twenty

And then one day it happened, I got old. How it happened I really couldn't tell you, but it did and here I am suddenly twenty.

My dad is one of my best friends in the whole world. We're like peas and carrots, from our almost twinner birthdays, to our sense of humor (although he is funnier than me) he's been my best friend from day one.

Sometimes my brothers stop teasing me long enough to actually take a picture, it's a miracle really!

I wish I had a picture of my whole family, but my mom is behind the camera and we're missing my brother, sister in law, nephew and a sister. But this is some of my cute family!

have a heart shaped balloon

"Angel you were born to fly, but if you get too high I'll catch you when you fall, I'll catch you when you fall."- When you comeback down, Nickel Creek

I pulled out my watercolors for the first time in a while and decided to make some valentines for my family. Sorry these pictures aren't the best, but I promise that I don't claim to be a photographer. I love holidays and having an excuse to celebrate something. The heart shaped balloon valentine is a reference to a Series of Unfortunate Events that I made for my brother, because me and all of my siblings love those books... so if you've read those books you'll understand it! I hope that everyone has a good weekend and a good valentines day this Friday! Thanks for reading! :)

my thoughts lately

"We just need to do our best, that's all the Lord asks of us."

"It's ok not to be perfect, it's ok to take things day by day."

"For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee."
-3rd Nephi 22:10

HOW CAN I CENTER MY LIFE AROUND CHRIST?
I've been thinking about this question lately. How can I think about Christ more throughout my day? How can I be more like him? How can I feel his presence in my life? I've been trying to study my scriptures everyday, to pray in the morning, to cut out some of the time wasters I tend to so easily distract myself with everyday, but I'm still pondering this question, how can I center my life around Christ?  I beat myself up about not being perfect all the time I feel like I should be perfect, and the fact that I'm not just makes me feel like a failure. But we have a loving Savior because we're not perfect because we make mistakes, because we feel pain and sorrow. He is there for us through every trial, every sadness, every mistake, he is there through it all. I guess with my feeling the need to be perfect sometimes I forget that Jesus Christ is there for me because I'm not perfect and that he loves me. He loves me even with all my imperfections so much so that he want's to help me overcome them. He knows exactly how I feel and is reaching his hand out to me just waiting for me to take it. And so many times I don't even think about his outstretched hand, I've decided that I want to reach toward his hand more than I have in the past. I want to feel his love and strength guide me through my life because he is there. He has always been there.