Home... & general update.

Hey ya'll! I am officially at home!

I am pretty excited about that fact.
although I have no where to place my things or lay my head.
you see... I have yet to get a bed.

But Mindy is moving out October 1st, so I will inherit her diggs...
Until january.

Then I am back to school for my final hurrah!

My family is trekking up to Seattle on the 3rd to celebrate Daniel's birthday by going as a family...to see WICKED!
I am thrilled to be going to see it!

Speaking of seeing!
I have been without sight for over a month now. I was waiting to gather enough reserves for fall financial stability, and I was finally able to order my eyes. This should give all drivers out there much more comfort, as I am near sided, and cannot read the road signs when I drive without my alternate eyes.

I have to say that I dearly miss living with my grandparents. It was so enlightening, and I felt spoiled every day! Now that I am back at home I am thrown in again with the crowd, and I feel that I have lost a little of myself. But, I am slowly regaining ground.

Monday starts the official job hunt, although I have been hired to teach voice lessons! If I had a place to teach I think I'd try to do that for fall, but unfortunately...this is not the case. But I am excited to have one student!

Well. That is all for now! Hope you all are enjoying the last moments of summer, as fall is right around the corner!

Julie & Julia

Review: Pleasantly surprised.

Grandma & I were sitting in the living room watching Paula Deen on the food network talking about the wonderful delights of cooking when she asked me about the movie Julie & Julia. We looked up the time, and there was a show starting in 5 minutes, so we hopped in the car and were off to the movies!

It was so much fun to go to the movies with grandma! Especially a movie like this where it spans over generations and connects them. We laughed the whole time ate popcorn, and enjoyed the wonderful delightful acting of Amy Adams, and Meryl Streep. They are two of my favorites, and Grandma's too!

It has been so much fun to hang with my grandparents! They make me feel special in a way that I have not felt in a long long time! I really think that I needed this time with them, and I only hope that I can show them how grateful I am for them, and for the influence they have had upon my life.

I'm back! and I Passed!!!

Well finals are officially over!!!
Update:
I PASSED MY JURY!!!

You might remember that I failed it last semester, so I had to re-take the level...which was quite a hit to my confidence level. I was, during jury, able to perform better than I have ever performed classical music! Although still not to my full capability, it is getting closer. I decided that because only a fraction of what I can do in the practice rooms comes through in my performances, I simply need to increase my level of ability, and then more will be able to show through! (sounds easy...but it's not...I just wish I wasn't so terrified of performing classically. Someday I will get over it. I just refuse to let this stupid fear rule my life.)

My vocal coach let me know that I passed yesterday when we were praparing to sing for Graduation!!!
She has been such an inspiration to me! I cannot say how much I have learned from this incredibly inspiring woman! My gratitude overflows when I think of all that she has done for me!

Also, I know that the graduation speech is usually for graduates, but I am pretty sure that they made a mistake, because this time there was a section just for me. I will graduate! If it takes me forever I don't care, because in the long run it will be worth it!

In other news...
This whole week has been school school school...I worked on finals pretty much straight from 7am every morning to 11:30 pm every night.
My last final was finished at 5:45 yesterday!!! woot!

Which gave me less than plenty of time to move out by noon today.
I stayed up till 3 a.m. packing and working on clean checks.
And I arrived at Grandma & Grandpa's house at about 2pm today. The plan is to stay with them for most of August.

Then after I have built up a financial storage for fall, I will be able to retreat into a wonderful hibernation at the home front.

This will by no means mean that I get to actually sleep through the rest of fall...

I plan to work, and spend most of my free time preparing to come back...I have lots of ear training work to do...and I am supposed to be working on my vocals every day. Also the basement needs walls...so I plan to be quite occupied!

But now that school is over until January, I will definitely have more time for blogging! Not that there will be much to report, because outside of school...my life is pretty boring.

small and simple things

I have to say that I did not want last week to end. It was hard to wake up, and return to real life

It was so wonderful to be around everyone, and get to see everyone's families! I remember family reunions when I was little, Oh how we have all grown! I told my Dad yesterday when we were out at Aunt Sandra's house that I am so excited for the day when my siblings can all meet together and add our children and families.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to visit with everyone. I am so blessed to have the family I do. I feel so very blessed that the Lord is so very aware of each member of my family. Every time we get together I can see His hand in our lives. There were so many tender mercies this last week that I could never have imagined, but were each a testimony of how much the Lord Loves us, and how much he wants us to succeed here in this life, and to return to Him together.

I was able to take my parents to the Rexburg temple, and then they took me to dinner. I received a fortune cookie that said,"this day will be lucky for you, and memorable." It was not only a memorable day, but a memorable week. Witnessing grandpa's blessing was truly an awesome experience. Every time I hear Uncle Scott give a blessing, I know that his gift for blessings in this family was no accident. I feel the spirit confirming his words, and I in small measure experience and understand more of the Lord's love for us.

I was able to spend time with family members, that I cherish. I cherish the moments, and I cherish the stories, but most of all I cherish the Love that we share. I cherish the 100 some pictures I got!

Each of us... are so tried in this life. And lets face it...life...wears you out. There are times I know we each feel it is all we can do just to hang on. We are put to the test, sent through the refiner's fire, But we are given families to strengthen us, and to help us to endure. We hang on to each other.

It is evident to me that we are each given gifts and talents not for ourselves, but for each other. Each had a divinely inspired purpose.

It was no accident that we were all gathered at this time. It is not an accident that we are all in this family. We were sent to strengthen and lift each other through each of the trials that we face. Each of us is blessed to bring to the table something unique, and divine. I know I needed this! I am grateful for it!I think that the best part was getting so many hugs! I don't think I have had so many hugs! It makes me so happy!

I didn't get much more than my family on my camera...next time I will bring it out more & take more pictures. ha. But I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else got for pictures!!!