97.1 ZHT Valentine's Day Massacre

Ok so my friend Kacie has been wanting to be apart of the Valentine's Day Massacre for years and so she lucked out by knowing such a great friend open to coming along. Early this week we put our names in the contest and hoped that we would get choosen. With luck we got picked, so this morning we got up ridiculously early and headed down to the West Valley Mall for some fun. So the point of the competition is with 97 other women to throw yourself into a huge cake looking for prizes. The biggest prize is a diamond ring, but there are concert tickets, gift bags, Ipod shuffle, and more. Pretty much you had to quish through tons of chocolate cake looking for tiny strips of paper. The ring was found in the first minute and then women just dug to find the rest of the prizes. Well I looked forever and so wanted to get something and.......I won! I found Canyon ski lift tickets. Now I just need to find someone to go with me and teach me to ski/snowboard:) Here are some pictures of Kacie and I, she made us T-shirts to wear. It was so much fun and messy and I'm glad that I got the opportunity to do something new and entertaining.

Apparently we were on Fox 13 news and ABC news, I feel famous now. If I can find footage I will post it up. You can go to 971zht.com and watch their video of the event, totally worth a look!

Girls Gone Wild!!!

Ok, Jayci and I had a little girls night out at Chili's. Over very long chats and crazy texting, we came back to her house for some random picture taking. We of course deleted the ugly ones, but a few came out looking quite lovely. This could be because we are just so hot or just plain crazy, but definitely a fun and entertaining night!

Being Happy:)

I'm in the middle of something or really everything, that moment where you stand on the treshold of the next big step in life. I'm ending a contract job and am so excited to be moving permanently back to Oregon and ready to settle down officially. I very much would like to buy a house and take that next step of adulthood. My issue is that I'm going to need to find a new and great paying job that will support me and a house payment, easier said than done.
There are a million little things to worry about in this move but more than that, I'm finding it hard to find my happy place. I know that people make their own happiness, mine is just being elusive. Life does not always take the direction we assume it will; paths change, choices are made and hey....it's life! It's getting to the point of accepting what hand you have been dealt and changing the things you have control over. The day is never long enough to accomplish everything and there is always more.
I have found that being happy takes a lot of work and time to figure what things truely add to my happiness. While creating a list, there are lots of things that make me happy, why then am I always busy doing things that don't make me happy? Strange a person would even need to ask this. I've decided the get rid of all the extras, start only doing activities that really, truely make me happy and stop trying to please other people. When I fill my day with fun things, it allows me to stay focused on the present and make it through the day feeling good about myself, the future, and life.
Now I have just gotten to this point, so hopefully I can put it into effect and successfully use it daily. Like my dad is always saying, "a person needs to have a success story everyday." I am trying and now have better ideas on how to make every day a happy, successful, and fulfilling day. The sun is shining a little brighter and I'm ready for it to stay that way, so wish me luck on this new adventure of happiness and taking those steps into a better life!

"The only thing to fear, is fear itself"

So I have recently read an amazing book that has changed my life. I wanted to tell as many people about it because it was so eye opening. It's called A Single Voice, The Unexpected Life is No Less a Life by Kristen M. Oaks. Its general focus is towards single people but it goes even beyond that. It's about learning how to focus on what's most important in life and being happy during the journey. We don't always get what we want in our own time, but with patience, willingness to service, and being faithful all things will come to pass. For someone who very much wants to be happy and live a full life, this book shows how to do just that. I recommend it to anyone who feels that they are missing something in their lives and/or who are single and looking for a way to continue living life and being happy. Like the quote at top, there are many things in life that one can be afraid of, but by letting that fear hold you back, the only person being hurt is you. There is so much life has to offer, we just have to find where happiness is in order to overcome our fears.