Within Walking Distance

I recognize that for five of the past seven years (the other two are from my mission) I have been truly blessed to have school and work within walking distance. This year, my sister's apartment has also been within walking distance. I am grateful to be in such close proximity to school, work, and family.

Delayed Flight

My parents had a delayed flight today, so they got to spend an couple hours more with me and my sister! I am grateful for that.

Kind Text Messages

Recently, I decided to look through my saved text messages in my phone and type them up in a Word document on my laptop. This serves as a reminder to me to use technology in meaningful ways. I am glad I did that. Now each time I receive a text message that makes my day a little bit (or a lot) better, I record it on my Word document. I am grateful for the kind messages I've received, including the ones I received today.

Cousins That I Can Carry

Being the oldest child in my family, I have no nieces or nephews. But I do have a few cousins that are young enough to be nieces and nephews. I got to see them and play with them today. I am grateful that I can have fun with them and carry them as we play. At one point, they asked me to pick them up and fly them around the room. We had a great time today.

A Special Birthday for My Sister

It was my sister's birthday, and my family is in town. This morning we went to the temple in Manti, UT, as a family. It is beautiful inside these temples, and much of that beauty for me today lay in the time I was able to spend with my family there. In the temple, we were able to attend special worship services to help my sister prepare to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The rest of the day was filled with more time with immediate and extended family, but this morning in the Manti temple was certainly the day's highlight, even with the rainy weather!

A "Dang Straight" Good Roommate :)

One of my roommates moved out today to go home for the summer. It was great to get to know him this year. We served together as home teachers for several local church members. I am grateful for the time we spent together.

Cleaning to Tunes

One of the things that makes cleaning jobs so enjoyable for me is playing music as I work. It's great how that works. The music makes the job much more fun. It's the principles in Snow White's "Whistle While You Work" at work!