Here's the recap since April 27 (my birthday): I drew pictures all of that afternoon with my brother, my roommate, and my sweet boyfriend. We ate a beef roast dinner and it was delicious! My parents gave me an envelope with my present inside. They bought me a super fancy scripture case for my mission that can hold waaaaaaaaaay more than scriptures!!! Oh boy will I need that! I'm excited for it to get here so I can play with it and see what all it does. Anyways, then we all went downstairs and watched my baby videos. Since my mom loved to take videos of me in the bathtub when I was little, I was trying to get my dad to fast forward the movie so my man wouldn't see..... but then on the video, my dad said "This movie will embarrass you on your 19th birthday!" We all busted out laughing!!! How on earth did we manage to get such a coincidence??!! Who would've thought that I would be watching baby movies on my 19th birthday sitting next to my boyfriend!!!! Surely not my father! Haha! It was so funny!
I don't remember doing anything on Monday....... yup. Nothing interesting happened at all.
But today was Tuesday, and it was a fantastic day! I got out of bed and I got ready for my day. Then I met the sister missionaries in town and I went with them to teach their investigators!! It was sooo soooooooo cool! We taught two older men and they were really friendly and they were very receptive to the Spirit and would often comment on our testimonies. I have much to learn, but I am so eager to go! I'm chomping at the bit to get out to the mission field and teach!
When I got home, I took my roommate into town and we just hung out and ate a cheeseburger (I've been wanting one for two weeks!!). I really enjoyed being with her. She's a fantastic roommate. So afterwards, we went home and basked in the sunlight in my front yard. It was nice and it was fantastically warm. Then we made dinner and sent my sister off to go to the temple with her mutual group. My sweetheart got off work and came to spend some time at my house with me. I also got to finish my visiting teaching for the month. It was fantastic! After that, we all went for a walk and I got to hold hands with my honey and skip down the road. I love him so much! When we got back to the house, I had to go to my interview with my stake president for my missionary recommendation...... AND HE SUBMITTED MY PAPERS!!!!!!!! So I should be getting my mission call in the next week to two weeks.
When I got home from my interview, I talked with my mom for a good hour and a half about everything that's been going on. She's the best listener in the world! I'm going to miss her while I'm on my mission. A lot. But after that, my roommate decided she wanted to convince me to watch, "Woman in Black." Uh yeah.......... never again. That stupid movie scared the crap out of me! Now I kinda want to turn on all the lights in my room and never fall asleep. BAAAAAD idea!! I have no idea how she convinced me to watch it. Silly me. So now I'm going to somewhat attempt not to have nightmares. But it's soooooo her fault if I do.
~Hannah
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April 30, 2014
April 27, 2014
Pre-Birthday party!
I pulled an all-nighter last night! I WAS SO TIRED!!! So I got my sister and my roommate up at 6 am and one of my friends came and picked us up to take us to breakfast. On our way to pick up my sweetheart, we hit a bird. I hate hitting animals of any sort on the road! This was the first one I witnessed and I wanted to cry!!! Poor little bird! But anyways, we picked up my sweetheart and we went to Denny's. We had a really fun birthday breakfast and we all laughed and talked a lot. I love my friends!
So when I got home from Denny's, I took a nap. I couldn't handle no sleep at all! So when I woke up in the early afternoon, I cleaned the house and then I got ready to go out for my birthday party with my man and my friends! :D
There were 8 of us in total and we all carpooled over to Chuckarama and ate tons of food! They also got me some presents. It was rather fun to open them. My roommate is an art major, so she drew a picture of me from the musical I starred in. It is beautiful!!! I also got a pizza scented pillow, a watch, a pocket watch necklace, lots of candy, a beautiful necklace, and lots of laughs! We had such a blast!
When we finished at the restaurant, we went to my house and played games until 11:20 at night and laughed so hard that some of us were crying. It was honestly one of the best nights ever!!!!!!!!
So when I got home from Denny's, I took a nap. I couldn't handle no sleep at all! So when I woke up in the early afternoon, I cleaned the house and then I got ready to go out for my birthday party with my man and my friends! :D
There were 8 of us in total and we all carpooled over to Chuckarama and ate tons of food! They also got me some presents. It was rather fun to open them. My roommate is an art major, so she drew a picture of me from the musical I starred in. It is beautiful!!! I also got a pizza scented pillow, a watch, a pocket watch necklace, lots of candy, a beautiful necklace, and lots of laughs! We had such a blast!
