Spring Hits Rexburg

This week was our first full week of Spring! It started off pretty strangely...since it SNOWED on Tuesday! Monday night I remember having a dream that it had snowed, and when Jake and I woke up the next morning it was coming down pretty steadily. Maybe I'm psychic!

By the end of the week things had warmed up though, and on Friday I took Brandon to the skate park again since it was so beautiful outside. A woman brought her son to the park, along with an Australian shepherd puppy who she said was about 11 weeks old. I got to hold him and play with him and I was in HEAVEN. It was a great day!! Never take your pets for granted people, cuz I am majorly missing having a dog around to play with anytime I want.

This week I also worked on developing some more of my talents. I finished a few pieces of embroidery, and also started learning how to do calligraphy. I don't have those fancy calligraphy pens that "real" calligraphy requires, but I learned how to do it the cheater's way and I've been having a lot of fun with it. (I'm selling some of these in my Etsy shop now...so take a look!)

I'm also SUPER excited about my plant!! This morning before church I asked Jake to water it, and he mentioned that there was some green showing. He then proceeded to laugh at me for a good five minutes because of how excited I got. I ran over to the window and looked into my little flower pot, and there's some little green shoots slowly making their way through the dirt! I didn't kill the plant before it had a chance to grow, and I'm so excited! Hopefully they continue growing and I actually get some flowers soon. 

At church Jake and I sat behind a family with a little boy who's probably around one, and he was the cutest little guy EVER. He had a little toy rubber duck that he kept throwing at Jake, and thought it was the funniest thing in the world. We got a kick out of playing with him.

This Week's Spiritual Thought

Saturday was the General Woman's Broadcast, and I was so glad I had a chance to watch that and listen to the speakers. It was so awesome hearing from some of the women leaders of our church, and the two video presentations that were also shown really moved me. My favorite quote from the broadcast was from Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, who said: "If it is the Lord's plan, it should be OUR plan." I LOVE that! It's a simple concept, but I feel like the most simple ideas are usually the ones that hit home with me the deepest.