Ten Facts About Yourself.

Well I've seen a few people do this picture/game thing and it looks like fun (and I never know what to blog about) so I thought I'd give it a little go. So here we go...

Day 1: Ten Facts About Yourself

1. I love dessert; cheesecake, chocolate anything, cookies, you name it!

2. I love restoring old or beat up furniture. (I would love to open a store like Urban Renewal one day)

3. I LOVE giving gifts, I put so much thought into giving gifts.

4. When I go out to eat I like to order dessert first, cause you can always take your left overs from dinner home but you can't take dessert home :) I learned this from my Mom!

5. I love to dance, I dance for Kalamity and we dance for "calamities" within the community, I absolutely love my Kalamity Fam Bam.

6. I work at Pizza Factory Express, and I look forward to the day when I won't have to work there anymore.

7. I am the oldest of four, and the oldest grandchild on both my mom and my dad's side. Talk about responsibility.

8. I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I absolutely love everything about it. I love my Savior and my Lord, I love the gospel, I love everything that is taught, and I know without a doubt in my mind that it is true! I am so blessed to have it in my life.

9. I have an amazing boyfriend that becomes even more amazing everyday (don't ask me how, cause I have no idea!) His name is Jeffrey Preston Hauck, but I call him Jeff, Jeffycakes, Jeffycakes boobear, sweetie, pumpkin, lolly pop, sugar muffin, etc. Hahaha I'm just playing with the last few :) but I think you get the point, I adore him!

10. I have so many role models in my life, but the ones that directly impact my life everyday are my beautiful Mom, my talented and understanding sister Cec-so-sweet, and my big hearted Aunty Tia. All of them influence me more than they could ever know. I have no idea the person I would be without their love and influence on me. I love all of them so extremely much!

 

Happy Mother's Day.

Happy Mothers Day to the greatest Mom in the entire world. (I know everyone says that about their mom, but my mom really is the greatest!) I wanted to do a little something something for my mom that can only apply to her so I came up with an acranem for her (Okay so what? I'm in college and I don't know how to spell) I'm only doing my mom's first name cause if I did her whole name we would be here a while (Her whole name: Tonya Irene Dole Sinataonga Ah Quin Horlacher)

T- is for Testimony, I know that my mom loves the Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ. She shares her testimony everyday in the way she loves people, in the way she serves selflessly, in the way she smiles. Even from when I was little, I have always known and felt my mom's testimony.
O- is for Obedient, my mom is one of the most obedient people I know. She has always had an obedient heart, and she always will do the right thing. I really admire my mom's obedience.
N- is for Neat, "cleanliness is next to Godliness," "everything has a home, and once your done with it put it back," "how can you live in such a mess?" all are quotes from my mom. This is one of her talents that I need to pay more attention to. Haha
Y- is for Young, call me crazy but it seems that my mom gets younger and younger every year. My mom is full of life, she's young at heart and young in her looks, she's beautiful :)
A- is for Attitude, anyone who  knows my mom knows that she always has the best attitude completed with a smile! Always!

These are just a few of the things that I love about my Mom. Like I said before, she really is the greatest Mom EVER! I am so grateful for her. She is my role model. I wouldn't be who I am today if it weren't for her (I think I'm in a pretty good place) haha so there is just one more thing to say...

THANK YOU MOM! I LOVE YOU ETERNALLY!

 My Mom back in the day...Yeah she's a babe!

Thank you Mom... I will be eternally grateful for you.

Happy Easter!

Easter is a beautiful holiday! It's a time to reflect on life, not only our own life, but our Savior's life. I am so grateful for the living Christ, my brother, my friend, my biggest supporter, my comforter, my everything! I know I wouldn't be where I am today if it were not for Him and His everlasting atonement. Thanks to my Father in Heaven and His son, Jesus Christ, I am able to enjoy this life and strive to reach my full potential. I never could have dreamed of having all that I have, and I will always remember where it all comes from and I will always be grateful! HAPPY EASTER!

The Lord Loves You Cam.

I woke up today a little down. For no reason, but every reason at the same time. I know I am richly blessed and that I need to always remember that. But I have the problem/blessing with always wanting to do more, to always wanting to be better that sometimes this really stretches me out of shape. I woke up really thoughtful of my life and the things going on in my life. I have a wonderful family that loves me more than anything, I have an amazing boyfriend that would do anything for me, I have my Savior that has already done everything for me, I have my God that wants me to return to Him, I have this gospel to guide me back to Him, I have my Kalamity family that is always there for me, I have so many talents that bless others, I have a job, I have a working car, I have everything I could ever ask for, I have friends that won't ever forget me, I have everything I could need. But am I giving enough?

