Long week over.

One of the longest weeks of my life is finally over. Dans funeral was held on Saturday March 13, or better known as my birthday. I am so thankful for some closure that has finally come with his funeral. We will miss him very much and will always remember him. Because of this little trial i have learned that you must not let a day go by that you don't tell the people in your life that you love and care about them. I am so thankful for my family and friends, and i am also very thankful for the gospel. I am thankful for the knowledge of the plan of salvation and knowing that the lord is on my side no matter what. I am so thankful for the temple and how it helps me get through each day and each week. I know that the gospel is true and have a testimony of temple attendance, church attendance, tithing, and prayer. I know that the lord listens and answers all our prayers. We don't always get them answered the way or in the amount of time that we would like, but he answers all of them. I know that the temple can help you stive to keep the commandments and chose the right, and that it helps you to work through all of your problems. It does not desolve your problems, but it helps you get through them. I know the lord is always on our side and that we our never alone. He is always there with an outstretched hand just waiting for us to take it. I am so very thankful for my family and all that they do for me. I am thankful for my IFA family, and all they do for me and for each other. I am also thankful for my dance family. They are a buch of wonderful woman and i love them so much. I have no idea what i would do without all of these wonderful people in my life, or the gospel. I am grateful for all the trials that we have in our life, because i know that they will strenghthen us in the end. Thank you Dan for making me a better person and for allowing me to come and work at IFA and finding some of the best friends i could ever have.

Here are some pictures of the better half of my birthday:
This first one is how the night ended. It is right before everyone left to go home.

This one is also right before everyone left, but we are giving our pleasant faces instead of goofy ones.



I decided i wanted to play Rock Band for my birthday and these are some pictures of our crazy care free night:)

This is me eating a strawberry off of my fruit bouqet. I wanted a fruit bouqet instead of a cake, and boy was it yummy!

My bouqet before i took a bite out of it.
All of us at dinner. I decided i wanted to go to tepanyaki for my birthday! Deja, Mom, Dillon, Kim and I all went! Lots of fun and yummy food! Love this place!

My week ended today with Stake Conference, and it was wonderful. It talked about how we needed to stay strong and hold onto the gospel. It talked about staying strong through adversity, and that was exactly what i needed to hear. I am so thankful for the lord, and how he knows when we need a little extra something to help us get through our trials. I love you all and hope you all enjoy your week! Thank you for all the love and support you have shown me in the past week and a half. Until next time:)

Rest in peace Dan!

Today i found out that my manager Dan Dudley died. He was on a cruise with his wife and died in his sleep yesterday. Dan was a wonderful man and was always concerned about his staff. He was always checking up on me after my dance teacher died and acted as if he really cared about my well being! I am deeply saddened at his passing, and pray for his family and all of those who got the pleasure of working with him. He was the reason our store ran so well, and his presence will be greatly missed. He always made me smile, and i will miss coming into work in the mornings and seeing his smile! One of the things i remembered about him was when he brought me a bag of grandma cookies, the iced oatmeal ones. He knew they were my favorite and he knew i was having a hard time. He always knew when his employees were havign a rough time and always gave us space. When we got off track or didn't treat a customer as well as we should have, he was always understanding and just talked us through it and made us feel better about ourselves! It is times like this that i am eternely grateful for the plan of salvation. It is great to know that we will see our loved ones again, and that Dans family will see him again. They were sealed in the temple, and i am just so very thankful that we have the oppertunity to be sealed to our families. I really loved that man, and he was a great example to me. Thank you Dan, for being a wonderful friend and an excellent boss! You will be greatly missed! Love and will miss you tons Dan.

and the days go on!

Boy how time just flies by these days. It seems like just yesterday that it was the beginning of the year. Well, here are some pictures of whats been going on lately! The one above is right before we went out to dinner for Dill's b-day!

This is Dill in his new pea coat and thinking he is cool because some dude gave him a cigar on his last day of work, and now he is actually of legal age to smoke! So not that exciting!

Every year, my friends and i always do an anitivalentines day dinner, and this is it. The whole gang went to Ruby Tuesdays! We had a lot of fun and a really great dinner!

This is when i went to St. George the beg. of february! For some reason this is the only picture i took, and i don't even know what fathead and i were doing at this point. Im pretty sure it was saturday night, or right before the superbowl. Cute little fathead! I've had a lot of fan the past couple of months and look forward to my own b-day which is in a couple of weeks! Will have to remember to take pictures then! Tah tah for now! Love you all!

Boy how time just flies by these days! It seems like just yesterday that the new year started, and yet it is March 1. WOW, thats all i can say. I do however have some pictures of all the stuff i have done since my last post.