Project Gratitude Day 1

Well....as you may have noticed the blog has undergone a "makeover". I still can't decide if I like the new look or not. Warning: It may, well most likely, change.

Other than spending time looking at blog backgrounds and creating some, I have decided to do a little project, project gratitude. As you probably guessed, this project consists of me posting a photo of what I am grateful for every day. My goal is to do this until the end of February. So basically a month. After a month we will see what happens.

So far I love this project because one, it helps my photo taking and Photoshop skills and two, it makes it so I can get in the habit of updating this thing daily.

Here it goes:

Today I am grateful for technology. In my family we are HUGE apple fans, I'll tell ya why in a second. Technology has become one of my favorite things. With the internet at your fingers you can shop, watch/read the news, web chat (Skype/FaceTime) with friends and family, keep up on emails, banking, and even get a pep talk from Kid President.

So, like I said, my family is HUGE apple fans. As you can see from the above photo, the only thing I'm missing is an iPhone (it's currently in the works). Well just to prove how AWESOME apple really is listen to this story:

So my dad drove up with me to Salt Lake City so I could take the Prius to school with me (which I love). On the way up we decided to stop by the scene were the accident took place, yep the one that changed our lives for ever. It was weird and surreal to be there but good at the same time. Well, I started to walk around the area that was covered in snow and next thing I know I look down and see this shiny black thing.

It looks too neat to be glass so I picked it up. It turned out to be my sister, Tristen's, iPod Nano!  We cleaned it up (not a scratch on it, just a lot of dirt) and let it charge. Next thing we know it worked! After sitting in the grass and weathering snow and probably rain, it still worked. I don't know about y'all but I think that is CRAZY!

Like I said, technology is amazing!

 

Keep Breathing....

10 seconds...that's I'll I need right now. 

*Warning this is a venting post*...

I know that everything that has happened to our family has happened for a reason. I know that and I accept it. But, just right now, in this very moment, it's hard.

My heart breaks everyday for my parents, for my brothers, and right now especially, for my little sister.

Maegen has gone through so much stuff, words cannot explain how much I admire her right now. In this moment, though, I wish she could get off easy. I wish she could just be better. It seems like after every surgery she goes through, she is ok, but then a few hours later something goes wrong. This time its pneumonia and an extended abdomen.

I know she will pull through it, she always does. It's just hard to see her go through this...yes its especially hard when I'm 1000 miles (give or take) away. Sometimes, okay a lot of the time, I wish I could just rewind time. Rewind back to the time when us four girls would stay up late and just talk about random things and play if you love me baby smile. Unfortunately, I can't. I just have to hold onto those memories.

Okay, rant over. I know that we aren't going through this thing alone. I appreciate all the prayers and cards that have been said/sent in our behalf. Words can not express how grateful we are for the support, how grateful I am.

I know that in the end we will all be okay. As Ingrid Michaelson said, we just have to keep breathing.

 

I Say Buuurrrr It's Cold In Here!!

Yep, you guessed it right. I'm spending the next 8 months of my life here in Iceburg....*Ahem* Rexburg. Today when we left for church at 9 am it was 1 degree...1! To make matters ugly it stayed 1 degree! I guess I should be grateful that it didn't drop into the negatives!

Anways, I am off track right now so I am taking two night classes (science) and looking for a job. So if you know anyone...holla! I know this is short but more will come later...promise!!