Gratitude Journal

Day 1
I am grateful I have a job. I may complain about it a lot but at least I have a job, which is better than not having a job. It pays the bills!

Havasupai (again)

I don't know exactly what it is about this place but I absolutely love it. Just over a week ago, I made my second trip down to Havasupai. And it was definitely worth the 2 days we got to spend down there, the money, and the blisters. After getting the days off work just the day before we left, I was so excited. We drove down Friday afternoon, got to the Hilltop (or trail head) at about midnight and started the ever so long night. 8 miles down and about 3-4 hours later we reach the village where the Natives live. We have to camp out in front of the tourist office and attempt to sleep while we wait for it to open. Once we pay and get our ticket thing we can finally continue 2 miles to the campground. About halfway to the campground though you get your first look:



And the picture just doesn't capture the beautiful blue color of the water and the way the morning sun hits the falls. It's spectacular.

Then hike about another half mile and you see this:


Havasu Falls

Then a half mile or so past the campground is another waterfall with quite the climb down to get to it:


Mooney Falls

I love this place and everything about it. I love that we can leave our cell phones, laptops, tv, etc behind and just enjoy the peace that these waterfalls bring. Despite the no showers, living off food you bring, (and for me that's cheese and crackers and power bars) the blisters from those dang Chacos, the squirrels, the sore muscles, and the overworked knee, I wanna go back.

He's an Elder

Well, my "little" brother is now officially a missionary. It's bittersweet really. I'll miss him like crazy but am very proud of his decision to sacrifice two years of life to serve the Lord and preach the Gospel. He's such an awesome brother and a great example to me. It's kind of funny that when we were younger I could say I disliked him. I mean I loved him cause he was my brother but I really couldn't stand him. He drove me crazy. But I grew up and so did he, thank goodness. Anyway I just wanted to post some pictures of us since I never do and thought I should.



Just me and him went to Lagoon on Monday and had a blast!



Before taking him to the MTC.



He always has to make faces in these kinds of pictures.

Geez

Can I just say the whole "I'm engaged" then "April Fools" is really old? Think of a new April Fools joke if you're gonna play one on Facebook...

Thought of the Day

Life is good. I love getting in my car and a song comes on the radio that I just love. I turn it up and rock out. :) This morning I did that and I couldn't help but think how great life is and how the small and simple things can brighten your day. I wondered why I've wasted much time being so depressed..... Have a fabulous day!

Yo

I was looking at my Facebook and at people's post and had the thought.. "Why am I even friends with you? I didn't even like you in high school." I think I'm gonna de-junk my Facebook..... I mean who cares how many 'friends' I have.

Randomness

I have random thoughts I wanted to share/vent so here it is:
-What is with the PDA in my institute class and also the lack of the spirit? I really dislike my institute class this semester and that makes it harder to go every week. I rarely get anything out of it and comments made by the students are often pointless and drive away from the lesson the teacher is trying to teach. For example, today the lesson was on celestial dating and we were talking about flirting and the teacher asked girls to give advice to the guys on how to flirt. One girl said something like this "I'm like the guy in the situation. Like guys are the 'hunters' and that is me. I hate it when guys flirt with me; it turns me off." Really? Why do people have to share everything that comes to their mind? Some things are better left unsaid. And the engaged couple on the front row....way too much PDA for an institute class. Ugh.
-Speaking of dating, what does a girl have to do to get a guy to take her on a date? Frustrating. Dating is frustrating.