The BEST Court of Honor EVER!!!

Last night was Corey's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. It was such a great night! Everything went so well, and there were so many people there to support him. It was practically a perfect night with one tiny exception. I finished his slideshow literally right before the program started. And the time came for me to show the slideshow. Everything was going great until a little over halfway through and it stopped. I was so bummed! Corey and I looked at each other, he hadn't seen it yet, and we both almost started crying. I think what happened is there was an error when it burned, so it didn't completely burn the entire slideshow correctly to the DVD. Anyway, we can watch it later, but I felt badly for everyone else who didn't get to see the end. Oh well! The show must go on! But it was an amazing evening! I was already Corey's biggest fan, but after last night I was even more proud of him and everything he has done and overcome.

The song I picked for the beginning of Corey's slideshow was "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas. If you haven't heard this song you need to because it is simply an amazing song! Anyway, this song epitomizes how I feel about Corey. Here are the lyrics:

Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels

Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And i don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain

He truly is a "little wonder!." I love him so much! Congratulations Corey!

how quickly life can change...

It amazes me how you can just be going along living your life, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, something happens that will completely change the way you live forever.

One of my really close friends, Kira, has been diagnosed with cancer. I don't really know much, they found out on Friday, but it was shocking to hear that. She's only 21 and she is going to BYU-Idaho. She's home right now because she's off-track. Anyway, I don't know what's going to happen, but I know that everything is in the Lord's hands and everything will be okay.

I am teaching in Relief Society tomorrow, and the lesson is on the talk "Good, Better, Best" by Dallin H. Oaks. I really love this talk! But I was thinking about how this concept of "good, better, best" applies to everything. I was thinking about the trials that I've faced so far in my life, and then I was thinking about Kira and the trial that she is now facing. We often talk about our trials and how we know that will give us good experience and make us better people. We also know the Heavenly Father would never give us more than we could handle. Heavenly Father loves us, as His sons and daughters, and He wants us to succeed. Don't you think He would give us the "best" trials, so to speak, that would give us the most experience? For example, we are not asked to die for the church as the early saints were, but we live for the church.

I'm simply grateful for the church and all of the things I know because of it. When life gets hard or even when it's easy, it's comforting to know I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and a Savior who suffered for all of my sins, sorrows, pains, etc.

I'm so grateful for all of the people who have been in my life. Friends are such blessings.

April's Over

I can't believe how much is going on right now! I have so many things to do and it's just crazy! School's rapidly coming to a close, a ton of my friends are leaving on missions within the next month or two, I have so many projects to work on, Corey is getting his eagle in a week and a half, I have a couple friends getting married this summer, my best friend is moving way far away, and the list just goes on. April is over already in my mind.
I'm trying to figure out when I am going to move back up to Rexburg. I was hoping for early June sometime, but now it looks like it won't be until the end of June, maybe not even til July. I don't know though. It just depends.

Corey's Court of Honor will be on the 29th. I'm so proud of him! He's awesome!

Well I gotta run! Here's a picture of Corey and I from Easter. We celebrated Easter with the Densley's and the Clark's. Corey helped stuff eggs for the Easter egg hunt, it's a tradition. Shelly was saying she's not sure what they're going to do next year when he's gone on his mission. Anyway, it was a great day!