"Delight In The Life You Have"

The title of this post is a quote from a talk given at a CES Fireside with Elder Dallin H. Oaks and his wife Kristen. She spoke to us young single adults as how she described herself, "the poster child of the single adults". She spoke about recognizing the blessing that this time in our life is even when it doesn't feel so blessed. Now is when we become the people that we want to be for the rest of our lives by the choices we make. We can't hang back and be angry or sad that our lives aren't we think they ought to be. If we aren't happy now we will never be happy in marriage. She spoke knowing this from experience because she was in her 50's when she married. The night of this fireside I feared that maybe she was talking to me that maybe just maybe it would be another 20-30 years before I would receive the blessings that I so wanted. Pushing aside the fear, I also felt she wasn't speaking to me in that point, that I would someday receive the blessings that I desired but if it so happened that I would have to wait longer than I would like, I would be okay.
Now I'm not saying that night changed my life. I quickly forgot the things that were taught that night and only remembered that I enjoyed the things that she had to say. But I have recently gone back and listened again to her talk and had the realization that what she taught was the exact transformation I needed in my life and that Heavenly Father had given me without my even realizing it.
I began to delight in the life I had when I moved to Logan and was surrounded by girls that quickly became my best friends, that taught me that life was great even though it wasn't always fun. If I have learned something the last year it is that life definitely isn't always easy and doesn't often go the way that we want it to but it can always be great. There can always be something to be grateful for and happy about. My life has certainly had it's trials and I have often wondered why what I wanted never seemed to be an option. But what has changed has been me and my expectations. Not giving up but looking to what I have control of in my life and making it worth while. My deepest desire is and will always be to be a wife and a mother. Giving up is not an option. I want to become a better me even if no one else cares or sees it.
So for the few of you that may read my blog I apologize that it has taken me so long to figure it out, that I have been so poor me for so long.  I have learned to "delight in the life" that I have, realizing I'm exactly where I'm suppose to be.

New and Exciting Things

All sorts of new and exciting things are happening all around. Well maybe just a few. First off I finally found a job. It took longer than I would have liked and I had almost given up when I found a school that actually wanted to give me a job. I now work at Scera Park Elementary. I have recently finished my first week and can say that it is a fantastic job. Everyone has been so welcoming and encouraging that I have found the awkward period of adjusting to a new environment almost non-existent. No awkward moments when you get that look from teachers you don't work with that says who are you and what are you doing wandering around our school. Instead I have been stopped in the hall numerous times just for people to introduce themselves and welcome me to the school. I am pretty good at my job but only when I feel comfortable and needed and I have felt that in just one week of working there.

Coming soon will be a new blog! No not another place to share my rants and raves but I am actually starting a blog testing and offering my opinions on the things I find on Pinterest. I've been working my way through several things on Pinterest and finding that some are keepers and some just definitely are not so I wanted to keep track of what was what. I figured others with less time on their hands might be interested in knowing which pins would be worth their time and effort so I am working on that and it should be up soon!

The biggest new thing is a little girl names Tamsin. I officially became an aunt 6 weeks ago and it really is as great as I had hoped it to be. I'm able to work my baby magic when it's needed and pass her off when that magic falls flat. Not to mention that she is just pretty darn cute and we get lots of cuddle time!!

Brand new Tamsin looking and smelling so good and new

A very important milestone in a girl's life
Baby's First Trip to Target

                                                         

Here she is now, just getting a little to big a little too fast

And just so you can die from exposure to extreme cuteness :) .......