Sunday, August 31, 2014
Priesthood Blessings
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Utah Lovin'
We played with the dogs, saw my parents new decorations on the wall (Eric and I were surprised that my mom let them out of dad's office and gun room), and ate at my favorite places. Of course I had to have a Cafe Rio salad, some Sweet Tooth Fairy cake bites (I brought some home with me), and I brought home a 1/2 dozen Swig sugar cookies. I gave half of them to our friends from Utah but I am totally freezing my three and hopefully they will get me until November when I go back to Utah to get more.
Saturday, we spent the day at my cousin Micah's wedding. He married Ariel from Disneyland. Her name is Sarah and she is an awesome girl. I had never been to a sealing besides me own before and it was awesome. We weren't going to miss their wedding so I am so glad that it worked out that we could be there. We love you Micah and Sarah!
Sunday, we were able to go to my parents ward and see dad in "Bishop Mode" and watch Macie in her last primary program. My little cousins did massages on Eric and I. They had relaxing music playing, lotion, etc. It was pretty great and Eric and I were loving it. We went to Eric's cousins for lunch and then Grandpa and Grandma Warnick had a dinner party on Sunday night so that was fun. My Great-Grandma Helen came and we had fun chatting and eating yummy food. We definitely did not go starving!
Monday morning, Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma Warnick, Austin, and McCall all came to breakfast with Eric and I before we flew out. I am so glad Eric and I were able to meet McCall's boyfriend Austin while we were in town. He is a great guy and we love him. He and McCall are the cutest together. It was awesome to go to Utah for the weekend. We had so much fun laughing, watching old videos of McCall and I singing, and just having fun. Now only three months to wait until we will be back for a week for Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Soakin' it up
I have been looking forward to this night for two weeks now. My friend Melissa and I met while I was dancing in Utah. She and I moved to Houston around the same time and we finally got together last night. She introduced me to all of these girls and I am loving that I have new friends. All of us have moved to Houston within the past year for our husband's jobs. It is fun to have so much in common. Most of us are from Utah and are super new to the area. I have learned that my friends are really becoming my family here in Texas. When you are all in the same boat and are thousands of miles away from family, you rely on each other and spend so much time together. I am loving that I have some good friends here.
Today is consisting of getting my hair done and packing my bags to go to UTAH! Eric has to work in Salt Lake this week and he knew that if he went without me I would be so sad. He came home with a ticket to Utah for me to go with him a couple months ago and I was so happy! It ended up working out that I had a break from school and he had to work at the same time so we are heading there in the morning for a long weekend. It is a quick trip and we get back to Houston on Monday but 5 days is better than nothing. We are so excited to go and see family. Eric and I are super close to my cousin Micah and he is getting married this weekend so it worked out perfect. I am going to keep soakin' it up before I start school again on Monday. UTAH HERE WE COME!!
Monday, August 18, 2014
Missionary
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Blessings
As I have continued to grow older, I have learned really how hard this life can be. I have had some trials in my life that have been really hard on me. When I was going through these, I remember praying, searching for answers in my scriptures, and asking for priesthood blessings. I always wanted these things that I was going through to work out in my favor and sometimes, that did not happen. That made what I was going through even harder. Now that I am looking back on them, I am realizing that I am truly blessed. If I wouldn't of gone through a major heartbreak, I may have not been able to meet my husband. Eric and I fasted, prayed, and attended the temple when he was deciding what offer he should accept. If we wouldn't of included our Heavenly Father in this big decision, we may have made the wrong decision and have not accepted the right job.
Eric and I feel so blessed to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Living outside of Utah we were nervous that we were not going to be close to a Temple. We are blessed to be 30 minutes away from the Houston Temple so we can attend there often. How grateful we are to have the power of prayer in our lives and the scriptures. We are so lucky to be able to turn to our Heavenly Father when we are in need of guidance. I found a song when I was going through some trials and I listen to it often. Some times things may not work out as we want them too, but our Savior knows what is best. When things do not go the way you planned, remember there is someone who knows us better than we know ourselves. We are his children and he knows what is best for us. Happy Sunday!
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Must Reads
I promise that I am not going to post about all of the books that I read. I did have to post about 2 books that I read this week though. I have had mounds of homework over the past little while and finals are next week so there has been lots of studying. I can't do homework all day so whenever I need a break, I pull out my book and head to the pool to get some sunshine. If you are looking for a book, here are two good ones.
This book was similar to the book I mentioned here. The author of the book is from Houston so it was interesting to hear what had happened and where everything was taking place. I read this book in two days and would recommend it to anyone. It was a little slow towards the end but very uplifting.

This one was a super quick and easy read. My mom was in charge of the book fair at Macie's elementary school last year. I ran over to take my mom a diet coke at the school and got looking at the books. I found this one and read the back and thought that it sounded like a cute fun read so I bought it. I just got around to reading it and loved it. It is probably a 5th grade reading level but a book that doesn't require much thought sometimes is always a good idea. Plus, it has cupcakes on the cover so I knew it had to be a good one.
Of course, whenever I am sitting around reading I have to have some of my M&M's. I love these so much and they are my major weakness. Eric has a hard time staying out of them as well so we may have to band them from our house. If you haven't tried these, then go buy yourself a little bag because they are super good.
I promised myself that I can't pick up another book until I finish up school for the semester. I have finals next week and then I am headed to Utah to visit family for 5 days before Fall semester starts. I feel like I don't have much of a break but I am so close to being done. Now I am on the hunt for a new book to read on the plane to Utah. If anyone has any recommendations then email them to me. You can find my email here. Happy reading!
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