Argentina

IT CAME!!!

I have been called to serve in the Argentina Posadas mission. :)


I will be speaking Spanish. The best kind of Spanish.

& I enter the Provo MTC on August 28th.................. in FOREVER.

But that's okay because I'm going to ARGENTINA!! :) And I am so beyond excited and happy, it's ridiculous. I am seriously thrilled. I couldn't have asked for a better mission for myself. I am so blessed. ♥


At first, I didn't want to make my call opening a huge deal. Originally, I was just going to open it with my parents and my brothers. BUT the more I thought about it and talked to people, the more I realized that I just couldn't do it without my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, my cousins, my friends and even some of my neighbors. There are so many people who have played such a huge role in bringing me to this point in my life, it felt wrong to not include them.

So, we invited the world. :)

We even Skyped my aunts and uncles who are scattered across the Nation.

And it was such a blessing to be able to share this wonderful moment with just about everyone I love.

 I told the Lord that I would go where He wanted me to go. (Except for Russia. |: ) I even would have been willing to drive 5 hours to Boise, Idaho if He wanted me to. However, He wants me in Posadas Argentina. I never would have guessed it, but now that I know, there is no where else that I would rather go. This has definitely strengthened my testimony of how well my Father in Heaven knows me. ...

AND of how much He loves me.

Argentina could not be any more perfect for me.

And the waiting begins.....

Christmas in April

I am five years old.

I am exhausted, yet I can't sleep.

Because it's Christmas Eve!!

Okay, not really. It's April 9th but it FEELS like Christmas Eve.

Almost not as blissful, though, because on Christmas Eve, I absolutely know that I am going to wake up the following morning to a magical room full of gifts. Unless I somehow happen to be  put on the naughty list. Growing up, I never expected to be on Santa's naughty list. I always knew he would come with a couple of new outfits for me.

I know I'm not on Heavenly Father's naughty list and I know that He wants me to receive my gift, but there is still a chance that it won't come by morning. Because Heavenly Father can't bring me my gift physically. The mailman has to do it.

But the mailman is not as wonderful as Santa Clause.

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The time has come, my friends. [Hopefully] Tomorrow morning, my momma should be getting a phone call from the Post Office informing her that my MISSION CALL has arrived!

After 6 long months of debating whether or not I should submit my papers and 3 even longer WEEKS of waiting for the call to come, it is finally here! [Hopefully]

The church is true. Christ lives and He loves us. We have a Father in Heaven who knows us and loves us and is aware of our every want and need. I am so thankful for the knowledge that I have of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so excited to be able to share that knowledge with the world by serving a mission. I want those people that I am to teach to have the opportunity to experience all of the joys that the gospel brings into my life, daily. There is nothing more meaningful than for all of God's children to be able to know of the blessings that come through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that the Lord wants this for His children more than anything. He wants His children to come to know Him. I want His children to come to know Him and I love that I can be a hand in moving His beautiful work forward.


I can't wait to see what my Heavenly Father has in store for the next 18 months of my life. ♥


Any guesses?

Sandy

You're the one that I want. You. are. the. one. I. want.

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H O N E Y.

Over the weekend, my lovely family and I took a trip to the Sand Dunes.

My dad is Mr. Chef. He built an oven in the ground.

Don't tell the park rangers. They'll be mad.

Cute Carter never stopped riding. Ever.

Carson learned how to ride the motorcycles.

All of the kids were having too much fun riding around to dye Easter eggs. 

So, the oldest granddaughters got stuck with it!

I don't know why we didn't just put the eggs back in the fridge. They all went bad anyway...

My family is the greatest.

Day time Easter egg hunt.

We had a glow in the dark Easter egg hunt

We have made it a tradition to write Mark's name with rocks at Lake Powell every year.

We had glow sticks and figured it would be fun to carry on the tradition with this fun family vacation as well.

I braved the commander. Last time we went to the sand dunes, I rolled that thing.

My parents are the cutest!