When we finished at the restaurant, we went to my house and played games until 11:20 at night and laughed so hard that some of us were crying. It was honestly one of the best nights ever!!!!!!!!
April 26, 2014
My workplace is sometimes very stressful, but especially since I work as the head cook in a restaurant. Friday nights are crazy, and this one was particularly crazy since it was payday for everyone. My workplace is practically my social life, so you could say that I don't get out much. So tonight, one of my coworkers/managers/one of my best friends put on some music.... but it wasn't just any music, it was DISNEY MUSIC!! AHHHH!!!! We listened to Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Beauty and the Beast, and TANGLED!!!! Working tonight was a blast even though it was crazy!!
And then after work I went and saw my sweetheart, Braden. I love him so much. But he seriously made my night tonight by getting me to smile in any way he could. What made my night even better is that he asked me if I had been reading my scriptures lately. Unfortunately, I haven't for the past week or so and I all of a sudden felt so guilty for not reading them. I definitely felt grateful for him at that moment because he saw right through me and I am so grateful for how strong he is and for the man he is becoming. I'm sure when we both come back from our missions he will be more attractive than ever!!
Anyways, I watched Tangled tonight and now I probably need to go to bed because I'm getting up at 5:45 to go to breakfast with some friends at Denny's (if you can't tell, I love Denny's).
Love to you all!
And then after work I went and saw my sweetheart, Braden. I love him so much. But he seriously made my night tonight by getting me to smile in any way he could. What made my night even better is that he asked me if I had been reading my scriptures lately. Unfortunately, I haven't for the past week or so and I all of a sudden felt so guilty for not reading them. I definitely felt grateful for him at that moment because he saw right through me and I am so grateful for how strong he is and for the man he is becoming. I'm sure when we both come back from our missions he will be more attractive than ever!!
Anyways, I watched Tangled tonight and now I probably need to go to bed because I'm getting up at 5:45 to go to breakfast with some friends at Denny's (if you can't tell, I love Denny's).
Love to you all!
April 24, 2014
Details in simple things
So nothing really happened that was completely exciting to me today.... except that I got to see my sweetheart after work... and that was awesome. But honestly, today was just another average day in the life of Hannah. No, my real reason for writing tonight was to express what true happiness is.
As I've been sitting here, surfing the web (wow is that a 90's expression or what??), I have been all over the place. Since midnight I've browsed Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube, my email, Facebook, even more Pinterest, and a Disney blogs page... as I'm sitting here I have to ask myself, "Why on earth is this entertaining??" I've decided it's because I'm bored. But that's beside the point. As I've looked back on my internet browsing history, I've noticed that I am ALWAYS on "Oh My Disney" blogs. One thing that definitely makes me happy is the Disney movie, "Tangled." Anything and everything that has to do with Tangled is my happy place. I am a little more than just addicted to that movie and I think it's because of the insurmountable detail in the movie. I mean, they have a plot line and characters. They have a story and a true romance, but honestly, none of that matters to me anymore. It's the facial expressions throughout the movie. It's the words each character says. It just sucks me in! It's more than just a fairy-tale; it's a beautiful, romantic, fantastic love story!!!
Now that is only one thing that makes me incredibly happy. I also love reading my scriptures and reading murder/suspense/crime/romance novels (if that doesn't make sense to you, just look up Clair M. Poulsen). I love roses and lilies and weddings. I love spending time with the love of my life. I love taking pictures and talking to my mom. I love decorating and I love eating pizza. Honestly, when you think about all the things and little details in your life that make it beautiful you really come to appreciate all you've been given. You start to appreciate the quirks and little details about yourself and you start to do things more often that make you happy. I mean, c'mon, life is beautiful! We've been given this life to find the happy things and the happy moments and treasure them.
One thing my mom always tells me is that its the small things that really count, and that so many small things that everyone else takes for granted are the most beautiful. She gives me the example of her personal sunset. My mom loooooooves sunsets. She'll be outside taking pictures all the time in the summer. But she doesn't just love sunsets for being sunsets; she loves the colors and the fluffy clouds and the gradual fading of the colors... she knows how to pick out that true beauty. She's definitely taught me how to love things collectively and very specifically. She has taught me how to look into the details and love it even more because we can start to see the whole picture. It's really a beautiful concept.
