standing on the edge

I biked out here twice this weekend. Our Heavenly Father has created such a beautiful world, don't you think? I'm grateful to live so close to beautiful places, where I can stand on the edge and clear my head. How does standing on the edge of something make you feel? Big? Small? Confused? Left in awe of  how much God's hand is in our lives? Right now I feel as if I'm standing on the edge of my life, trying to figure out where I'm going, what I want, and what God want's for me. Lately things have been tough, but I'm always left feeling amazed when I look back and see how my Heavenly Father has shaped my life.

Standing on the edge of something isn't easy, but sometimes you just have to patiently wait, and enjoy the view.

2014

Happy New Years Eve everyone!! I love new years eve, seriously it is one of my favorite holidays, king crab, delicious food and family what more could anyone want?
I'm trying to adjust from being home from school and I'm happy to say that as of yesterday I am officially graduated from Snow with my associate of arts! Yay!! Now I just need to decide what I want to study which is definitely easier said than done. But hopefully with in the next couple months I'll get a better direction of what I want to do, because I'm hoping to start school back up in the summer. Summer school, it's gonna be a party be jealous! Haha oh this is a random blog post, but I wanted to post some of my New Years Goals for 2014:

My first goal is to find a job! I really need to start saving money for school and a car, and just life, so bring on the job hunting!

Second I want to read 4.5 pages everyday in the Book of Mormon! Did you know that if you read 4.5 pages everyday you can read the Book of Mormon 3 times in a year!? It's something that I really want to do, and I'm getting excited about it!

My third goal is to find a good zumba class and go to it at least once a week. I love zumba and I know that the more I exercise the happier I am. I also want to get out doors more this year and go hiking and maybe ride a horse and go fishing since I haven't done those things before.

My fourth goal is to make new friends. Since moving home I don't really know anyone around here. All of my friends are either married, on missions, or down at Snow still, so I want to make some new friends!

My fifth goal is to buy my own car sometime during this year. I have never had a car and it would be awesome to have one... It's the dream, we will have to see if it works out but I'm hoping so!

My last goal is to be happy, to try more new things, and to look at life as a new adventure everyday. 

Well those are my goals for 2014, what are some of yours? This year I tried to make all of my goals more attainable, they may not be the most exciting and grand, but I think that they are things that I can actually achieve and things that will make me happier! I'm getting excited to meet 2014 and see what it has to offer me! Happy New Year!!

P.S. 

Today I was feeling domestic and made cinnamon swirl bread and it smells heavenly. I almost bought a loaf at Costco the other day, but it was expensive and I thought hey I can make that, so I did. YUM! 

Looking back, and forward

So I am back at SNOW COLLEGE!!! :)I haven't posted in forever but now I actually have something semi exciting to write about I thought I would post again.
It's weird to come back to EPHRAIM and feel like I'm coming home. When did that happen? haha but it's great to be back. It was really hard for me to decide what I was going to do for this semester. Was I going to go on a mission? Was I going to live at home and go to UVU?  Was I going to go back to snow? What was I going to do? I spent most of the summer praying about what I should do and getting kind of frustrated that I didn't seem to be getting an answer. I got so sick of people asking me what I was going to do in the fall because I had no idea! But then in July after I had been trying to figure it out for so long I started thinking about Snow. I remembered all the good times I had and all the great people I met and the thought of going back just felt right. After a summer of feeling unsettled with every decision I was thinking about, this one just felt right and left me feeling peaceful and happy.
So I'm back! I'm excited to see what this new semester will bring. It's weird to see so many new faces around and not see all the familiar ones that I associate with this place. But I am excited to meet new people and to have new adventures at snow.
It's also weird to realize how much I've grown and learned since I came down here last year. I really feel like I'm a different person now than I was then. It's amazing how much you learn when you move out on your own and have to grow up a little bit.
But I'm so excited for this next semester, although I may feel a lot different than I was last year I know that Snow is where I'm supposed to be, still. And it's a good feeling to know that you're in the right place.