So I started a new job at The Legacy House of Logan. It's an assisted living center on 1400 North and I am a CNA. I really love my job. The residents who live there are so fun to talk to to and I love helping people. I truly love going to work...maybe because it's new and exciting, but when I am done working I feel so satisfied. I really enjoy helping and serving people and that is what I do for work. It doesn't seem like work. I know I am making somebody else's life better and that is what I love to do. My mom told me the other day that I am unlike all of her other kids because I know a lot of people and I like to get close and personal to those people so I can help them. Sometimes I get too attached and this can be both a good and bad thing. But that is how I am at work. Everybody I go into help, I ask them tons of questions so I can really get to know them. It makes helping them more fun and they also become more comfortable with me helping them.
Right now I am working NOC shifts, which means nights. But the last two days I have worked swing shifts for my training and i like that much better because I can associate with the residents more. I told Jake, my boss, I want more swing shifts so hopefully he will give me some swing shifts so I can work with the residents when they are awake more.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Ohana Slumber Party
Yesterday was such a great day. Lerin and Alexa drove up from St. George and for the first time in two years Michelle, Stacia, Lerin, Alexa and I got to spend time together. It was so much fun. We went to dinner at Firehouse pizza and just laughed our heads off. It was so much fun to be all together. Those girls make me so happy and I love being with them. After we all (minus Michelle because she is married and has other responsibilities) slept at Stacia's house and had a slumber. Late nights with best friends always turns into crazy fun and everything you do it funny. So we started playing on Photo Booth and here are just a few of our funny pictures.
Winter in April
Yesterday it was all slush, but today it's white, fluffy, wet, cold snow! I want April showers to bring May flowers, not April snow storms.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Snow Snow Go Away!
Just when you think Spring has sprung, Cache Valley throws a big storm right at ya!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
25 Things You May Not Know About Me
1. I don't eat Oreos
2. I get car sick if I read anything, even picking a song on my ipod
3. I love the rain
4. I love the smell of fresh cut grass
5. I enjoy yard work
6. I wish I had bigger eyes
7. I love cooking
8. I hate crumbs in the butter dish
9. I am passionate about recycling
10. I have never been in a car accident
11. I like to clean and do dishes... it's therapeutic
12. I like homemade sushi more than from a restaurant
13. I watch Elf every first snow of the year
14. I want to travel to Egypt and Greece
15. I like lemon water
16. I want a motorcycle
17. I love my legs
18. My dream car is a Toyota FJ
19. I love watching golf on Sundays
20. I love my sister more than any body else in the world
21. I have been pulled over in Mexico for making a U-turn on a freeway exit ramp
22. I have never broken a bone
23. I elk hunt
24. I like doing puzzles
25. I love roller coasters
2. I get car sick if I read anything, even picking a song on my ipod
3. I love the rain
4. I love the smell of fresh cut grass
5. I enjoy yard work
6. I wish I had bigger eyes
7. I love cooking
8. I hate crumbs in the butter dish
9. I am passionate about recycling
10. I have never been in a car accident
11. I like to clean and do dishes... it's therapeutic
12. I like homemade sushi more than from a restaurant
13. I watch Elf every first snow of the year
14. I want to travel to Egypt and Greece
15. I like lemon water
16. I want a motorcycle
17. I love my legs
18. My dream car is a Toyota FJ
19. I love watching golf on Sundays
20. I love my sister more than any body else in the world
21. I have been pulled over in Mexico for making a U-turn on a freeway exit ramp
22. I have never broken a bone
23. I elk hunt
24. I like doing puzzles
25. I love roller coasters
Sunday, April 3, 2011
General Conference
General Conference weekend is such a great time to look at my life and see where and how I can improve. It is a time to get back on track spiritually and recenter my focus on my Savior Jesus Christ. But the gospel of Jesus Christ is so much more than spiritual. The advice and guidance from the prophets and leaders of the church are also to protect me from the ways of the world. A couple things I want to work on from this conference are:
1. What are my desires? I want to think of the desires of my heart for all aspects of my life and keep them in line with the Lord's plan and also what will make me and my future family happy.
