Little Moments

Yesterday was beautiful day. Go check it out at Just Darcie-In Peru. I am thankful for the little moments in life, the little wonders, that make life worth living. I was thinking about life, there is so much bad out in the world, that finding the good is like treasure hunting.
It takes effort, but is worth it. The 13th Article of Faith comes to mind:

 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Bad things happen. But the Little Things, the moments of pure love and joy, make life worth it.

I am a Mormon and General Conference

So I was helping Marcus with a school assignment this week. He had to make an I am a Mormon video. It actually turned out pretty well even though I have terrible technology skills.
Here is the link: I am a Mormon 
and if you want to learn more about the Mormon faith, here is a link:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

General Conference took place this weekend and I was able to watch it online at home. Technology is truly an amazing blessing. To be able to participate, even in another country is amazing.

There were so many great talks, but my favorite were by Elder Dube and President Uchtdorf.
I liked that Elder Dube talked about looking forward instead of back, and I think that is something we all need to work at.

President Uchtdorf is one of my favorite all time speakers. I love his stories and his messages. 
"Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith." is a great motto and lesson. We all have doubts, and this will definitely be a quote I can count on when I question something.

My Big Brother

Nothing new has really happened this week. Our stuff came so I have some new books to read. I am reading the Maximum Ride series right now. I am reading the first book, but by the time I snuggle into bed I will be on the second one. It's that good. Even now as I am writing this I am wondering, why am I not reading? Its because of something my brother said to me in his email today.

I have a confession; I love my big brother.
He is serving his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) and I am so proud of him. He is so cheerful and happy all the time and he always makes me feel happy. I especially love his letters and emails. I also miss him.

Anyway, he told me that I was too hard on myself. I don't always agree with him about that though, but it made me smile. Even when he is in another country he always knows what to say to me, when I need encouragement, or a push.

He told me he was angry that I thought little of myself (I am taking the liberty of summing this up). So, here it goes Zach.
I know I am ignorant, blond, and sometimes make stupid choices. I know I don't always think highly of myself. I know I can be hard on myself. BUT (and this is big) I love who I am.

Maybe I should say that again. I LOVE WHO I AM.

And I also love my annoying, stubborn family. Especially my big brother.

Twenty Thirteen

Its been a long LONG time since writing! Here is the Latest, since July: 1- I turned 17 in July and started my last and final year of high school! 2- Zach went on his Mission in September.He was sent to Calgary Canada. We talked to him on Christmas day which was a lot of fun. Unfortunately he didn't have a camera on the computer he was using to Skype, so we couldn't see him. 3- Christmas was wonderful, I got lots of goodies. I got a new Camera, so LOTS of pictures to come! I was sick most of the time, but who doesn't love the holidays? In an effort to make friends with the yw in my ward, I invited them over for a party. We decorated cookies and made cards. It got a good turn out and was a lot of fun. Dad surprised us with tickets to go see the Nutcracker. We made a weekend of it and went to see Temple Square the night before. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory and Benihanas. The food was amazing. The Temple

In front of a store window, the display was really cool, it was made entirely of Candy.

The Cheesecake Factory.. yum!

Benihanas

At the Table

Marcus

The Food

Just Another Post

It is now July! So... Happy Birthday to two of my best friends, Lizzie and Andy. Both of there birthdays were in June... but since I missed june, Happy belated birthday. To everyone else: Happy Canada Day (July 1st) and Happy Independance Day (July 4th. I miss Canada dearly (I never thought I would say that) but it's true! I miss Canada and I miss all of my friends. It was weird to celebrate the 4th after living in Canada for 4 years and not celebrating... This year I celebrated both. After all, I think after 4 years I can consider myself Canadian, eh? I even Have the language down pat and dont even get me started on the spelling! Theatre, Prayre, Colour, Cheque, ect. There is no end! Although I have apperently not picked up the accent, although I think I have, but at least its not a Utahian accent. How is Utah, you ask? Utah is great. Mormons arn't that bad here although there is a difference between Utah and the mission feild, confused? go to and maybe that will help explain things. It will at least answer your question, what is a Mormon. I started walking in the mornings, just around my block, but because of where we live it takes me a while. We live in a small town in the middle of feilds and feilds. No lie. So my block is: a) really big and b)a hard walk because you have to go uphill and downhill multiple times during the walk. I have decided that once I can walk that at a fast pace without huffing and puffing, then I will be ready to walk further. Ohhh...Girls camp was two weeks ago and it was such an amazing experiance. I had a lot of fun and the girls in my ward were really nice. It was the first time I have not come home crying from girls camp. Which says a lot. It was also my last year at girls camp considering I will be turning 18 next summer... it's a scary thought! I am going because tonight is Young Womens and I need to find buttons and find exta peices of cloth...