Wow

Lots has happened since the last post, in fact way too much to begin to tell you about tonight so I will just give you a piece or two until I have time. Maybe tomorrow.

I am pretty much moved in. Wow, it is so hard to move. I don't know why I thought it would be such a good idea. Oh well, it is done now and I really enjoy it. Love the new place and decorating...wow! I love it! I'll post before and afters when I am done.

Our big temple day was scheduled on Saturday and I started heading down there only to begin puking at a stop light in a car full of girls. It wasn't even my car and I totally couldn't get the door open before the next stop and managed to get the door in my next spewing. How sad! I managed to get to Provo and my sweet sister took time out of her Saturday to bring me back home since I hadn't driven. I then took a wonderful 5 hour nap...it was heaven to a sick me. Feeling lots better now but vomiting was gross. I hadn't done that in years.

On Sunday I got an Easter gift...a cat. Not really traditional, but what I managed to get. In fact it wasn't even for me specifically but the cat latched onto me and I can't get rid of her. I am not an animal person so this will be interesting.

This is the pretty Gayla. I am most definitely not a cat person, but we will see what happens. I will keep you updated.

And I am hosting a shoe party this Friday night. That is right, a shoe party. Think Tupperware but with shoes! Super cute and good prices, I can't wait! If you are in the area and want to come for an hour of shoe goodness, let me know! I will give you details and you will love it. Plus you can get a sneak peek at the new house, now who doesn't want that? haha!

Right Around the Corner

Ok, so excuse me for a few days. I have so much going on that I just don't have the time to blog.

Tomorrow is the big move and I am stressing. It will be fine but you know what it is like to move.

Saturday is our big temple day...so I have a lot going on with that.

Not to mention the other bits and pieces. So please, excuse me. It isn't that I don't love you guys...or don't have things to say, you will know that I did when I have 5 million posts next week. Or, I may post before that. You just never know.

But excuse me anyway. I will return.

PS: Don't forget to visit Modern Eclectics...I have posts up everyday there and have scheduled enough to last as long as I am gone. Some pretty cool stuff too.

More About the Weekend

Well my friends, it may take days to tell you everything that happened in the last few days. So let me fill you in about a few details about friday and I'll get to the rest in the next day or so.

(Me and Logan in front of the Ogden Temple...and my wonderful new blue coat...blue wool...so nice!)

We started bright and early on friday morning at 6:30am for a 7am session at the Ogden temple. A great way to start the day, in the hometown temple. The Ogden temple had been closed for cleaning for the last few weeks and it was the first time I had the chance to go back and I was so grateful for it.

(Kari and I in front of the Bountiful Temple...so cute!)

After our session there we headed to a 10am session in Bountiful. What a blessing it is to live in Utah and be able to drive 20 minutes and hit a temple. Every drive was 20 minutes to the next temple.

(Me in front of the Salt Lake Temple)

A 1pm session in Salt Lake City was next. A live session was very interesting to experience. A good way to break up the day for sure. It was cool to see and feel the history of that temple. It is definitely very different than other temples.

(Logan in front of the Jordan River Temple)

A 4:20 session at Jordan River was very cool. Funny to ride the escalators up and down in that temple, but surprisingly like the Ogden inside.

(Kari and Logan in front of the Mount Timpanogos)

And a 7:30 session was planned for the Mount Timpanogos Temple, but it was so full that they were unsure that we would even be able to make it into the 8pm session! So we took the chance to do initories instead. A great way to end a day! It was funny to see that this temple was almost exactly like the Bountiful temple.

A long day for sure. We were all totally exhausted and ready to sleep by the end but...it was the most amazing day as well.

I was so blessed to feel such peace and to know more deeply how loved I am. So many amazing experiences and quiet moments of reassurance made it such a special day. It truly was one of the best days of my life. I was so blessed to share it with two very good friends as well.

Kari, I got to know her from her our mid-singles committee but we quickly bonded. We have gotten to be friends and did our big super saturday craft day together. We are the same age and have similar difficulties and we love to craft! From quilts to scrapbooking...we enjoy each other. We became closer and felt less alone in our struggles at the end of the day.

(Kari and I in front of the Ogden Temple)
Logan, oh you guys know that story. He has been such a great friend to me over the last year. He truly is family to me. The chance to share such a big day with him felt right. I am so happy that he has found some happiness lately.


(Logan and I in the car between SLC and Jordan River)
We, Kari, Logan and I, made the goal to attend all the temples in Utah this spring and have already started planning the next trip. I am so blessed to have such good friends who can and want to share these amazing experiences with me.

Day Trip to Logan

So the Ogden Temple is closed for cleaning. Sad. So to keep up with my weekly temple trips Logan and I took a trip to Logan to go to the temple yesterday. A different temple is always entertaining and beautiful. And it is so different from the Ogden!

We made a goal to visit all the temple's in Utah this spring. What a great way to start that off! It really looks like a castle, doesn't it?

Thanks for this great pic Log, so beautiful! It was a nice drive up, we listened to a motivational cd on the way up, well I should say I did, Logan slept. It was good.

Afterward, Logan was hungry. Even though he ate on the way. So we stopped at Firehouse Pizza and ate a delicious Hawaiian pizza, which we both say is our favorite kind of pizza. It was so good and a great way to end a great day.

Oh and who would have thought that my best friend would also have a passion for reality tv? Late night phone calls about what happened on the bachelor make my day. Boy am I a lucky!