Grateful don't even cover it

I'm so grateful and thankful for all the people who came and helped move 6 tons of hay in less than 2 hours. I can't find a statement that shows or states how appreciative I am for all who helped. I am so blessed to have amazing people around me, and those beehives that showed up rocked and magnified that service opportunity, and the men stacked and packed that hay so well. :-) Words really can't describe how I feel. (Yes I know this is a direct quote from my facebook status)

Over the past 48 hours I have seen the Heavenly Fathers love so abundantly in my life. So I'll start this story at the beginning. One of my classes we have to find an invertebrate species and identify it down to the species using a Dichotomous Key. So I had a couple spiders that had been inside my house and I had a bunch of different microscopes but I couldn't see anything it was just too small. So I texted one of my friends who I've worked for and asked if I could go to her barn and get some spiders, cause she has some really big ones living there. She said yes, so I went over and we talked and she mentioned she had to have her barn cleaned out my Wednesday. So I mentioned I could bring a couple people over Monday to help because it's a holiday and there is no school.

Sunday at church I ask people to come help out and I don't have all the details but just tomorrow I need help moving some hay. So I find out about 4 we can do it around 10 am, and I call and email everyone who said they would be interested. The little beehives in my ward all volunteered and when I called I said, "please bring and invite as many people as you can, thanks so much for helping." I had been praying about it since the day before that people would be able to come and help.

This morning I arrived a couple minutes after 10 am I was so happy and grateful to see so many people show up and help and the enthusiasm with which they moved hay. I know hay isn't that exciting, and moving it isn't that fun and when you clean out 2 stalls worth it gets kind of hard to breathe. we moved 6 TONS of hay in less than 2 hours. Not only was the hay moved, it was unstacked, packed, restacked, unstacked and restacked. I never heard one person that didn't want to be there and people were smiling and sure at sometimes it felt like we had a little space with lots of people, but no one complained, people were smiling and joking around. More then anything I just wanted my friend to know that she was loved and people are willing to help, and it seemed like one of those "it came out of the woodworks (hopefully this is the right idiom)" type of events that people came together and I felt grateful that people who cared about me showed up and more importantly they chose to serve someone else who some of the didn't really know. Those little beehives are going to be leading this church one day, they were amazing. I feel like anything I say is inadequate of how blessed and loved I feel and how appreciative I am. Especially because this whole thing was really arranged in less than 36 hours. to me it was amazing to see that I could arrange this thing and have so many people participate and help. They were so willing to help again as well and I am so grateful to have amazing ward members. Especially when we needed other thing and people were like "I have a friend who has that" or "my house it right there I can go grab stuff." I don't know how to express my gratitude other then by saying thank you thank you thank you. :-)

Thanks so much to Brother Davis, Brother Sewell, Brittany, Brittany's friend (sorry I don't remember your name), Cassidy, Emily, Camilla, Mary, Sister Billings, Brother Billings, Sister Sowby, Brother Merrill, Andrew, and Brother Wilson. I know that some of the best blessings such as this can come from bad situations so I am so grateful for the love, support, service, smiles shared today.

Hopefully I can post a picture of out final result here, I forgot to take a picture.

Instagram

So you may or may not know that I have an instagram which I use update more often than my log so check out my cool instagram feed to your right. it will connect you with my instagram profile too. so you can see what I've been up to. I'm still going to do a big update on life life after this week (because I have 2 midterms) so it will at the earliest be on Saturday.
seriously go check out my instagram and I apologize in advance for my phone not knowing how to spell.

Coming soon...

It's been 4 months since my last post. I'll update in the next couple of days with LOTS of pictures. :-)

Changes are good :-)

There are a couple things happening this weekend. First, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) announced that women can go on missions at 19 instead of 21. This was announced the day before my 18th birthday. I want to go on a mission and it may not happen the day I turn 19. But i'm going to start praying about it and studying. Also Brad Wilcox teaches a mission prep class and I can register for class for next semester in 22 days. :-) Going on a mission when I am 19 also means I could be for my mission for the last 11 of my best friends Stewart's mission. Wouldn't that be cool?

