This is Our Life

For so long music has been such a big part of my life. I love listening to the stories found in lyrics. The way the words flow to the sounds of the melodies. I love the way hearing a sweet love song makes me feel, and how reved up I can get to a song that has a good beat. For as long as I can remember, one of my most favorite things to do growing up, and even until this day has been to just go my bedroom and lie on my bed and just listen to music. DORKY RIGHT?! I know it is, but I really DON'T CARE! So...one of my goals this year is to smarten up and put my talents/passion to good use. I want to start teaching piano again, and finsih writing some of the songs that I have totally put off...for what seems like FOREVER! One of my new favorite songs is sung by Jennifer Paige and Nick Carter...called Beautiful Lie...so I thought considering the theme of my post, to put the lyrics on here...and I've also uploaded the song to play when you first come to the page...so here ya ...

Well...welcome to 2010! I'm really excited for a new year. It's a great one so far! We started a little "game" if you will, our own version of the Biggest Loser at work. There's a lot of people that want to loose weight and get healthier, me being one of those people. Besides the Jackpot Prize(everyone put in $40.00), the greatest thing will be to just feel good about myself again. So...we started this past Monday, and I have to say I've been kicking butt! I've been eating super healthy and have been exercising too. It's amazing how good your body can feel, and how much extra energy you can have because of eating properly and working out. Like tonight...for example. What would have been a usual night to sit back and watch tv...I um...I guess I started doing that by watching one of my soaps from earlier...BUT I after that worked out..doing our Biggest Loser Wii game. After that had dinner and that is where I'd normally be done for the night...

Well, I just wanted to say a few things quickly as the night is coming to a close. I've got a lot accomplished tonight and it feels GREAT! It's so nice to think of coming home tomorrow from work and having really NOTHING to do except for to have FUN and to RELAX! I am soooooo looking foward to Christmas this year! This year has gone so fast, and we have been so blessed! We're especially thankful to be back home around family this year. It's even thus more exciting because we're in our OWN home! How lucky we are to have the beautiful gifts of the season! It's 10:35 and I'm totally exhausted, so I'm off to bed. I hope everyone has a great Christmas! That you can all make many new beautiful memories with your families! That you can remember the true reason for the season. ...and to all a goodnight.

OK...so my mom and I get to work Friday and all is good. About 3 hours into work, we get a freak snow storm, and end up having to leave early. Sure, it's always nice to get home and get things done with time that you weren't expecting to have...BUT we had plans Friday night and we were so excited for them! Nothing super exciting to most I suppose, but we were going to finish our Christmas shopping. I love picking up presents and wrapping them under our Christmas Tree. It's so homey and cozy looking. Anyhow...so that night was shot. We hoped to go into Lethbridge on Saturday, but the storm just kept getting worse. It snowed, and snowed and SNOWED!! The wind was super bad which doesn't help the situation AT ALL! Don't I sound like such a downer?? Of COURSE I do, I can admit it. The thing is, what turned out to be such a "bummer" weekend, wasn't that at all. We ended up cleaning out or office...which was long over due. We got the house cleaned...

Tonight as I was tidying up our home, my mind started to race...about things of the past. This came about from earlier this evening. It all starts off because Richard was asked to give a talk tomorrow, and the topic of his talk is Service. After hearing what he said he was going to speak about, he told me how he was going to end his talk. The greatest service that he was thankful for is me..."serving" a Mission. That is why my mind started "racing". It's the little things like that that help to remind me of my greatest gifts. It reminds me of how lucky I am, which leads to I guess you could say a path down memory lane. Richard and I first met on an evening that I was team teaching with his Step-Mom Jerelyn Roth. We wen't to her home that night to get some medicine, and Richard happened to be their. As far as I'm concerned, that was the first night of the rest of my life. We've been through so many trials and hardships, mainly due to the fac...

Today at work, one of my co-workers asked me a question about something in 1st Nephi. I didn't quite know the answer, so tonight I anxiously searched the scriptures for one. While doing this, I got distracted by all of the notes that I have made in my scriptures. All of the different words that were marked with different colors. I started flipping through my Book of mormon, faster and faster. Until I felt this overwhelming feeling of the Spirit. It wasn't the normal feeling that I can when I read my scriptures, or when I hear something warm and fuzzy. It was this enormous high, a feeling like I used to get when I was on my Mission. I literally had to stop reading, searching and pondering the scriptutres and just breathe. I cannot believe how amazing it felt, and it brought back a flood of memories. Never in my life(I regret to say), have I ever felt such a passion about the scriptures than when I was on my Mission. Of course I know why this is, but it was such an ous...