13-16th of November

Sorry!! I have running around like a chicken with its head cut off this week and was not able to find much time to sit down and blog my thankful days. So instead of writing four different blogs I am going to bunch them all together. I apologize if they are short but here goes.....

13th of November

I am thankful church every Sunday. I absolutely loved going to church in my parents' ward. Most everyone was inviting and I knew just about everyone. My favorite part about that ward though was having the elderly member in Sunday School and Relief Society. I loved listening to their insights on the lessons and felt like I learned so much from them. My favorite person, if any of you know me would be like duh of course, was Sister Amy Jo Compton. She is such an amazing person! First, she was my freshman seminary teacher which was fabulous and then after high school she was over the young single adults in our stake which incredible. I credit a lot of my gospel knowledge from her. I love her lessons and her insight on everything.

Anyways, since being in a Student Married Ward, I feel like my introvert-ness has really, really been apparent. I have a hard time sitting for two more hours after sacrament. One, because I would rather not talk to anyone and just keep to myself which a lot of you may not know. And two, because I feel like I learn very little that I don't already know. Well, last week Relief Society actually surprised me. So though I try very, very hard to keep to myself, a gal tried to keep up a conversation with me before everything started. And she was one of those people that even though I am not want the conversation to keep going, she did. Which actually turned out to be okay, she was very nice. The he lesson started and at first I was skeptical mainly because the girl teaching immediately started crying..... For me this is never a good sign. Now, don't take that as I am some horrible person but it makes it very hard to pay attention, let alone hear the message when someone is sobbing through it. So I kind of already started to check out when she composed herself and started teaching. Right of the bat is was good. She passed out notecards for each of us and told us to fold it in half. One half make a list of things The Lord gives us and the other half things the world gives us.

Here was my list:

Everything good in our lives has been given to us from The Lord. Everything that Satan uses to pull us down to his level is what the world gives us. I am thankful for church with lessons like this. Think for yourself: how much time do you spend on eternal thoughts vs. worldly thoughts?

14th of November

I am thankful for BYUI and the schooling that John is receiving. I am extremely grateful for the tithing that goes into the school so that we can receive an education at very little cost to us. I am also grateful for a school that I instills that values and standard that the church teaches. How wonderful it is to have so many young people in the same town who have the same values!

15th of November

I am thankful for clothes and shoes! Now I am not really a girly-girl. Really my job doesn't allow that...way too dirty and physical! But I do love clothes and I really really love shoes! I am grateful to The Lord that he gave us the technology to make clothes and that he has given others the talent of designing fashion. I love that clothes, shoes, hair, accessories, etc make us diverse! I strongly feel that what we wear tells the world a little about who we are. Most first impressions are made on what you are wearing which to some people is not important but that is what makes each of us ourselves. Each person has there own style according to their personality, their situation, their location, their culture. Sounds silly but clothes make our lives a little exciting on what tomorrow brings and what impression you want to make to the world. And I am grateful for shoes just because I love them so!

16th of November

I am thankful that John and I are dreamers! How non-exciting our lives would be if we couldn't dream about what could be!?! Oh how very dull and mindless it would be! One of John & I's dreams is to have our very own modern day castle in a forest ;).

 Yes this is a very big dream and yes there is a possibility of it never happening but we still love to talk about all our plans for it, what kind of rooms we are going to have and where things are going to go. Our dreams push to go farther than we would push ourselves normally. It helps us make a path to find the means to accomplish our dreams. John and I love, love, love talking about our castle..... Hopefully one day we can share it with all of you!