Happy Birthday Husband!!

t w e n t y  f o u r Today is a day to celebrate for sure :] my cute husband is 24 years old ...that just blows my mind.  We met about two months after he turned 18.  I remember the first time we celebrated his birthday together like it happened yesterday.

I was leaving a YSA activity and going to the store to get a ton of balloons for him and I was all dressed up and this guy who was giving me balloons gave me his number and I said "uh.. I don't need this, the balloons are for my boyfriend.." #awkward

I remember going to his house to play games and eat cake and he stood up on a chair while we sang to him and kept rocking back and forth like a little kid with the giant smile on his face. He made his wish, blew out his candles, and then immediately asked all of us to do it again. I kind of looked at him like "Really dude? You're 19!" but his family just kind of giggled. Then he asked me if I had ever seen this video of him: 

I apologize for the horrible video quality..

couldn't find the original file, so I recorded it with my phone from Facebook

If our kids are half as cute as he is... ohmyheck <3

Happy Birthday Babefry! I'm sad we can't be together today to celebrate, but I hope you have the best day and I am so excited to spend many many many more birthdays with you! I love you oodles and oodles of noodles!!

Conversion Story: Part 1

Let's start off with how I met my cute hubby:

It was the day of orientation for my Junior year of high school (August 2008). I was with my friend Hannah at the time and we decided that we wanted to grab lunch after orientation was over. I told her about this guy that worked at Johnny Rockets that I thought was super cute so I convinced her to go with me so we could hopefully see him. 

Long story short, he was there! I ended up leaving my number for hm, he texted me and we continued to text for the rest of his work shift while I sat in the movie theater with Hannah and watched listened to 'The Dark Knight.' When the movie was over,  we decided that we wanted to meet up after he got off work so we could talk and get to know each other better.

We met outside of the movie theater at the Janss Mall and talked about pretty much anything you can think of.. What's your favorite food, what are your hobbies, what do you do for fun, do you play sports, what schools did you attend, why do we look so familiar, the time our school one spirit night, what classes am I taking this year, who is your favorite teacher, do you have any pets, etc.,

Finally we got onto the subject of religion. Jayson asked me if I believed in God. I said yes. He asked me if I believed in Jesus Christ. Again, yes. He asked me if I went to church. I told him no, but I wish that I had been. I asked him if he goes to church. He said yes. I asked him which one. He said, the Mormon church. 

I feel like I looked at him with a terrified face.. the only thing that I knew (or thought I knew) about the church was that they have crazy strict rules, and don't date before they were sixteen. I don't think I even responded to him.. I was sort of scared and didn't know exactly what to say but I was open to hearing about it. 

Before I even had a chance to respond, he smiled a half smile, took a deep breath and said,"Will you go to church with me on Sunday?'

My face light up.
I said "Yes"

... to be continued

Read With Me 2014

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Testimony Sunday: Why

Testimony Sunday The first Sunday of ever month, sacrament meeting is called 'Fast and Testimony Meeting.' This is a very special meeting where members (and non members) of the congregation are invited to stand and share their testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
We also Fast on this day. "In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, members are encouraged to fast whenever their faith needs special fortification and to fast regularly once each month on fast day. On that day, we go without eating or drinking for two consecutive meals, commune with our Heavenly Father, and contribute a fast offering to help the poor. The offering should be at least equal to the value of the food that would have been eaten. Typically, the first Sunday of each month is designated as fast Sunday. On that day, members who are physically able are encouraged to fast, pray, bear witness to the truthfulness of the gospel, and pay a generous fast offering...We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it’s simply going hungry. If we want our fasting to be more than just going without eating, we must lift our hearts, our minds, and our voices in communion with our Heavenly Father. Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful. It can fill our minds with the revelations of the Spirit. It can strengthen us against times of temptation." -JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN 
On the first Sunday of every month, I will be sharing my testimony. I don't always get to share my thoughts with others, and I'm pretty awful at writing down my thoughts so I am going to be sharing them here as a record for myself (since I extremely dislike hand writing in a journal).

Blog Series: Coming Soon!

Okay readers, I have some exciting changes happening on the blog! 

I will be starting several blog series in the near future, and I have ideas for later..

 To check out whats coming, click the pink 'series' button up top! 

I can't wait to share these stories with you (and for myself of course) 

Thanks for reading!!