Sunday Thoughts

"Heavenly Father didn't send us to this earth to fail. He sent us knowing we would succeed."

One of the speakers in Sacrament meeting today said that and it's stuck with me since. I know that our Father in Heaven loves each of us so much and knows our individual struggles and needs. It's okay to have trials & weaknesses and go through rough patches. They have proved to make me stronger and over the past few months, I've learned to really rely on Him for guidance and comfort and have strived to have a stronger relationship with Him. I've had to make several choices lately not knowing which one is going to best for me..and it has not been easy. At all. At first, it was easiest to avoid thinking about my problems and I would just shove them to the back of my mind, telling myself I'll deal with it later. Then, I talked to close friends and family members desperately looking for answers and I'd just continually get frustrated with myself. I was at a loss of what to do for the longest time. I felt like no matter what, I'll be unhappy. Eventually, I swallowed my pride and knew what I needed to do, which was to kneel and pray for the guidance and assurance my Father in Heaven could offer.  I know that He will not give me anything more than I could handle. He is always there, ready to listen and my biggest supporter, as well as everyone else's. I'm grateful for my knowledge of the restored gospel; knowing everything I do is extremely comforting. Over the past month, I've been focusing on what I'm truly grateful for..I am so, eternally grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. For someone to send their own Son who had an infinite amount of love for others to suffer unimaginable pain and agony so that we don't have to is beyond me. Our Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ know we have what it takes to succeed and make the right decisions for our own lives. We may make a wrong choice or stumble along the way, but through the Atonement, there is always a way back to the path of eternal life. I am forever grateful for the repentance process and for the Lord's love in which I feel. I wholeheartedly have faith that with His help, it truly is impossible to fail.

Privacy

I am sorry to inform you that I will be making my blog private for a little while. Some things have come up and for best reasons, I need to make it unavailable for the whole wide world to read at leisure. However, if you ask any of my friends, they will tell you I am the biggest blog stalker ever. I totally welcome readers who have never met me in real life and just like to creep on my ever so boring day to day ramblings and pictures (even if I don't have any, I like to think I do) So if what I described is you, please don't hesitate to leave a comment with your email or send it to me at lindseyevans93{at}gmail{dot}com and I'll be more than happy to add you to my reader's list. I'll be switching over to private on Tuesday so y'all have until then. Thanks in advance!

From that to this

Here in Utah, we've been blessed with an extremely long Autumn (so I shouldn't really complain) but it still surprised me yesterday morning when I opened my window to see a thick layer of fluffy, white snow covering the neighborhood. It was still snowing and hasn't stopped yet. Something about sipping hot cocoa while watching the snow fall and glisten from the street lights is unbelievably magical and I can't help but get excited for the holidays and Christmas season (that also may be because the house across the street is already decked out with Christmas lights...whaaaat?) It's time to put away my light jackets and cardigans and pull out the big heavy coats, scarves and hats because winter is among us.

and yes, this picture can also be seen on instagram, twitter and facebook. i'm a social media addict. whatevs.

A Haunting Halloween

Okay, so it wasn't that "haunting", not even kind of..but I needed a word that starting h for the title and well, it worked. I'll admit, I was pretty lame this Halloween season. I didn't go to any parties, corn mazes, haunted houses nor did I carve a pumpkin or bake the traditional ghost sugar cookies. I'm such a non-festive slacker. Halloween night wasn't much different but thankfully a few of my best friends came up from Provo to celebrate with me!

Our night consisted of $2 chipotle which resulted in seeing a ton of people & some very creative costumes in line with us, passing out candy to trick or treaters (Lauren's specialty), making...and failing at creating pretty caramel apples, being entertained by Jazzy stealing Kelsie's shoes. twice, talking and laughing a lot and finishing the night with the movie Shawshank Redemption. We were going to go with a scary movie, but decided to watch that instead..which is seriously one of the greatest films ever made.

we dressed up as Savannah! (if you know her, you'll understand this picture) LOVE YOU VAN!

Love these girls! (Sad we didn't take a group shot when Emy was here)

I hope everyone had a happy halloween and can you believe it's already November?!?! Crazy how fast time flies.