Adventure is Out There!

I know the things I post may make it seem like we're super adventurous all the time, but mostly we're doing work and school so that's no the case. But on occasions we do have random little adventures. Yesterday we were bored after finishing a million episodes of this show we are hooked on, (we finished finally, thank goodness. Now we can move on with our lives) so we actually searched the internet for ideas of things to do. It is really sad when that is what it comes to. Wow, I'm making us sounds really lame...

Anyways, We decided to go geocaching. I downloaded this app on my phone that helps us find them and we left on our merry way. It was freezing outside so we were all bundled up hiking around rock canyon. We walked a nice little path along the mountain, and followed the compass on my phone. It was so pretty outside! Even though it was cold, i just loved it! I kept saying, "this is so fun. This is just so fun." I guess that tells you how exciting we've been lately.. (Let me give you a hint - not very..) 

But it was nice to be out hiking in nature seeing the beautiful creations of our heavenly father and His Son. Well, my phone told me we were getting closer and eventually had 300 ft, then 200 then 100. When we got to 50ft I shouted, "it's right up here!" and all the sudden my phone died. It was a very anticlimactic moment for us. We were so close but there was no way we could just find it on our own. 

The moral of the story is, you might as well stay inside and be lame! Just kidding I promise I don't think that. I honestly don't know what the moral of the story is. Be prepared maybe? I'll leave it open ended so you can thing of your own moral of the story. 

Actually while we were out there I naturally tied it back to the gospel and we're all trained to do. We were both so close but there was nothing we could do after our guide stopped working. We searched on our own for a bit but there was too much ground to cover and we weren't sure if we were still going in the right direction. I immediately thought of Jesus Christ and how everything in life is so much easier with Him as our guide. We still didn't really know exactly where we were headed, and even if we got there we would have had to dig around to find the cache, but it was possible through our guide even if it required a little effort on our part. When we are cut off from Jesus Christ by mistakes or accidents, (such as my phone dying) we're lost for a bit and can't find our way. But there is always a way back! The easiest way to keep on the right track is to always remember Jesus Christ and to have Him at the center of our lives. Sometimes we kind of go though the motions in life and get distracted by obscure teachings in the church when we just need to remember that Christ is the center and tie everything back to him. It will keep us focused on our righteous goals. 

I was really trying to get my thoughts out clearly but it was kind of scattered. Good luck finding your way through that, readers. But my main point is that I know that Jesus Christ is the center of the gospel and should be the center of our lives. Things will be so much easier, even if they are difficult. We will be able to make it through trials and hardships because we have faith in Him. This is something I need more work on obviously, but I do know that it's true. I'm grateful for my Savior who's guided me and blessed my life with peace and surety of things to come! 

Happy Sabbath everyone! 

#LDSconf

First let me explain the title. If it looks familiar it's EVERYwhere now attached to all these awesome messages and videos the church posts on social media. Personally I laughed when I saw it because I think it's so funny that the church is so good at staying hip and with the times! Heck I"m not even with the times. That's probably my first hashtag ever. And Preston and hashtag have never been in the same sentence until now. Nevertheless, we were talking about how it's just amazing that the church comes up with these quotes from the conference talks and posts them literally right after the talks. It's just really cool to see technology being used for so much good! With the internet being so prevalent in our lives, we can waste a ton of time (which I regret to say happens more than it should), or use it to build the kingdom! We can do so much with little to no inconvenience by just contacting friends and sharing messages and following up. I'm seriously so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We are so blessed in our life because of it. We see the hand of God in everything we do and we can always be happy, even when things go wrong, having the knowledge that we do. I'm so grateful to have an amazing guy to share life with and who builds me up. I love that boy!
General Conference was so great! We enjoyed it greatly and were spiritually fed with our batteries recharged. I just have to say I can't even listen to the Tabernacle choir without getting emotional. I promise I don't cry all throughout conference, I'm just saying the spirit is always so strong and confirms to me that the gospel is true, that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and that Heavenly Father loves us enough to make these messages accessible for us! I just feel really good. It was a good weekend.
We also enjoyed the almost warm-ish provo air as we played catch after conference. It was so fun and on top of that, Preston is a babe and I thoroughly enjoy watching him play sports (sorry, too much information).
In other news, last weekend was my Grandpa's 80th birthday! It was so much fun to have the family there and surprise him big time. I just have to say, he is the greatest man ever and has lived a worthy 80 years thus far! Thanks for being the greatest grandpa, father, husband and friend to everyone in the family! We love you so much!
This is kind of a random bunch of information but I just have random things to say. The semester is almost over which is a miracle. It will be nice to have a little break where we can hopefully relax for a minute.
Well, for some reason we never take pictures, so I'll work on getting some for next time. I might just have to start posting random pictures from months ago that have no relevance such as these...

In front of my old house in Salt lake! We want to live there. 

No idea really where or when this was.. 

A great one of preston planning to ride his bike to school like this so his bum wouldn't get wet. (This was probably last year sometime. Again, none of these are very recent)

An exciting laundry day. We like piling the warm sheets on top of us. It's just one of life's great comforts.

On the front runner to salt lake a while ago.

Awesome Jazz game for Christmas

Just a cute one I thought I'd share. :)

Now I hope you feel like you've been updated a little on our lives. Life is just great!

The Hallmark Channel

This one might be more of a Hallmark channel show instead. I'll try not to be really sappy, but I just have to talk about what a great guy I have! He seriously is the best. I don't know what I'd do without him. Poor guy is put through all my weird girl problems, like when sometimes I just cry for no reason and he's really confused but still just holds and comforts me anyways. That sounds like quite the challenge right? It is. He deserved a medal. And he is honestly always looking out for me. He just does little things for me that I don't ask for but he knows I like/want/need. For example, if I'm getting ready and am running late he'll lay out my clothes or make me a lunch or something. Or if I just say something like, it's cold in here, he'll go grab me a blanket, and he'll bring a water bottle to me at night because he knows I get thirsty. It's hard to think of example off the top of my head because they're just little things he does every day that are so sweet. I've never been treated so well in my life! My brothers are great and all, but they have some things to work on... ;) Just kidding I love them.

Anyways, I just have the best guy in the world and Im so grateful for him. In other news, the temple is the place to be. We went the other day after being kinda stressed out about making life decisions. It was the most peaceful, comforting feeling being in there. It's just unbelievable how strong the spirit is and how much you can feel Heavenly Father's love. I still don't have my life decisions figured out, but at least I know to just have faith and things will work out. Faith not fear! I've got to remember that.

Well this was kind of a random, short one, but I just wanted to shout out to my man and say he's the greatest thing since sliced bread! I mean, just look at that face!