"Ash! This is you!"

Blake found this and said, "Ash!! This is you!!"

Its so true, my life lately consists of school... and gym. 

5 more months.

Sundance!

 This saturday I went up to Sundance with Amy and some of the other Cooks. It was so much fun! We went snow shoeing to Stewart Falls and LOOK how pretty it is. 

 Then we went back to the cabin and ate some delicious home made cafe rio and hung out and played games. 

 I sure do love these three girls. Ame is the best friend i could ever even imagine. We are the same person and she reads my mind. And Ash and Heather are seriously the most amazing, I want to be just like them. They both are the best listeners and have had so many funnn talks with me haha. It was such a fun day!!

Churchy Moment

The past few weeks I have been really grateful for the gospel. Between my own life and watching close friends go through trials recently I have found this quote to be so true. I think sometimes people are given trials that they feel are unfair, and it is unfair, and they feel like it is unfair of the church to ask them to respond in a certain way. That is where i feel like this quote is everything. The gospel is no guarantee against tribulation. It is hard to see those you love make decisions that are not in line with what you believe so deeply to be right, which has motivated me even more to want to do exactly what the Lord would want me to do. 

My life is for sure not where i would have imagined it would be right now, but honestly I really dont care where it ends up as long as the Lord is happy with me. I have found that when I am trying to control my life, and trying to do what IIII think will make me happy, i never am. And when i take that reality check and just say I am going to do what is right, try to be better, try to be in tune with the spirit, and wherever the lord wants me I am willing to go... that sense of him being in full control really just brings me so much peace. I know that if i am doing those things, the lord is going to make my life what he wants it, and that really makes me happier than anything else. 

I really dont know what i would do without this gospel. 

I would pick it above anything else in my life.

I always want to remember to put my life in his hands. 

I believe more than anything that it is the one and only way to have true and lasting happiness in your life. 

Run for your life!!!!

Dont be deceived by these pretty, smiling, twinning faces. These girls were just traumatized! 

This week me and my girl ames went to go dine after i got out of school. We went to a local spot (which shall remain nameless) and ate and enjoyed ourselves... well until the end. It is a cafe rio type restaurant so as we were paying at the register it did not occur to us this cashier was expecting (or may i say DEMANDING) a tip. Well, we did not tip her. We went on our merry way after we finished chatting and as we were in the parking lot almost all the way to our car a fired up, frizzy haired, legging wearing, mid-aged woman came chasing us out to the car yelling, "WHEREEEE do you work!!" As we were caught very off guard we mostly just stood there as she continued to lecture us about how we did not leave her a tip. When the lecture started to get awkwardly lengthy i said, dont worry, we wont be back. We then continued to stand there in awe as neither of us had ever been chased to our car for a tip. 

Lesson Learned.

I'm going to start leaving tips even at Wendy's! 

keepin the readers happy

Kaylie text me the other day and said i wasnt keeping my readers happy. Turns out, you're my only reader... so here ya go babe!

 Me and Ames thought it would be fun to go up to park city! It was fun... but it was FREEZING!!! She asked if she should bring a coat and i was like ehhhhh no its not that cold.

Here is my public apology to you amy. Bring a coat.

 Kitti and Tay went to preference. And taylor went in a playboy bunny tux... (approved by jamie nelson)

 My cute little tatter tot turned 18!! He gets his mission call in a few weeks.. craaaaazy.

a few other shenanigans from the break

My little kitti turned 16! She was so excited. We threw her a surprise party and it was a success! 

Ruby girl trying on all my jewlry. Love this little one!

One night when we were bowling i got lucky and won the money ball! I cant even describe how stunned everyones faces were when i did it. Its like my never ending streak of gutter balls made them think i wasnt good or something....