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Merry (Belated) Christmas!
Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
I'd say I covered all the requirements of having an awesome Christmas.

1) I got to be with my family.


2) I went to Temple Square and saw all the lights.



3) We made the traditional sugar cookies.



... and maybe some not so traditional cookies as well.... (wait, you mean a porcupine cookie isn't a Christmas tradition?!)


4) And we got all of our Christmas decoration up (and outdid all of our neighbors. No lie).



And even though it wasn't a White Christmas, I still think it was a pretty good one.

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Chisel
Posted on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
 
"I am a rough stone. The sound of the hammer and chisel was never heard on me until the Lord took me in hand."

Joseph Smith

I feel like this quote applies a lot in this last week of school leading up to finals. This is my last fall semester. It's crazy to me! If anything, though, I've learned that school is one of the many hammer's and chisels Heavenly Father is using to refine us. Sometimes its hard to remember that, though. 
I hope everyone's December has been going well so far! Mine certainly has, with the weather still staying in the high 40s, low 50s. Hey Nature? Can we keep it like this forever? No? Oh... well, I guess we have to have winter as some point. Can't you just wait until next year though? That would be so much better, in my humble opinion....

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