Happily Ever After

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Young Women Broadcast with my mother. After the festival of colors I got home, showered, and went to the conference center to listen to the words of the Lord's servants.

All the talks stuck out to me, and I had deeper knowledge of what they were talking about cus of the temple. One talk that I have loved was President Uchdortfs. He spoke of fairy tales and once upon a time's and receiving happily ever afters. I loved this talked and felt it was for me.. . but being fore every girl out there who listened or will listen. I suggest you listen or read it when it become available.

I have been thinking about his words that was given , and how true they are. It gives me hope that I can have my happily ever after and that having one is possible, with the Lord's help!

I often think, of the man who will be mine for all eternity. I think of the joy that we will have together and the hardships that we will have to endure. Sometimes right now in life, I get this overwhelming feeling that I just need to talk to him. But I dont know who he is, o where. And I have no idea where to start looking, or if looking is even the right thing to do. "Happily ever after does not come because we desire it, it comes with a price, it comes only by understanding who I am and what I can become" as President Uchdorft stated. I first need to understand better who I am! I must be patient, on which I am learning to have, better than I did before. I am on the Lord's time. I must first work on me, make myself better, make me who the Lord's wants me to be before having a guy in the picture.

"All fairy tales have something in common, they all must over come adversity.
Between someones "Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After, one must experience adversity. We have to experience sadness and trial before we can receive our happily ever after."
The words of President Uchdorft ring true. I am learning this now! "Adversity builds character." I must overcome adversity and darkness to receive my happily ever after, and I can do that with the Lord's help. I have faith in my Heavenly Father, I trust him enough to follow his plan for me!
I am excited to learn and overcome what I need to, so I can have my true happiness at the end!

He loves me so much that he gave me a gift, to be living in this live, my Once upon a time

Festival of Colors!

BEFORE:






Today was the festival of colors! We, Kimm, Tau, Tina, Ashley and I got there, baught our chalk and saved our spot on the grass. People kept coming and coming. . non stop. There were two sessions of this festival of welcoming spring. I heard that the 4:00PM sessions was ALOT more packed than the 12:00PM, the one that we went to and the 12:00 one was PACKED! There was so many people and SO MUCH FUN!!! I loved this funness last year and it was even better this year!! Here are some pictures!




AFTER:

A New Day

I LOVE THE TEMPLE! It was such a great experience. I felt the Love of My Savior and Father in Heaven. It was also so amazing to walk into the Celestial room and see my family standing there with open arms. I understand now that, Heaven is family. I have been back since Wednesday and I love it every minute of being inside.

Wednesday was special and I will always remember it.

Kevin and I before we went to eat.

After the temple, we all went to CELEBRATE . .and the only way to celebrate is to eat! here are some of the epic pictures captured.



(Thinking of Golden Coral right now is making me so HUNGRY!!)

Endowed with Power

I am so tired, I am up past my bed time right now, but I JUST had to get some feelings out there. I say I am tierd now but once my head hits the pillow will I really be able to sleep. Tomorrow is Kevin and I big day. . TEMPLE . . .I want to be able to get enough sleep, but I just know that after all the events tomorrow, when night falls, so will I!

I never thought this day would come the way it has, no mission, and NOT getting married, but I am so happy that I have prepared myself nontheless.

I keep getting this feeling that Satan is not happy with me, OF COURSE he isn't I am making a big step in my life. . I just hear him trying to tell me. . "I am going to get you so hard!" and I am saying back "I HAVE THE POWER, GET THEE HENCE!"

LOOK OUT SATAN. . Ms. Shannon Durr is coming at ya, and YOU CAN'T STOP HER!!!

There is a First Time for Everything

Today at work . . . .All I can say is how did I survive? I have NEVER been so sleepy and trying to stay awake became a project today. After I started to wake up (mind you this was around 4:30PM) I was entering lead into the computer and a name came up made me remember a boy that was crushing on me in elementary school. His name was Angel. He was a short hispanic boy. I think this was 5th or 6th grade, So I wasn't even old enough to date right. But I had "boyfriends" but this boy was MADLY IN LOVE <3>with me. My personality is to be nice, which made him think I liked him even more.

Around this time of growing up, I was living downstairs with the big kids, and we had our own land line phone, this land line was also used for dial internet connection. .(hahah remember that?) Anyways so whenever this phone rang everyone knew that it was a person of the opposite sex, weather it be for me, julie, kyle, bryce or bradley. lol We would literally RUN to the phone to pick it up first. It was hardley EVER for me. . so you see where I am going with this.. . I started giving out the number to this cool rockin phone, and my friends gave my number to Angel.

