Simplicity is Beautiful

The morning clouds were so beautiful as I was walking up the hill to campus this morning. They gave me strength to keep pushing on and reminded me that I can do anything I put my mind too. My day was stressful and a bit overwhelming, there were moments I felt sad and alone and all I wanted to do was scream… I pushed through. I went to my 6:30 Yoga class in the hopes it would clear my mind and relax me. As I was walking to my car after yoga I had one of the most enriching experiences… All I felt was happiness resonating inside of me. The air was crisp and cold but to me it felt warm and comforting; I felt as if I was nestled in safe arms on a summer night. The walk that seem to take forever on cold days like today, ended all too fast. I wanted more time to take in everything I was experiencing and feeling… I’m thankful for the simple lessons God teaches us in a single moment. “The gospel of Jesus Christ is beautifully simple and simply beautiful.” I’m thankful for such a beautiful world to live! I know God is always watching out for each of his children because of this experience!

Garrett & Conner

Since one of my families I usually work for on Thursdays just brought their new, adorable baby girl home I got the afternoon off! I used the free afternoon to my advantage! I called up Garrett and Conner's mom and asked if I could practice my Photography! (they are another family I work for) So this is what I came up with!

HOME and LOVING IT!

MOST OF THE TIME!!

Well I got out of school July 23 and I travel across the country with my sister! We had a lot of fun! I cried as I watched Idaho drift into the distance through my rear view mirror! I've now lived in Idaho 2years and I can officially say I love Idaho... Better yet, I love Rexburg! There is just something really special about living in Rexburg and attending a Church School! I have meet and made so many friends that are so cool!

Driving away from Rexburg,ID was just the start of some of my new adventures! It was an experience driving across the country being the only driver. Kate was with me but, she would fall asleep when I needed her the most. It was funny so I would pull off at a rest area to sleep, and she would wake up and tell me she couldn't sleep if the car wasn't moving! I told her she would need to find something to do cause her driver was pooped!! I discovered that I do not do well driving in the mornings. I'm more of a afternoon/night driver! This year has been fun because I have been able to reach out and really start to form relationships with my extended family that I never really knew too well. So coming across the plains I stopped and stayed with my cousins in Indianapolis, they were so good to us! They have the cutest little family too! We made it home in record time though if you ask ME!
I have got to love my friends though.... The first or second night I got back they toilet papered my house! THANKS! still to this day I'm not sure who it was! I may never know!
Who ever it was had a great arm cause they got it pretty darn far up in my tree, I had to wait for the wind to blow it down! They did leave a lot of extra on the ends of the rolls so now when I get the urge to do it to someone else I have a stash of toilet paper up in my closet... Or ill just save it until I go back to school, then i wont have to buy any!!

The end of AUG I went to Holden Beach,NC with my family and some of our friends! We rented a house right on the water, it was beautiful! We spent 10days there and that was enough time to work up a tan!



I also had fun practicing photography on my sisters! We did a little photo shoot I don't think I did to bad!?! I"ll leave that up to you though!
(2 of the boys I watch, the one on the left has a twin sister and they have a new born baby sister as well! They are the cutest family ever!)
I now work a very busy week! I babysit for 5 different families, work at an office and once an a while pick up shifts at the gym! I stay busy for sure working 8-10hour days! I love it!

I have two callings in my ward: Sacrament Meeting Greeter and I'm on the activities committee! I love getting to church early and greet people, its a great way to get to know those you don't know yet! Surprisingly I really miss teaching Relief society on the fourth Sundays though! I thought that was going to be the end of my life when I accepted that teaching calling! Lol ask my mom, I was hysterically crying on the phone to her about teaching, until I actually taught for the first time! Then I was fine because I did pretty good! It was a teaching experience for sure!

My favorite time of the week is Thursday nights when I get to go to institute and be spiritually feed and then after play ULTIMATE FRISBEE!!

JUST SOME PICTURES for this past summer!

Where would we be without bestfriends?

