Holy Toledo!

I FINALLY HAVE MY COMPUTER BACK!!!! It is now up and running like it did when I first got it. The battery and the AC adapter both went kaput on me right after I got home from Washington... so it's been a good two months since I've been able to use it. It is so nice to be able to work on editing my photos, which have been waiting for soooooo long, and being able to type papers that are due for my classes... rather than borrowing a friends or going to my mom's house to do that. IT IS AWESOME! Anyway.

This weekend was absolutely amazing! General Conference always blows me out of the water. All the messages that were given were so bold and much needed. I'm so thankful that we have living Prophets to teach us how to be better. As for new news...

Drum roll please!!!!..............

I'M GOING ON A MISSION!!!!

I have officially made my decision! I figure as long as I have a plan and work on that plan, everything will work out the way it is supposed to. It was really kind of an interesting thing. I had decided to spend the conference weekend really focusing on the reasons I want to serve a mission and if it is really the right decision for me.

And Saturday morning session when President Monson spoke... I instantly knew I am supposed to go. Although, I realize that I don't turn 21 until the end of March... I will be able to start my papers as early as December... and I'll turn them in sometime in February. I will probably end up going in June, rather than as soon as my birthday because I have committed to my job until the end of May. I am so excited and pumped. For as long as I remember I've wanted to serve a mission. So I am glad that I have been blessed with the ability to serve my Savior and The Lord.

Other than that... nothing really new to report. Just staying busy with the job... I love being a mom! Even if they aren't my kids... :) It just makes me more, and more excited to have my own children. School is going good... just plugging away hoping that I am not too burned out by mid-semester. But it is going well. :) As soon as I'm done posting here I am going to write a paper for my class tonight. :)

AND I DO have a photo!!!!

This was taken two years ago.... :) It is at a reservoir called Oak Creek. It is on Boulder Mountain in Southern Utah. It is one of my most favorite places on earth. I've been wanting to go and hike up to the lake and sit and fish... but I'm busy as a bee lately so it'll have to wait 'til spring. I hope you enjoy.