New Job??

Well summer has been really great so far I have just been kind of relaxing but now I have 2 jobs!!! Mom got me the coolest job at her work. She works in the retirement home and while they eat i play the piano! isnt that the coolest job ever?? seriously I love that i get to do what I enjoy. I also hope that I can get a career in music or do something with it because i love it so much. So this is preparing me kind of. And today I went to the Mcalisters and I picked cherries and now i guess it is a permanent Job. Every morning at 7:00a.m. hey.. its money i didnt have right? I am hoping to help out mom and dad a bit with the money I earn. Well it feels really wierd to have a job cause i feel too young but its amazing. I have grown so much and I hope that I can continue to learn from my every day life.

Long time no see

oh my goodness. I dont know when the last time it was that I got on my blog and took the time to write down my thoughts and stuff about my life. I have just been so dang busy with everything and havent had the time or even just taken the time to write all of the things goin on in my life. Well lets just start with my freshman year is over! oh my goodness. It is so crazy to me how fast time flies. I loved the first year of high school. I have learned so much about myself this first year of high school and have realized so many things about high school and friends. It is honestly so much better to just not worry and just be the person you want to be. It is also very important to hang out with people that make you want to be better and let you be yourself without worrying if it is the "cool" thing to do. Well summer has started and this is the first summer that i have been home and not traveling anywhere and everywhere. Its been kinda nice to just be home with mom and dad and to work on improving on talents and myself. Thats what i decided this summer was going to be. Because i was gonna get a job 6 days a week 10-12 hours a day , but i decided that this summer should be me being a kid and enjoying this time i have. I have been practicing the guitar a ton and piano. And I have been really into making music recently. I love it so much. And I have also been using this summer time to do personal progress. It is amazing how much personal progress helps with everything. And a big thing i have been realizing lately is that all that i am doing now is preparing me for my future as a mother and wife. And it just hit me hard that i just need to do all that i can so i can be the best mom possible. I love life. It is so wonderful. Especially when you can look at everything you have done and learn and grow from everything.

I went on the Pioneer trek this summer and wow what an amazing experience. It honestly was one of the greatest things i have ever done. and yet one of the hardest things i have ever done. The family i was in was awesome but we only had three guys so i was pulling the hand kart pretty much the whole time. It was so physically tough but the greatest feeling was kneeling in prayer with your family and just after that feeling the strength of the lord. I have never been so close to him and felt his strength so much. It amazes me. And I now have so much gratitude for everything i do and have. Well I have been in portland this weekend and it was such a boost for me to be down here. I have been with my best friend and I truly needed this weekend. We went to the stake dance on saturday and on monday we went to johns house and played guitar hero and hung out. And me and jessica stayed up talking each night about how grerat life is and just boosting eachother up. And I think i finally found what i want to do. I want to get to know people more and be something like a counselor. I love coming close to someone and getting to know someone. It is one of the most amazing feelings. Especially when you had a totally different idea about them. I have been so blessed with everything I have and one thing i am so thankful for are my amazing parents. They are so great to me and I thank them. May you all be thankful and take the time to realize the amazing things you been given by the lord. keep shining! love you all!

Piano

Well lately I have been practicing the piano hard core and I have gotten so much better. I am finally learning all of me in the jon schmitd book. Every time i saw it I would pass over it because I was scared of all the flats but it is pretty much the most fun song to play and sounds amazing. I would like to say I am proud of myself and I think i have surpassed jamie in playing the piano. Jamie if you are reading this I want to have some sort of playoff. That would be so much fun and who knows we might suprise eachother.

I love playing the piano. It is one of the greatest joys to be able to create such beautiful music. Of course you go through every one being annoyed at you and never wanting you to play the piano but thats what you have to go through. Their is just something about it that makes me happy and full of joy. And one of the greatest feelings is to compose your own song. I know our family is very musically talented and many of us have created such wonderful music and it definetly brings joy to yourself and others.

It takes a lot of concentration sometimes to play the piano and to get the song right. But once you get the song down the greatest is to just go all out and let loose! I just love it. I think I want to have a career in music because it is one thing I know I will always enjoy. I hope all of you can try to enjoy it as much as I do and appreciate good talent. Seriously I just love finding songs who have a singer that is just so talented . It is a beautiful thing!

