We take so much in our daily lives for granted that we don't always notice the very obvious blessings in our lives. Tonight I want to talk about blessings. The past seven or so months have been some of the hardest for Alex and I. Finances have been so tight and with the lack of jobs and the craziness that comes with planning and putting together a wedding life was getting so stressful. There were moments of extreme doubt as to whether I was making the right decisions. And yet we moved forward with faith that we were on the right path. Some how miraculously each moth we were able to meet all of our obligations and within weeks of our wedding we were each rewarded with jobs. Now we are finally able to start getting ahead. Its not merely minimum payments anymore and we have been able to clear three debts including a credit card. We still have far to go but we are moving forward and it is a wonderful feeling.
Blessings have been in my head today, I have had a few things bothering me and as I have been able to talk them out and as I have been reflectiing on the time we spent in the temple on friday and again today as I was able to spend some time cleaning in the temple. I find I have so much to be grateful for.
I grew up in this beautiful area with temples within easy distance one I could see at night from my home glowing up on the mountain. I have also had the opportunity to live in an area where the temple while still within a fairly easy distance took over two hours to drive through heavy traffic. And yet those temple trips were always looked forward to and the cars were always packed. Why is it that when it is so close and so easy to go we take little advantage of it? Now as we are going to have our local temple closed we will have to drive a little further to attend the temple and yet it is still close for us. I hope that we will take advantage of the opportunity to go to the temple even when it is not quite close or so easy. the longer drive will give us more time to reflect on why we are going and what we do there.

Work is starting to pick up, its still sketchy week by week. Valentines weekend was really busy for me and this week is looking good. I'm now able to do everything except the laser services. They haven't trained me on those yet and I think it will be a little while before they do. but I am really excited to learn that and to get to use those services myself. We get a nice discount on services, by trading I can get anything done at the cost of product so for example and hour massage which is normally $105.00 I can have for $5. I have been trading with one of the LMT's and we have already seen some awesome results with her skin. her acne is starting to clear and her skin is looking fresh and healthy. I have had my first product sale and client request which is important for my staff report and numbers. Gwenn - the manager said I have broken the record for the getting a request so soon after starting. Alex is doing really well at work and in school. He struggles a little in calculus but he is smart and I know he will do fine. He is really enjoying working at Ace hardware. he has made a good friend in Will- we went to a Superbowl party at their apartment and they now want to get together for a video game party soon. Shanna Will's wife is my age and Will is just a little older then Alex. Its nice to find some friends in the same place in life as we are. In our ward there is only one other young newly married couple but so far we haven't gotten to know them very well yet. Alex and I are looking forward to the weekend. We are going up to Wolf creek. Leda and Bryce got us a weekend there for Christmas. Its going to be nice to get away from home together for a little while.

Ah the joys of the Internet! Where else can you find the best of the best and the worse of the worse? I dont a lot of time to write anything thourogh on here but I do have the time to tell you about something called Love. Love is such a wonderful and mysterious thing, sometimes as fragile as baby or as strong as a planet. Love is timeless. It knows no bounds. It eludes some yet comes easily to others. Why do we need it? Why do we seek after it since the day we are born? All I know is that once you have it, you never want to let it go. You cherish it every waking moment. Even animals feel it.