F.H.E. with the Bloomers

It was sure fun making curry for the Bloomers! :)
Greg and I went over to Jessie and Tayva's for FHE and dinner.
I cooked my world famous curry (see recipe on gregandnataleebillings.blogspot.com)!!!
I was so worried that they wouldn't like it... but psssssh! What was I THINKING?! Curry is like...the...best...ever. Everyone likes Japanese Curry Rice~ Nothing but compliments filled the air. haha
It was funny because Tayva's dad and mom, who are like the best cooks ever, was asking little ol' me on how to make curry. I felt smart. lol

Anywho, after dinner, we had FHE. Since this week is Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful lesson on gratitude and giving thanks, taught by Tayva's mom. At the end of the lesson, she had us write down a list of things we were grateful for.
Of course, the first thing on my list was my hardworking husband. He is so good to me... so proud of him! If it weren't for Greg, we wouldn't be... us right now. He keeps us together like mochi. :) Love him dearly~

My goodness, and after the lesson... home-made cream puffs... YUM!?
I ate two. teehee

Then we ended up playing Catch Phrase. We are all too silly. :)

Great dinner, lesson, and dessert. Couldn't have asked for a better night.

Do you ever...

Do you ever wonder why the sky is blue?

okay, so probably not.

I really meant to say,

do you ever catch yourself staring off into the distance... reaching back into fond memories only for reality to kick you back in?
Yeah, it makes me feel both happy and sad. Is that allowed?

do you ever think about the endless possibilities of ways you could say "I love you" to your special someone?
I do think about it often... I should just act on it more often. Isn't that silly?

do you ever wonder "why in the world did my special someone pick me"... knowing that you're far from being perfect and well, perfect?
I most certainly have... that only makes me want to do better. It is worth it.

Inspiration in Institue

So let me just say that I love my institute class. more so, my institute teacher. He is an amazing man. I had him last semester, and he's just that good!

Greg and I have been... more or less, "struggling" with some goals. We had the "umph" to actually set some goals few FHEs ago (all thanks to a co-worker of mine). We read the article Up a Creek without a Paddle by Willard White (New Era, Jul. 2010); it talked about how we need to set goals to give us directions in life. Without goals, or a "paddle", we miss out on LOTS of great experiences.

So Greg and I sat down and made several goals. Pretty good list (I still need to type it up and put it up where we can see it everyday!!)~ Well long story short, we haven't been following it 100%. I know it will take us time, much more time...
SO, back to present time, institute class.

I'm sitting in institute, and Bro. Calton, the great man that he is, is totally inspired to talk about setting goals.
I love this quote, he says, "a goal not written is only a wish". So true. That's why I need to WRITE IT DOWN!!! and tape it on the wall. :)
So with that said (I've noticed I say the word "so" alot...), we're going to do that.

I've also made a commitment that in order to learn more effectively while studying the scriptures, I need to write down promptings given by the Spirit in the scriptures or in a journal.

Another quote for thought,
"... the attitude of writing down even the simplest things that may come from the Spirit would invite the Spirit back again".

Amen.