It's October. Rewind!

Oh my my my... it has been almost 3 months since I have posted on here.

I have been a busy girl :)

welp

 Fall Semester has begun here in Rexburg

and it is already October!!!!!

Okay, rewind!!

My summer went a little like this:
The rest of June and July still in school at BYU-Idaho was pretty amazing

I had some boating trips with friends

I took a Canyoneering course and we had a trip to Moab, Utah:

That was fun :)

Absolutely gorgeous

 there was some good times in there to but I will stick to the basics

and then I went home for a few days to head off to New York with the family..

(I will post another post for that)

I am SO excited for this weekend :) 

It is LDS General Conference

My parents suggested this talk a week or so ago,

I read it this morning while I was on the bike at the gym. 

Kept me going and doing my cardio

-I hate cardio-

The gym is wonderful though,

get those feel good juices going :)

Anyway, I loved the talk.

Got me pumped for conference

Here are some parts that stood out to me.

"The spirit of exploration, whether it be of the surface of the earth, the vastness of space, or the principles of living greatly, includes developing the capacity to face trouble with courage; disappointment with cheerfulness; and triumph with humility.

God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He left the rivers unbridged and the forests unfelled and the cities unbuilt. God gives to man the challenge of raw materials, not the ease of finished things. He leaves the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation."

"Happiness abounds when there is genuine respect one for another. Particularly to those not yet married I counsel: Those who marry in the hope of forming a permanent partnership require certain skills and attitudes of mind. They must be skillful in adapting to each other; they need capacity to work out mutual problems; they need willingness to give and take in the search for harmony; and they need unselfishness of the highest sort—thought for their partners taking the place of desire for themselves. This is respect. It is part of our quest for the abundant life."

I also loved where it talked about people who had alibis 

that chose not to use them and moved toward 

self improvement and self-mastery instead.

Here's to conference and words from our leaders!