Plain and Simple.

   Lately I have been thinking A LOT about a certain boy. You may know him, he lives in Mexico currently. He is incredibly handsome, has an amazing testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and is so selfless. I am sure you have guessed that I am talking about Tyler James, and you guessed right. He is just so great, I thank the Lord everyday for putting him into my life. Ty never ceases to amaze me, it has been 14 months since I have seen this boy but my love for him only grows deeper and deeper the longer we are apart.

  Having Ty gone has definitely been a difficult trial. But I have learned so much and become a stronger person because of it. I have learned what and who matter most in life. I have learned how to more fully appreciate the blessings that I have been given. It hasn't been an easy journey but I know that it will be worth it. I may not know a lot of things but I do know this, Plain and Simple I love Tyler James Allen.

Too Stoked!

So... just going to throw this out there that in 15 days I will be sitting in Energy Solutions Arena, experiencing this live, with my two best friends. I could not be more excited!!

Too Stoked!!!

Love me some Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Thompson Square!

Leap of Faith

  So much has happened in my life this last year. I have grown closer to those that matter most in my life. I have learned about myself and most importantly what I want and where I am going in life. In the last year I have learned to rely more closely on my Savior, more than ever before. I had always heard the little saying that says God won't give you anything you can't handle,  I didn't used to believe that. At some points in my life I felt like the Lord trusted me too much. But now I can tell you the Lord really does know us better than we know ourselves. We can handle everything he gives us.

  My perspective on life has definitely changed for the better in last year, and even in the last few months.

At times in our lives we may not understand why we are going through the things we are, we may not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but luckily the Savior does. There has been many times in the last year that I wondered why I was going through the things I was. I wondered if I could really handle everything before me. But I am here to tell you I have made it! I may be crazy to say this but here I go... I am grateful for the trials that I have faced thus far in my life. I would not be the person I am today with out them. 

  I have grown so much in the last year. I am changing into the woman that the Lord wants me to be, not just the woman I want to be. I have become closer to my Savior than I have ever been in my life, and I would not have it any other way. I rely on the Savior for everything in my life and I know that my life has changed for the better. I know that when we take leaps of faith, the Lord blesses us. If we can just show even a portion a faith the Lord will bless us tremendously. 

  Just within the past few months I have taken my own Leap of Faith, and I have already seen my faith increase more as the Lord strengthens me because of my willingness to take that leap. I know that my Savior lives, He knows me better than I know myself. He knows my wants, desires as well as my needs. I know that through making Leaps of Faith we can be strengthened. I am so grateful that I have made a Leap of Faith, I know my life, perspective and testimony will be forever changed.


On another note..... I am getting a sister in law!!

Her name is Lindsey and I simply adore her, and apparently my brother does too...

The big day is May 11, 2012!! 

Honda Civic Ex

Just as I hinted at in my last post, I recently made a new purchase....

And I LOVE it!

Very eventful Month!

  I have been meaning to work on my blogging because there is so much to blog about, especially this month! Here is a list of things that are going on, have been going on, or will go on in my life soon...

1. Hitting Ty's hump day!!
[He'll be home in 51 weeks and 357 days!!]

2. End of the semester

3. Came home for the Holidays

4. Talked to my sweet missionary on Christmas!!

5. My sisters birthday

6. The starting of a new semester
[My last semester of Pre-Req's for nursing school!]

7. Getting a new car and phone!!

and last but not least....
8. Getting ready for my cruise to the Bahamas in June 2012!!!!

I am excited to for the new year and the opportunities and chances that it holds! As for 2011 thanks for being so good to me, I have learned a lot from you and am ready to progress forward onto 2012!

Shout out to the Birthday Boy!!

   I know this is a few days late, but with work and finals my life has been crazy hectic! But I do want to give a little shout out to the birthday boy! 

   Friday was kind of a big deal....it was my boy's birthday! As I was thinking about him on his birthday I couldn't help but think that only a year ago we were sitting together at dinner celebrating his birthday, followed by our annual Grinch watching! It is crazy how time flies. It is crazy to think that we are coming up on his hump day!

  I can't even begin to say how much I miss Ty. He is such a huge part of my life and it is hard having him hundreds of miles away. But I couldn't be more proud of him and the things he is doing and the man he is becoming. So here's my shout out...Happy Birthday to the most amazing best friend, boyfriend and missionary a girl could ask for! I am so blessed to have Ty in my life and incredibly lucky to call him mine.  

 One birthday down only one more to go!!

Man, he is SO handsome!

Stay tuned for an exciting post in a few days because we're almost at a year baby!!! 8 more days!!

one AMAZING weekend.

   This last weekend I had the chance to go up to Salt Lake for the weekend! It was so nice to be able to spend some quality time with each member of my family, watch some football and celebrate my birthday with the ones that I love most. 

   Tim and his Bantam A team have gone undefeated every year until the championship game and then they lose by one point. It has been really hard on that team to give up that one loss at the end of each season, especially since sometimes the reason for the opponents win was because they cheated and didn't get caught. None the less the boys practiced real hard all season this year, making progression each game. And this last weekend it was time to see who was going to be the champions this year! The Murray boys played their very best and it paid off, these boys finally won their well deserved title! There was so much cheering and screaming after the refs announced the game to be over. These same group of boys will probably never be together with every person to play football ever again. Some will not play football anymore, some will go to other schools for sports, and some will play on the high school team. After the game there was lots of picture taking with smiles on everyones faces.

The boys were so excited! 

Me and my boys!

My boyfriend Luke

My amazing Family!

   After soaking in the win of the Murray boys we had to change into our Red, Black and White to head over to support our UTES! So we changed and drove up to the game, it snowed for the whole first half of the gam, just long enough to get us soaked for the second half of the game. The Utes did not disappoint and the game was a blast! Nothing better than sitting at Rice Eccles stadium with two of my best friends cheering on my favorite team!!

My Utes, Me and My girls!

Mer and Lu

Crazy Zach in his shorts!

   When all the football was over and the weekend was drawing to a close I got to spend my last day with my family. My parents made a good dinner and a yummy birthday cake. I had all the ones I loved surrounding me, I'm not sure life can get any better than this. Here's to being 20, I am excited to see what the next year has in store. But in the meantime, I am so lucky to have the family and friends I do, and I am grateful to have had one amazing weekend!