Nys to be a Saint

The thought goes through my mind often when I stand in the mirror thinking about other people. Why am I not as skinny, pretty, fit, athletic, smart, studious, etc. as you? Why couldn't Heavenly Father bless me with similar qualities as you? Had I been punished because I had sinned differently or more intensely than you? Was I withheld talents because I missed an opportunity to gain it? But, maybe I wasn't perfect enough to be given that blessing. ALL OF THOSE THOUGHTS ARE VALID TO HAVE, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE TRUE. Your heavenly father loves you dearly and wants you to be happy and healthy in all ways. He's not withholding blessings from you because he doesn't love you. You’re withholding blessings from yourself because you don't love yourself the way he loves you. As many of you reading have done, I have stood in the mirror pinching, tucking, playing with my clothes, fixing my makeup to appear perfect on the outside, when I am falling apart on t

  I am so grateful for the wonderful people I have in my life that show me what true discipleship is. I am so lucky to have had Zac as my life long friend and to see him go on his full time mission for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the area of Layton Utah! See you in two years bud! 

You know that moment when he gets down on one knee, and you've been dreaming of saying "yes" your whole life, but you also feel so nervous...? Yeah, I've been there and done that. You’re so excited and filled with love because you never really thought you deserved that person in your life or their amazing characteristics. And then you start talking about what the rest of your life looks like, and maybe you realize that there is some compromising you must do. Thinking its natural and normal you forget some of the things you compromised as things you once needed. Yeah, I was there too.  My freshman semester at BYU-Idaho I met a man that I thought was amazing. He was different than everyone else I had dated. He was mysterious and distant, but trusting and open. It honestly was the best honeymoon phase I had ever been in. The little moments were hard, and day to day it was horrible. It was filled with aggravation, arguments, and degrading talk. But, because we

Hey Y'all! With the start of school happening and the beginning of another fall season I thought I would do a little post about balancing school, a social life and church. While I attended a church sponsored school, it definitely was still a struggle to get up and go to church in the snow before 8 am. But, it honestly was still amazing. To start I’ll talk about little tips and tricks I learned regarding school, and then the social life, and then little church hacks!  Learning,studying,and literal death... While spending time in the library seems to be what everyone is doing, that’s not a place I studied well. I tried for many weeks looking for places to sit and study. It wasn’t until half way through my first semester that I even realized I could do this! There are little books and crannies that have wonderful couches and table to study at. Many people don’t know about them, so they’re not busy, and their usually hooked up with all the wonderful amenities. I loved spending time s

 I love my sweet friend and her ambition to serve the Lord for 18 months on a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She will be amazing! ( And will probably convert a ton of people just because she's stinking gorgeous!) 

I’m going to start this post with a quote and then elaborate on it quickly. This is from a 2011 Ensign talk titled "FORGET ME NOT." It’s by President Uchtdorf. The quote reads,  "I want to tell you something that I hope you will take in the right way: God is fully aware that you and I are not perfect. Let me add: God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others--usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. This drives us to create expectations for ourselves that are impossible to meet. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. It’s wonderful that you have strengths. And it is part of your mortal experience that you do have weaknesses. God wants to help us to eventually turn all our weaknesses into strengths, but He knows that this is a long-term

This was my beautiful weekend at the beach with great friends, family and my wonderful man! 💕NYS TO BE A SAINT A Weekend in Oregon

It seems like everyone in college has a blog to keep up with friends and family. People try for a couple weeks and then the following tanks, and well basically you have wasted a bunch of your time. Hopefully this doesn’t become one of those failed attempts at being a blog, and that it’s entertaining for you. Plus, if you know me in real life you know, I can be a little crazy and adventurous.  OKAY, so this is what’s going down.  As you may or may not have noticed, probably not cause honestly, I’m not sure if I would have noticed,  but there are four sections to this blog. They are  "Lifestyle"- which is self-explanatory. It’s going to be me telling you little things I love that I get at target, movies I watched, etc. all the normal blog things  "The Gospel Truth"- this is my little place where I talk about what I believe, scriptures I love, conference talks, etc. this is the tab I am most excited about because it’s hopefully the