Just quickly i would like to talk about my day yesterday. I was at school doing my work intently just as usual and my teacher comes over to me and tells me I am wanted at the office and I needed to get all my stuff because i was leaving. I told her it must be a mistake because I had a game that day and needed to stay at school but she told me nope you need to leave. So i go to the office and no one is their and finally find someone who tells me mom is waiting outside for me. I go outside and no one is there and i have no idea why I am getting out of school. I called dad and he told me seth got his mission call and he was coming to pick me up so we could be there when he opened it. We got home and it was CRAZY! We had about six cell phones and our home phone held up to seth so they could all hear the call. He began to read his call and right when he read Florida Jacksonville my eyes were filled with tears. I don't really know why I cried but a feeling came over me of comfort and love. It was just an amazing feeling in that room even though we were all so anxious the spirit was there. I am so happy to know that my brother will be serving as a worthy missionary in Florida. My life has been so influenced by my brothers and sisters they have really been the greatest example to me and helped me so much even if they don't realize it. Every single one of them have done and accomplished so many amazing things and are filled with great talents to help and serve the lord. And being a missionary i know is probably the greatest feeling. I love to tell people of this amazing gospel and to share my love and knowledge of it. Well Im so excited for seth and am just so filled with joy right now. Life gives us so many opportunities and we need to do all we can to be a servant of our lord!

Snow days-

Well it has been so cool up here in lebanon. It has snowed and snowed and I have loved it. I know it seems like nothing to you guys in utah but i didnt really get to experience snow that much when i lived in utah. I was really young and dont really remember it that much. We had church canceled because of the snow and missed school on monday. Me, seth, wayne, bethany, and dustin decided to go sledding on monday to have fun on a day off. But let me tell you... this was not normal sledding. I dont know if you guys are familiar with petersons butte in Lebanon but it isnt just some hill. IT IS A MOUNTIAN. We hiked that thing and it wasnt easy. It was pretty darn steep and freezing cold. But the reward is tremendous. When we got to the top we just sat there for a while and took in the beauty. It was so pretty. I only had one layer on bottom and a sweatshirt on top so i was dying and just wanted to get down.
We decided though that we wanted to make our mark. So the boys built a gigantic snowman. We made use of our resources and it was the coolest snowman EVER! So it was startin to get dark and we decided we should start to head down. It was the most fun, scary, painful thing I had done in a while. There were rocks everywhere and we were flyin down that mountain. Seth and two other boys rode in a sled and wow that was scary they were bookin it. I know you probably didnt make it this far down into reading but i just want to say how grateful I am for all the creations God has made. I could just stare at that snow all day. It really amazes me. Well the snow has been so much fun to have> I LOVE SNOW. I dont know how someone couldnt like it. I love life and all that i have been given.
Seth almost has his call !!! we have been very anxiously awaiting ... hope it comes soon!

Well i am reading all these wonderful blogs and just like everyone else i wanted to be apart of this. If not just for my own sake. It has been great reading about everyone that i dont get to see really. wow it was so wierd being the only one living with mom and dad. The sadest part though is that i am so busy and barely see them. I have been getting so involved with things here. It has been absolutely amazing. I have been in volleyball, basketball, suessical, chior, theatre, and i have worked with the drumline with body percussion that was really fun. High school has been great. I was a little scared going into Lebanon High School but i really just decided from the beggining that i wanted to be involved and make this town grow and be better. I know i can be nothing like the one and only "seth probert" but i am doing pretty well i think. I have really been bringing the music and sports together and the music program isnt as bad as i thought. It is actually pretty decent and they have really recognized me as a freshman. They go on and on about me to mom and dad. I am the only freshman in chamber choir wich is the highest chior. Well life is truely an amazing journey we go through. I have learned so much just in fourteen years.. I cant imagine how much more I will learn in the future. But I know I will be happy. and happiness is what we live for isnt it? Some people just dont't take enough time to appreciate all the blessings they have in their life. I know I am blessed with an amazing family and friends to help me through everything. I love life and the things we go through are hard. I know i have gone through a lot for a fourteen year old but man am i grateful for it. I have become such a strong person. The best feeling by far is when you have learned to love everyone and realize we are ALL children of god. well I am excited for this blog! May we feel the lords love and appreciate all we have!