A Few Words About Nauvoo

My YSA ward had the opportunity to go to Nauvoo.  It was amazing.  I have been trying to get all of my experiences down on paper.  It is taking forever! and of course it is emotional.  I have become an emotional person lately.

Hopefully soon I will write a long post all about the experience.  A lot of it will not be shared because of how personal and sacred the experiences were.  If you want to hear about any of it come talk to me.  I am so happy to share my testimony!

Here are a few bullet points of what happened:

• Bus breaking trouble
• Blessing after blessing
• Tender mercy upon tender mercy
• Green group scripture study and prayer
• Amazing stories
• TEMPLE
• A burning heart
• Jordan and Sara's engagement
• A new "like" interest
• Tears, lots and lots of them
• Playing leap-frog in the rain
• Spending time with my best friends

On Wednesday it will be Pioneer Day.  We have been asked to walk in the parade.  I have a feeling walking down Washington Boulevard will give me ample opportunity to reflect more on Nauvoo and the testimony I have because of this journey.

How I got this sunburn!

I absolutely love the 4th of July.  I am pretty sure it is my second favorite holiday after Halloween.

Yesterday I kicked off my celebration of our independence by going to the Real Salt Lake game.  It was fantastic.  They had fireworks at the end.  It is always fun spending time with my lovely sisters.

Today I woke up and went to the North Ogden Cherry Days parade.  I love my small town that isn't really a small town.  After the parade Jamie and I went and walked around the park, looked at the vendors, and ate cherry cobbler.  This was all followed by a classic lunch of hot dogs.  I hadn't had enough sun for the day so I went and watched my friend Spencer play volleyball.   The best part of my day came later when we went and saw Despicable Me 2.  It was such a cute movie!  I laughed. A LOT!  Finally I ended my night at Barker Park.  Listened to some great live music and then watched the fireworks.  

It is so amazing that we have such a beautiful country and state to live in.  It was beautiful to see the fireworks against the mountains.  God has blessed us with some pretty amazing things.