The Phone call was for me, and yes it was Angel. I remember thinking, "why is this kid so keen on talking with me, I dont like him" but of course I was nice. One night he called again, I know Julie answered it, I didn't want to talk to him, I was fed up with it. So what did I do? You better believe I told him the truth, and I still remember my words. (Not too long ago I used similar words when I lived in St. George) "I am not interested. We can only be friends. I am not even old enough to date yet." hahaha and I still remember is reaction, silence, the shy type he was. But man was I so scared to tell him that. I was only 11-12 years old when this happened, My first time rejecting a boy. . . hahah. lol

When I thought of that story today, laughed about it and thought about what I learned. I was stunned and amazed to have seen how that experience has helped me to be who I am today! I have the guts to tell a guy that it would never work (only when I know that it wouldn't). It has made me a strong women. I am glad to be who I am today and all the experiences that I have had and even will have.

Long Time Coming . .

I have been away from blogging for SOOO LONG . . . (nine days) I feel like I am totally new at doing this again. . lol! I was asked by Tina "why haven't you updated your blog?" I can just imagine her frustration, cus that is how I get when blogs I follow aren't updated on a regular basis. lol

So because it has been long, I am not going to blog everything that has happened everyday the past nine days. . just the cool awesome stuff (and what I can remember!)

Monday March 15, 2010:
For my birthday Ashley took me to the Jazz game, Courtney came too. She got us WICKED seats! o man there was only one other time that I was that close to the floor, but this new memory as surpassed that one. I had made a poster the night before for Kyle Korver which said,
"HAPPY early BIRTHDAY KORVER" (real birthday wasn't till Wednesday) It was BIG, with green letters. . a sign that could NOT be missed if you are standing on the court. I busted the poster out during the fourth quarter, (jazz was killing them by this time) after a couple times of holding the poster up, KROVER finally saw it and TOTALLY WAVED "thank you" TO ME!!!!! AHHHH to make sure it was really at me, I pointed at him. . and then he WAVED AGAIN!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA it was awesome. . and so worth the embarrassment I might have caused myself, Ashley or Courtney.
Conclusion:

Night with my besties

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FREE hotdog

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Jazz WINNING

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Korver waving at me

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1 WICKED NIGHT

Thanks Ashley for the game.. . . and Courtney thanks for being there with us!!

Tuesday March 16, 2010:

This turned out to be the most WONDERFUL day yet!!! My "dream" is going to be coming true, and this day marks the day where Heavenly Father answered my Prayer. Well He always has answered them, but you get what I am saying? I can say that He has been teaching me patients, but because of that patients it has given me time to get ready and prepare for what is about to come forth, endowment! Kevin and I will be going through together.

March 17,2010

I wore green to work today! lol For lunch I went and saw Wesley at his shop and cus I was wearing green he didn't pinch me (since growing up he was always the been the pincher) Then after a long day or work I got to relax a little with some girls from my awesome Relief Society and watched the Disney that I haven't seen yet "The Princess and the Frog" Cute movie, I am not sure if I like the dark vudo stuff.. but awesome how LIGHT made them go away, so gospel realted!! lol I wanna own that movie though. I am still sad that the fire-fly bug died! lol That was a fun evening!

Well That is is for now. That is all I can think of, humm and it all came from this week! lol Go me!!

Much more adventures are coming my way soon. . which means they will be coming your way also! lol

Out

Expecting too Much?

Today was a different day for me. For a reason I have figured out yet. . . . .

I have been 23 for a week now, why have I been expecting so much to be handed to me in this

one week that has gone by? That is what I keep asking myself. I dont know how to get over this

little hole in the road of life, other than never ending

Prayer, Fasting and Scripture study.

23 YEARS!

The only place where I can brag about my birthday! hahah and that is what I am going do! Thus far into my day as been just great! I had a full day at work, which isn't bad cus I enjoy my job! Lots of text messages from friends and family, they just keep coming,and A LOT of people wrote on my facebook! Ahso greatful for them, a phone call from Bradley that just made my day (sometimes I feel like I dont talk to him as much as I would like) It still makes me feel happy that he called. Wesley, Izzy and Sarah called and left me a wonderful voice message of them singing happy birthday. Then a little later on in the day Arianna and Isaac called and sang to me. Cutest thing ever! With more phone calls from people that I love!
My wonderful co-worker Amy (the one who also got me the job) made a DELICIOUS pan of caramel 'brownies' sooooo good!!!


My Wonderful loving parents took me to lunch, so much better than eating the PB&J I was planning on eating, and then my wonderful, bestfriend with no secrets, sent me BEAUTIFUL PURPLE TULIPS!




Getting home from work was awesome! Sitting and relaxing, watched a funny episode of "The Office" hahaha. Next stop. . waiting for everyone who still lives at home to come home. lol We then went to dinner and then had a good game of bowling.


Need I say more? I think NOT! This has been a great 23rd birthday. I am so happy to be alive!!!