Shoot

The other day I was talking with a friend at work, we were discussing jeans. I needed a new pair and I'm too small for several pairs I used to wear! I weigh 118 I haven't weighed that in 2 years, almost what I was in high school (exciting!). She convinced me to look at a certain store and try to buy a pair of (brace yourself) skinny jeans. But in my defense I don't think they are really "skinny" jeans but they are MUCH tighter on the shin then my others, and they taper in at the bottom. You can tell me what you think....

Itouch

Remeber when I said I'd been making new friends? Well I have been! And can I just say they are awesome. I describe the neighborhood I live in "well off" and that would be a modest but appropriate way to put it. Now because of this I have benifited on several occassions (which means they must actually like me beacause my "toys" aren't nearly as cool). One of my friends recently got an iphone and he told me he would sell me his ipod touch, for half of what I paid for my nano. So I got it! This thing is sooo cool! It's like a mini laptop and minus being able to make phone calls it's just as cool as the iphone! And when I play bejeweled it's not microscopic like my cell phone :) That's all I just had to brag a little. All this time I thought I wanted an apple laptop and all I needed was this. Oh and I made this blogpost on it.

Dam

This year I've been trying my best to do things I wouldn't have been able to do because I wasn't single and that I would have normally not done because I was afraid, lazy, etc. I wasn't going to post this until January because it's a goal but I've been thinking about it so much lately that I can't help myself. This summer I want to run the Teton Dam marathon. Haha here are my disclaimers, no I'm not going to try to place, and no I am NOT an amazing runner. I've been working on it at the gym and so far my best is 6.1 miles in an hour and about 10 min.

 Normally I would NEVER want to run a marathon but I have decided I really want to do this one, just to say I have. Everyone I have talked about it with immediatly says "oh that one is really hard!" which usually would defer me but this time it's made me want to do it more ( I think I've grown to like challenges, weird). I know Kira has talked about running recently but I would just like to let anyone who wants to try it with me know that I would love company.

Adventures in Babysitting

My last day babysitting was Wednesday. I was supposed to leave in the afternoon but their aunt ended up needing more time so I stayed. Those kids were a handful but soooo fun! I can't wait to have my own kids, even with as crazy as everything was haha I am in no way detoured in wanting a big family just like it. 

We did some fun stuff. On Monday and Tuesday I took the two youngest boys to the library. That was way fun. My mom used to take me when I was little and I always enjoyed it. We read the spooky old tree twice! I ran lunches, field trip money and other forgotten things to the school for the kids. Another thing I did with the 2 younger boys was sing. My Grandma and my mom used to sing songs to keep our minds distracted while they did all kinds of things (like make lunch or clean etc). While making juice one day the boys were getting wiggly so I took the primary song "singing a song is fun to do" and changed it to "making our juice is fun to do" haha. It worked like a charm! the boys loved it and it caught their attention long enough for me to finish the juice and lunch.

I'd have to say one of the best things that happened was on Wednesday. It was becoming dinner time and I had just finished cleaning up the kitchen again. So I decided to take the boys (all 6 of them) out to eat. Haha that was crazy! I had boys spilling water cups and making messes with in minutes of sitting down. Initially I was planning on taking them to a fast food place, but upon further thought the idea of everyone running amuck to get their own drinks, condiments, etc was just too much. So a sit down restaurant it was. Our poor waitress did such a good job though! Every time she came back around the boys were asking for some thing. I especially liked the fights over the free scones phrases like "hey he got two" and "I didn't get one!', I'm like "boys they are free you can eat them until you explode, trust me everyone will get one it's going to be OK". I still hope we tipped her ok she did a good job.

By far the best moment had to be right before we got ready to leave. The second to youngest boy (his name is Paul and he is 4) got eating too fast and his older brother had to take him to the bathroom to spit out his food so he wouldn't choke. On the way back Paul saw a hostess taking a chair to the banquet room, and decided to yell "JUMP!". At that moment he jumped onto the chair the girl was carrying and hung there. HAHAHA wow it was sooo funny the poor hostess was laughing but you could also tell that she was very much surprised be her new passenger. And of course all the other boys were giggling like crazy. It was a good meal. Dinner AND a show, for no extra cost.

October Conference

Wow all I can say is wow. Between this conference and April's I have cultivated such a wonderful testimony of it. When Jeffery Holland talked about the Book of Mormon my eyes were watering up the entire time. That testament couldn't have come at a better time. I've been working on my own personal testimony of the Book of Mormon. For as many trials I feel like I have over come this year I still can't believe how quickly and exactly God answers prayers, most especially my own. I've read the scriptures but I never really read them for my own personal testimony. I started reading back in August and my understanding has increased 100 fold.

Here are some of my favorite scriptures I have found while reading recently.

Mosiah 23:21

Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he triet their patience and their faith.

Alma 7:23

And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times.

Alma 39:14

Seek not after riches nor the vail things of this world; for behold you cannot carry them with you.

~I've been under lining patience, endure to the end, and other similar statements as I read. I've been trying my best to learn to be more patient and long suffering in my life it is probably one of my biggest difficulties.

Another thing that stood out to me was from The Family: A Proclamation to the World. "We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God." That phrase hit me so hard. Not just from my own personal experiences with other people's agency but people from my mom's family as well. It reminded me of another scripture in Alma 39:8 But Behold, ye cannot hid your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day. I think some times we forget that we need to always be openly apologetic about our sins.

Anyways I'm so thankful for the gospel and once again conference was great I know they speak with authority and the spirit.