All times, All things, All places

There have been many things that have affected my life in just these past couple weeks. And I do believe that a lot of these things are happening because every day, every week, I am getting closer and closer to putting in my mission call and going through the temple for the first time.
As I get closer and closer in pursuing my relationship with my Heavenly Father, I can just FEEL the temptations of the advesary trying to pull me down and put these doubts in my head.
Right now I am only about 3 weeks away from officially being able to put in my mission papers. The advesary is trying his hardest though and sometimes I feel that I give in to the doubt and in my prayers I just cry to my Heavenly Father and ask him to strengthen me in a way that the advesary can't touch me.
I know that if I am being the person my Father in Heaven wants me to be, a future Sister Missionary, at all times, all things, and all places that I will have such a strenth that the advesary will shrink and diminish in the light that I will hopefully hold.
I am trying my darnest to be the person I know I need to become in order to teach the wonderful people of who knows where the beautiful messages of the Gospel. That we have a Father in Heaven that loves us and knows each and everyone of us by name. That our brother Jesus Christ gave his life so that I may be forgiven and that I may have that chance to be with our Father. That as long as I have faith and I am doing the works, things, that I need to do in my life that I should not be fearful. How great of a message is this. And I am so grateful that I get to be this person at all times, all things, all places.

I hope they call me on a mission :)

Hey Everyone!
So I announced a little bit last time that I was and am planning on going on a mission.
This is such an exciting time in my life and it's just beyond amazing that I have received such a wonderful answer to my prayers!
What's even more fantastic is that I have already started. And it has been such a smooth okay semi-smooth, mostly smooth journey for me. I feel SOOOO BLESSED! The Lord really most love me to give me so many wonderful blessings in my life.
But in this journey that I have taken I have already filled out basically all my paper work minus the things that I have to go and do, dentist and physical, but I am working on them. :)
Not only have I already gotten those papers finished, but I got my wisdom teeth out... and that was the um... well sorta smooth part. And here is the story on that.

I got my wisdom teeth out just last Tuesday and I was freaking out I will admit it. But I think the part that just freaked me out is that as I was waiting in my operating room I could hear EVERYTHING that was going on in the next room. All the drilling and weird machines and them talking... so yeah I believe I have every right to have freaked out.
The next thing I know though is that I am in a soft comfy chair with this warm blanket on me with a mouth full of gauze. Everything went fine go figure. :) I went home and I couldn't really eat and when I was supposed to eat I just wanted to sleep. So taking pills on a very empty stomach and (we figured out later) that I don't react well to Lortabs. I was not feeling very well.... I ate as much as I could which means jello and juice and water and I ended up throwing up later that night. Next day I felt so much better and I was able to eat and everything :) Eating as in only soft foods. But I was just grateful that I could eat at all with how swollen I was. Everyday got a little bit better though and yesterday I was even able to teach my lesson without a problem :) Only a little minor swelling in my mouth.

I look a little miserable haha

Not very attractive but you get the point.

Now I am posting pictures so no making fun of me with my super chimpmunk face.

I Officially

Suck at life. Okay so maybe not that drastic but I suck at updating this thing. And my dear ole wonderful friend Jenni keeps reminding me to.
Well going to go through a quick run through...
I AM HOME!!!!! I am out of Price, Utah. And thank goodness for that. I never thought I would miss the scorching heat and dog hair all over the place so much!
Well okay I don't really like the dog hair but with three labs rolling all over the place it's hard to limit the hair.
Anyways. I am home and I am attending my family ward which feels so much like home.
Last week Chantal, Matt, Chanel, and Shaun all came to town. Chantal and Matt were here for there friends wedding.
So Chanel, Shaun, and I just had fun :)
We went to Sushi at Naked Fish and Shaun almost through up haha which was funny.

I hope you all enjoyed that and those of you who dislike sushi I'm sorry but you are missing out!!!
Also we all had to talk on Mothers day even Matthew. Shaun, Chantal, and Chanel all sang which was beautiful.
I think that when you are given a talk you really learn a lot. I have learned how to really really appreciate my mama and my daddy. 

Aren't they precious??? This is what I call TRUE LOVE :)









And I will now announce what I was timid to announce before. I have decided to serve a year and a half of my life to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I don't know where I am going yet and I still have to put in my papers. But this is my plan and I am excited to be able to leave by December :) HOORAY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS! I think this is all :)
Hopefully I will be better at this

Serious Update

Wow okay so I haven't updated in FOREVER! So I will make a quick list of what has been happening since oh dear January.
- My best friend got engaged :) Okay so technically this was in December but I didn't post anything about it and I love her so dearly so I had to say SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

They are darling and he loves her so. If he didn't he knows that I would just kick his butt :)

















- I quit my job at the restaurant. Not huge news seeing as I got a better job elsewhere :) I am happy.
- My other best friend dearest Jenni Winn got engaged :) I had the chance to go to her dress fitting she looks gorgeous and I met her fiance :) He is a goober and I love how happy he makes her. It just radiates off of her :)

 And just so everyone knows this is the FIRST time I have ever seen her kiss anyone! I was a little shocked! Let me tell you hahaha! I always knew that she would marry a tall person!















- It is official that I am going home for the summer :) and I am taking a while off of school... for some personal reasons that I will later post when I am ready :) It is a good thing. :)
I can not wait to go home. I miss my family a ton and I miss the sun and the heat and my puppies/Fat Lard of Dogs. I miss home.

