Weekend Updates :)

First I would like to apolagize. I didn't take any pictures of my weekend. It was the YSA conference this weekend so I thought I would document it. Well that didn't happen :P. Sorry! It was a great conference never the less, there were tons of great classes and activities and I gained some new knowlege when it comes to goals :). I'm the type of person who has them but doesn't write them down but I learned I need to in order to succeed. Without goals you would have no direction or something to work towards. So I've started to write them down in hopes that my goals will become a reality. It was a great over all weekend. To top it off it was lovely weather. No more rain for us (I hope).

My talk on Sunday went well. I learned tons about Spencer W Kimball and can't believe all he went through. Not only was he extremely humble but he was a great prophet :) I was so grateful to have the opportunity to learn about him. He's one person I would like to learn more about. Did you know that as a child he used to sing hymns and memorize scriptures as he milked the cows? What child wants to do that? Times really have changed. He also had both parents die by the age of twenty two. I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose both parents at such a young age. I love mine dearly and I love learning about the prophets and what brought them to the point they were at when they became prophet. They are amazing men :).

Oh and I'm about half way through that book I bought a month ago. I love it and am learning so much. I'm glad that I finally have time to catch up on my reading after months of only text books. I am actually reading a book about temples and it's so refreshing. I don;t understand everything that goes on in there. Nor will I for a while but this book does help me understand some things. I'll tell you how the rest of it goes.

Also yesterday I Julie Marie went bridge jumping...mind you I only jumped once and it was freezing cold but I did it and you know what? I actually liked it (besides being freezing cold) and to be quite honest I will probably do it again this summer. In warmer weather of course :)

Found on google

While looking up random things on google because I don't feel like doing my readings at the present time I came across the picture above. When I own my own home and have money to spare (not likely but anyway...) I will own this book case, and have a room for it too. I love reading and imagining having this gorgeous book case as well as a room to put it in makes me happy. Can you imagine having a room where you can go and have a huge selection of books to read? I would never get bored! And it's better then TV. Seriously I would spend hours in there and probably never come out. Ok so maybe it won't happen, actually I know it won't but it's fun to dream right? :P

So I started school yesterday...it wasn't to bad though. I think I'm going to enjoy my classes and there aren't as many assignments this semster so maybe it won't be as hard as the second years tell us? I hope not anyway. So I really should do my readings...lame.

Almost There

Only two weeks left of classes! I am so happy you have no idea, I'll be happy to be finished and happy to go and hang out with my KIDS (yes I did call them kids and not children, I'm feeling rebelous tonight) at the daycare. I miss them so much, not that my practicum children are not good because I love them too, it's just different. My kids will always be my kids no matter how old they get.

Sidenote: Preschoolers are the best, they can talk and talk and talk forever, and the thing is, most of the time their conversation skills are lacking so when I try to add my input it throws them off, so I have learned to listen while they talk to their hearts content :).

So winter finally decided to make an appearence and cause issues for us, first my doors were frozen shut, then my car would get frosted on the inside and on the outside so I would have to go out there like twenty mintutes early just to get to school on time. Then winter decided to back off a little and cause slush...not fun to drive in at all :P. This week was the first adventure of getting stuck this winter season, somehow I drove into a snow drift (smart...) then I couldn't get out and I had people come and push me out, needless to say I'm not parking there for the time being. At least I have a car though, poor Kim has been having even more issues then me, her car just dies randomly and won't start for a while, it's bad.

So after being busy all week I finally went to Harry Potter tonight, and I loved it :) They stuck pretty close to the book so I was happy. I was not happy however that Dobby had to die, I knew it was coming but it was deffinately a sad scene. Watching the movie made me miss reading, over Christmas break I'll have to relax and read real books and not the textbooks that I have learned to love so much.

I have another thing to add to my stuff to do this week, clean my room!!! I feel so disorganized and with my room being a mess my brain is a mess too :P Luckily the rest of the basement is nice and clean :) and with our candles burning most of the time while we're at home makes it feel home-like.

Guess what? Kalina, Kim and I baked every night this week! It's so nice to prepare and eat a nice dinner together every night, it winds down the day and makes me a tad bit more motivated to finish my homework :P.

Anyways that was a really random post, sorry!! It probably has something to do with it being almost two in the morning...which means I need to go to bed or do more homework, but I'm thinking bed time sounds pretty good right now :P.

Easter

This weekend was great :) Not only was it Easter but it was General Conference as well, what a great way to remember what Christ has done for us. I wish I could write down everything that I learned but it would probably take to long and I may not do the speakers justice :P

One thing I will say though is that the people who spoke all talked about families and what we need to do to raise the younger generation in this world. Those who are parents have a greater responsibility now then ever before and honestly this scares me a little bit...I don't know if when the time comes I can do everything I need to in order to bring my children up in the way that I should, but I don't have to worry about that for a long time so I have some time to figure it out :P

This weekend I also read The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, to anyone who has not read it I would highly recomend it. It's not like other Nicholas Sparks novels so you don't have to worry about unwanted scenes...it has a great message and it may even make you cry.

Anyways enough of my ramblings, I need to get ready for institute...