My prayer was answered!

I had a neat experience last week that I want to share. So Hilary and me went to a party and as we were driving there I had my ipod touch (just got it for Christmas) in my lap. Well lets just say I totally forgot about it. We went to the party, then came home, and then went off to another activity. I remembered my ipod late that night. So I got a flash flight and I searched Hilary's car for it. I couldn't find it. I turned that car upside down searching for it TWO more times! I couldn't find it. I was starting to panic and I was freaking out. I just got this ipod and I knew it wasn't cheap and I was thinking how my parents were going to kill me! I prayed like crazy! I searched the apartment my room and everything! I had the thought that maybe I should go back to where we parked the car at that party and maybe it fell out in the snow when I got out of the car. Well I ignored that and decided to go to bed and worry about it the next morning. The first thought I had when I woke up was my ipod. I was just freaking out and making myself sick. I went to church and I continued to pray asking for help! I decided to go look at where we parked at the party the previous night. So after church Hilary took me back up. We got in the car and I said another prayer asking to be guided to where my ipod was. Afterwards I just KNEW that I was going to find it. I had to believe that I would find it laying outside. We drove up there and she parked near where she parked the previous night. I stepped out of the car and right away my eyes went directly to my ipod! I FOUND IT! It was wedged into the snow on the side of the road. I know that Heavenly Father directed my eyes to exactly where they needed to go. I ran and picked it up and i was SOO happy! After the shock of having my prayers answered I then realized that it probably was water logged and toast. So I turn it on and what do you know, nothing was wrong! The battery was still fully charged, there was no scratches or water damages. It was fine! It laid in the snow for over 12 hours and nothing was wrong!

I know this seems like such a small answer to a prayer by a girl who wasn't very responsible, but it was huge to me. The fact that Heavenly Father heard me and answered such a small prayer, the fact that he knew that this was important to me and he answered it, it meant the world to me! He does love me, he does hear all my prayers! If you guts don't know it yet, take my word for it; Heavenly Father hears all your prayers and he loves you! He really does! Nothing is too small or unimportant to him. If its important to you, then it is important to him.
This experience humbled me and strengthened my testimony!
And yes, I am super careful with my ipod now ;)

Back to school I go... oh JOY!

This year has already started so fast and hasn't slowed down one bit for me to catch up! After a MUCH ENJOYED break at home I was back to reality January 7th. I was loving being home so much that I put off thoughts of school and everything till I arrived in Logan the night before school started at 9:30pm. I spent as much at home as i could! The next morning was definitely hard for me to get up and get going! I just want to add that i love my family so much! I had so much fun spending time with my family! I loved being able to watch McKayla  play basketball one last time! She really is the most self-less player on the court! She has done really good and i loved rooting her on!

 I enjoyed balling it up with little Steve at the church and I hate to admit...on the play station (I hate playing NBA 2K13 with him..i get killed every time)! I loved seeing Shana and getting to have some bonding time with her and catching up on her awesome life in Texas! And I loved spending time talking to my mom and dad and watching movies and the likes with them. I know I say this a lot but its because I mean it, but i really do have the best family and I love them so much! It was once again hard for me to leave them!

Back to school... By some miracle i was able to get into all my classes I needed and I am on track to apply for the Social Work major in March! I am super excited but also stressed about that. Good grades mean more to me than ever right now and I can already tell that with the classes I have, its going to be a long and hard semester!

With classes I am also very fortunate to be able to have a job on campus and I am so thankful for it. I am on campus from 9am-7pm Monday thru Friday and its really hard for me to find some "me" time along with having a social life! So pretty much I'm a loser all week till the weekend where I don't work and I can actually have some fun! But like my dad said, "there is always a semester like that", where you are just so busy and you wish you had more time to do some fun things. I have a feeling that this is definitely going to be one of those semester! But on the bright side, it will make this semester go by fast and I can earn and save some much needed money!

I can't complain too much because I've only been back two weeks and I have already gone snowboarding twice :) Can I say that I think I am in love with it!? My first time I was so lucky to have Kiley there to show me the ropes! She was great and super patient with me! I know she enjoyed watching me fall countless times! The first night of it was kinda rough. I seriously couldn't master the bunny hill... I was upset thinking that maybe snowboarding wasn't for me! I really wanted to be good at it! I thought I was never going to get the hang of it. Well after many attempts at the bunny hill I somehow made it down and slid right to the lift... so what the heck I thought, I am here I might as well just get on it and go down the mountain before I chicken out. The lift was super scary the first time but Kiley helped me out and after many times on it I got it down! Going down the mountain the first time was great... The ground and me got to know each really well! But by the end of the night I was doing much better and managed to make it down the mountain without falling! It was super fun and I loved it! I did not love waking up the next morning and not being able to get out of my bed! I was incredibly sore! There were parts of my body that hurt that I didn't even know had muscle there! My butt and my knees were bruised also. I felt like I got hit by a train!

Three nights later I decided to go again! I went with my friend Mitch. He skied and i snowboarded so we kinda did our own thing but we rode the lift up together and then met at the bottom eventually. That night it was a good 20 degrees colder than the the first time I went. I was so miserable! It was the coldest I have ever felt in my life! Every time I was riding the lift I told myself that this was my last time, that I was ready to go home, I was so cold. But every time I snowboarded down, the adrenaline made me forget the cold and I got back on the lift for more! I improved a whole lot and I loved noticing the difference from the first night how I was getting braver trying new things.The snow that night was basically ice so it wasn't the best to board in and it hurt like heck when I fell. I even managed to chip my board... that's how icy it was! After a not so graceful wipe out I basically go the wind knocked out of me and a headache coming on. So after that i was really ready to go home! But overall I had fun and it just made me want to come up again and I can't wait till the next time I go! My fears were dismissed of me not being the snowboarding type! After only two days I felt great and I know the more I go the more I will improve!

Well I need to get back to homework... I just felt like its been awhile since i blogged last and I wanted everyone to know that yes, I am still alive and hanging in there.

 Now back to my crazy college life! :)