I love this girl so Much! I do not know what I would do without Ashleigh in my life!! We learn so much from each other and have a blast. She helps me not be so hyper all the time and i teach her to loosen up and have fun!! HAha but for the last week we have not gone to bed earlier then 1:30! Its been a blast but hahaha we can't start this yet. We still have a whole semester still to go! Actually I want to write more but Ashleigh is dying at work and I'm going to run some medicine over to her!!

Peace!

Do i make you Proud?!

The last couple of days have been kind of hard. I’m not sure if it has just been lack of sleep and not feeling my best but I have just felt like I’ve been in the way. I feel like my friends are sick of me being around, my mom never calls (she is busy I know) and when I call her she doesn’t have time, and anybody else I call except for Carson simply never has time to talk to me. Sometimes I don’t feel like they understand how hard it can be living so far away from home and everyone that they love. Sometimes a phone call just letting me know they are thinking about me or let me just talk about life can really make my day or week. A few weeks ago I went to church with aunt Delma and uncle Larry in Idaho Falls. There was this family that sat in front of me, and it really hit me how much joy this women’s kids bring into her life. It made me think of how I can’t wait to have my own kids and the joy they will bring me. It scared me though cause I know how hard I was to raise that I really hope I brought joy into my parents life especially my moms. Think about the past, all I can see is he hardships I brought into my moms life. I know I was not easy but I hope I was not always trouble and brought her some happiness. Even now I have felt like all I am is still just a burden. I love my Parents so much and they do so much for me. I really am trying my hardest to be the best daughter and sister I can be, since I cant change the past and the things I have done. I guess my biggest wish and hope is that I brought some happiness and joy into my family’s life. I have a very special spot in my heart for parent/ Child relationships and the relationship siblings have with one another. I miss my family so much and love them so dearly. I’m so glad I was placed in their loving care, I know Heavenly Father has blessed me so much just by looking at my family.

Spring Class Registraton

Tuesday I registered for spring semester classes! It well for the most part. I got into all the classes that I was hoping to except for photography, the one I really need. The classes I’m taking are Drawing 1, Intro Graphic Design, Art History 1, US since 1877, Art Seminar, and Explore Photo. If I feel like this to much I will drop Explore Photo and taking Teaching of the Living Prophets, plus Explore photo is not going towards a general but Teaching of living Prophets would. I hope I can still get into photography one but we will see. I’m thinking its going to be a busy busy semester especially with working Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. I would not trade working for the world though. Working is one of the best things I can do for myself while going to school. It’s set aside time I don’t have to think about school and just have fun with those I work with and take a break from always thinking about doing homework. Even thought working on grounds crew for the school and trimming trees and landscaping does not sound like much of a break, it really is. At least a mental one! I love my job and my crew and supervisor!

Last Week

Last weekend I ended up going to the hot springs with a bunch of friends. There were at least 20 of us. We went to Green Canyon Hot Springs about 30 miles NE from Rexburg. It was a BLAST. I swear I have not had that much fun in a long time. That night Chris,a good friend, and I went and spent some time at the Idaho Falls visitor Center. I have been wanting to watch the Joseph Smith movie for a while now and so I was hoping to see it. By the time we got there at 8pm we did not have enough time to watch it before the visitor center closed. I’m almost glad that we did not get to watch it because we had such a good conversation about the gospel, life, goals, fears, where we see our self in 5 years etc. It was a really sweet, fun experience. Someday I’ll get back down there and see the Joseph Smith movie!! I love the temple I would not trade a temple marriage for anything in this world.

Two weeks ago my car started acting totally weird. It freaked me out so bad, I can’t even imagine life with out having my car to drive. It sounds so sad how dependent we are on our vehicles. So after talking to several different people and friends I figured that It was just my tire balance that was off in the car. So last Saturday I woke up early to take my car in and I was about to leave when a girl made me aware of a flat tire I had on the front right tire. I cry! I had never changed a tire in my life. Who was I going to call and help me fix my tire on a Saturday morning at 7:45? I called and woke Chris up cause I knew he would help me and he lives just across the street. He was so sweet and just rolled out of bed to help me! I think I can change me tire NOW after watching him do it!! I made it to the car shop and fixed it all up and now Eva works just fine! I never understood people that said they just loved their cars and became attached to them, but now I do. Cause I’m pretty attached to mine now. She may be old but she get the job done!! I’m very thankful for good friends that are always there!!

