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Easter Weekend and Life Recently!

The past couple of weekends have been so great! It's so hard to believe that it's April already and the semester's almost over! I guess it means finals are approaching, but I'm trying not to think about that! Last weekend, I was able to go to Lisa's bridal shower! It was so much fun to catch up with the Herndon Ward girls! Lisa is going to make a beautiful bride!

This past weekend was a blast! On Friday night I went to a dance/birthday party for some girls from my ward! Afterwards, a group of us went an 11:00 showing of The Host. Other than having to sit through the world's most terrifying preview, it was a blast! Check out how stinkin beautiful my friends are:


On Saturday night, Alyssa, Kaylee, Austin and I went to The Wall in the Wilk and then bowling for only a dollar! It was awesome, and cheap! Two words that us college kids love to have in the same sentence! 


Easter Sunday was absolutely fantastic! When I woke up, I immediately bolted to my closet and opened the Easter package from my family that had been sitting in there since Wednesday! It was full of goodies and an Easter dress that Miss Jenn picked out for me! Then I got ready and went to church! Our ward choir performed "Behold the Wounds in Jesus' Hands," and it was beautiful! I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to help direct the choir this year! I have learned so much and had such a great experience! I realized how much I love teaching and gained a lot more confidence! I am so thankful for the opportunity to bear my testimony through music as well! The rest of church was fantastic! After church I talked with my family on Skype! My aunt Becky was over at our house and it was such a treat to get to talk to her too! Then I made dinner with my roommates! We had chicken, fruit, Easter-shaped jello courtesy of my family, and a delicious icebox cake that I found the recipe for on Pinterest! It was such a great day! 

I just want to bear my testimony that I know that Jesus Christ lives. I know that he knows each one of us so well. He has endured everything that we will ever endure. He is our truest friend who will never let us down. I know that through his Atonement we can not only be forgiven of our sins, but we can be strengthened through its enabling power. I know that he was crucified for us and resurrected on the third day. In Relief Society, we talked about how Christ is a symbol of hope. That is so true! I am so grateful for my Savior and strive every day to be more like him! I am so grateful for this Easter season and for the fact that General Conference is coming up next weekend! Life is good! I am so blessed! 

Oh and here's my new favorite quote: 

“Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come.” -Joseph B. Wirthlin 


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