Thursday thoughts

It's funny how time flies. The older I get the faster it seems to go. As a kid I always wanted to grow up and now I just wish I could go back to being a kid with no worries. I wish I could go back to being carefree and running around the neighborhood with my friends being hooligans together. But we can't go back, all we can do is live in the moment we have now and enjoy it.  Come what may and love it. 
Sometimes it's tough and everything we had planned falls apart leaving us scared and unsure of what we are doing, yet life keeps moving forward and propels us into new opportunities both good and bad. Life can be such a scary thing. Scares me more than I try to show. I guess how we handle that fear is what helps make us who we are. Maybe Taylor Swift said it best, "Fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.”
I guess I'll still always miss being a kid when time seemed to pass by slowly and I felt fearless.

P.S. I cut my hair! Well, I didn't...Court's Mom did. But I cut off quite a few inches. 

It's nice and healthy now :)

And now I'll leave you with one of my new favorite quotes!

A little birthday post for my Mom

It's my wonderful Mom's birthday today! That's right ladies and gentleman, today is her day! Birthdays are usually a big deal to me, so if I was there I would try to make it special. I kinda hate not being there but oh well. We talked off and on all morning (she was so popular and kept getting other phone calls throughout our conversation) and then the siblings and I all 3 way (but with 5 people so I guess a 5 way?) called her! It worked out much better than any of us expected and it was surprising that we even were able to get in touch with all the siblings considering it was mid-afternoon and they all have lives. But it worked out and we sang happy birthday to her and it was great!
My Mom is the greatest. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and how much I miss her. I also think every day how grateful I am that she was there to raise me and if I may say so, she did a pretty great job. Really though, she did such a great job of raising me right that sometimes I look at other people and I just feel bad for them that they didn't have my Mom around to help them learn how to act and think.
She has just the perfect amount of humor and seriousness. While knowing how to be clean, organized and ready for anything but still knowing how to have fun, when to be lazy and the knowledge that life doesn't always go as we plan. She is the perfect example to me.
So thank you Mom for everything! And Happy Birthday :)

April Fools!

As I've stated in earlier posts, I love holidays. This one is on the lower part of that list...but I do still like it. I've had some pretty hilarious memories with it that, while embarrassing, I still wouldn't trade for anything.
I grew up with 2 brothers in the home while I was still pretty young, so they got me plenty of times. The best one that we all still remember was when Kevin tricked me.
We always woke up early to read scriptures together as a family. So it's around 6 AM on April Fools. I'm not prepared for the day at all. I open my door to see a note that says something along the lines of "sorry I've  been teasing you lately," or something like that from Kevin with money attached to it. (in my head I remember it being a 20 dollar bill. In actuality it was probably more like a 1 dollar bill, maybe 5, but I was young so it seemed like a lot) Anyways, I reached down to get the money and letter (all happy and smiling in my half awake state) and the money pulls away from me right as I reach for it. I'm confused and I try again, and again...and shamefully...again. Until I notice my brother laughing in the bathroom across the hall pulling on the string attached to the money.
Embarrassing but hilarious.
And here we are now at the Festival of Colors we went to this weekend. But there will be a post on that later!

So Happy April Fools to everyone! I hope your day is fantastic! :)