Tchau 20's!

This week I have been anticipating my turning 30 years old! In so many ways I still feel like that high school girl where my biggest worries were keeping my tan up and what I was going to wear to the next dance! ha ha. And now within a blink here I am married, with two kids, a mortgage, and living in a foreign country! Crazy how time flies. But reflecting on the last decade of my life I realize just how much has happened, how much I've grown as a person, and how excited I am for my 30's if it holds even half as many opportunities and experiences as I'm sure it will. I'm so grateful to have had so many wonderful blessings in my life and more and more am realizing what a gift it is to have good health, be around people you love, continue learning, and live in the moment. 


So goodbye 20's- thank you for some wonderful times! 

•  Utah State University- college experience
•  Chi- Omega Sorority (amazing friends and fun times!)
•  Lived in Hawaii for a Summer and even experienced skydiving! 
•  Served my mission in Rio de Janeiro
•  Got married to my amazing husband!
• Experienced the miracle of pregnancy, giving childbirth and now this new journey into motherhood 2x! My little Maile and Lucas. 
• Got into our first home (that is now being rented, sniff, sniff)
• Traveled to Brazil 6 times, Disneyland, Sea World, Bear Lake, Fernando de Noronha, Porto de Galinhas, Salvador, Rio, Sao Paulo, Lake Powell, Mexico, Zions National Park, and some amazing church history tours in Nauvoo.
• Went through the temple and have so far been able to visit temples in: Logan, Salt Lake, Bountiful, Timpanogas, Sao Paulo, Recife, Campinas, Jordan River, Nauvoo. 
• Have had wonderful experiences serving in the church as Relief Society teacher, Gospel Doctrine teacher, assistant Choir Director, Ward missionary, Activities Committee Chair, Primary Sunbeam teacher, Primary counselor and Primary President
• Have had jobs like: waitressing at Firehouse Pizza, Ahi's, Rodizio Grill, worked at Jeanie's Flowers, nannied, taught 4th grade, and worked as a personal assistant to RPE for 4 years.
• Attended the Olympics 2002 closing ceremony which I absolutely loooved
• Have had some fun Reunions: Chi Omega, mission, family, high school friends
• And have made some amazing friends along the way!

I feel like as a person I've learned how to soul search, receive answers, take leaps of faith, I realized what I really wanted for my life on my mission, explored dating relationships and found what I was looking for in a companion, learned about forgiveness, value of family, to cultivate old and new friendships, that not all is easy and a lot of my happiness depends on my attitude, to stand up for what I believe, the challenges and joys of being a mom, and oh so much more! 

“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just like people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey … delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”  -Pres. Gordon B. Hinkley