My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

I was just reflecting on the past year since It has almost been a year since I postponed my mission to Buenos Aires West, Argentina. I was supposed to leave on July 31st in 3 days. Craziness. It has been quite the year. There has been a lot of surprises and stretching that has happened. I have been put in uncomfortable positions and had a lot of growth from feeling uncomfortable. I do have good news though. When I was praying about my mission, I always had this strong desire to get my MSW. Nothing seemed to be working out for me to go to graduate school. I kept getting rejected. I kept spending more money on sending applications and transcripts. I kept getting the feeling to not worry about it and move on with my life. "How can I move on when it is my dream?" That is how I felt. I moved on and started making new plans and starting acting on them. I was going to get my teaching credential and started applying for a teaching credential program.  My mother came in random

Patience has been something that has been on my mind a lot recently. I can be a stubborn person and when I want something, I want it now. I don't want to wait for whatever I am desiring. My stubbornness is something I am trying to work on. I want to become a little more flexible and patient. This will be a lifelong journey for me to change my stubbornness.  First some funny things about patience. I went to the temple today and was praying to have patience. Well, let me tell you when you pray for patience, things happen. I had to wait more than the usual time as I was in the temple. I had to wait to change for 10 minutes because someone was in my stall. When I was driving home, I was stuck behind a truck the whole time. I kept hoping it would turn so I could speed up, but it didn't. I just had to drive slow behind the truck the whole drive home. So, pray for patience and you will have plenty of opportunities to exercise your patience.   As I have been reflecting on p

This summer break has been fantastic. Sometimes I don't know what to do with myself because I am not working. I get to develop other hobbies other than working with my kids. I love my kids and I do miss them, but I have loved getting to do other things with my time! So, I have a couple of updates on my life. My brother and sister in law moved in for at least a year. It has been quite a change from my previous living arrangements. Before, It was like I had the house to myself. Now, I have to share the space and be quiet at earlier times. It has its benefits. I love spending time with my family and I have the two cutest boys I can play with all day long. I should be studying for the CSET, but I get distracted because of the boys. We watch baby einstein together, dance to strauss, play with water, they have their nude time and sing bingo. We have a party everyday. I have their old queen size bed. It is huge and we had to rearrange my room to fit it in. I can sleep in so many positio