Do I ,or do I not, look like David Archuleta from American Idol? This blog is in response to several comments stating that I do. I guess I see it a little. Steph doesn't. If I do, I guess it's a good thing. Let me know what you think. Sorry, the pictures are the closest I could get.
Greg and I have made it a tradition that we make sugar cookies on Valentines Day! It has been a fun thing to do together. Greg had to work tonight so we had lunch together and then made our cookies. It was a fun day. I love you babe-Happy Valentines day.
Two of my favorite things in the world are the Dave Matthews Band and the Boston Red Sox. So you can imagine how excited I was when I found this shirt.
The only thing cooler than this shirt would have been to be at the concert, and if I wasn't in Alaska I would have been there. The one bad thing about this shirt was its price, especially since I know what it cost to make it.
With the great weather that we've had this past week I have been feeling the "call of the wild." I love the outdoors! I love the colors, smell, enormity and silence of it. Steph can tell you that I constantly want to be outside. I think I get that from my Dad. He would always say that he just wanted to go lay on a rock out in the sun. Alaska has really filled my outdoor needs for the past two years. I've got my work cut out for me replacing it this summer. I'm starting to crave it already. There is a chance that we will get to go up to help set up the store. Here's hoping. While it's no Alaska, St. George has quite a bit to offer. One of my favorite things about St. George is the great sunsets that we get. Check out these sunsets that we've had these past few days.
Feef and Greg Love Each Other
by: Will garner
Fee Fee and Greg
they love to come to our house
they are sweet and kind
Greg plays games with will
fee fee has blue eyes
i like her glasses and her blue eyes
i wonder what she got for christmas
i hope it was a shirt
that is very warm and snug
fee fee got her test right
i hope she’s helping real well
Greg eats lemons with me
he goes “ooh” and i go “ooh”
and we then laugh together
we all have lots of fun
the end
Isn't this the best! Will has been into writing poems and I told him I wanted one about Greg and I. I thought he might forget, but I called Lara the other night and she told me that Will was writing a poem for us. Thanks Will! I love it!
So I am sitting here tonight alone because Greg is at an elders quorum meeting. Yes that's right he is now the 1st councilor in the elders quorum. He shouldn't be sad about missing the super bowl because it's not even on. Our satellite (which is for the whole complex) is covered by snow, yes snow! It has been so cold today! It has rained all day until tonight and it is snowing now. It won't stay for long though.
I am applying for a job this week. I am so excited to be finally in one place and not rotating around. At this point I don't really care were I get a job, I am just excited to be working and getting a pay check. I have decided that I can always work up to the place that I really want to be. That's what is great about nursing, there is so many opportunities for change.
I have been reflecting today about what President Hinckley meant to me. I wanted to share just a couple things that he said that have truly impacted me and that I try to live by today. These things may seem small to some, or all, of you, but for whatever reason they really registered with me.
First, I remember sitting in a conference priesthood session with Dad and Mike when I was still in high school. I'm sure I wasn't paying too much attention until these words caught my ear, "Husbands, cherish your wives." It was so simple, but it hit me so hard. It caused me to think about what it meant to cherish your spouse. There was never a better example of this than President Hinckley. I have never forgotten those words and have tried to truly cherish Steph because of it. He later said that successful marriages are brought about by each individual caring a little more about their spouse than they care about themselves. How true.
While I was on my mission President Hinckley gave one of the greatest talks that I've ever heard. I can't possibly sum up the whole talk here, so I will just encourage all of you to look up his talk entitled "Testimony" that he gave in conference in 04' or 05'. Again, I'm not sure that it will impact all of you the same way that it impacted me, but it can't hurt to try.
I don't know if any of you know this, but I spoke in a sacrament meeting that President Hinckley presided over. I had just returned from Boston and was asked to speak in the 1st ward. Needless to say, I was shocked when I walked in and saw him on the stand, and I still have no idea why he was there. Now I don't know about all of you, but speaking with the prophet in attendance seems incredibly daunting, and I expected myself to buckle under the pressure. While on my mission I had spoken many times in front of stake presidents, area authorities, seventies, and once in front of an apostle, and every time I was nervous. But this time I wasn't nervous and I'll tell you why. You hear all the time about how President Hinckley was so loving. Well, this time when I got up to speak, I didn't feel judged or inadequate or unworthy, I just felt loved. In that moment I knew that, even though he didn't know me, he loved me. Because of this experience, I know for myself what people mean when they say that President Hinckley was so loving. He really did love all of us and was the greatest example of Christ-like love that I've ever known. Thank you President Hinckley for your incredible life.
