The LDS website

So my mom told me that you can download the scriptures for your iPod for free on the Church website and so I was like,

"that would be totally awesome to have on my iPod in China" so I went and looked it up.

 

It is SOOOOO cool. I have the Book of Mormon, D&C, Pearl of Great Price, the Old Testament, and the New Testament now on my iPod.

But OH NO it doesn't stop there!

They have all these things you can download:

The Ensign

The New Era

The Friend

ALL the Conference talks from like FOREVER

Preach My Gospel

Jesus the Christ

Study Manuals for the different scripture sets

 

So I now have ALL those on my wonderful iPod and it will be great in China if I cant go to church every sunday, and just for everyday wonderfulness.

I am so thankful for technology! Haha instead of having to pack all those books, manuals and magazines I have them all on a little 3 in X 2 in metal box. It is so wonderful. I just LOVE our church for doing all that!

If you don't have all those amazing things on your iPod's already, I STRONGLY recommend checking out what the church website has to offer! AMAZING!

OH YAY!

Ok everyone! It WORKED!!!!

This is SUCH good news to me! AH!

So, now I can send stuff to my blog! Hopefully pictures, too!

I'll try and send stuff as often as possible! Oh this is just soooo amazing my heart is overjoyed!

Such a RELIEF!!!!

 

Lets see if pictures work:

Emailing posts!

This is a trial run to see if I can email posts to my blog, and stay updated that way since China has blocked blogspot.

Well, here it goes!

Wedding Dash!

So I have 3 weddings this week. I've already been to two.

On Tuesday, my cousin Alyssa got married. She is a great girl and so beautiful. She had a wonderful reception! For her sign in book, she had a little photo booth like the ones in the mall and you got to have your pictures taken and then you tape the pictures into a book and write next to it, that way they have all the pictures for memories! I thought it was such a great, clever idea!

On Thursday my friend Josh got married to my my friend Kati. Friend weddings are always so much fun. I am so happy for them as they start their new life together.

Tomorrow my friend Terri gets married to my friend Dustin. I am one of her bridesmaids, so I have been able to help her with stuff all summer. We are excited for her wedding to get here! It will be a fun day tomorrow, even though it will be really long. I cant wait!

There have been so many weddings this summer I dont know what to do with myself! 9 friends of mine have "gotten hitched" and half of them were younger than me. 9!!!

I find myself saying over and over: "You're just 20, you're just 20..." but why must I feel all this pressure to be married so soon? It adds so much stress to a young girls life, and many, if not all, of my friends would agree. Why cant we be like other people and not think about marriage til we are 30? You know, just focus on our careers and getting settled in life rather than trying to do all of it at once. Its kind of an emotional overload, all this multi tasking.

Whew. I'm only 20, I'm only 20....

Boys

So, a lot of my friends have recently been experiencing problems with boys. Yes, you heard correctly. BOYS. This may come as a shock to some of you, because aren't boys supposed to be calm, docile creatures?

I am here to tell those of you still believing this misconception: NO. They are not calm and docile, but frequently lash out in violent, unexpected ways.

The main reason of this post is to get opinions and theories from all of those who have experienced such a lapse in behavior as previously mentioned.

WHY do boys tell us things that do not coincide with their actual thoughts?

WHY do boys tell us we "look like we are 12" (for example), but wont actually tell us how they feel?

WHY do boys play such horrible and cruel games?

I mean, I used to think girls were the ones who played mean games.... but honestly, it isn't us ladies, and we need to stick together. This is a matter of Homeland Security.

Feel free to post experiences and comments. I'd love to hear them.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

So.....

I LOVE Harry Potter.

If I could marry a book, it would be the HP series. No joke.

(And, yes, this post is for real.)

Tuesday is going to be the best day of my life so far.

Why, you may ask?

Because Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes out in theaters!!!

(And I will be watching it with my favorite people ever and fellow HP nerds/enthusiasts)

I cant even put into text my enthusiasm for this event.

And, as a picture is worth a thousand words... I thought I would put some up:

(Just so you know, Ron Weasley a.k.a. Rupert Grint is my favorite person ever and is one of 3 people I would marry with out thinking it over, so thats why there are lots of his pics... I just cant get over his face.)

(Three more of my favorite characters who just make me smile thinking of them and their awesomeness: Luna Lovegood and the infamous Fred & George Weasley)

(I can't wait for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes!)

This movie is going to be amazing. This was my favorite book out of the series, and I cant wait to see it on screen. J.K. Rowling is only one of the most amazing people ever.

So, all in all...

Harry Potter = True Happiness

(Boys may suck but I will always have Harry Potter to turn to.)

Friends

I just want to start out by saying I LOVE having friends. They make life fun.

But you know what? Have you ever had someone tell you that your life doesn't revolve around someone else? Well I have, and I am here to say this:

My life does revolve around my friends. It SO DOES.

And the last few weeks have been extremely frustrating. All my friends are busy or live too far away and I have nothing to do. Going on walks and bike rides and reading Harry Potter only get you so far on the entertainment scale.

(Although I will admit Harry Potter brings hours and hours of happiness into my life.)

So this is just a shout out to all my friends:

I love you all and love to be with you! You all have made me such a better person and I learn so much from all of you. Thanks for being my friends. After all, friends are family that you get to choose.