is married to a beautiful, wonderful person named Whitney.

5. He can quote a whole movie after only watching it once.
6. He and I would stay up way late and talk for hours while in high school.
7. He tore his ACL and other tendons/ligaments in a football game his senior year.
8. He was involved with the Student Alumni Association at Dixie State.
9. He loves any water activity or outdoorsy stuff.
10. He had a mullet when he was little.
11. He is a great dancer besides athlete.
12. He is pretty chill and easygoing.
13. He served an LDS mission in Detroit, Michigan.
14. He seems to know everyone, and everyone knows who he is.
15. He sold security systems for Pinnacle Security.
16. He is usually making a funny face in pictures.
17. He's had plenty of surgeries throughout his life.
18. He is the oldest of four children.
19. He would often convince me to make desserts for him.
20. He easily surpasses people's expectations of him.
21. He has a great driving record, and hasn't been in a car wreck in years.
22. He loves his family and friends.
23. He doesn't put up with people's BS.
24. He loves the Lord and Jesus Christ.
25. He is such a great older brother, cousin, friend, son and so on!