everything happens for a reason.

summer is nearly half over! whaaat! this cannot be. soon i will walk back into the "halls of carbon" and have my last first day in high school. don't get me wrong. i am quite excited for the end of high school. i will indeed miss the friends and the ease of not have a whole butt ton of responsibility. but i am for sure done with the drama and the uncertainty. I'll probably still cry on graduation day. sadly.
I'm really not sure what to write about. hmm. again!
holy cow. the experiences of the last week have made me seriously recognize that everything does happen for a reason. that things can/will go wrong, especially when you aren't fully prepared and don't see them coming. buuut you can overcome things. that finding strength through the Atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ we can renew ourselves and our spirits and be happy again! I'm so grateful for my trials. I've said it before and I'll say it again! as weird as it sounds. My hardships, sorrows, failures, short comings, and mistakes have made me who i am today. Without them I wouldn't be half as strong as I am now, and i wouldn't be able to spiritually progress. I would come to a spiritual stand still, all growing and strengthening would cease and I would be unhappy. I would most likely feel unfulfilled--like something bigger and better was missing. I'm grateful for adversity because it brings me closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. It also brings me closer to those I love. Even though we might be at the end of our rope and we're upset with everything, we'll be growing together as friends/family and as children of God.

"there is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what the lighthouse of the Lord can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. It calls, “This way to safety. This way to home.” It sends forth signals of light easily seen and never failing. If followed, those signals will guide you back to your heavenly home."

I love this quote. It is from our Prophet Thomas S. Monson, from his talk addressed to the Young Women of the Church this year called "Believe, Obey, Endure." It is such a testimony builder! and such spiritual ammunition for me to endure through my present trials. I know I can overcome this. Although I know it won't be easy. I've dug myself into quite the spiritual hole. if that makes sense. But I feel my Saviors love, and with that I am capable of anything uplifting I put my mind to.

We're putting our house up for sale very very soon. I'm putting this on here for those who don't know yet. I'm actually surprised by how slow this piece of info has traveled. but oh well. We're moving into a smaller house that is closer in town so that we can be closer to school and work. This will make our lives easier and less of a stress on us. We don't know when we're moving, it all depends on our house selling and finding a new one to move into. We are moving for sure, it's the time frame that is fluctuating. I'll keep updates here though.

I think I'm going to try and start this thing I saw on Facebook for a blog idea. Everyday I'll read my scriptures and a General Conference talk and I'll find something from each that applies to my life at that time. I think this will help me expand my scripture study and make it more of a pondering and studying experience, rather than just reading it. And maybe by doing this I can inspire or help someone else. which would be fantastic! this will be my first one.. we'll see how this goes! :) hope you are looking forward to it as much as i am! :)

i think I'm going to go take a nap. i got 5 hours of sleep last night because of the AMAZING SPIDERMAN midnight premiere. IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH LOSING SLEEP. Everyone should see it. :) well, with parental discretion of course ;) hahah. but really. see it. I cried at one point. I think I'm going to go see it again very very soon. and i will for sure be buying it when it comes out on DVD.

good day!

thanks for reading..

--sammy!