Miss Amazing

Miss Amazing: Celebrating the abilities of girls & women with disabilities.

The Miss Amazing foundation is a wonderful thing.  I was lucky enough to spend about 18 hours volunteering at their Miss Amazing Utah pageant this weekend held at Utah State.  It was so much fun to work with these wonderful little girls and women.  They truly have the most gentle kindhearted spirits. And this was an experience I never want to forget.

These two are twins and truly are just balls of energy

some of the lovely women I volunteered with

This is Elizabeth. She made me a wonderful necklace

This is cute little Macey.  She is 5 years old. Basically she was attached to my hip most of the night.

This is another Elizabeth after crowning.

Jill is a friend to all, she even made a boyfriend list and had all the male volunteers sign it. She also presented me with a friendship bracelet the second day.

Tawnie was a queen last year and is such a sweet heart

And this is Kiya. She sang the song Beautiful and did it so amazingly well that it brought me to tears.

Frantic Flustered Frazeled

I'm sorry I have not posted in a while. Basically the downward spiral known as my life is currently causing me a lot of stress. Last week was spring break and I got to go home and play "mom" for the week. I cleaned, did laundry, drove carpool, took my little brother to the DMV among other things. Now it is Wednesday and here's what's happening: my laptop won't charge and is completely dead, since it is dead I have to redo a massive scholarship application packet because even though I have finished it I have it saved on my laptop, I left my phone charger in sandy, I have tons of homework to do, I have meetings till 7:30 tonight, it rained today and ruined my hair, I also left my scriptures in Sandy, I haven't been able to sleep, and I'm pretty sure the application I turned in to become a director in the service center is lost because I haven't gotten a phone call for an interview. So I am a little stressed.
But seeing as today is a Wednesday I just finished playing piano in the Skyroom. Words cannot describe how grateful I am and how blessed I am to get to play here. It is a set aside hour three days a week where no one can interrupt me and my only job is to play this gorgeous baby grand piano. It helps me gain perspective, relax, and clear my mind. My problems have obviously not gone away but at least they seem a little more manageable.
Oh and a huge shout out and thank you to Chris Glaittli for giving me a spectacular hug when he saw me today. It was definitely needed.

The Bachelor?

So my lovely friends decided to create a Snow Hall Bachelor and the first episode is now up! Literally one of the funniest things you will ever see!  go watch it and sure with your friends :) follow us on twitter @SHBachelor and find us on Facebook at Andrew Kenny, Snow Hall Bachelor 2013

Meant to be friends

There are some people that come into your life and you know from day 1 that you are meant to be really good friends. Well that's how it was between me and this lovely man Chris.

Well meet Chris.
he is...
fun, energetic, funny, kind, friendly, enthusiastic, crazy, loving, loyal and so many other things. He is an amazing young man.

So basically he is the greatest person ever so you should all click on this link and vote for him for AE Project Live your Life.

Happy last day of February!

maybe

so
maybe I am really sick of the snow
maybe I'm going to Africa

maybe I need to go grocery shopping
buy ink
put gas in my car
but maybe I am a little broke right now

maybe I slept in till 11:45 today
maybe I really needed it

maybe I have been neglecting my blog

maybe I've been thinking a lot about my daddy this week
maybe I miss him terribly
maybe I miss a certain elder more than I thought I would
maybe I hate goodbyes

maybe I wish I was still little
maybe I just wish my mom was here to take care of me
maybe I miss being carefree

maybe I need to loose some weight
maybe I am because I am out of food
maybe I should workout

maybe I really need a break
maybe spring break is in 8 days

maybe I am applying to be a director for the Service Center
maybe I'm feeling a little young and inadequate
maybe I have felt that way most of my life

maybe I am confused
maybe I don't know what to think
maybe I need some advice

8/27/2014

Tonight I got to have a lovely chat with my marvelous friend Challie. I have missed her a lot! It was so much fun catching up on the drama of each others lives. Soon, like most of our conversations, the topic turned to boys and marriage. I informed her that since all my "bridesmaids" will be shortly leaving on missions she might be the only one left.  Soon after this comment we set a date for my wedding. August 27, 2014. That's right folks! Here are the plans we set up...

(made modest of course!)

(um I'm in love)

(because I can't do pastels)

(I love a guy in a good fitting gray suit!)

Now I'm off to find the man to fit the plan! Goodnight and happy Valentines day!

Here's to the Scoutmasters

"Not all of us are going to be like Moroni, catching the acclaim of our colleagues all day everyday.  most of us will be quiet, relatively unknown folks who come and go and do our work without fanfare.  To those of you who may find that lonely or frightening or just unspectacular, I say, you are "no less serviceable"  than the most spectacular of your associates.  You, too, are part of God's army.

Consider, for example, the profound service a mother or father gives in the quiet anonymity of a worthy Latter-Day Saint home.  Think of the Gospel Doctrine teachers and Primary choristers and SCOUTMASTERS and Relief Society visiting teachers who serve and bless millions but whose names will never be publicly applauded or featured in the nation's media. "In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve buy how.  In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines.""

-President Howard W. Hunter

Tonight in Institute after reading this quote I kept thinking about my dad.  He was a scoutmaster for 10 years in my Home Ward.  He will most likely never be largely recognized for a lot of what he did.  I received a letter from Nick Crump shortly after his passing in which he said of my dad "Your dad will forever be in my memory as the brave, fearless, burly, but teddy bear-like scoutmaster who I have looked up to and loved.  I am honored to be one of his scouts.  And one of the 40+ kids to receive their Eagles through him!  Your Father will never be forgotten.  His memory, and legend will forever live on." If this is all the recognition my father ever receives is living on in memory and legend in these boys eyes then I know my dad would be happy and content with his life's work. Who are we to look for the gratification of the world? If I can touch on person in my lifetime I will be a very happy woman.  In the words of Ralph Waldo Emmerson "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- that is to have succeeded." I pray to remember this everyday, to magnify my callings whatever they may be.  To be like my dad.