We all do stupid things in this life, but there's always a way back from it. That's what Christ's Atonement is for! That subject and concept in of itself is absolutely beautiful; but add the beauty you find in your life and you have a perfect life. You have everything you've ever wanted because you can love things so deeply and you can find happiness in those simple things.
I encourage anyone who reads this blog to find something that truly makes you happy and to recognize that feeling of true love for yourself. You'll find that you aren't so hard on yourself.
~Hannah
As I've been sitting here, surfing the web (wow is that a 90's expression or what??), I have been all over the place. Since midnight I've browsed Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube, my email, Facebook, even more Pinterest, and a Disney blogs page... as I'm sitting here I have to ask myself, "Why on earth is this entertaining??" I've decided it's because I'm bored. But that's beside the point. As I've looked back on my internet browsing history, I've noticed that I am ALWAYS on "Oh My Disney" blogs. One thing that definitely makes me happy is the Disney movie, "Tangled." Anything and everything that has to do with Tangled is my happy place. I am a little more than just addicted to that movie and I think it's because of the insurmountable detail in the movie. I mean, they have a plot line and characters. They have a story and a true romance, but honestly, none of that matters to me anymore. It's the facial expressions throughout the movie. It's the words each character says. It just sucks me in! It's more than just a fairy-tale; it's a beautiful, romantic, fantastic love story!!!
Now that is only one thing that makes me incredibly happy. I also love reading my scriptures and reading murder/suspense/crime/romance novels (if that doesn't make sense to you, just look up Clair M. Poulsen). I love roses and lilies and weddings. I love spending time with the love of my life. I love taking pictures and talking to my mom. I love decorating and I love eating pizza. Honestly, when you think about all the things and little details in your life that make it beautiful you really come to appreciate all you've been given. You start to appreciate the quirks and little details about yourself and you start to do things more often that make you happy. I mean, c'mon, life is beautiful! We've been given this life to find the happy things and the happy moments and treasure them.
One thing my mom always tells me is that its the small things that really count, and that so many small things that everyone else takes for granted are the most beautiful. She gives me the example of her personal sunset. My mom loooooooves sunsets. She'll be outside taking pictures all the time in the summer. But she doesn't just love sunsets for being sunsets; she loves the colors and the fluffy clouds and the gradual fading of the colors... she knows how to pick out that true beauty. She's definitely taught me how to love things collectively and very specifically. She has taught me how to look into the details and love it even more because we can start to see the whole picture. It's really a beautiful concept.
We all do stupid things in this life, but there's always a way back from it. That's what Christ's Atonement is for! That subject and concept in of itself is absolutely beautiful; but add the beauty you find in your life and you have a perfect life. You have everything you've ever wanted because you can love things so deeply and you can find happiness in those simple things.
I encourage anyone who reads this blog to find something that truly makes you happy and to recognize that feeling of true love for yourself. You'll find that you aren't so hard on yourself.
~Hannah
April 22, 2014
Big BIG Day!!
My day today started out at 5:30 A.M. I know, crazy right??!! Well it was one of my best friends' birthdays... I've grown up with her since 4th grade when I moved here and she has been a fantastic friend ever since. But today Katie turned nineteen and I really wanted to make it a blast. I love birthdays and I love events in general (but especially planning them). So anyways, my roommate and I had already decided that we wanted to go to Denny's really early in the morning and so we thought, "Hey! Why not take her out for breakfast at an unholy hour??" And so we did.
6:00 in the morning rolled around and my other friends showed up on my doorstep. There were four of us in total. The day previous, I had gone and bought a birthday sash for her that read, "Kiss me, it's my birthday!" I also bought party hats, party poppers, and noisemakers..... or what I thought were noisemakers (I made the mistake of buying the ones that you blow into and they unroll like a chameleon tongue). So here are four young adults in my tiny little car, wearing party hats, and we made our way out to Katie's house. When we get there, we knock on the door and her mom answers the door. We hand her mom a party popper and we all go into Katie's room where she is sleeping. We all gather around her bed and her mom exclaims, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIEBUG!" and then all of the party poppers go off above her bed. Talk about a rude awakening, haha! I mean those stupid party poppers are soooooo loud and they spray confetti all over the place. But I have to admit it was pretty awesome.
