Counting Blessings

I haven't posted for a while so I decided it's about time I should catch up! I actually have all of my homework done for the week and I have an entire free evening. Yay! This has been the greatest week! First of all my weekend was wonderful because I got to spend Valentine's with Casey at Kolob National Park (pictures soon to follow once I get them downloaded to a computer) and Zion National Park. We hiked Emerald Pools which was incredible, though rather slippery, with a waterfall and snow and ice everywhere. We also went to a 3-D movie at the Imax theatre. Casey somehow managed to fit a little bit of bouldering in there as well. The 3-D movie was about Dinosaurs so of course we had to watch Jurassic Park while we ate our heart shaped Papa Murphy's pizza that night. It was probably my favorite Valentines day ever. :) The rest of the weekend was spent in Kanab with my family and my grandma and on Monday we got to go climbing in St. George. The only problem was how hard it was to come back to school on Tuesday! Little did I know that I had great luck coming my way this week....
I was feeling a tiny bit stressed about money and wondering how I could afford school and all the expenses in life, but then the director of the college of Education called me one morning. He said he had some money for me if I could meet with him that afternoon. I did and he gave me a $1300 dollar scholarship! I didn't even apply. It was a miracle. I am so very blessed. :) It is the perfect amount of money to pay for next years schooling besides what I already get from my academic scholarship. I am so thankful for the family who set up the endowment I was awarded and so thankful for a Heavenly Father who is mindful of me. Tithing works! :)
Now back to the last month that I missed posting about. The last weekend in January we went to Salt Lake and got to go to a Jazz game! It was so much fun!!! Thank you so so so much to Brian and Sharla for letting us sit in their 3rd row seats and to Angie and Klane for being our hosts! The pre-game dinner was heavenly and the game was a blast. Casey loved it! He even made eye contact with Ronnie Brewer. :) We stayed with his family the rest of the weekend and on Saturday went through the Draper temple open house. It was beautiful! I really love to see the temple! The murals in the ordinance rooms were so amazing! and the chandelier in the Celestial room was huge and so beautiful that you couldn't help but stare up at it! and the mirrors in the ceiling (woops I mean sealing hee hee) room were enormous! and it was pretty much just all beautiful and amazing and so peaceful. :)
Oh and thanks to Angie for the Jazz game pics!

Gotta love the random Jazz announcer :)

The next weekend we spent a fun day in Zion with my family. It was kind of stormy and cold so we didn't go on any long hikes but it was still really pretty. Nature is just amazing. I can't seem to get enough!