Happy Holidays!

It has been a while! I don't have a ton to update you all on.. I don't even know if anybody really reads this but I thought I would update a little about my life! I am still working as an aid at the elementary school. I will be starting school in January at Weber State and I have been accepted into the Education Program there. I am getting all of my pre-recs done and on the fall I will be starting my levels! WAHOO!! 5 more semesters and I will be done. Lets just pray I can make it through.

I have had a lot of fun lately. I have not wanted it to get cold.. but I am getting more and more excited for Christmas. I did some shopping (online) today and I am almost done with my shopping! YAY!! It feels good and I am very excited. Thanksgiving was amazing. We had dinner on Wednesday night with my moms side of the family and it was a success! Then on Thursday, my parents and brother headed down to Vegas so I went with my sister to her in-laws for dinner. Then I was lucky enough to head down to Southern Utah to do some slot canyons with my boyfriend. He was already down there with his dad so I waited all day for his twin to let me know when he and his wife were headed down. We left here at about 7:30 and I couldn't wait to get down there to see Steve. We got to our campsite at about 11:30 and we went and woke Steve and Paul up. We got in our tent (I was in the tent with Mike and Lori) and got all ready for bed and I tried to sleep.. It didn't work too well. I couldn't get warm and I most definitely couldn't sleep. Friday morning we woke up and cooked breakfast and got ready to go to a slot called "Leprechaun" IT WAS A BLAST!! It was super tight and there were some spots where I couldn't fit through! It was so much fun. We went down three weeks before that (Steve's brothers last weekend home) and did another slot called "Not Mindbender" I think I might have a new addiction! 

Life is so good. I have the best boyfriend ever and I couldn't be happier! I have a good job that is so flexible and so good to me. I am excited for the holiday season. I love my family, I love Steve, I just love life! I'll add pictures so its not quite so boring! :) 

Enjoy! 

Throwing rocks during our lunch break! 

Steve being the brave one to go check out how much water we had to go through! 

Mitch staying high in the slot so he didn't get wet.

Us! 

Its so beautiful in these canyons! 

He is SPIDER-MAN!!

I love him! 

Coming off of the last repel in my first slot! AMAZING!!! 

IT WAS FREEZING!! (our first trip down) Luckily the second trip was MUCH warmer! 

Me, Steve, Mitch, Lori, Mike, and Sami. Right before Mitch left on his mission!

The beginning of Leprechaun!  

Bryce's first repel! 

The Lurg and Myself! 

On Saturday we went to Goblin Valley and Steve wasn't feeling too hot.. so he found a nice rock to relax on!

Mike! 

The amazing rope swing that Steve and his dad made at camp before we got there! 

Me, Steve, Mike, and Lori.

The sign Paul and Steve made so we would be able to find camp on Thursday night.

Twins.. they turn into little boys when they are with each other.. its cute! 

Hiking up so we could drop in the slot.. Isn't he good looking?? :) 

My Life!

I have decided that I need to have a life when Steve goes away on the weekends! This past weekend he has been in Wyoming hunting and I decided that I wasn't just going to sit home and be lonely and miss him! Soo... I hung out with some of my friends (Thanks Taun for keeping me entertained!) and I spent a lot of time with my sister Angie and her boy Corbin. It was a really fun weekend.. yes I do miss Steve A LOT!! But.. I was able to cope with it quite well. I can't wait for him to come back though, today it is killing me just not knowing what time he will be home and if I will get to see him today. 

On Friday I REALLY wanted to do a craft. I text my cousin Mandi and I told her that I wanted to do a craft. She asked if we could do one on Saturday. So I went over to her house on Saturday and we went to Wood Creations (one of the best stores EVER) and I picked out a couple of SUPER cute crafts! I was sooo excited. We went back to her house and I painted it all and put it today (I may have bought two but I am saving one for another Saturday!) We had so much fun being together and talking. I haven't seen her a whole lot since she got married (like 4 years ago) and it was so great to chat and have fun. She has the cutest little boy so I played with him and painted my craft and talked. It was a blast! After I got it all finished I called Angie and wanted to go over to her house to show her. I am so proud of it! The rest of my family was all in St. George so when my parents got home I had it displayed on our mantel. I could be a crafty person! Who knew?!?!

My Cute Craft! And the best part is, is they have a different "o"
for each holiday/season! So its an on-going craft!