2. Tithing - I want to pay tithing the day I get paid instead of a week later, sometimes two weeks later. This will help me balance my budget and be more responsible.
3. Build my testimony daily - it is easy to let one day go by before realizing it has been a week before I read my scriptures last or have really put in time drawing closer to my Father in Heaven.
4. Serve those around me daily.
General Conference is also great time to be with family. I haven't been home for quite a while and it has been nice to be here with everybody. We have been playing games, watching sports, listening to conference and laughing... a lot! Yesterday was Isaac's 25th birthday. He truly is the best brother I could ever ask for. It was fun celebrating him and spending time as a family.
1. What are my desires? I want to think of the desires of my heart for all aspects of my life and keep them in line with the Lord's plan and also what will make me and my future family happy.
2. Tithing - I want to pay tithing the day I get paid instead of a week later, sometimes two weeks later. This will help me balance my budget and be more responsible.
3. Build my testimony daily - it is easy to let one day go by before realizing it has been a week before I read my scriptures last or have really put in time drawing closer to my Father in Heaven.
4. Serve those around me daily.
General Conference is also great time to be with family. I haven't been home for quite a while and it has been nice to be here with everybody. We have been playing games, watching sports, listening to conference and laughing... a lot! Yesterday was Isaac's 25th birthday. He truly is the best brother I could ever ask for. It was fun celebrating him and spending time as a family.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The Best Day Of My Life
Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life ever!
There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; but I did! And becsue I did I’m going to celebrate!
Today, I’m going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far; the accomplishments, the many blessings, and yes, even the hardships because they have served to make me stronger.
I will go through this day with my head held high, and a happy heart.
I will marvel at Nature’s seemingly simple gifts; the morning dew, the sun, the clouds, the trees, the flowers, the birds. Today, none of thse miraculous createions will escape my notice.
Today, I will share my excitement for life with other people. I’ll make someone smile. I’ll go out of my way to perform an unexpected act of kindness for someone I don’t even know.
Today, i’ll give a sincere compliment to someone who seems down. I’ll tell a child how special he is, and I’ll tell someone I love just how deeply I care for them and how much they mean to me.
Today is the day I quit worrying about what I don’t have and start being grateful for all the wonderful things life has already given me.
I’ll remember that to worry is just a waste of time and instead forcu my mental energy on the best possible outcome I can imagine...believeing that everything will be just fine or even better.
Tonight, before I go to bed, I’ll go outside and raise my eyes to the heavens. I will stand in awe at the beauty of the stars and the moon, and I will their beauty fill me with a sense of awe and the divine.
As teh day ends and I lay my head down on my pillow, I will be thankful for the best day of my life. And I will sleep the sleep of a contented child, exited with expectation because I know tomorrow is going to be... THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; but I did! And becsue I did I’m going to celebrate!
Today, I’m going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far; the accomplishments, the many blessings, and yes, even the hardships because they have served to make me stronger.
I will go through this day with my head held high, and a happy heart.
I will marvel at Nature’s seemingly simple gifts; the morning dew, the sun, the clouds, the trees, the flowers, the birds. Today, none of thse miraculous createions will escape my notice.
Today, I will share my excitement for life with other people. I’ll make someone smile. I’ll go out of my way to perform an unexpected act of kindness for someone I don’t even know.
Today, i’ll give a sincere compliment to someone who seems down. I’ll tell a child how special he is, and I’ll tell someone I love just how deeply I care for them and how much they mean to me.
Today is the day I quit worrying about what I don’t have and start being grateful for all the wonderful things life has already given me.
I’ll remember that to worry is just a waste of time and instead forcu my mental energy on the best possible outcome I can imagine...believeing that everything will be just fine or even better.
Tonight, before I go to bed, I’ll go outside and raise my eyes to the heavens. I will stand in awe at the beauty of the stars and the moon, and I will their beauty fill me with a sense of awe and the divine.
As teh day ends and I lay my head down on my pillow, I will be thankful for the best day of my life. And I will sleep the sleep of a contented child, exited with expectation because I know tomorrow is going to be... THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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