He's Hitched!

Saturday my little brother (okay younger brother) beat me to it and got married (Don't worry, we weren't really competing)! I am so excited for him and his bride! It was such a long day, but everything was beautiful and I loved seeing all the family that came together for the wedding. In the sealing the sealer emphasized the importance of temple ordinances and of continuously returning to the temple. I think it is so important to recognize the light the temple brings into our lives. Temple work is for the dead but it is also for us. Without the opportunity to return to the temple often I would struggle. I love that I can go to the temple for myself as well as for the dead. The temple is a blessing because it brings families together. Families are forever and the temple is what creates those favorable circumstances!

Life? Life is Good!

Things have been so busy recently.... I have been enjoying times with my new roommates and living so close to my school was a brilliant idea! School pictures came, I have to say, mine are much better than last year (and I have enough pictures of myself to last a thousand graduations, hahaha)!

Living so close to school I have found a lot of time to go visit the Temple and last week when I went to visit the Temple I had a great experience and was reminded of the purpose of this life! I woke uup early on Saturday morning and headed to the Draper Temple. When I got there there was a group of people, about my age ready to enter for baptisms. I had the thought of, "I should hurry and get there before them so I don't need to wait for them" but I decided to just enter the Temple after them (there was no reason for me to rush) I was so glad I waited. I watched as they checked in and realized that for one of the girls it was her first time. Everyone who had come with her had already been through the Temple and worked to find family names specifically so they could join her on her first trip to the Temple. As they turned the corner there was a rush of excitement and the girl who was the center of the trip turned to one of the Temple workers and said, "Those are my parents". She had surprised her parents by coming to the Temple during their shift but that wasn't the best part. It turns out that the people with her were her siblings. It was such a cool reminder of the power the Temples have and the importance of family in our lives. It was so sweet to see this family band together and see their happiness of all being in the Temple together for the first time!

As Stephanie likes to say... Life? Life is good! Although it will be better in a couple of weeks when I get to listen to the Prophet's voice during General Conference!

Goodbye Provo!

I'm sitting here procrastinating packing for my new move. It's happening, I am leaving Provo! I'm excited for this new adventure but had fun in my years here and after seeing a friends farewell to Provo I decided I wanted to do something similar and spend some time looking through old pictures of the years I spent in Provo... Here goes!

Wonderful roommates

Playing with friends

CES Firesides

Front row seats for President Uchtdorf

Dancing

Monday Movie Nights

Football games

...with the occasional proposal

Country Swing Dancing

Volleyball games Galore

Lu'aus

Temple Trips

Vacations

Some fun hairstyles, including my first attempt at bangs!

And of course some serious studying leading to graduation!