I have such a good life! I have no complaints! I have a great job, an amazing boyfriend, the best family ever, and I am just happy and content! I'll just post a few of the pics of my life! Enjoy! 

The Golf Tourny!

Not bad for my 2nd time EVER!

He is so cute!

Hiking Timp! Up and back in 6 hours!

Wow.. SUMMER FLEW BY!!

It has been a while since I updated! My last update was about how I was thinking about going to Weber! Well I did it, got registered, and got on the wait list for a couple of the classes that I really needed. I was sooo excited and thought everything would work out great. Well.. I couldn't get into the two classes that I really needed so I decided to drop all of my classes. I didn't want to waste the money and still have to go another semester. So I am working on finding a full time job (or two part time jobs) and working lots and saving money so I can feel good about starting school in the spring.

An update on my summer: 

It was an AMAZING summer!I worked as a nanny (which was by far the hardest job I have EVER had!!) and I started dating a really amazing guy! We did a lot of fun things together. I had a blast. I also had one of my converts up here visiting Utah. She stayed with us for about a month and a half and it was so great! We also had a Japanese foreign exchange student with us for 3 weeks. We were a house of MANY cultures and I wouldn't have had it any other way. It was a summer full of stress, anxiety, love, learning, fun, friends, and family. Words truly cannot do it justice! There were times when I was so angry and other times when I felt complete joy! I had so many emotions go through me. I learned a lot, it can probably go down for one of my best summers yet (even though I didn't get out on the boat as much as I would have liked!). 

My Summer Job: I was a nanny for a 4, 6, and 8 year old and it was HARD! I love them.. but there were many times that I said "I NEVER WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN!!" I have since repented. It was honestly the most trying job ever. I was exhausted. They wore me out physically and emotionally. There were days when I just wanted to get off work so I could see Steve because I knew he would be able to say something to me to make me feel better. He would tell me that I was doing a good job with them even when I would tell him the horror stories of how they told me they hated me or how they wouldn't listen or how they would break things. I learned things that I want to do and things I don't want to do as a mother. They are cute kids, they have had a hard life, and I tried so hard to show them that I really do love them and that I care about them. I hope they know that! 

My Jaedin Monster!

The Kiddos at Temple Square!

Marcela: Marcela is one of the amazing members from Chile. She came up here on July 4th and spent a month and a half with me. SHE IS AMAZING. I love her. I found her and started teaching her when I was in my third area. She got baptized after I came home and we have kept in pretty good contact. She said that she wanted to come to Utah with her daughter Sofi and we offered her a place to stay. Little did I know how much of an impact it would have on my life. She has become one of my best friends and I miss her so much. We would stay up late talking about life and boys and she would give me advice. She is just amazing. Her daughter is ADORABLE! We went to Salt Lake a few times, to Park City, we shopped till we couldn't shop anymore! I got to speak in Spanish a lot. We had BBQ's and ate yummy food (she didn't like anything spicey and she most definitely didn't like home made Root Beer) It was an amazing experience. She talked about her conversion and everything that she felt and how Alyssa and I (the two missionaries there at the time) were at the right place at the right time! I hadn't ever felt like someone had really been prepared for ME to teach, until I heard her life story and everything that she had to go through so she could find us and talk to us and learn of the truth! It was so amazing! I feel SOOOOO blessed! It was so hard saying good-bye to Marcela and Sofi. They are amazing and will do SUCH amazing things in this life! I can't wait for them to come back and visit! 

Life: Life is good! Like I said earlier, I am not going to school this semester, which has been a blessing in some ways because I have been able to help out one of my good friends while she has been recovering from surgery. I have been able to work as the head secretary in her place for the past few weeks and it has been amazing. I love being at Kaysville Elementary! I wish I could find a position here! I love the people, the kids, and it is just fun. I find myself thinking "Man.. I could totally be a secretary! Which one would I like more.. teaching or being in the office?!?!" It is so good though. I don't want to find another job because I just want to stay here! Maybe something magical will happen and they will find money to pay me! That would be a miracle!! That is what I am hoping for!

I am happy. That is pretty much how I can sum things up right now. Here are some of my summer activities in pictures! Enjoy!

Before the Hike! WAHOO!!

We went up to Camp Loll To Visit Mike and we hiked Union Falls! LOVED IT!

Learning how to shoot the Pistol!

Skiing.. my favorite past time!

Batting Cages!

My Amazing Family!

