P.S. Happy May

Welcome spring..

The smells are back..

Thunderstorms..

Backyard BBQ's

Buds Blossoming

Isn't it wonderful!

One old white window

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Spring green paint

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A Cricut

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Pics coming soon...

Happy Spring Cleaning! I hope you find treasures too!

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Service

Today in gospel principles we discussed service.

There are two types of service..

The first is service in general,

this is the kind of service that we do, just because someone needs something.

The second is Christlike service.

This type requires love.

We need to serve because of the love we need to have for those around us.

Service has been something I have really been trying to make a part of my life.

Today we talked about how service can be a lifestyle.

I hope someday to be the type of person that service is just a part of who I am.

I am grateful for service and how it impacts each of our lives.

I have had the opportunity to serve and to be served.

Each time a serve I know that I am blessed.

Recently a few of my most favorite people made me a small scrapbook.

Each of them wrote a little note to me.

It was so amazing.

I am so grateful to be around such amazing people.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes on service:

"The road to success is not crowded. Because while most are looking for ways to take, the truly successful people are finding ways to give. With a giving attitude, every situation is an opportunity for success." - Unknown

I believe the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourish—and in effect save their lives. - President Thomas S. Monson

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. -Barbara Bush

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. -Helen Keller

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." -Gandhi

CHALLENGE: This week take a moment to serve someone

It really is the little acts of kindness

that bring us close our Savior.

Just a few thoughts...

This week has been interesting! So many things have happened that have made me so grateful for what I have. I have also been taught a few lessons.

1) We need to surround ourselves with good people. As we associate with good people, we are inclined to become better ourselves. I am so grateful for those good people in my life you lift me up. Many of them I am striving to be better just because of who they are.

2) The next lesson is the importance of testimony. It is a rock that can hold us down with things are thrown at us. I had an experience that happened this week. A few friends and I met this man who told us that the prophet will always lead us astray and that we can't base our thoughts on the church on feelings that we have..

This man was wrong..

I know the prophet is an inspired man, called of God

And will never lead us down a wrong path.

I know that if we obey all he says and follow his teachings we are only following our Savior.

I know that the church is true because I have felt it..

The gospel is perfect.

It's that simple.

The church is absolutely true.

3) Lesson 3.. I have attended a lecture on the constitution the past few weeks..

What an inspired document.

Our Heavenly Father had a huge part in creating it.

This country was made for us!

I am so thankful to be an American.

I am thankful for the freedoms I enjoy.

I love the truths and principles about the constitution that I have been learning

4) God is aware of us.. This past Monday we were supposed to go to Star Valley to Jordan's dad's funeral. Monday morning Michelle's dad called her and begged her and us not to go.

We decided not to go. Then another friend texted me cautioning us to be careful, he too was relieved when we told him we were not going.

I am glad I never found out why we were not supposed to go.

I am grateful for a Heavenly Father who watches out for me.

5) A thought from the confidence lecture: It is not confidence but jealousy that binds us down.

Such a true principle!

When we have the confidence in something it is then we excel, however we we doubt those little jealousies creep in and we live in doubt and not faith.

It is though the faith and confidence we have in ourselves that allow us to grow and better our lives.

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Stefan and Austin's birthday...

These two are wonderful friends!

Here are the top ten reasons why they deserve the best birthday ever!

Stefan

10. He ALWAYS wins at thumb wrestling.

9. He has a good looking twin..

8. He is a master of Ninja Distruction.

7. He is nice to animals.

6. He talks to dead people.

5. He calls people awesome nicknames.

4. He has a fan club.

3. He gives good hugs.

2. He thinks I am hilarious.

1. He is always looking for ways to better himself and those around him.

Austin

10. He know all the words to the tiny turtle song.

9. He has a good looking twin..

8. He thinks of funny games like poky poky, slapy slapy,

7. He is nice to old people.

6. He wears a suit to hockey games.

5. You can bribe him with yummy treats.

4. I know girls who stalk him...

3. He is a friend to everyone.

2. He has an amazing talent to teach.

1. Always has a big smile no matter what!

Happy Birthday Friends!!

You are the best ever!

Creation..

MY HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME
Words and Music by Clara W. McMaster
Whenever I hear the song of a bird

Or look at the blue, blue sky,

Whenever I feel the rain on my face

Or the wind as it rushes by,

Whenever I touch a velvet rose

Or walk by a lilac tree,

I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world

Heavenly Father created for me.
He gave me my eyes that I might see, The color of butterfly wings.

He gave me my ears that I might hear, The magical sound of things.

He gave me my life, my mind, my heart:

I thank him reverently, For all his creations, of which I'm a part.

Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me.

This is how I have felt today...

I am so incredibly grateful for the gospel and the part it play in my life.

I know that everything that is good in my life comes to me through Jesus Christ.

I am so blessed!

I know that my Heavenly Father loves me!

Everyday I see his tender mercies all around me.

Here are some things I have been grateful for this week

Scriptures

Family

Friends

Chirping birds

Sunshine

Girl Scout Cookies

Pillow Talk..

Water

Rain

And those are just a few!

I know that I am where I need to be,

I know that as I draw nearer to my Savior I will become a better person.

I am grateful for the atonement

I am thankful for prayer

I love this gospel.