Catch up!

UHi everyone. 

It's been a while since I've posted but I'll catch you up on what has happened. 

First: found two jobs. The first is a part time nanny job and the second is a server/bartender at a country club. Odd mix I know..

Second:  Adam and I went on our honeymoon..... It was wonderful!! We went to niagra falls and spent two days there. Saw everything, rode the boat tours, climbed next to the falls and saw the fireworks. It was so spectacular. What a wonderful creation for us to enjoy. We had dinner at the restaurant that sits overlooking the falls..... View=amazing. Food=good( small menu with your everyday items like cheeseburgers and wraps on it but still good) the next adventure we had on our trip was a beautiful trip to upstate New York to a town called palmyra. Here we saw many church historic sites including Joseph Smiths home as a young boy until the time he moved to Pennsylvania and then came back for a time before going to ohio. We saw the printing site where the first Book of Mormon was printed and then had a quite picnic on the grounds of the palmyra temple. Such a beautiful time. The next leg on our trip took us to kirtland ohio for a couple hour with more historic church site and then on to Cleveland for a date at Olive Garden. Stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini, salad, bread sticks and their never ending pasta bowls and we were stuffed!!.... Yes we only ate one bowl of pasta each but can you blame us? We did get another one to go though. After a nights stay in Cleveland we headed to a small town called Monroe Indiana to visit aunt Kate and uncle John ( Adams side). A day of boating and watching Adam water ski, knee board and tub was fun. He loves the lake! After grilling steaks that night we headed to bed and got ready for our longest drive yet.... To greenwood Arkansas!!! Three wonderful days with my family, seeing friends, school shopping for my siblings, a picnic and fishing at jack creek was a perfect way to spend time with my family. Then we headed home with a stop in chariton to see Adams family and my wonderful in-laws. After dinner and being loaded up with food and cookies we headed into the last 2 hours of our drive. It was good to be back in our bed after almost two weeks of hotel rooms and spare beds at family's homes. Our trip took us into Canada to make our drive shorter to niagra falls. 

Two countries,

Over 3000 miles

10 states

Lots of fun 

Spending time with family

Equals

Priceless!!!! 

Third: it's getting cooler outside!!!! In September I've drank hot chocolate, broke out the lighter jackets, cuddled under blankets. I'm definitely not in Arkansas anymore!! 

This has all ran from the beginning of August to the end of September. 

 This is the fourth thing that has happened. The weekend of September 20-22 Adam and I have know each other for one year now. I had to work that Saturday and found this waiting for me when I got home. Such a wonderful surprise from a loving husband. 

More or less..... It's up to you!

So this week I was reminded of a very important lesson and thought I would share it with you and give you the same challenge we were given in our class. I hope you choose to Accept the challenge....

We had a small reminder during our lesson about MURMURING. Let's be honest we have all done it myself included. We choose whether or not we murmur. This one little act can if we choose to murmur can make you and others feel upset, discouraged and down. Or if we choose to we can choose the better part and choose instead to refrain from murmuring. Refraining from this act can brighten your day and some one else's day as well. Instead express gratitude for the blessings you have, tell some one they did a good job and to keep it up!! 

So I challenge you to stop murmuring!! Try it for a week or two and then see how long you can keep getting better at NOT MURMURING!! I am giving myself this challenge as well. :) lets see how long we can keep this going and brightening not only your life but others around you as well !!  

Grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Hi everyone!

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or as lots of people know it a Mormon. I have a testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ that he LIVES and that he LOVES everyone!! I am so grateful for the sacrifice that he made in his life so that one day I can return to live with him and my Father in Heaven again. I am grateful for everything that my Father in Heaven and Savior has done and continues to do on a daily basis for me and my family. We are so richly blessed. My husband and I walk through our door every day to feel a constant spirit of love and peace. It is the sweetest feeling to have in our home and we want to always have it in our home. How grateful I am for a modern day Prophet who leads and guides the Lords church in the direction that the Lord wants.

This past Saturday my husband Adam and I had the opportunity to go to the Winter Quarters Temple in Omaha NE. Such a wonderful, loving, humbling spirit resides in the temple. While we were in the temple we felt nothing but our Heavenly Father and Savior's love for us. Towards the end of our time in the temple we received and answer to our prayers through the spirit that is always in the temple. What a loving Father who answers our prayers and the desires of our hearts. To let us know that he hasn't forgotten us and that He does have a plan in store for us. How thankful I am for this wonderful experience and to know that everything is going to keep being an amazing journey!

And how grateful I am to be a member of the Lords gospel to know that this is the right and only place to be.  I am thankful for the Book of Mormon and for its teachings and guidance that it brings into our lives day.  I am extremely grateful and blessed to have an eternal family and for the opportunities that our Heavenly Father gives to us. 

DISC GOLF AND THE SQUIRREL

So Friday July 5th my husband and I got invited by a couple of  friends who are also recent newly weds  to go play disc golf before the fireworks. We thought it sounded like fun so we said yes and headed to the park. After explaining how to hold the Frisbee for the best distance possible we started the game. (I should mention one of our friends is a disc golf pro) Anyway we start out and in the first through both I and Allison hit a tree that was only 15 yards away from the starting point.... Yes we are good aren't we!! 

We do get better....kind of. While only Guy (the pro) is staying mainly on target the rest of us are on occasion off hunting in the trees and undergrowth for our Frisbee  But as I was a fist timer, Adam(my husband) and Allison who have played a couple of other times we did get better as the game wore on.... Or so I thought I was. About the 8th "hole" out of the 11 we had decided to play it was my turn to throw so I did and off it went in to the trees that were dotted down the hill we were throwing down. As we headed down the hill to throw again to get closer to the hole, I went to find my Frisbee.... This is where the squirrel comes in. 

You see when I threw it off into the trees he must have been in the tree that my Frisbee  went through before falling to the ground. Well he wasn't in the tree anymore.... He was laying dead right next to my Frisbee  Quite  surprise and shock to find him there. Any closer and he would have been laying on or under it!! YES, I know it takes talent to hit a squirrel your FIRST EVER game of Disc Golf. Some people have that talent and other just are not as gifted in the area of Frisbee throwing to achieve this. My dad says I need to challenge myself and go for the flying squirrels next time instead of the ones that are sitting still on a branch. I told him" I would go for the challenge next time." I am excited to try this game again and hopefully we can play with them on some what of a regular basis.

....................Okay so I SHOULD tell you this one little bit of information before I post this.... Yes we played disc golf, Yes it was my first time, Yes it was lots of fun, Yes there was a dead squirrel, NO let me repeat that NO I did not kill him. My Frisbee landed almost on top of his dead body though as it was laying there. But it is a great story to tell!!! Stay tuned for our next adventure!!

About me!!

Hi everyone!!

 My name is Casey and I just got married and move to Iowa!! It is very different than Arkansas... I went from trees to corn fields everywhere. I love anything vintage and am obsessed with owls!! I am a bookworm at heart and love exploring old buildings. If you haven't guessed I live in an attic apartment and love that its tiny. The neighborhood that I live in is like a story book apart from living on the back end of Frat/Sorority row (which does get interesting) but all the houses are all older in design, some looking like cottages and others just as in place and old looking. Some have vines growing up one or two walls and  one chimney is covered in them. Every yard has flowers and at least one big shade tree. I live in town and have seen a fox running across the same street twice.. he must have a home somewhere around here. Bunnies are everywhere!! I have never seen so many before. I see at least 5 a day. Well I am off to get an Iowa drivers licence. But will post again soon!