Feeling the Love :)

I woke up this morning thinking..."Today is going to be one of the worst days of my LIFE! ". Great way to start my day right? Yesterday I got some pretty upsetting news along with knowing ahead of time that it was going to be a particularly hard and extremely stressful day at work. But I got up and began to get ready anyway. I had been dragging my feet all morning and running late, my Mom called. Being in a rush I considered calling her back when I actually got to work...I am so glad that I didn't because her sweet reassuring voice telling me to "Have a great day and I love you" was exactly what I needed to hear. I am so grateful for a Mother so in tune that knows when I need a pick me up :) So I got to work, looked at my schedule and immediately felt my heart sink all over again. I just wanted to go back to bed and start over again tomorrow. But I knew that I had to do what I had to do today and that after it was done I would feel a LOT better. So as I am sitting at work feeling sorry for myself and the rough day that I had ahead I got an email from an IT guy here at work. "Congratulations your name was drawn to recieve one of the laptops that we were giving away!" My work had held a raffle to get rid of older laptops and desktops that they were no longer using. I had been one of the very few employees to win one!(Somebody HAD to have known that my current laptop at home has been giving me grief) As I was getting ready to go retrive my new laptop I got a phone call from my Fiance Jake. He was calling to ask me out on a date tonight. He knew that yesterday and today were some rough days for me and surprised me with Twilight tickets and dinner! He is so busy and had so many other things that he could have done tonight. I am so grateful for such a loving man in my life that puts my needs before his! I'm not sure what the moral of the story here is but I guess that it's something along the lines of you ARE loved and not forgotten! The Lord gives us tender m ercies every day!

Side Note

I'm pretty sad at the quality of these photos. BUT...Christmas is coming up and I could REALLY use a new camera...Jake..."hint, hint" ;)

So much to be thankful for...

I know that I am a few days late..8 to be exact. But I plan on posting as many days that I can this month of things thatI am thankful for. (In no particular order) I chose to have this post be my first one due to the fact that the memories and feelings that I felt that day are still very vividly in my mind.I have probably re written this post three times over now. It had to have been a 30 page novel before! ;) Rather than giving every single detail of this day. I think that I will just leave a few of my thoughts and feelings. Words cannot even come close to describing the wide range of emotions that I felt this day. When I first heard that my brother had joined the Air Force I was in denial, denial turned to shock, shock turned to sadness he would be missing my wedding and the holidays and his chilrens birthday! And eventually my emotions turned to peace, gratitude and pride. Today and everyday I am thankful for not only our military men and woman but also their FAMILIES. Thank you Clay and Jeannette for your sacrafice. The next 8 years are not going to be easy, but I am excited for the adventure that has started for you and your little family. I will never forget the peace that filled my mind this day. My brother is truly where he is supposed to be. I love you Clay, go be your best self and I will see you in April.

More to come...

I am SO excited to get this blog going! I work with ladies every day that run their businesses strictly through blogging!I wanted to understand more of what it is that they do and how blogs worked. But most of all I created this blog to kind of use as a open diary...And after going back and forth with the idea I have decided to make it a public blog. It's almost like this is going to be a way for me to express and document how I am feeling along with pictures. This is a lot scarier and intimidating than I thought! So I apprciate your patience as I learn by trial and hopefully not too much error ;) Thanks for sharing this new adventure with me!

Camping/Labor Day weekend and picture overload!

I don't think that a long weekend could have come at a better time. Work has been super stressful (although I love what I do!) and I haven't seen a whole lot of my fiance due to the hunting season, so I was looking forward to spending some time with him and a few of our friends. Jake's cousin Mike got a limited entry elk tag which you only draw out on about every 10 years. And if you know Jake and Mike it was a go big or go home kind of deal. They decided to let the wives and kids come this particular weekend. It was a BLAST! Jake even took me out actually hunting with him and got to see what it is that he does and loves. It was a great weekend...and then all HELL broke loose. Sunday morning I woke up feeling super nauseous. The next two days of our vacation were spent confined to the tent. Coming home we had to stop on the side of the road 4 times for me to puke! Strangers were even pulling off of the highway to see if they coulld help. It was miserable to say the least. I decided to take work off today to recoop. It has been really nice. I recently signed up as a doTerra consultant. Not really knowing a whole lot about the products but my mom raves about them and it has been a really fun activity with her to go to the classes and try out the oils. So on my day off today (still feeling pretty nauseous) Jake drove me down to Orem to pick up my starter kit. My first experiment as a doTerra consultant? Getting rid of my upset tummy. I kid you not. I rubbed the oil on my tummy and literally felt my 3 day constant stomache ache diteriorate! SO impressed! I am hoping this will help save on my medical bills! :) All in all wonderful few days off! Now, for a picture overload :)

Grateful...

Do you guys ever feel like you're going through a personal trial and are just headed down a dark tunnel with no sense of direction at all so you just throw your hands up in the air and cry?....Yeah, me too. But it's lasted 3 years. Yesterday, however I had a breakthrough. Let's just say, I have some incredible people in my life that I have taken for granted for far too long, and that the Priesthood is REAL! I haven't felt this happy, at peace or ready to take on life for a long time. It all seems atainable now! I hope that you all have a wonderful Sunday!

Next Project...

So, as I'm sure that you all know, because I post on Facebook all the time about my job and how I love my job, the company, the products, and the people that I work with. Well, one perk about what I do specifically at Stampin' Up is getting fun gifts from the ladies that I coach! One of my ladies that I got to meet last month at Convention made me this block letter. SO CUTE right?! And it was all made out of Stampin' Up! products minus the wood block itself. I want to make one for my sisters for Christmas or something? None of my sister have joined this blog yet so...SHHHH :) But I had to share because I think its so fun!

My new obsession...

Let's be honest. There all comes a time in our life when we go through a "phase" or an "obsession". Right now mine is crafting! It may have to do with the fact that I work for a crafting company and get lots of stuff for free or for a really good discount? Either way, I am really enjoying be creative right now. There is one problem that I have though...and that is starting too many projects at one time! I'll start on one and then get another idea and start on another! It's quite pathetic. BUT here is my latest FINISHED project! I am getting close to being done with another one that has taken me quite some time that I will post within the next few days :)

This is a project that we did for our big Convention that we just had in July. SO much fun getting together with other ladies that I work with and making these and just chatting! It is a canvas that we painted, stuck some Designer Series Paper on and then made our flowers (also out of Designer Series Paper). FUN! I will for sure be making some more of these. So cute to hang up in a bathroom or little girls room! You could even do one for boys with cars or something!

First Post EVER! Did I even do this right?! :)

As I'm sure you can tell...I'm new to this whole blogging thing. It freaks me out! WAY too many options and technicalities that confuse me. But I'm never going to learn if I don't just jump in head first right?! So here we go! :) I wanted to start a blog for two reasons, one I wanted somewhere to post my thoughts, things I am feeling kind of like a diary, I would write in a diary or journal but I'm not so much a fan of the actual writing part. I would much rather type. I found myself resulting to posting things on Facebook which I decided was a little too public for my liking. So if you're on this blog and reading this, consider yourself someone that I trust to know my thoughts and feelings on things. I'm kind of putting myself out there! Which could be a total disaster! We will see how it goes! And two, in my field of work the ladies that I talk to everyday are facing their fears of starting their business online and starting a blog that I thought that I would do it too! I want to be able to better understand blogging and what it takes to run a blog. I feel like I am now rabbling, so here it goes! First post! :)