Sunsets!

I took this at Arches National Park near Sand Dune Arch.



I took this at Lake Powell, at night you can see the stars in the Lake it's gorgeous.



I took this in Taylorsville, one of my most favorite Sunsests!

Snow Forts!

My younger sister that I love so much. When she would get home from work we would watch movies; or if a new episode of LOST was on, we would watch it down stairs in the dark. It took me a while to know when she wanted me to be around, cause she would say to me...are you coming or are you going to be there? But what she really meant, I want you to come or I want you to be there. We are both so easily entertained, a lot of things that we think is funny, isn't funny to others. She is married now and she misses our movie nights I do too, but life gets busy. We always loved to play in the snow and we still do to this day. This picture I took up in Oakley at my brother in-law's uncle's cabin in February 2010; we both built this fort in the snow it was fun.

Nature!

Some fall red Maple leaves that I took last fall in 2010.


Some wild flowers up Doughnut Falls that I took a picture of in the summer of 2010.

Fall Leaves!

Gorgeous red in the fall of 2010.

SNOW

One of my favorite winter pictures that I took in December 2010.

My Cup Runneth Over!

Just this last Sunday was very good and here is why.
In Relief Society we talked about that we shouldn't think less of ourselves, but that we should think less about ourselves and give service when we can. Also one of the girls mentioned about how sometimes it's our own selves that hold us back and that it's like Christ is standing at the door knocking and there isn't a door handle on his side and it is us on the other side that have the door handle and we have to let Christ in.
Then in Sunday school we went over two stories of Christ the first one was Jesus teaches in a synagogue in Nazareth and testifies that he is the Messiah of whom Isaiah prophesied. The people angrily reject him. Then the next story was the one about when Christ tells Peter James and John and the others to throw their nets on the other side of the boats and then he tells them that he can make them fishers of men. Then the teacher asked the class, how has our life been affected because of your decision to follow Jesus Christ? A few people in the class shared some really neat things; but sorry I can't remember what they said exactly; but I did share my thoughts and I said well when I was 18 I finally had my own testimony and that I had my own testimony because I wanted it, I had the desire to build it, and not because I was expected to have one, and now that I look back on my life I have seen the hand of the Lord in my life and he does answer me, like for example all my life since I have grown up in the church, I have always heard people including my family taking about when they get answers to prayers or when they feel the spirit so strong, that they get the burning in the bosom, now I didn't know what that was like for the longest time and it kind of bothered me a bit, but finally when I read the Work and Glory the first book and Joesph Smith is telling one of the characters in the book about the first vision; and as I was reading that I really did get that feeling like my bosom was burning; and I was so amazed and thankful that Heavenly Father answered my prayer even if it took a while, and also that He reconfirmed my testimony that he will always be there for me and answer my prayers. Also this is the first time I have finally been fully committed to school and for the first time I am a full time student and for the first time I really like school and because I am trying to do all that I can I am doing very well in school at least better than I ever expected to do. Then in Sacrament meeting the Stake President came and everyone that got up gave good testimonies and I got up because my heart was so full and it wouldn't feel right if I didn't get up and thank my Heavenly Father so I got up and bore my testimony and I said I know that Heavenly Father lives and I am so grateful for all that He has given me and I know that Christ lives and that he gave his life for us so that we can return to Him and be forgiven of our sins, and I am so grateful that Christ died for me; and I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon and I know that it is true and that Joesph Smith translated it through the power of God and I know that President Monson is the prophet for our world at this time; I am grateful for my family and friends, and for everyone in the ward and their examples to me. I am grateful the gospel and I love it and I know that it is true.