A couple of weekends ago was the much anticipated BYU v FSU game... well it was much anticipated at least for us Saints who live in Tallahassee.... Most of us were torn... who to root for?! I had NO problem picking my team... I was going to stick with FSU.... everyone laughed at me, literally laughed! HOW MEAN RIGHT?! I knew we were going to loose, but come one, you can't just be a fair weather fan... no, if you pick top be a team fan, you pick to be with them through thick and thin....
Then magic happened... we scored within the first few moments... well then I was really nervous... BYU now has the ball... and they are going to smash us! NOPE! they lost the ball... yes they LOST it! Freak yeah! I'm pretty pumped at this point! Pretty much my FSU Seminoles were dominating and they had the ball almost the entire first half of the game... UNSPEAKABLE! I was pumped and amazed and so excited.... I was really worried that by the second half BYU would come back and murder us... after all BYU hasn't lost a home game in like either 20 years or 20 home games (I can't really remember, but either way).... NOPE! We continued to dominate! Pretty much made my life to smack talk back to all my BYU friends... they eventually stopped texting me back, but serves them right.... I guess the "Lord's Team" needed some humble pie... I mean sometimes the Nephites had to be humbled by the Lamanites... just saying :) FSU 54 BYU 28
btw... We won't even go there about the FSU v USF game.... DON'T GO THERE! 
I really loved living in the house I was in, but over the past few months things there have gotten hectic with one roommate getting married and then one bailing last minute I felt like I needed to move somewhere else, plus I am wanting to save money so I can start cosmetology school and maybe move elsewhere eventually... It was a MUST NEEDED move for sure...
I packed up my house in less than 2 hours and Elder and Sister Bowcutt (my surrogate grandparents and best buddies) came and helped me move in only two trip across town in their truck... I am soo grateful for their love and willingness to ALWAYS help me out... they are THE BEST! I love living with Tiara... She seriously has been placed into my life for a reason and at the perfect time... The Lord knew I needed a good friend and one to help me out of my funk when Justin and I broke up and man she was perfect for it... Being her friend and seeing her positive attitude daily is a great reminder that when you place your trust in the Savior and our Heavenly Father, every thing will work out like it is supposed too and there is no need for having a down day! 
She is beautiful on the inside and out and I'm so grateful that she is my friend! Sad thing is, is that people are always asking us both what the other one looks like and we don't ever have a picture top show them! We need to get one when I have my house warming party or something! Honestly though, the best way to describe Tiara, is beautiful, amazing, positive, and the best person I know! did I mention gorgeous... yeah she's that too :)
Enter Walter.... Walter is a character from the movie... Now I'm not going to tell you a lot about the movie, but this touched me so I'm going to share.... I don't want to spoil anything... The main character in the movie, Burke, is a Grief Counselor who has his own self-help line of seminars and books... Walter happens to be a man that lost his 12 year old son in an accident at his construction site... Walter his a big manly man from Montana, and really is having a hard time letting his son's death go, and has let his grief ruin his life (he lost his job and his wife left him)... Walter used to be a contractor and could never go back to a construction site nor a hardware store without it affecting him so he just avoided it... In the movie, Burke convinces Walter not to leave the program and Walter stays.... he still struggles though and won't open up... well as a group, Burke gets the entire seminar group to go on a field trip, Walter included, and to Walter's surprise it is to the hardware store... At first Walter won't even get off the bus, but thanks to Burke's encouragement, he does and decides to face his fear and cope with his loss... It was amazing to see how this big man's heart was changed and how he was able to heal with the help of all of his peers... They walked around the hardware store and picked out all the tools necessary for him to become a contractor again... It was so touching to see these people who had suffered great losses also to help this man, and to see his face light up and know that he was loved and that he can go on and remember his son... To be honest I cried, as I'm sure the entire theater did, and it really spoke to me... I turned to Tiara and told her that, "Walter just needs the gospel! I need to find him and share it with him!" of course Walter is a fictional character and that I won't really share the gospel with him, but I did think to myself there are many people I know that have suffered losses, be it family, friends, or other things in their life, and need the gospel in their lives! It is the answer and the cure! The pure love of Christ has the power to heal and we posses it and need to share! Just like Walter's peers reached out to him, we need to reach out to those in our lives... I for one was touched by Walter's experience and had a change of heart towards those I come into contact with daily... I'm so grateful to know that I can be with my family for eternity... They are truly amazing!
I love my aunt so much... She is kind hearted and is one of the best mothers I know, and I hope to be like her... Her voice is amazing and I've always tried to copy it when I sing, and She has been through many similar things like me... I know she's the one to call when you want the pity party.... I love her I love her I love her!
*Soon to come: my blog post on my aunt Jamie*
