on my mind

We got to go celebrate a pretty fantasmagorical day with the Beckerts last week. Ms. Tori Elizabeth Beckert got married!!! Now she is Mrs. Tori Elizabeth Reeves! It was such a great day and I loved every minute of it, but I completely loved the temple. There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing another family member you love make it to the temple. There was an incredible peaceful feeling there all day!



Every time I think of the temple lately, I think of my Anderson family motto: No Empty Chairs. My grandma and grandpa Anderson took advantage of every opportunity to share their testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ with us. Family was what mattered most to them and they always said how they want each of us to pattern our lives after the Savior so that when we make it home to Heaven, we get to see each member of our family present. Nobody is left behind, left out, or forgotten.

I love that promise of eternal family. I love that I have been able to start my own family and I love seeing my family grow and grow.

The temple truly is Heaven on Earth and I loved getting to watch my cute sister-in-law and now brother-in-law make promises to each other that will bless them forever.

On a different note.....

It's Spring Break! I'm pumped. I've got senioritis bad. I thought it was bad in high school, but this graduation craving is worse than my chocolate craving, which is surely saying something.

I'm excited that It's finally spring and next week Karl and I are heading down to the land of Bountiful, a cornucopia, a lot of to visit these two stinkers....

We are pretty excited. I never really thought about what it would be like to have all of my siblings grown up, married and scattered all over the place, but sometimes it's hard. I love their spouses super much and love that I get to be an aunt now (that totally rocks), but I do miss getting to hang out with my family on a Sunday, go on weekly walks with my mom, nurf gun wars and water fights, family dinner talks ( oh so many good ones), and lots of other things. Basically family I love your guts and we need to get together again reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy soon because Christmas feels like it was FOREVER ago and I haven't seen any of your faces since then and that frankly bites monkeys!!!

I'm sorry that whenever I blog I seem to rant about nothingness, but here be the thoughts running through my brain and sometimes, it's nice to just get write them out of there.

I'ma gonna keep enjoying this lovely spring day:)

P.S. to self. Sorry to anybody who may be mortified/offended/upset at this link, but I've been laughing out loud at work for the past half hour because of it and I had to share. I love Harry Potter, but this was a pretty funny interpretation:)

Tagged

Hannah tagged me in this fun blog questionnaire so whilst doing nothing at work, here is a lot of random about me:

1. Post these rules.
2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.
3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post.
4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them.
5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you've tagged them.

11 Random Facts
1. I am a chocoholic
2. I love to read fiction, but my favorite is Disney classic fairytale stuff when good always defeats evil!!! Yes, I'm cliche.
3. My favorite movie in the whole world is While You Were Sleeping. I wanted to marry I guy who made me laugh like Jack and lucky me I sure did!
4. I have a fruit obsession. On one of our firstish dates, Karl asked me what I wanted for desert and I told him an apple ( which I totally wanted) and now we get fruit all the time for our treat on dates. It's fabulous:)
5. I want to move to a place that is warm. Blech to snow!
6. I have scars on my arms from my cat Snowflake and I kind of love them because they remind me of her. I miss that little (I know she was fat family) pretty kitty.
7. I have an obsession with the Irish. I want to go to Ireland someday.
8. I love dance parties and miss going to them!
9. I love to play the piano and most Sundays I practice hymns. The neighbors downstairs told me once that they like it because they get to sing a long as I play. Gotta love Aggie Village:)
10. I day dream in cartoon form.
11. I can twitch my eye!

Questions
1. If you could be any X-man, who would it be? Well, what mutation would you have?
-I don't know much about the X-men, but I would want to fly!

2. What is your favorite article of clothing to wear?
-My favorite item of clothing to wear would be scarfs. I love them. I have way too many, but I love every single one.

3. What is your very favorite scripture ever?
-My favorite scripture ever is Romans 8: 35-39. This chapter taught me a lot about my Savior and every time I read it I'm reminded of the love he has for me.

4. What is one of your tangible treasures? (baby blanket, grandma's jewelry, etc)
-My tangible treasure is definitely my scrapbooks. My mom put a lot of work into those and I love looking back at such great memories.

5. How many babies do you want to have one day?
-4 or 5 I think

6. What is one of your fondest childhood memories? Feel free to tell the whole story.
-My favorite childhood memory is when my brother Garen and I were about 5 and 6. Garen had one of those big power-wheel cars you could drive in. We dressed up in a hat and goggles and road up and down the street in our neighborhood. My parents got some funny calls from the neighbors that we had thoroughly entertained for the day. I still remember riding up and down the street having a grand time:)

7. Why did you pick the career you did?
-I really wanted to do something that would benefit other people and Speech Pathology definitely fit that criteria and my personality pretty well.

8. What is your favorite holiday? Why?
-Christmas!!! I love being close to family. I kind of miss having my whole family together all the time, but during Christmas I at least get to see all of them which is great.

9. Football or soccer?
-Soccer all the way

10. Do you have any scars? What happened?
-Most of my scars are from my cat Snowflake. She was a feisty little thing, but I loved to hold her and sometimes she would get upset, hence the scratches.

11. All time favorite movie?
-While You Were Sleeping. You can even watch it on Youtube!!!

11 New Questions

1. Who is your favorite super hero and why?
2. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
3. Where do you get most of your clothes?
4. Winter, spring, summer, or fall?
5. Cat or dog?
6. Tell me about one of your favorite moments from high school.
7. Favorite book?
8. Where would your ideal place to settle down with your family be someday?
9. Favorite treat?
10. What is your favorite way to pass the time
11. What is your dream job?

I Tag

1. Stephanie Romney
2. Catherine Newman
3. Callie Stats
4. Ashley Benjamin
5. Ashley Collins
6. Nicolie