REbirth of Heidis blog!!

Its Been a while...

I had an amazing Summer semester at BYU-Idaho! I worked on grounds crew and loved it all up until the last week when i got sick. I got sick cause Ashleigh and i never got any sleep.


Its been an adjustment being home from school and living with my family again. I'm so ready to go back now! Ashleigh and I are ready to be roomies again. I got a new car about a month ago! Well its new to me... its a 92' Honda Accord stick shift!

Valintines Day

Shhh dont tell anybody i took off my finger brace to take is picture!
I went to the Orthopedic and he did not end up casting my whole hand... thank goodness! He did end up taping my pointer finger and middle finger together. Its great when your boyfriend Sue dumps you and get with your bestfriend(middle finger) on valintines day! Its so fun to write now!

lol it was so funny yesterday, in English class we were just talking and the guy behind me said today was Valintines day eve and so then i had to tell them how tueday was Valintines day adam and monday was Valintines day adam eve! The longer i told it the more intense i got and harder i started to laugh! lol yeah my class just looked at me as i could not stop laughing at how funny it was!

Ashleigh doesn't play nice with others :)

It all started Friday the 8th of February when I woke up and Ashleigh decided she no longer was going to put up with my gurgling noise I make at night while I sleep. I have no idea what I was in for… So I got up just like any other Friday day morning and got ready for class. I went to math and English and came home and was studying. Ashleigh came home and thought it would be fun to blast her country music, that’s when I decided this was a great time to go find jobs, Yeah good idea hu… That’s what I thought atlest. So Ashleigh and I we went to several different stores, hotels and gyms to pick up applications. We were getting discouraged because nobody is hiring so we were making one of our final stop at Applebee’s hoping we will have some luck. Ashleigh and I got out of her Jeta and I went to open the door to Applebee’s and that’s when Ashleigh saw when she could get her revenge… I was holding onto the handle of the open door and started walking forward. I could hear Ashleigh’s evil little laugh as it happened. She quickly grabbed the door and pulled it back and you heard the snap of my finger as it got twisted in the handle. I screamed…. All Ashleigh wanted me to do was stick my precious finger in the freezing snow. Of course that’s what she would want me to do, Freeze it off!!! So as she went in and to ask for applications I sat on the bench in front of the restaurant rubbing my finger. She came out and said they just hired a bunch of new people yesterday. Fantastic

(My homemade ghetto finger splint. I wear that thing for about an hour cause it was so ridiculous)

My finger hurt pretty bad but did not think much of it. Saturday it turned some crazy blue, purple, GREEN, and yellow colors and still hurt and was now the size of a hotdog. Sunday I freaked out and almost went to the doctor but decided that I would save me some money and just wait until Monday to go the Heath Center on campus. I have to admit I was nervous to go to the doctor by myself. I’m so grown up and brave, I went in and made an apt for later that day. When I went back I filled out the paper work with out my moms help! The doctor saw me and did some finger tests to see if it was broken and this what he said, “I don’t think your fingers broken but let’s do an X-Ray just in case”. As he mentioned X-ray I’m trying to figure out how much this appointment is going to cost this poor college student. So I took X-rays and after waiting several long mins the doctor return. He came back and told me my that the pointer finger on my right hand is fractured and that I have to go see an orthopedic to make sure it heals correctly, because the fracture is in the joint of my knuckle. I now have offically broken a bone now, dang it now i can use that for as one of my amzing talents for the game "I've Never". So I got a finger brace put on my finger and now I just had to wait until that Thursday (valentines day) to see what the orthopedic would say. I hope they don't cast my whole hand.


This is my boyfriend Sue. He makes my finger feel better!


P.S. Asleigh did not brake my finger on purpose or all by her self, it was a joint project, i'm just messing with her. Iol i love you ashleigh!