 Then I cut my hair off, like all of my hair. (I didn't shave my head) but It is super short. I like it, and I still don't recognize myself when I look in the mirror. But it is easier to do my hair, there is no damaged/permed hair connected to my head.

I turned 18 today. It so crazy. it doesn't even seem like I can be this old. I finally found someone who has the same birthday as me. But even if I never did I know my ward buddy Courtney King would be the best day older than me - birthday buddy ever! We have been in the same ward for 13 years. It is crazy.

I am working full time and going to school full time and there never seems to be enough time to do anything. But I love staying busy.

I got to see Shiloh and Zara this week. She is so big. All of my niece and nephews are so big and so smart and I am so proud. I love them. :-)

My great friends Kenzie is dancing for Utah Regional Ballet and they has a performance last weekend and she was so fantastic!

General Conference was this weekend and it was so good! My favorites included:
Pres Monson - saturday announcement and sunday morning talk
Jeffrey R. Holland -Disciples and fishing - sunday morning?
Richard G. Scott- genealogy - sunday afternoon
M Russell Nelson - "The missionaries can help" - Saturday morning
"There is always repentance" - ? glasses and white combover?

There is another one from yesterday but I don't remember which one it was. 

It also got down to 33 degrees last night in Provo, burr.

Jamies also came over yesterday at 5am after she'd been throwing up all night and slept right in front of the new, big tv. and I got to go to the sotre to get her stuff. Happy Birthday to me!

My brother Taylor and his family just called and sang happy birthday. They have a great chorus over in burbank! :-) then I got to speak to Emily, Olivia and Simeon and got descriptions on Sundances' face. It was a great phone call. :-) It's been a great weekend! :-)

Family

I don't think I realized how much my family siblings especially don't really care about gender roles. We get together and get the job done. Not to complain but I sometimes don't like misc because they think I can't help out or lift something heavy well I can, and i'm better at logistics a well  too. I don't think the boys at my work get that.I know the boss wanted us to be careful girls especially but I can do things Gus can do and I know i'm the youngest but i'm also one of the fittest people here but i'm a girl.so anyways I kinda showed them up.

efy medley

All rights for this song go to Michael R Hicks Copyright Arrangement 1999. 

Women As sisters in Zion,
we'll all work together;
The blessings of God on
our labors we'll seek.
We'll build up his kingdom
with earnest endeavor,
we'll comfort the weary
and strengthen the weak.
we are daughters of
our Heavenly Father who
loves us and we love him.
Yes, we love him.

both:
As sisters in Zion,
we'll all work together;
The blessings of God on
our labors we'll seek.
We'll build up his kingdom
with earnest endeavor,
we'll comfort the weary
and strengthen the weak.
AND we are daughters of
our Heavenly Father who
loves us and we love him.
Yes, we love him.


As sisters in Zion.
As daughters of God.

Men:
We have been born
as Nephi of Old
to goodly parents
who love the Lord.
We have been taught
and we understand
that we must do as
the Lord commands.
We are as the army
of Helamen.
We have been taught
in our youth.
And we will be
the Lord's missionaries 
to bring the world his truth.

Both:
As sisters in Zion,
we'll all work together;
The blessings of God on
our labors we'll seek.
We'll build up his kingdom
with earnest endeavor,
we'll comfort the weary
and strengthen the weak.
AND 
We have been born
as Nephi of Old
to goodly parents
who love the Lord.
We have been taught
and we understand
that we must do as
the Lord commands.

BOTH We are as the
army of Helamen.
We have been taught
in our youth.
And we will be the
Lord's Missionaries
to bring the world
his truth.

Women As sisters in Zion.
Men A marked generation
Both  As children of God.

Update

So I had a "intervention" with dad on saturday night, then leave it to my best friend to be bored out of his mind and save me. :-) We had a great night and i'll post about that another time. I got a pinterest so follow me if you want http://pinterest.com/sambelleroan/pins/?filter=likes . I have to write a research paper tonight about sound and acoustics. due at 10 am tomorrow. I'm really excited about it. Will add those later. anyway It was my nieces 1st birthday yesterday and everyone reading should be jealous because she is adorable all of my nieces and nephews are. :-)