The Happiness Experiment

Remember how it was the International Day of Happiness a couple days ago?

And remember how I told you to check out my friends blog, Forever Furness, for her happiness experiment?

And remember how I promised said friend that I would participate?

(Seriously, if you haven't looked at Cortnee's blog, do it now or this won't even make any sense)

Well. You guessed it. Here is me embarrassing myself dancing to Happy for the world to see! Now that you've seen this - and you can probably never unsee this - you should definitely pull out your camera and send your Happy dance to Cortnee pronto! (Or me if you don't have her info.)

{{ Side note: this "I Heart Coke" shirt was not an unconscious outfit decision. But Coke is just one of the many things that makes me happy. Oh the simple things in life }}

my #happyday

Did you know that today is the International Day of Happiness?! 

Thank you Pharrell for making this happen. 

(check out 24hoursofhappiness.com if you haven't heard about this - and listen to that fantastic song that is bound to make you happy!) 
AND check out my best bud's blog Forever Furness to participate in her Happiness Experiment! do it!

Well, this day started off not so happy and pretty stressful for me. But! I made that change pretty quick. In the process of doing things I had to do, I had the chance to take this bad boy for spin at work today. It is a BEAUTIFUL day outside, it's the first day of spring in fact! And just taking a minute and enjoying the things I get to do and am learning at my job - ah, sweet happiness. :)

The University of Utah Marketing and Communications Golf Cart

So go! Be happy! And share with everyone your #happyday! 

being better.

Friends. It looks like I am caught in a terrible cycle. 

I am up and down on my recording of life - and I keep saying that I'm going to be better. I am really good for a few days, weeks, even months, and then I go for a while without doing a thing. 

I guess that's a pretty good sum of my life. Unfortunately. Do you ever find yourself in that vicious cycle? Blogging. Exercising. Eating healthy. Praying. Reading scriptures. Any other habits that are just hard to be consistent with? That's definitely me. But who's to say you can't pick up right where you left off? 

I once heard a talk by Elder Aidukaitis (a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). To paraphrase: "If you skipped brushing your teeth one morning, would you just give up and never brush your teeth ever again? No! You would do better and remember to brush your teeth the next day!" So, why would we stop doing good things, just because we forget to do them consistently?

Now is the perfect time to keep working harder and trying to do better! After all, isn't that what life is all about?!

(photo credit: heavenslds.tumblr.com)

a tribute to friends that have babies

One of my dearest friends had her baby this year! This picture was taken at her glorious baby shower :)

Isn't she the cutest prego lady you ever did see??

And she and her husband have the sweetest baby girl! <3

Maybe someday she'll post pictures of her little princess

toddandcortnee.blogspot.com

Just so you know, Kyron and I love this little family of Furnii. They are the best examples to us. We got to spend some time with them at Primary Children's in a church calling together (that I'll post about someday i promise!)

We've both learned so much from them and just think of the world of them. And they are the best parents this little girl could ask for.

Our Missionary

Last October, President Thomas S. Monson announced that the age for full-time missionaries had been lowered to 18 for young men and 19 for young women. It was an incredible announcement for the church! And it just so happens that my nephew is going to turn 18 in June, right after he graduates from high school. I didn't realize the impact it would have on our family -- what a blessing! He is such an amazing example to his 7 younger siblings and 23 cousins by making the sacrifice to go. He got his mission call just a few weeks ago.

WE LOVE THIS BOY!

We'll all miss you so much. But we know you will be off doing a marvelous work and a wonder in Montevideo, Uruguay!

“The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.” - Joseph Smith

Sometimes we go to Jazz games

Because we have amazing, generous people who give us tickets!

go, jazz, go!

(BIG thanks to my parentals and the Cornelius')

and then this happened.....

As you can see, our life is pretty incredible! We feel so blessed in every way. There is just so much good in our life and we love it! 

During the summer/fall, Kyron played on a soccer team with some friends. I went to his games when I could but early one Saturday morning, I decided to stay home. Kyron curses the moment I told him to "have fun and be safe!"... during the first part of the game, Kyron fell. And didn't quite pop back up. :( nuts. He hurt his knee. At first, we didn't know how bad. But as I mentioned before, we are so blessed!

We went to the doctor (after the insurance dragged on for dayyyss) and the amazing Dr. Murray worked his magic. He set Kyron an appointment for surgery the same week. He had to do a scope to fix the meniscus that had torn, folded, and lodged itself between Kyron's bones. Lovely. No wonder my poor husband was limping around in so much pain! 

Here's the best patient I know :) This was right after they shaved his knee. [[yep, this is pre-surgery. those are the scars from his previous scope and ACL surgery - looks like his lucky knee, right??]]

During recovery, my dear husband was coming off the drugs and definitely flirting with the nurse! He denies it, but he was too drugged up to know ;) Let's be real, he's just always nice to everyone. (another blessing for me that he's that way)

We were so nervous that his ACL had torn again but, thankfully, that was not the case! That meant we didn't have to schedule another surgery that would have been much more invasive and painful than this one. Unfortunately, 80% of Kyron's knee padding is now gone. You know what that means? No more impact sports for this one. 

I kept waiting for him to be upset about his ban from sports -- but he stayed so positive! It kept me going strong. I'm so blessed to have him as my husband and we're so blessed that he is up and running around again. 

{almost} as good as new!

<3