Holy hotness! It's gotten so warm so fast! And to think that it snowed in May.
We went camping this past weekend. Woke up at like 5:30 AM to people leaving the campsite and one lady starting her car so she could sleep in it instead of a tent. At 6:15 we decided to just pack up and head out. I definitely recommend camping in American Fork Canyon. You don't need to reserve anything to use their dispersed camping. And it is B-E-A-utiful! Camping was super fun! We had fajitas and made smores with Keebler fudge striped cookies. So much easier than graham crackers and chocolate and super tasty!
We recently got rid of our bachelor pad table and chairs and got a normal dining room table that is black with green cushions and fits my sunflower themed kitchen to a tee! I'm in love with it and now we can actually open the doors to our washer and dryer without hitting anything. What a blessing! I did like those big puffy red chairs but can't say I've missed them too much. There's a time and a place for fun things like that and we certainly don't have the placed.
I also just want to say that I have the most awesome husband ever. He's just amazing. And he's also my parents' favorite son-in-law so that must mean he's spectacular.
We celebrated our one year anniversary! How time flies! We celebrated by going to our favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. We then spent that evening with the other primary leaders playing ridiculous rounds of the Game of Things. Hi-lar-i-ous. Seriously. I saw a side to the other leaders that obviously do not come out during primary. Ri-dic-u-lous. Such a great way to spend our anniversary. We have some of the most awesome friends ever. But even better, I've been married to the most amazing guy every for over a year now and I could not be happier.
Sadly we don't have that much going on as far as summer plans due to 3 weddings in the fall within 6 weeks of each other. However, we do have a trip to Moab planned to go white water rafting. Right now it looks like that will be the last weekend in July. I should probably go make those reservations.
I know this blog is mainly to document what's going in our lives, however I do want to take a moment to say how grateful I am for the gospel of Jesus Christ and for the Atonement. I've recently found a major flaw in myself that I'm desperately trying to change. I've hurt a lot of people because of it and the past week I've been trying to recognize when this issue comes up and make sure that I apologize and make things right. I know that through the Atonement I can be forgiven for all the things that I've done that have hurt other people. I know that the Atonement is not necessarily about perfection, but also about progression. That if I can improve just a little bit every day that I will overcome this imperfection and be a better person. Finding your own faults has to be one of the most difficult things to recognize and not rationalize. I have not felt this horrible about myself in the longest time. But with the guilty, depressing feeling there is also a light at the end of the tunnel. A glimmer of hope that I've taken my first steps to becoming more like Him. And after doing my best to follow His example and do my best to right those wrongs, there's a very wonderful peace that has come over me reassuring me that my Father in Heaven is proud of me. That he sees the effort I'm making to follow his commandments. I certainly have a long way to go, but "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