Playing at the Gateway!

Ay... the decision!!

The stress has once again come into my life!! Today I took a trip up to Logan to check out housing with my good friend. We looked around and around and around some more and we found a couple of places and a lot of places were already full! Well... I cannot make any decisions or put any payments down on anything until I actually get IN to the education program.

As I went up there I kinda felt a little... um... unsure about everything. It just didn't feel like the place for me. I dont know.. I am not making any decisions yet.. I came home and I was able to go to my nephews preschool graduation.. and it was SOOO GREAT!! I got to get my mind off of things for a while. It was wonderful! He did such a good job and he is SOO dang cute! While I was sitting there I thought, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO! I want to have a pre-school.

After the Graduation I came home and I started talking to my mom. I told her that we had a hard time finding somewhere.. and I just felt a little unsure. She then told me "Well I wasn't going to say anything but I have had this feeling that it isn't the place for you to go." I then asked her "Well.... do you think I should go to Weber?" and she said "Well... yeah." I told her that I had that thought cross my mind SOO much in the past little while. Today I thought about it A LOT... and I just don't know.. I was SOO anti-weber when I came home from my mission. I did NOT want to go there. My dad has always told me that I should go there.. and I was so hard headed that I didn't even give it the time of day.

Well.. when my dad got home from work today my mom said so Paige is thinking about Weber without me even having to say anything..  So.. that is where I am at right now! I am also still trying to decide if I want to do Elementary Education. I do want to, but sometimes I am not very patient.. I am looking into options right now! If you have any advice.. please let me know!!

And sorry for the boring post with no pictures! I will get some pictures up soon!! :)

I have been tagged!

My amazing friend Kiana Don tagged me... Soo... here it goes!

4 Honest Things....

4 shows I watch:

1. Say Yes to The Dress

2. Criminal Minds

3. NCIS
4. The Office

4 things I'm passionate about:

1. Family

2. The Gospel
3. Food
4. Life (most of the time...)

4 phrases I use a lot:

1. Don't Judge Me!
2. Be Strong.

3. Life is hard!

4. um... I dont really know... I will have to pay more attention to what I say!!

4 things I've learned from the past:

1. Life is hard... but if you put your faith in God.. everything will turn out ok!
2. I don't need a boy to make me happy, I am can be happy and independent! (sometimes I struggle with this one)

3. Its amazing what one friend can do, whether it be a simple text or phone call, it can brighten a day!
4. Be grateful for ALL that you have! So many people are less fortunate that I am and often times I am soo ungrateful. Gratidud is SOO important!

4 things I did yesterday

1. Worked at Kaysville Elementary

2. Played with my cute nephews Cooper and Brody.
3. Ran 4.3 Miles

4. Watched Say Yes to the Dress! (and The Office)

4 places I'd love to visit:

1. The Carribean

2. New York

3. Chile (not as a missionary)

4. Hawaii.. again!

4 things I'm looking forward to:

1. Going out in my boat!
2. Getting a tan!
3. Being a Nanny and playing ALL summer!
4. RAGNAR!!

4 things I love about Spring:

1. The warmth
2. Running outside.. when its not cold bipolar sprin weather!
3. New life, flowers, greenery, the beauty of the outdoors.
4. Ending another semester!!!

I tag... Kelsey Sorensen, Amanda Mitchell, Alison Jarret, and Crysany Bean!

Done for the semester!!

Well let me first just say what a relief it is to be done with this semester!! LOVELY!! I don't have to worry about homework  or driving down to Orem! Life is good!!!! I will be in lovely Kaysville until sometime in August.. and then I will be moving... somewhere! I am still undecided if it will be USU or UVU... but no worries.. I WILL NOT be commuting to either one of those schools. I am going to work all summer as a Nanny and earn money so I can move out and enjoy life!

I have kinda just decided to pamper myself this week... I went and got glitter toes done! Thanks Renae for the gift certificate! Baylie and I went and had a GREAT time!! And tomorrow I am getting my hair cut... I AM SOOO EXCITED! My ends are terrible! I have been debating to go short or keep it long... and I think I have decided with long for now. At least till after Ragnar... which I AM SUPER NERVOUS FOR!! I am starting a rigerous work out plan like today! And by the time I run it... I hopefully will not die! We shall see though! It should be quite entertaining! And by entertaining.. I mean dificult! I am excited... I just need to start training... I haven't ran in a while. Work and school has gotten the best of me! I have been SOO tired! Now is the time... it is only in 7 weeks... thats 49 days... not a long time to train! Oh well.. wish me luck!!

