Life is good

Life can be kinda crappy sometimes but I think all in all it's good. My favorite 2nd counselor just got released and gave a talk today in Sacrament meeting today. He gave a quote that I had heard before and I really like it.
"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is most putts don’t drop. Most beef is tough. Most children grow up to be just people. Most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration. Most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old-time rail journey—delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”
"Another one I found in my mission journal is similar.
"Our journey into the future will not be a smooth highway stretching from here to eternity. Rather, there will be forks and turnings in the road, to say nothing of the unanticipated bumps. We must pray daily to a loving Heavenly Father who wants each of us to succeed in life."
In my lesson today there was another great quote by President Faust. He shares an experience of being in Tahiti and looking out at the ocean and feeling peaceful and how beautiful it was but then he says, "I have come to realize that the comfort and sense of well-being I felt on that special morning came not only from the external influence of the beauty of the landscape and the sea, lovely as they were, but from the inner peace, strength, and security of knowing that God lives and from a testimony of the divinity of His work upon the earth."
Life is rough, but I can still be happy knowing that God is still in charge and that no matter what things will work out the way they need to, as long as I'm doing my part. There are so many little things that just make life great. My roommates are awesome.

This is a cake Natalie made for us for our birthdays.






I have a job. I have the opportunity to serve: I teach Relief Society, I get to go to the temple often, I get to volunteer at the MTC and I get to sew for others.

This is the quilt I made for the 2nd counselor who got released. His wife is expecting in August and they are moving to Alaska so I thought the bears would be perfect.