356. December 22, 2010

i like reading scriputres

and i really like it when 3 days before christmas you read luke 2 and it isn't planned.

317. November 13, 2010

Guess who is caught up on the 100 days book of mormon challenge thing... that'd be me.

"Be strong, real strong"

295. October 22, 2010

It always helps to remember you are a child of god.

"the little things"

294. October 21, 2010

We had a silent lesson in seminary.

These are my favorite...

Here's what happened

"christ loves you. that means you shelbie and you (insert your name here)."

285. October 12, 2010

Meet my lovely cousin Valerie.

She i sgoing on a mission and I could not be more proud of her.

259. September 16, 2010

i love music.

I'm sure i've told you that before, but the truth behind that grows everyday.

especially church music, not the tabernacle but like the old efy songs...

like beautiful to him (sorry for the random videos...), daughter of a king, every breath and he came for me

"You feel so far, but He's right where you are and He knows

Every Breath, every pain

He knows your heart and He knows your name

The giver of life, the light in your soul

Oh come home, come rest, let Him bless"

"He had come

King of all Kings

Ruler of Worlds

For His other sheep

I felt His hands

I touched His feet

I'll forever rejoice

He came for me "

164. June 13, 2010

Meh... So I've been thinking a lot about the future and the past and just everything lately.

Mostly about my future family.

Because I keep having this dream...

About me and my husband and 3 beautiful little kids,

all in a car, driving to an airport to meet our new brother and sister.

We were adopting twins from africa.

No joke I've had this dream every night for like the past 2 weeks.

It is weird...

Anyways yep I've been thinking about that.

and about 'love'

and about the temple...

I like it a lot.

159. June 8, 2010

Here are pictures of my favorite scripture passage...

2 sam 22:31-51, actually just the whole chapter.

Go read it

 

154. June 3, 2010

Today at young womens and young mens we played the hugging game, and let me say "young womens and young mens combined activity tonight, you have renewed my faith in fun youth activities! I had a remarkable time tonight; truly, this was one of my favorite activities. I know I was dreading the hugging game, but it was so fun!" I love my ward it is full of outlandish young men and adorable young women, and it was fun to see teens of all ages interacting in such a fun way. I only wish I would have gotten pictures.

What is the hugging game? Well it is rather complex process to explain but I’ll try. You circle up, a group of girls and boys. Boys are numbers (1-26) and girls are letters (A-Z). If I (a girl) am in the middle then I call a number and a letter, the boy I call tries to hug me before the girl I call can hug him. And if a boy is in the middle, it is the other way (the girl hugs him before the other boy hugs her). See the whole process is hard to explain, but trust me, it is a wonderful game!

 

Well since I didn't get a picture, I just googled one haha.

 

 

153. June 2, 2010

Yesterday this house in my ward caught on fire.

The MTC presdents live here, it was the most scary and extremely sad thing I have ever seen

Sorry this is going to be a long entry

This house is just down the street from my home and today, while my friends and I were watching a movie, it caught on fire. This is one of my worst fears; honestly I would be completely devastated.

