Today is going to be a great day if you make it that way

This morning I woke up and instead of jumping in the car, I decided to spend some 'me' time and got ready, made breakfast, read some world news, read an Ensign talked, and of course blogged.


I loved the talk I read by Elder Uchtdorf which was called "Looking for the Good." He told a story of how a family was moving in the area and talked to two neighbors, one told of how great a school was and its teachers and the other told how it was so bad, they couldn't stand it. Both were talking of the same school, he said we can find bad wherever we go, but we can also find good wherever we go. Which one will you look for? There is so much joy and happiness all around and counting our blessings every day can help us realize that.
I love the story I heard of a Relief Society President who, by every name of each sister in her ward, wrote three positive things. Instead of tearing someone down, she was looking for the good which sometimes isn't as evident in some people especially if you don't know them well.
I think we can look for the good and that glass "half full" all of the time, no matter what hardships or trials we're going through. Believe me, everyone has some kind of trial they are going through and I love the saying that "someone always has it worse than you" because we shouldn't have a bad attitude but know that the Lord loves us. We aren't the only one going through something difficult.
Well it is Saturday, look for the good this weekend and HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

"There's a lot more to people than you think"

"The Girl you just called fat? She has been starving herself & has lost over 30lbs. The Boy you just called stupid? He has a learning disability & studies over 4hrs a night. The Girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her. The Boy you just tripped? He is abused enough at home. There's a lot more to people than you think."

This was someones facebook status and I really liked it. EVERYONE has something going on in their lives whether great or small and we usually do not know their full background. My mom would always say "give ppl the benefit of the doubt, you never know what's going on in their lives." Over the years I've really tried to be understanding of people and sympathetic to their behavior or why they might be acting a certain way.
There have been so many cases where I have talked to someone and for to know them better and heard about their sever trials our all they have home through. Who are we to judge? We usually don't know everything that is going on in peoples lives, give them a break. People need more bringing up then tearing down, I love the words of President Hinckley "I rather be respected than popular". Many times its not the "cool" thing to be nice, but I am so glad I have the courage to stand up for the underdog and those in need and I hope you can as well. Being popular in the end doesn't get you very far. I definitely want to be remembered as "the nice kid."

Being someones "yoke"

Yesterday Chris and I taught our cute Gospel Doctrine class. We have learned so much from preparing these lessons and I believe that this will help us in one day teaching our children.
One main thing we spoke about was about how we can be there for others and help bear their burdens. I hope we can always look out for others and lift them up. I know or lives are so busy, but being selfless and thinking about others is such an important characteristic to have.

Bridesmaid dresses

So there are still some things I've wanted to blog about about our wedding. I think by the time it was finally done we were exhausted from the big day and excited to move forward. I wanted to show some pics of my bridesmaids and cute little 'flower' girls and guy for our wedding.

I knew I wanted something classical and so my mom and I found these cute gray pencil skirts at Banana Rep. The tops we found at H&M which I loved and they were close to my blue wedding color so I decided to use it.



I gave my bridesmaids pearl necklaces which they wore and looked so cute.

My mom and Mrs. Curtis made these adorable little dresses for our nieces. They looked so cute in their antique looking style.

Crazy Family Window Stickers

I see family window stickers on cars everywhere. There are some that have little stick figure family members, but then others are very interesting. I don't know why people put up sandals or soccerballs to represent their family, but here are a few good ones I found that people have put up on their car windows:

Six Months Married

Wow 6 months! Time has already gone by so fast. I love being married to the man of my dreams and we've been so happy. Last night his sister Whitnie asked us questions about marriage for some class she is in. One of the questions was "do you think marriage was what you thought it would be?" We think it is even better! Its so much fun having someone always there to share the happy, sad, and trying moments. We have grown so much closer and so much better as we bring each other up and set goals for the future.
She asked us what one important quality we need to have and ours was a many part answer but we said commitment and how the other person feels about their spouse and the Lord (which pretty much everything else falls under that). Another question was about the traits that you loved, or had to have in your spouse. Commitment, goals, happy attitude, non-selfish, faithful in gospel, keep commandments, hard worker, family oriented, good management with money etc. were a few off the top of our heads.
Even though its been only six months, it was so interesting thinking back and answering the questions. I love chris soooo much and I know this marriage will last forever.

The prophet's favorite color is yellow

One of the Seventy of our church gave a talk last Sunday. It was so good and inspiring. In the talk he said that the prophets favorite color is yellow. Yellow is the color of happiness, the sun, flowers, light etc. the prophet President Monson is so happy and makes such a difference in the world. He makes an impact to everyone he comes in contact with. I hope I can do the same and always have a happy and positive attitude like the prophet and make a positive impact with those I speak to.