Well as for things/goals I want to do this summer... here is a little bucket list..

-Go Boating

-Frequent Yogotogo

-Get a nice tan

-Go Skydiving

-Take a trip somewhere

-Hang out with my friends

-Save money for college

-Have fun

-Not worry about guys and how lame they are

-Do things outside of my comfort zone!

It will be a good summer! I am soooo looking forward to it!!! Now if only the sun would stay around and be warm! I am so sick of this cold weather! BOOOO!!! One day it will come and we will be able to take the boat out. How amazing it will be!!

A No Good Very Bad Day!!

Well.... today I have had a rough day! And since this is my way of journaling... I need to write it all down! I am usually a happy person but today I have not had a good day! Have you ever heard of this book?? 

 Well that is how I felt today!! I am at the end of my rope. I am sick of driving to Orem on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am sick of not having a social life. I am sick of hearing about people getting engaged and getting boyfriends. I am sick of school. I am just sick of being stuck in this same old life. I am ready for a change, and I will make it happen! But as for my no good VERY bad day... let me tell you about it!

  I woke up this morning and everything was good. I didn't want to go to school.. but that is a natural feeling. My niece was here for grandma preschool and so I talked to her and my mom and my sister for a little bit. Then I got in my car and went on my way! SOOOO... as I was driving up the road to get on the freeway I was just enjoying my music. I got onto the freeway.. merged like normal.. well soon after I saw the cop lights behind me. I pulled over and gave him my license and registration. I had NO CLUE why I had been pulled over. I sat there... with TONS of anxiety and frustrations because I was going to be late to class.

  

Well the lovely officer came back and issued me a citation for not yielding while merging. Last time I checked it was okay to merge.. She slowed down and I sped up. If she would have sped up I would have slowed down. That is just how is works!!! I called my mom and just started crying! I was TICKED OFF!! I got a ticket in December and I cannot afford to get another one. It puts me at risk to get kicked off of the insurance. AHHHH!!! I am just angry! I am going to court and I am going to fight it. The cop was sitting on the side of the freeway IN FRONT OF THE MERGING POINT... yeah I dont understand how he can say that she had to slam on her breaks when he couldn't even see that.  

Anyways.. I just needed to vent! Tomorrow will be better... and I just always have to remember that "Sunday Will Come" Thank you Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin. Your talk has touched my life and gives me hope. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and when we feel like we are in our darkest moment's we can remember that Sunday will ALWAYS come. We have so much to look forward to. This life is not easy, but through Jesus Christ we can make it! We will all have our Fridays... like today.. it was one of those dark Fridays for me! 

Personal Post... Beware!

I have been home from my mission for almost 9 months... and I have had problems with my stomach ever since... ok well like since the beginning of my mission really! This is kinda a personal post with what might be TOO MUCH INFORMATION. {stop reading now if you feel uncomfortable with the subject}

So I will apologize now! I would like to start off with this lovely video.. thanks to my friend Caitlyn for showing it to me.. it made my day!!  

 

Now that you have all watched this lovely video... I will explain! About a month ago I decided it was time to go to the doctor. There are times when my stomach just KILLS and I have a hard time keeping anything in me, and as we all learned from this lovely song... The answer is in your poo! I called a specialist and set up an appointment. {the morning I went to the doctor my amazing brother left me a note on the toilet paper in the bathroom.. he is sooo dang funny!!!} I went and she talked to me about all of the many different things that it could be like...

-A parasite

-I could be partially lactose intolerant

-Stress

-It could be from excersizing

I can't even remember everything that she said! 

In the end she sent me to get a blood test and she also told me that she would need 3 stool samples. As the cute girl in the lab was telling me what I would need to do, I felt so embarrassed and humiliated! Talk about being humbled! I came home and that weekend we were taking a family trip down to St. George {and I wasn't about to take all of my supplies down there.} While I was down there I got strep and was put on an antibiotic, so those tests got put off. Well a couple weeks ago I finally got the courage to do it! I did my first stool sample and I have two more to go... I am suppose to go back on Thursday but I have these lovely tests to finish! Hopefully we will get it all figured out.. and until them... just remember that the answer is in your poo!

A wonderful week!

I have had a VERY good week!! Let me just re-cap a little bit of what I have done... 