So since my friends and I were all in our pajamas still, we simply jumped in the car and headed off to Denny's at the most unholy hour ever. BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!!! I sure love a good breakfast! And that hot chocolate at Denny's is to die for! So we laughed and talked and ate for a good hour or maybe an hour and a half. Then we loaded back up into my car and we drove back to Katie's house.
As we came up on one of the last streets before her house, we passed Katie's mom who was on her way to work. We got to Katie's house and then she realized that she didn't have a spare key. We drove to her grandma's house just down the road and we got a set of keys to Katie's house from her. Unfortunately, the keys weren't the right ones to fit the locks, so Katie broke into her house by climbing through her window. It was awesome. When we all got situated inside, we decided to play Just Dance 3 on the Wii until it was time to get ready to go back to town.
10:45 A.M. rolled around and we were all ready to go to town. There was only one of our friends who had to work so she said goodbye and we parted ways. I took everyone to the mall and we messed around in there for a while. We bought Katie some presents and we just browsed and laughed and had some fun. And just for the record, I spent way more than I had anticipated for today. Whoops. But was it worth it??? ABSOLUTELY! We had such a blast! While we were at the mall, we crammed all four of us into a photo booth (which was only build for like 2-3 people.... they need to build them bigger dang it.). Oh boy, wasn't that fun!
By the time we finished in town, it was about 3:00 P.M. It was kind of crazy. We drove to my sister's high school, picked her up, and then went back to my house. After playing with my crazy puppy, we took Katie home so she could have her birthday party with her family. Gotta love that woman. Best friends forever!!
So since we had nothing else left to do in the day, my roomie took a nap (who wouldn't blame her?? we were up at an unholy hour!!) and I finished my missionary papers.
Guess what everyone! MY MISSIONARY PAPERS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN!!!! I am so excited! I'm going to be getting my mission call in hopefully 2-3 weeks.... or sooner if I get lucky!!! I am so excited to learn where I'm going and to learn what language I'll be speaking and when I'll be leaving! Life can't get any better than this!!! Holy cow!!!!!!!
Anyways, I am sooooooo tired. It's ridiculous. But I had to blog this!
~Hannah
6:00 in the morning rolled around and my other friends showed up on my doorstep. There were four of us in total. The day previous, I had gone and bought a birthday sash for her that read, "Kiss me, it's my birthday!" I also bought party hats, party poppers, and noisemakers..... or what I thought were noisemakers (I made the mistake of buying the ones that you blow into and they unroll like a chameleon tongue). So here are four young adults in my tiny little car, wearing party hats, and we made our way out to Katie's house. When we get there, we knock on the door and her mom answers the door. We hand her mom a party popper and we all go into Katie's room where she is sleeping. We all gather around her bed and her mom exclaims, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIEBUG!" and then all of the party poppers go off above her bed. Talk about a rude awakening, haha! I mean those stupid party poppers are soooooo loud and they spray confetti all over the place. But I have to admit it was pretty awesome.
So since my friends and I were all in our pajamas still, we simply jumped in the car and headed off to Denny's at the most unholy hour ever. BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!!! I sure love a good breakfast! And that hot chocolate at Denny's is to die for! So we laughed and talked and ate for a good hour or maybe an hour and a half. Then we loaded back up into my car and we drove back to Katie's house.
As we came up on one of the last streets before her house, we passed Katie's mom who was on her way to work. We got to Katie's house and then she realized that she didn't have a spare key. We drove to her grandma's house just down the road and we got a set of keys to Katie's house from her. Unfortunately, the keys weren't the right ones to fit the locks, so Katie broke into her house by climbing through her window. It was awesome. When we all got situated inside, we decided to play Just Dance 3 on the Wii until it was time to get ready to go back to town.
10:45 A.M. rolled around and we were all ready to go to town. There was only one of our friends who had to work so she said goodbye and we parted ways. I took everyone to the mall and we messed around in there for a while. We bought Katie some presents and we just browsed and laughed and had some fun. And just for the record, I spent way more than I had anticipated for today. Whoops. But was it worth it??? ABSOLUTELY! We had such a blast! While we were at the mall, we crammed all four of us into a photo booth (which was only build for like 2-3 people.... they need to build them bigger dang it.). Oh boy, wasn't that fun!