 

- Jessica had her bachelorette party :) It was small and it was more of us old roommates for a last reunion but it was fun and I loved it :) I forgot to take any pictures so sorry about that one.
- Jessica got married :) She was married for time and all eternity in the Draper temple on May 10th at 10 a.m. :)
We had our last sleep over as her being a single lady the night before she looked gorgeous :) And she married her best friend :) which sadly isn't me but we all have to settle right ;) just kidding mathew :) I don't roll that way hahaha. But I am beyond happy for her :)

I couldn't be happy for her and now her next goal in life is to pick me out a future husband hahahaha :)

Resolutions

It has been a month at least since I have last posted and unfortunately I don't really have anything to report on.
So I will quickly go through what has happened within these few weeks and then go on to what I really wanted to say.
Birthday:
Was okay. Hahaha honestly I didn't do much I mostly packed for my trip to Vegas and watched a few movies on Netflix. I was woken up by my favorite people ever (my family) singing me Happy Birthday. And I continued on with the rest of the day. Getting my car checked, teaching dance class and having all of the dancers wish me a Happy Birthday which was fun. :) I did go out to dinner with my brother and sister in law to sushi right before my plane flight. They love me! :)
Christmas:
Was wonderful :) I have missed my family so much and seeing them and being with them was awesome :) I spent so much time with my family and my mom especially. I spent time with my cousin and her husband along with her son. Who is ADORABLE! Christmas was awesome.
New Years:
Now New Years I will tell you that I worked that morning came home and watched movies New Years was lameeee. Haha But one thing got me thinking my Resolutions. What do I want to change? What life style do I want to live. And who do I want to end up being?


So yes this post is about my Resolutions for this upcoming year. And I will just post a few of them :)
1. This one is always on my list and it is because I can always look back on the year and say I can always do better on this. Always even if I was good which for the most part I was really good this year. But it's reading my scriptures and not just reading my scriptures as much as STUDYING my scriptures.
2. This one like the first is one that I am good on but I could always always always be better. And it is saying my prayers. I usually always say my prayers at night. But the mornings... ehhh I am not so good at so I really want to be better and have a better relationship with my Father in Heaven.
3. Now this is a new one, but I want to do more missionary work. I want to go out of my way to talk about the gospel to those that I work with and those that I come into contact with. I want to write my testimony in the Book of Mormon and pass it out to 8 people this year. And maybe that isn't a lot but I want to at least pass out a Book of Mormon to 8 people.
4. I also want to try to get ready everyday. Now let me explain. I get really lazy when it is school time. I don't try to do my hair, make up, or really even try to put on any cute clothes. I wear sweats and tights a lot. So this year I want to try to get ready. And I want to do this because when I feel like I look good, I feel better about myself and I am in a better mood. It's a fact! It's like wearing cute underwear.
5. I want to be better at saving money. I am a spender. I like to buy clothes and go out sometimes. But I know that I need to be better for my future and I really don't want to live paycheck by paycheck. So my goal is to save more and spend less. Plain and simple.

I do have more but... those are somewhat personal. The reason why I am posting this though is that I think that resolutions are important. I think that it is important to make goals for your future and actively try to pursue it, so that you can be better.

Emotions!

Seriously can't take this anymore!!

One of the things I seriously HATE about being a girl is that we have so many EMOTIONS!!! I am not going to deny that girls are fine one minute and thin prissy the next. And I honestly swear that I am in one of those moods for the past week. It is driving me crazy!!!!!!

Usually I feel like this all the time!!!!!!!!! but then i go to .... below

I am so happy one minute and then one person or something happen and then I'm sad. And then I read so much into it that I get upset. And then I get so over it that I just am mad. And then I realize how dumb I feel about getting mad and then I just feel bad. And then you apologize and so your happy and then it starts all over again. I am soooo over it right now... maybe my body is telling me something needs to happen??? Sorry this is my venting session right now.

And then this. Yes I feel like a 3 year old throwing a fit.

And then this...

And then it's just down right embarrassing...

Chantal and Matthew Stewart

The day has come and gone! You know what?? My brother Matthew Colt Stewart is married and sealed in the temple for all eternity with Chantal Vaiola Salazar!!!!!!!

I have already made a post about them being engaged but now they are married :) And I have my first sister in law. And you know what I LOVE HER!!!
Teli (what we call her) is beyond amazing her and Matthew get along so well and our families talk to each other on like a daily basis.

I traveled up to Salt Lake with my family (meaning parents and Emily and Spence) went to our hotel and awaited the big day!! I am a picture person and so when we got to the temple that morning I went and had fun taking pictures of the temple when at that moment I was having a person sealed into my family. To my brother. :)

I got to babysit all of the little ones and let me tell you they are darling, not that I want to have kids anytime soon though. Just- a little FYI there haha. I was watching baby Mason when I felt my dad come up to me hug me and say that I now have a new sister. There were tears in his eyes and a big smile on his face. Of course I couldn't wait to see the groom and the bride and we all went outside when they said they were ready and I started snapping photos. They looked BEAUTIFUL and they just GLOWED with happiness. I couldn't be more happy for them, they already started their forever family by getting married in the temple and they know it :) They know it will make everything eternal :) I love that :)

Now let me tell you something Chantal's family total party city. I don't think that I have ever been to a more fun reception in my life. :)
There culture is just so out there that they did dances Teli performed, Matt performed (which was beyond freaking hilarious), her performance group was there. There wasn't a dull moment :)
I even cried. I did. I will be honest. There first dance as a married couple playing "Only You Can Love Me This Way" by Keith Urban. They were both singing to each other. Just looking at each other like nothing in this entire world could ever get better than that. It was pure Magic. I can't explain it any other way.

This post is mostly though to say congrats to them. To their righteous choice to be married in the one place that they could be together forever and wanting that. To their love of one another no matter what annoying habits could come in the way. They love each other and the Lord and between that they will always be in the righteous sight of the Lord.

I am proud of you both and I love you both.
Congratulations :)