(WARNING: LONG POST!!!!) 

Not the best picture.. but it was my view from the very last session!

Last weekend... It was CONFERENCE WEEKEND! Sooooo amazing! It was definitely needed and made me feel so much better about life! On like Wednesday I was chatting with my friend Dane and I had mentioned that I wanted to find tickets to conference, well he invited me to go with him but I wasn't so sure if I was going to be able to go because we were going to have a Final 4 Party... I was TORN! I knew that conference would probably be a better choice.. more inspiring.. but I REALLY wanted to go to this Final 4 party... however I did not tell Dane that that was why I hadn't said yes. So... Friday night came along and I got a message on Facebook from Dane telling me that he wanted to try and get tickets for the morning session and then go to the afternoon session also.... I texted him but it was at like 12:30 AM... well along came saturday morning and my phone rang at about 7:15 AM, I was awake because of my lovely stomach problems. I usually wake up anywhere between 7:15-7:45 with my stomach just hurting. Sooooo..... I was already awake and I answered (in a very groggy morning voice) and he said do you want to go? And I said... SURE! What the heck! I should go to conference and then I can go to the Final 4 Party after (since the first game started at 4) I figured I would make it for about half of that game. 

So I drove down to the conference center, got out of my car, walked up through all of the lovely street preachers, and held out a sign begging for 2 tickets to conference! Lo and behold! I got them! And we got to sit pretty close! So that was super sweet! It was an amazing session, I always feel so great after! That first session ended and we went and ate some really good Chinese food, then we got some frozen yogurt! YUM! Thanks Dane! During that 2 hour break I found out that the Final 4 party was off... BUMMER! But I was o with it since I was going to be late anyways! Then we went to the second session, and it was equally amazing! It has to be one of the best weekends of the year! After conference I drove home and turned the game on! It was a good game and very good on my bracket too! Both of my teams won!! Wahoo! I watched the games and my brother in law brought over his kids and we watched them while all of the men went to the Priesthood Session. We watched Tangled... ohhhh how I LOVE that movie! 

This guy is my favorite down there.... Gotta Love It!

I really have the cutest nephews!!

My cute little nephew Brody... he is so happy!

Brod and I just chillin!

Sunday morning came around, my mother fixed a very good breakfast and we watched the Sunday Morning session of conference, and while watching I was texting my friend Darek about our mission reunion that was to take place that night (my mission president was called as an Area 70 so he was in town and I was SOO excited to see him!!) Darek had a ticket to the afternoon session but didn't want me to have to drive out there alone so I decided that I would go with him and try and get me a ticket into the afternoon session. My trusty "1 Ticket Please" sign did not fail me! And soon enough I was in the conference center watching the last session of conference. I sat by some people from Washington State that go to BYU and we chatted for a bit. It was fun meeting new people! 

After conference I met back up with my mission friends and we headed to the reunion. It was sooo awkward at first but A LOT of fun! I talked to a lot of people and best of all I got a hug from my mission president. He is such an amazing man and I am SOO grateful that I was able to serve under him for all but 3 weeks of my mission. He taught me a lot and is always so inspiring! He spoke to us for a bit and then his wife spoke and she challenged all of us to go to the temple this week. Well I made that a goal and yesterday I was able to attend the temple and it was AMAZING! 

My AMAZING mission president... Elder Esteban Resek

The Cute Sisters!! Love each of them!!

Reunited with my trainer! Katie Hatch

 Before I talk about the temple... let me just say that I was VERY disappointed in the NCAA Championship game.. in my bracket I did pick UCONN so that was good for me (I took 4th in my bracket so I didn't win money but... I did beat Zackery McKee so he now owes me Cheesecake!!) But it was a very lame game and I was not completely satisfied!

Now back to the temple.....

I went with my brother (who leaves on his mission in 6 days to the West Indies) and our friend Nate. It was so great! I felt the Spirit a lot and I gained a stronger testimony and knowledge of how much He loves me! After I got all dressed to go home I was sitting waiting for Nate and Daniel to come out of the dressing room and I saw Elder Russell M. Nelson. THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT! It was so great, Nate came out of the dressing room and we went to talked to him for a second. Being in the presence of an apostle is something so amazing. I loved shaking his hand and just being in his presence in the temple. 

