hey blogging world.

hey guys. i promise an update soon. for right now, will you check out this video i made and give me some feedback? thanks.

a mixtape of my life

can we take a second and appreciate the magic of taylor swift. i'm obsessed with 

the new music video wildest dreams. what i would give to go to her 

concert this weekend! 

pace family campout

every year we go on a campout with my dad's family. this year we went to a place by bryce canyon, and it was beautiful! i feel bad for anyone who doesn't like camping, because it's the best! 

thanks for a great time pace family.....

and yes, dylan is the star of this video. 

north carolina

a week ago i was able to go visit on of my friends in north carolina! it was the best, and it was so nice to have a vacation from work. we spent most of our time at the beach, which who could even complain about that?! we also went to a few other places, including wilmington and myrtle beach in south carolina. thanks for letting me come out and visit you rachelle! hopefully i will be able to make it out again next year!

wilmington aka one tree hill county  

 beaches for days...

myrtle beach, south carolina 

 

if you ever find yourself in south carolina, ripley's believe it or not museum is 

pretty awesome. 

just a short vid. also that cheerleader song at the end 

will forever be stuck in my head. 

life lately from my iphone....and then some

we said goodbye to our Whitty Kitty, who is headed to nicaragua to 

serve the lord. 

"official" graduation with my fchd homies. 

my best friend married the love of her life a few weeks ago,

and was a total hottie. 

tay condie is my home girl. i can always count on her for random

and exciting adventures. 

since everyone in the world is having a baby/has a dog, and we don't

have either, we settled for a plant. 

even though our one year isn't for another 2 months, we had pictures 

taken in honor of our 1 year. shout out to blue bird photography

for our incredible pictures. 

this is a song i constantly listen to because i think it's a great reminder. 

over the last two months, life has been pretty rough. i have been constantly down on myself

and was in a dark place. thankfully i have an incredible husband and support system. satan

was doing a number on me. anytime i hear this song, it inspires me to do better. it makes me want 

to share what makes me happy with everyone. as i took the time to step back from my self pity

and look at everything that makes me happy. all of the doubtful thoughts left me and i immediately 

felt peace and love from my Heavenly Father. 

so this week my fellow internet friends, make your happy list and share it with those around you. 

my happy:

*my adorable husband 

*long conversations with my mom 

*seeing an improvement in the families i am working with 

*my religion. see what i believe here

*my ward. they are incredible 

*my friends...and their crazy shenanigans 

*lip sync battles on on youtube

*coming home to a yummy dinner and clean house 

*emails from my brother. it's been incredible watching him grow

*phone calls with my daddy

*dubsmash wars with my little sister 

and so many more. 

thanks for reading along. 

a list of sorts

• life is so good right now! 
• i was recently hired through utah youth village to be a family first specialist. i start my first family this week and i am stoked to help make a difference in families. 
• zach and i have been happily married for 9 months now! how on earth are we 3 months away from one year? it has been the best 9 months!
• school is wrapping up for zach, and we have some fun things planned for this summer!
• my brother is 4 months away from his year mark! so that's pretty exciting
• today we talked about joseph smith in relief society! i'm so happy that as a young boy he had the courage to get down on his knees to find the truth. the very end of verse 20 is my favorite in j.s. history. check it out. 
• zach and i are in a married student ward. it's the absolute best! we have the best ward, everyone is around our age, there are adorable babies everywhere.....and we are always doing something all together. i also have that ward to thank for my husband's obsession with spike ball. 
• saturday was my last day at the fun park. even though it wasn't my favorite place in the whole world, i worked with amazing people and they are some of my closest friends. it was a great job to have during college, but i'm ready for my big kid job. 

• these are some of my friends from that place, and this was probably one of the funniest shifts ever. this picture has a story behind it, and if you really want to know about it you can ask. but it resulted in two words: FUN BUS! thanks curtis!

well that's about everything that is new over here. 

keep on keepin on. 

the cabin

for starters the cabin episode on new girl is one of my favorites. but that's besides the point. this last weekend zach and i invited some of our friends to stay at a cabin with us in island park. it was so nice to get away from logan and not have to worry about doing a single thing. we played lots of card games, ate way too much food, played spike ball, and of course went sledding down the sickest hill. just kidding, it was maybe 15 feet haha, but we still had fun. it was a good opportunity to make a video with my go pro, so be sure to check it out at the bottom. it's just over a minute long. as for now, here are some pictures. thanks for a great weekend friends!

 basically we were staring right at the sun. aka closed eyes for the win 

 so grateful i had the chance to meet this girl. fchd pals for life

 

 this was captured from the video. all 8 of us getting ready to sled down the massive hill. 

because i love music

it's no secret that i love music. so naturally i'm going to blog about my favs right now. also, if you want to listen to some sweet covers scroll to the bottom.

1. bright-echosmith. this is nothing like cool kids. but i listened to it once and was hooked.

2. sugar- maroon 5. it's a catchy song, but i just love that they surprised people at their own weddings. check out the music video.

3. blank space/style- louisa wendorff. if you haven't heard this mashup you are probs livin under a rock. i'm still obsessed.

4. when we were young- lucy schwartz. i'm currently (binge) watching parenthood. this was the theme song for a couple of seasons. i think it's adorable.

5. thinking out loud- ed sheeran. when the song don't was popular on the radio i was a little disappointed, because it was nothing like ed's first cd. but man, this song changed my mind again. it's the absolute cutest.


as for the covers these are some of my favorite.

so fellow internet people. i'm always looking for new music. what have you been listening to lately? also, how do you feel about the new song fourfiveseconds? i think i dig it, but i'm not completely sold yet. plus, i don't think paul sings at all......

a challenge from me to you

hey friends. happy 2015! it's going to be a great year! 

yesterday in relief society we were talking about different scenarios where we had to decide what to do. most of the situations presented set us up perfectly to be selfish and carry on our ways. but since we were in church there had to be a point to this right? well after a few people talked about what they would do, when they talked about what Christ would do. 

this lesson hit me pretty hard because i realized i definitely have room for improvement. lately i have been struggling with a lot of my coworkers and my work atmosphere in general. it's my goal for this week to take a second to pause and think about what Christ would do. i know it won't be easy, but it will be worth it. i will also look for more opportunities where i can serve people, whether it's offering a ride to someone, or taking a moment to help someone in need. i just want to become aware of others around me. by doing this we will be closer with our Heavenly Father. 

my little brother in el salvador is taking this challenge and i can't wait to hear his results. so now i'm challenging you. find ways you can share the love of Christ with others, and then let me know the results! 

also, check out my mormon.org profile. 

http://www.mormon.org/me/GW31