For the first time in forever

With this glorious labor day weekend upon us, it has given  me sometime to catch up on my daily tasks and finally, this dang blog!

So when I last left ya'll, I was preparing to go to Girls Camp as the director! While it was the most hectic thing in the entire world to organize, I am so incredibly grateful to have been blessed to have spent 3 days with those girls! So much was taught and absorbed, all while in the shadows of the beautiful Uintahs.

The girls were able to spend some quality time outdoors hiking, swimming, feeding horses, and dealing with much larger pests than ever seen before (a mouse, horseflies, free range cattle). We had some incredibly fun times. I wish I had more time to go over each individual experience, but then this post would just be far too long. But I will share this experience that i get was the overall most important aspect of girls camp. As mentioned, we themed Girls Camp Let It Glow, and how our inner light of Christ can help us gras closer to Heavenly Father. The first Day we emphasized how our light helps our friends draw closer to the Lord, and then the second day we focused on drawing our families closer. The last day, was how our own relationship with ourselves draws us closer to the Lord and how we can better view ourselves by taking on the atonement. I taught this lesson and shared with the girls my own personal insecurities and how it effected my relationships with all those around me, including with the spirit. But by understanding the atonement and how I am so much more than I could ever imagine, helps me maintain the spirit in my own life. I compared this to Olaf, you know, the adorably happy snowman from Frozen. There is a scene, that gets me every time I watch the darn movie. Ana, who is slowly becoming frozen herself, has been left alone to freeze. Olaf comes in and immediately begins to build a fire (remember, he is a snowman). Ana tries to stop Olaf from doing so, because he will melt, and she doesn't want to see her friend melt. Olaf turns to her and says "Some people are worth malting for." The Savior was willing to suffer for all our sins, essentially, melting for us. I wanted so much for these girls to understand how much they are worth in the sight of their Heavenly Father, so I made a cute little snowman mason jar.

Whew! You would think after Girls camp I would be able to relax? NOPE! Just 2 weeks after girls camp, Phil and I headed out to San Diego for one of my dearest friends' sealing! We first flew into San Diego and upon getting settled in the hotel room, we realized how stink in close we were to the beach and immediately walked over! we only spent about an hour or so at the beach because we wanted to make time to go to a few yummy food spots, Including Hodads from Triple D.

The next day we drove up to Newport Beach to attend the Sealing for Janelle. It was awesome to be back at the temple Phil and I were sealed in nearly 3 years ago!And to be there to see Janelle marry her best friend made the experience so much sweeter. After the sealing we enjoyed some time at the Cheesecake factory and went back to relax in the hotel pool.

The following day was spent at only the Happiest Place on Earth!! And boy was it worth it! we got to Disneyland at * am when everything opened and got to spend a whole day with my sisters and enjoying everything Disneyland has to offer. AND Phil got to have his first Dole whip! It was nothing but super duper fun all day. The day ended with World of Color and jumping our car in the parking lot (we forgot to turn the headlights off). Our last few hours in San Diego were spent in Old town, Filled with Music and food, and all sorts of delicious things. We got to go to the Mormon Battalion Museum which was a great activity to do on a Sunday. We really needed the vacation and we are so glad we were able to enjoy our time away.

Now with school starting up, so much seems to be happening at once. I finish my Associates degree this fall and this following spring I will be starting at the radiology program at the DATC. I made this decision when I realized i wanted nothing to do with business because with wanting to become a mom, I know I would not have the time to devote to both my career and my family. But with that announcement, comes another! Phil got into a nursing program and is going to Start in January! we had intentions of starting in September, But things were not lining up to make everything work. But we are so excited that he is able to start and finish in the next 2 years.1 this comes as a huge blessing to us with waiting to get Phil started on getting closer to his career goals. After he finishes his degree,  we will be looking into moving out of Utah for Phil to attend a Nurse Anesthesia Program.

Now on a personal note, I know a lot of people have been wondering when Phil and I would be introducing a mini Phil or Lindsay into our family. I feel that right now is probably the best time to explain this difficult subject. Phil and I have been wanting to add children to our family for quite sometime. We had plans of doing so just before my dad passed away last March. After that incident, I was in no emotional place to think of doing that. In recent months however, we have been wanting to bring a child into the world, but have discovered my body has other plans. I have been experiencing excruciating pain in my pelvic region for over a year now, and have had several ultrasounds that have shown cysts coming and bursts. But also, the pain presents itself without a cyst present. Upon consulting with my OB, we have come to the conclusion that I am suffering from either PCOS or endometriosis. This would explain my chronic migraine as well as other personal health concerns. He wants to do exploratory surgery to confirm this, but this is not something that Phil or I want to hear when wanting to start our family. But we are in the process of getting the surgery scheduled to find out what exactly is going on with my body. We want so badly to have a baby and bring them into our home to love and  spoil, but we know this trial serves some kind of purpose.

so until next time friends!