 After that amazing week, I had to wake up and come to school today... NOT something that I was looking forward to... but it is life and I had to do it! So hear I am... waiting for my last class to start. I left my camera in my car today but I will put all of the pictures on here today. I had an amazing few days! And I cannot wait till I am done with my commute to UVU! It will be so wonderful to be done with that drive and hopefully everything works out and I will be at USU in the fall! Life is good! I am grateful to be where I am in life and doing what I am doing!!

I have been inspired!

Man! Where do I begin! I have been inspired to have a cuter blog, and to write better posts! Mine just seem so boring and... well boring! I am not the best writer, but I am going to work on it! I don't know how many people actually read this thing anyways! But hey! Its worth a shot right?!? Last night I worked on cute-ifying by blog, and I am quite proud of it! Hopefully it only goes up-hill from here!

I have had a few good weeks (well this last one has been pretty crappy but I will get to that later on). Last

week was Spring Break so I didn't have to drive down to Orem at all! WAHOO!! It was so nice, I realized how much I will not miss that drive!  I don't mind it that much when I drive it, but not driving it makes me realize how awful it is! I will hopefully be able to say good-bye to UVU (If I can get into the Education Program at USU). I think as of now I only have 8 drives to Happy Valley left and then depending on finals.. so either 8, 9, or 10. And that makes me very happy!!

Well many of you know that my brother is going on his mission on April 13th! Time is going by way to fast! Last Friday, as a family we all headed down to St. George to spend some quality time together as a family! All 13 of us! It was a blast, it was so much fun being with my niece and nephews, my sisters and their husbands, my brothers, and my parents. They are all such great examples to me! We took family pictures, and they turned out really good. We hung out, played some games, ate, and just had a good time! The worst part of all was on Monday after we went to the Brick Oven for dinner I started feeling like crap! My stomach started hurting (which is actually pretty normal for me) and my mom needed to run to Smiths to do some shopping so I took her there, but I had to go straight into the bathroom! 

Families are Forever! We are so blessed to
have this knowledge! We stopped at the visitors
center at the St. George Temple and it was so
much fun. It is such a gorgeous temple!

Taylee, Brody, and Cooper. Such cute kids!!

Grandpa told Cooper about the Dinosaur
Tracks in St. George so we had to take
him there! I was not impressed.
I would not recommend it as a must see!
But we made the best out of it!

On morning Cooper and Grandpa decided to
make a castle out of Dominos! It was huge
and so much fun to watch Cooper admire
Grandpa for his castle making skills!!

We made it home and I started getting the chills and I knew I had a fever, so I went into a bedroom and just layed in the bed and listened to music and tried to do some homework. I was suppose to head home on tuesday morning so I could go to school... that didn't happen! I just got worse and worse! I took ibprofun to bring my fever down, and I as soon as it wore off the fever was back. It was awful! I ended up coming home on Wednesday morning with my family (still feeling like crap). My throat hurt, I had a fever, aches, chills, stomach ache, just everything! And I was SICK of it!! This might be a little too much information, but I would look in the mirror at my tonsils and they were huge and had white spots on them. I knew that wasn't right!

On the way home from St. George I tried laying down in the back seat of the car, but my tonsils were so swollen that as soon as I was falling asleep I would have to wake up cuz I couldn't hardly breath. Well... I finally gave in and went to the doctor yesterday. I hate the doctor. I hate going. Especially to our family doctor cuz he just doesn't know what he is talking about. I always say how big of a wacko he was. I haven't been a fan of him. So my mom scheduled me an appointment with the Nurse Practitioner. Which was MUCH better. They took one look at my throat and said "WOW! YOUR TONSILS ARE HUGE! We don't even need to do the test, its definitely strep!" She also told me that it was the 2nd worse case she had ever seen. She gave me a shot, and 3 medicines to start taking. Needless to say, I am feeling MUCH better and as much as I didn't want to go to the doctor, I went and I am glad I did. I feel like I am getting back to normal. I did wake up in the middle of the night just sweating to death (I think my fever must have come back and then broke). 

Waiting for the Nurse Practitioner to come in and
give me the good news!

  Hopefully things keep going well and hopefully I didn't get my whole family sick! I would feel terrible! Other than this past week, I have had a very good month. I am excited for my brother and his mission, I will miss him like crazy but he will be so good! He is one of my best friends, and it will be so weird without him here. I just have to remember that if I can do it, he can definitely do it!

Also if you need a good laugh... go watch this video of my cute niece!!!