an ending

Last night I got released from my calling as IC Vice President. It hasn't exactly hit me that it's over yet, but...it's over. I was sitting on the stand last night, staring out at all the fabulous girls in Lambda Delta Sigma, and I felt this overwhelming surge of joy and love. It is an inspired program, and I am so grateful for this year that I have been blessed with to work with amazing women, and to gain a closer relationship to my Heavenly Father and my Savior. I am so blessed. It's over, and I am going to miss it more than anything. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for this absolutely wonderful and humbling experience. I will forever be indebted to you for this incredible opportunity. Time for a new adventure I suppose.

 To Sandi, Debra, LaFaunda and Brenda:

You are the most amazing women in the world.

Thank you for your beautiful examples, and for 

all the love and faith you had in me.

I love you all!

To Mel, Linds, Whit, Kristen, Heath, and Hailey:

What can I say to all of you that will adequately express how much

I love you all, and how much you mean to me? Words cannot

do justice to how incredible this year has been,

and I owe it to you all. Thank you for being my

best friends, and for loving me no matter what.

Thanks for all your support, trust, help and everything 

else you did to make this year the best of my life.

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

-Dr. Seuss

how sweet it is

I love General Conference! Seriously, I can't put it any better than Elder Holland said when he mentioned that it is hoped that every person listening to conference gleans at least one thing from one of the talks. Oh don't worry, I gleaned many things from every single talk. Honestly, this was perfect timing. Conference is the best—it gave me such a renewed sense of hope, and a perfect understanding of where I am and where I'm going! I am so excited to read through the talks again this week (you can find them here) and to feel again the Spirit I felt this weekend. It was perfect, and I love this semi-annual weekend during which I feel a complete cleanse, a stronger resolve to start over, and a deeper love for my Heavenly Father, Savior and testimony than I thought possible.

so much thinking

You know when things become so routine that you don't even think about them happening? Such as getting into a car and suddenly finding yourself at your destination without any recollection of how you got there? That's how I am currently feeling about my spirituality and my testimony. It is hard to imagine that with a calling as amazing as mine I can so easily put the Gospel and the Savior in the back seat, but it's happening. I go through the motions, and I don't even think much about what I am doing. I just do it.  I am currently in the midst of a 21-day challenge for sorority—a challenge to get closer to Christ. I think at the beginning I had my heart in the right place, but I've fallen back into just doing it without even really thinking. I've done some things that I'm not proud of recently, and all I can say is that I am so grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and the chance that I have to move on. It's been a crazy two days of thinking, my brain on high alert for any spiritual signs of relief, or help to move on. But I know the help will come.  I ask and I will receive.  If I do my part everything will work out just the way it is supposed to.  It's a scary thing, it will take courage, but I can do it. And I will do it.

"The Redeemer can settle your individual account with justice and grant forgiveness through the merciful path of repentance. Full repentance is absolutely essential for the Atonement to work its complete miracle in your life. By understanding the Atonement, you will see that God is not a jealous being who delights in persecuting those who misstep. He is an absolutely perfect, compassionate, understanding, patient, and forgiving Father. He is willing to entreat, counsel, strengthen, lift, and fortify. He so loves each of us that He was willing to have His perfect, sinless, absolutely obedient, totally righteous Son experience indescribable agony and pain and give Himself in sacrifice for all...For your peace now and for everlasting happiness, please repent. Open your heart to the Lord and ask Him to help you. You will earn the blessing of forgiveness, peace, and the knowledge you have been purified and made whole. Find the courage to ask the Lord for strength to repent, now. I solemnly witness that Jesus Christ is the Redeemer. I know that He lives. I testify that He loves you personally and will help you."

-Elder Richard G. Scott

not wanting to be home

Well friends, I'm home. And I don't want to be here. Not at all.
I just spent the greatest week in California with my friends, and I had to come home, and now I have to go back to school.... Please, no.
I don't want to be here! Take me back!!!!

 Me, Jess and Aubrey at Disneyland.

Don't worry, we spent 15 hours there!

Best trip to D-land ever!!

 Me, Jess, Jamiee and Aubrey at the beach yesterday!

It was so much fun, we played football and just hung out at the ocean.

The whole crew.  

Seriously, best trip ever.

I miss it sooo much!!!!

(and I've only been back for a little over an hour...)

Reunion trip? Definitely a must!

headed off to 92690 and 92592

Leaving the snow....

going to Cali!

Stoked right now.

I promise to take tons of pictures to document my adventures on the coast!

See you in 5 days!

xoxo
-K

one year ago

So much has changed in the past year—it's insane how much I've been through and how much I have grown.  This is where I was one year ago.  I cannot believe it's been a year since this was my life!  Time certainly does fly.

On Tuesday I am leaving for California!!! I cannot wait to get out of here for awhile and have a break!  So excited!

great news!

31,000 words later...

I am done!!

No more 500 words for me!

I may have just done a happy dance around my room.

Don't judge me, you'd do the same thing.