Fireproof

For FHE we went to see this movie called Fireproof http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/. It was about a Fire Fighter who is able to save lives but when it comes to his own family he finds it very difficult. It's a film about HOPE & PURE LOVE. I normally don't promote movies but this one is about strengthening families and it's really good and SQUEAKY CLEAN. So if it's in your area, you should see it. Definitely worth the time. It inspired me to Love more deeply.

Grandma Came To Visit

Mom feeding Eve at Tucanos.

Eve loved grandma's driver's license for some reason

Mark playing the guitar for all of us while grandma fed Eve.

Grandma teaching Eve to walk.

My mother came to visit this past weekend from Hawaii and it just so happen to snow when she came. Totally unexpected but I thought it was so fun for her to be here. We just hung out at home because it was freezing outside, but we did manage to go to Tucanos. It's a Brazilian restaurant in Provo (my favorite restaurant in Utah) We also drove all over the place. Sunday we went to church together and it was so peaceful. I'm sad that the time went by so fast but hopefully I'll see her soon. Love you mom!

General Conference

Twice a year the Prophet, Apostles and other servants of the Lord speak to the world at a General Conference. It is such a spiritual experience because we are revealed TRUTH by the Lord. The Lord uses his servants to convey his message. Every conference I receive insight on what I need to work on in my life. These are the following things that stood out to me this conference:

1. Pray with FAITH to open up areas that are currently not receiving the gospel
2. Be positive
3. Be simple
4. Keep the law of health
5. Avoid Debt
6. Save & be thrifty
7. Be modest in dress
8. Invite others to come unto Christ
9. Be as little children
10. Read & appreciate the Book of Mormon
11. Prepare to take the Sacrament by having a broken heart & a contrite spirit
12. Overcome despair with HOPE
13. Act & not react against adversity
14. Learn to laugh instead of getting angry
15. Trust God and Jesus Christ
16. Come what may and Love it
17. Have FAITH that God will fight our battles
18. BELIEVE in Heavenly and Earthly ANGELS
19. Seek knowledge
20. Be unified
21. Have meaningful prayers
22. Be a peace maker
23. Can't say nothing nice don't say NOTHING at all
24. Respond in a Christlike way
25. Have Christian courage
26. Use the Savior's name sacredly
27. Be virtuous
28. Live a disciples life
29. Find JOY in the journey, NOW!
30. Rather in dwelling in the past LIVE today
31. Express gratitude always
32. Live a Celestial marriage

And many more beautiful things. You can read for yourself and something else might stand out to you. They will be placing all those AWESOME talks on line this Thursday. So check it out at http://www.lds.org/ I know that if we TRY to follow their counsel the best that we can, we will find joy more abundantly in this life and be better prepared to be in the presence of the Savior. I Love you!

I Cant Believe I'm Talking About This

I never thought I would ever talk about politics. I HATE politics! Never really been involved, NEVER really cared. Always relied on my father to know what was currently going on in the world. Up until NOW! I think Mark has everything to do with it. When we were engaged I promised him that I would take the time to get to know what he is passionate about. So our conversations would be more enriched and that he wouldn't seek others to get our cup filled. I believe that the catasphories that are currently going on right now has also motivated me to be more involved. First I don't affiliate my self with ANY PARTY. I just don't like people automatically assuming they know what I think about diverse issues just because I claim a party. Not ALL Republicans or Democrats think and believe the same things. I just HATE LABELING. So now that I have clarified my stance, I will let you know what I think and feel about the presidential candidates. First our selection isn't that great for BOTH parties. I'm just thinking realistically here. If I was an employer or anyone for that matter, I would try my best to get an employee that is WELL QUALIFIED for the job. Not just any Joe shmoe. These are very IMPORTANT positions here. These POSITIONS have a lot of POWER to make CRITICAL decisions that would affect EVERY single person in our Nation. This is not a time to have CHARITY for our candidates nor leniency on their EXPERIENCE. Not just any experience but REAL experience that is RELEVANT to the CRITICAL issues we are now facing. They either have it or they DON'T! I want to select the BEST person (QUALIFIED that is) for the job. I think Mccain is definitely QuAlIfIeD for the position BUT I don't think his VP Sarah Palin is. Lets be REAL here for a second. If something were to happen to Mccain which is likely (The guy is OLD). Palin WOULD be the President. I don't know about you, but that makes me VERY UNEASY! Great woman probably a great person, BUT NO RELEVANT EXPERIENCE! Yes, she is the Governor of Alaska BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN ALASKA, ANYWAY? The population of Alaska is not even close to 1% of our Nations population. REPEAT, NOT even CLOSE TO 1% OF OUR NATION'S POPULATION. And we want to give her a shot at the 2ND HIGHEST POSITION IN AMERICA. Blows my mind! Oh yah, that's right, these are the last days. Hmmm. It just bothers me that people only want to vote for her because she is a woman. That's DUMB! We are already making history believe me. The media is being so MANIPULATIVE and Lenient on her. NO ONE WAS EASY ON HILARY CLINTON. They ATTACKED her with TOUGH questions, ALWAYS put her on the SPOT, and yet she STOOD her ground. She was Qualified! I was really shocked with the debate last night. I thought she did a good job. BUT how long do you think she PRACTICED! It definitely was a different Palin then some of her last interviews. It appeared that she studied certain topics thoroughly, BUT WHEN she was faced with some RELEVANT questions that we all wanted answered she DIDN'T answer them. She just stuck with what she knew. I'm just saying if you gave a high schooler addition problems, of course they would do well. Another thing which I think is very important. Is the power of EXAMPLE! Didn't Mccain CHEAT on his wife? That sends a HUGE message to me. If he can't be FAITHFUL, LOYAL OR COMMITTED to ONE person what makes you think he could for 300 million people. The SANCTITY of MARRIAGE is very IMPORTANT! And is under attack. We need a leader who believes that the FAMILY is IMPORTANT not by word but by EXAMPLE.
Also I feel that this War in Iraq has been LONG and UGLY. Many precious lives have been shed, things need to CHANGE & IMPROVE for the GOOD. Obama is not Dumb. He is not going to pull out the troops if things are to RISKY, but he has a GOAL IN MIND. One that would make a difference on both Nations. Mccain is COMPLACENT on the way things are going. He doesn't want to change a thing. That's MESSED UP! Our Nation is in HUGE FINANCIAL DEBT. We are borrowing MONEY from other countries. That scares ME! What happened to Us? We used to be able to fund our OWN. That could lead to potential wars with other countries, especially if for some odd reason, they just didn't want to help out any more. WE need to be more INDEPENDENT on ENERGY and use alternative resources to avoid dependency on other countries. I think we need some one DIFFERENT. Some one who is sick and tired of the way things are currently running. We need EFFECTIVE CHANGE! We need new ENERGY! I really think Obama will make those changes that our country needs. OK, I'M DONE! Hope I didn't offend anyone especially those Pallin fans. I feel that we are ALL entitled to our opinion and that we should RESPECT the way that people think. So if you think differently, SERIOUSLY it's OKAY! I wont judge you and it definitely would not affect our relationship. Promise!