By the time we finished in town, it was about 3:00 P.M. It was kind of crazy. We drove to my sister's high school, picked her up, and then went back to my house. After playing with my crazy puppy, we took Katie home so she could have her birthday party with her family. Gotta love that woman. Best friends forever!!
So since we had nothing else left to do in the day, my roomie took a nap (who wouldn't blame her?? we were up at an unholy hour!!) and I finished my missionary papers.
Guess what everyone! MY MISSIONARY PAPERS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN!!!! I am so excited! I'm going to be getting my mission call in hopefully 2-3 weeks.... or sooner if I get lucky!!! I am so excited to learn where I'm going and to learn what language I'll be speaking and when I'll be leaving! Life can't get any better than this!!! Holy cow!!!!!!!
Anyways, I am sooooooo tired. It's ridiculous. But I had to blog this!
~Hannah
April 21, 2014
Coming Soon!!!!!
This my first time blogging, but I thought I would give it a shot. So here goes!!
I started this blog to give myself a little room to vent (because you know, Facebook is the drama website for everyone and their dog). Just a little about me: I cry a lot when I'm stressed out... not like a normal human being.... I cry waterfalls. I'm a super emotional person and it feels good to finally be able to just type things out and get all of this off of my chest. Phew! So don't be super surprised if I go crazy.
This particular blog will be following my pre-missionary life and I will be getting ready to serve my full-time LDS mission hopefully by this summer/fall 2014. I am WAAAAY excited to go and serve the people I meet and to serve the Lord. I feel very blessed to have the chance to go on my mission and I'm hoping I can become closer to my Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, and learn how to obey them better. I am super excited for that opportunity. And I just want to take this moment to thank my sweet Mom and Dad for their support in my decision to serve. I love you both!! I also want to personally thank my sister and my brother for helping me become the person I am today :) (And even though I may not have been the best sister in the world, I still love you both!) Also, thank you to all of my amazing friends (you know who you are because I tell you all the time!!) and my awesome family for always having my back. You guys are the best! And lastly, I want to thank my sweetheart for always being there for me and for supporting my decision to serve a mission! I love you!!
So with all that missionary stuff coming up, I just need to express my concerns really fast. I'll make them short, I promise. Satan is working so hard to make sure I don't go out on my mission. There! Said it! He keeps trying to put off my papers by throwing a new curve in the road like losing my immunization records or by making it difficult to gather all of the needed information to turn in! GAH! Dang it! Oh well, Heavenly Father knows I want to go, so He will make it possible for me.
Anyways, it's getting late. I will explain more about everything as time goes by :)
~Hannah
I started this blog to give myself a little room to vent (because you know, Facebook is the drama website for everyone and their dog). Just a little about me: I cry a lot when I'm stressed out... not like a normal human being.... I cry waterfalls. I'm a super emotional person and it feels good to finally be able to just type things out and get all of this off of my chest. Phew! So don't be super surprised if I go crazy.
This particular blog will be following my pre-missionary life and I will be getting ready to serve my full-time LDS mission hopefully by this summer/fall 2014. I am WAAAAY excited to go and serve the people I meet and to serve the Lord. I feel very blessed to have the chance to go on my mission and I'm hoping I can become closer to my Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, and learn how to obey them better. I am super excited for that opportunity. And I just want to take this moment to thank my sweet Mom and Dad for their support in my decision to serve. I love you both!! I also want to personally thank my sister and my brother for helping me become the person I am today :) (And even though I may not have been the best sister in the world, I still love you both!) Also, thank you to all of my amazing friends (you know who you are because I tell you all the time!!) and my awesome family for always having my back. You guys are the best! And lastly, I want to thank my sweetheart for always being there for me and for supporting my decision to serve a mission! I love you!!
So with all that missionary stuff coming up, I just need to express my concerns really fast. I'll make them short, I promise. Satan is working so hard to make sure I don't go out on my mission. There! Said it! He keeps trying to put off my papers by throwing a new curve in the road like losing my immunization records or by making it difficult to gather all of the needed information to turn in! GAH! Dang it! Oh well, Heavenly Father knows I want to go, so He will make it possible for me.
Anyways, it's getting late. I will explain more about everything as time goes by :)
~Hannah
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