el dia de accion de gracias

thanksgiving is such a beautiful holiday. i am home for the week, and it is so lovely to not have to do school this week. its always good having an excuse/reminder to be grateful. (also, thursday is my favorite day.) 50 things that i'm grateful for (not in order) :

1. family
2. cellular phones
3. whitney hall
4. the gospel
5. the atonement
6. my hair
7. rodger (my computer)
8. music
9. basketball
10. mail
11. email
12. water
13. colors
14. laughter
15. sunshine
16. good friends
17. missionaries
18. grass
19. pillows
20. green left turn arrows
21. sam (the van)
22. antibiotics
23. toes
24. diversity
25. the temple
26. the Holy Ghost
27. talents
28. forgiveness
29. flip flops
30. couches
31. pictures
32. christmas lights
33. an education
34. blankets
35. maverick/doc
36. service
37. mascara
38. online shopping
39. lotion
40. dry erase markers
41. books
42. mechanical pencils
43. eyebrows
44. passport
45. teeth
46. brave people
47. role models
48. love
49. life
50. technology

... i really want to keep going.


"Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessing; every doubt will fly,
and you will be singing as the days go by."
Count Your Blessings -- Hymn #241

happy thanksgiving!!! (tomorrow)

Blogging it up

blog. \ˈblȯg, ˈbläg\ noun : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer ; also : the contents of such a site

i need somewhere to write things. i figured my BLOG is a good place.

i just got over being sick. it sucked. last Saturday we went to a park and my cousin Mandi took family pictures for us. it was so much fun. (but, it was freezing, and i was wearing a summer dress... hence, the impending illness). now that my family is growing up, we seriously, have so much fun together. i have never been more excited for thanksgiving.

p.s. blogging is harder than it looks...