I've been thinking about this all morning. After getting ready this morning, I sat down to read a little and this is what I came across..."Some take the plan of salvation too lightly and do not try. Others try too hard. In fact, most faithful people at some time mistakenly think that they have to do more than possible. Thus smitten, they stretch themselves out of shape...This view is wrong because it is not guided by faith in the wisdom of God; it does not quite trust his simple requests. Sometimes it is oddly convenient, selfish in a way, to live a life of extremes and distortions rather than to keep things balanced. But the Lord is pleased with a life lived in balance. He asks that we do what we can and no more. He will do the "more" part. There are many versions of doing all we can, and each of them is balanced..."

WOW, does God know me or what? Feeling overwhelmed and blessed I knelt to pray and pour my heart out. At the end of my prayer the Spirit whispered to me, "The Lord Loves You Cam." I know this is true. And I know he is always there for me.  :)

LeaMay Hunt Jones.

LeaMay is 92 years old, soon to be 93 on May 15th. She is the wife to Jesse Jones, mother of 7 children, grandmother of 35 grandchildren, and great-grandmother to 106 great-grandchildren. She's from Enterprise, Ut. In her youth she ran leg races, no one, boy or girl, could ever beat her. She loves riding horses, "there aint nothing better" in her words. Her favorite color is red. She loves pine nuts and pumpkin pie. She loves to dance, when her husband was alive they would go dancing every weekend where they would dance 30 dances straight. She loves to tell jokes, and she's the life of any party. First joke she always tells, "what goes up but doesn't come down....your age" LeaMay has a beautiful smile and has a really special spirit. Although she didn't love me at first, she will love me one day! I look forward to getting to know you better, LeaMay!

(I will have pictures later)

Life.

I've decided that I want my blog to come directly from my heart. No matter what! Life is about learning new things and sharing them with others, so that's what I want to do. So this will be the good and the bad things I feel...No matter what!

In my spiritual journal I like to take time every Sunday and write about where I am right then. Both physically and spiritually. I found this last week interesting and exciting in the progression and answers I have received that I want to blog about it!

Last Sunday March 20, 2011.....Where am I right now?


"Right now I am sitting in my Ivins college ward. I'm going to college at Dixie state and working at the Pizza Factory Express. I have a wonderful family, and a wonderful boyfriend (Jeff Hauck), and I feel really happy. BUT I know I have so much room for improvement. I make mistakes constantly, but I'm always trying to become better through my Savior. I need my Savior. I need help. I need strength, and humility more than ever. I want to make everyone happy but I feel like that is always going to be impossible.

Why can't what i want and what makes me happy line up with everything and everyone? I'm trying so hard and giving my best, but I know that I can always give more. I feel like I just need a life changing sign or miracle to know what it is I need to do or what direction I need to go. I've always heard that this stage of life was hard, but I NEVER anticipated it being this hard. In a few months I hope to be able to work towards living completely through the Spirit and be able to always recognize the spirit and follow it no matter what! I want to fully rely on the Spirit in every big or small decision I have to make. I want to be an expert at recognizing the prompting and feeling I feel from the Spirit. I know this is an ongoing goal, but...I will reach it!"

Today I feel like I received an answer to this entry in my journal! I'm taking a really special institute class that I take really seriously :) haha well today I was reading through the lesson for this next week and the Spirit testified to me that instead of praying for my load to be lighter and my burden to be lifted, I need to pray for strength. Instead of going into hard situations and thinking "woe is me," I need to ask for strength and make it through. I need to be as so many prophets and ask for strength to overcome, strength to endure, strength to do all things! I was also reminded that the Lord loves me so much and that he is always mindful of me. He wants me to enjoy this life and to reach my full potential and that only I will know that for myself, with His help! I think one of the most important things to remember in this life, is to ENJOY it! This life is my opportunity and privledge to show my love for my Savior and my Lord!

I am soo blessed.

I'm Awful at Blogging.

 My Lashes :) I am sooo excited! No more mascara for me, HURRAY!!!

 Latisha is dang good at what she does! Thanks Tish! I love them!!

Well I have a free second so I thought I'd try to update my blog. What's new...Well I was asked to be the president of my Institute class, called to be an Institute Rep in my YSA Ward, I got eye lash extensions (THAT I AM SOOOO EXCITED ABOUT), Kalamity and Dixie Chix are both so fun, and I've just been crazy busy with school and work! Life is always on the go but I don't think I would have it any other way.