I sat there, watching the fire trucks pull up and the firemen attached the hose to the fire hydrant, thinking about how lucky I was, how lucky my family was, that it was our home. I realized in those few seconds I stood there watching how so much can change in so little time and this made me think that I should share how thankful I am for everything I have. I am so blessed, more bless than I will ever know and definitely more blessed than I will ever be able to write down. I know my life is easy, and I have had no major trials in my life to complain about and I am thankful for this. I am so thankful for my family and the support, comfort and love they give me. Family, I know I don’t always treat you right and I am far from a perfect daughter/sister but I hope you know that I am trying and that I am so thankful for each of you and all that you do, and I love you. I am thankful for my religion and the guiding power it gives me. I am thankful for the prophet Joseph Smith who had the courage, strength and faith to go into those woods and humble himself before God. I am immensely thankful for his family and wife, they had faith in him and because of their strength I believe that he was able to finish God’s plan for him. I am thankful for the Book of Mormon and the comfort and strength I personally have found in it, and continue to find in it. If you haven’t yet I would challenge you to read it, cover to cover, but not only read it, pray about it, think about it and I promise it will change your life. I am so grateful for my patriarchal blessing, it has only been months since I got it and yet it has already helped me so much. I am thankful for my friends, they let me rant and rave, they keep me entertained and help me get out of the house when I’m about to explode, they let me get frustration out of my system, they let me tell them about all my problems, the boys I like, the girls I hate and they give me support at all times in my life. They help me stand when I feel like giving in. I am thankful for books, and the chance they give me to escape into a word full of unknown adventures. I am so grateful for music; it gives me an outlet and helps me cope. I am thankful that my mom made me take piano lessons and would not let me quit even when I was horrible, because that has blessed me in so many ways and kept me sane so many times. I am thankful for my extended family, they give me a lot of crap but I know it’s good for me. I love that if I ever need a laugh or to stop thinking about something how I can join the conversation with my aunts and cousins and all my worries will be taken away. I wish I lived by them and could run to any of their houses when I needed a break and I wish I had the relationship with them that my other cousins have. I love the relationship they have with each other and hope me and my siblings can have that one day. I am especially thankful for my grandparents, there example to me is one that no one on Earth could match, well no one related to me. I hope that someday I can be like them. I hope someday I can have a relationship like theirs. I couldn’t even tell you what it is I admire about them, it isn’t something I can point to and say that’s it, it is everything about them, it’s the little gestures of support they give their family and the small tokens of love they leave in each word they speak. I love how they call me things like honey and babe. I love their hugs. I love my papa’s rough hands and my granny’s gentle touch. I love how they work together to make everyone else’s day brighter. I love granny’s treats and dinners and I love papa’s bowl of ice cream and Pepsi while he watches them news. I love them and everything about them. I wish I spent more time with them and I wish I had heard more of their stories, I could listen to them talk for hours. I think next summer; I may spend it with them, maybe... if they’ll take me.

I know it isn’t much, but right now that is what I am thankful for.

110. April 20, 2010

I finished this beautiful book for the 2nd time this school year,

It's amazing,

I love it!

 "Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your chearts.

And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." ~Moroni 10:3-5

105. April 15, 2010

Oh I love this building, with all my heart!

"The temple is a place to escape, to be comforted and to find hope." ~My seminary teacher...

93. April 3, 2010

Today was conference!!

A time I love!!!

I took notes! Lots of notes!!

It was amazing!!

"I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on. " ~Beryl Pfizer

91. April 1, 2010

Sometimes I drive by the temple, just to get that feeling...

You know the one i'm talking about...

and sometimes i park in the parking lot, after a long soccer practice i wasn't allowed to practice in,
and watch people go by in their sunday clothes...

and sometimes, when i do this I cry, for no reason at all...

then continue my day.

"You are never lost when you can see the temple. " ~Elder Gary E. Stevenson

76. March 17, 2010

These came from my Joyful Jar this week...

Do you think there was something I needed to learn?

I do...

This is today's picture as well as today's quote, well quotes...

"Sadness looks back, Worry looks around, and Faith looks above."

"When you feel you've reached the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death."

"When we do what we can God will do what we can't."

72. March 13, 2010

I got my official copy of my blessing this week.

I love it.

I love reading it.

I love the promises in it...

A cute little note from the patriarch and his wife. I loved it.

I love getting letters in the mail. It is one of my favorite things (right there next to picnics)

So if you ever want to make my week, write me a letter :D haha just kidding... kinda

here it is :)

"What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call." ~Liz Carpenter

66. March 7, 2010

Sometimes I hate when Young Women leaders challenge us to do things....

"we... bear our testimonies by our lives" James E. Faust

62. March 3, 2010

 Today I had the oppirtunity of getting my Patriarchal Blessing.
It was so amazing!!!
The patriarch (Brother Keetch) asked me to come with my favorite scripture,
it took me hours (I'm not joking to decide)...

I finally decided on 2 Samuel 22: 31-34, 47-50
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places...
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.."


Here are links to two awesome talks about Patriarchal Blessings...
The Message: Your Patriarchal Blessing by  Elder James E. Faust
and
 The Lord Blesses His Children through Patriarchal Blessings by Elder Richard D. Allred