My 19th Birthday!!

Last weekend was general conference! And guess what? It was my birthday too! hahaha! :D

On Friday (April 3rd) I went to school did my thing... and after that Kevin took me out! When I got home from our outing... my house was decorated with streamers! I officiall figured out that my family threw me a surprise party!!!! :D It was so awesome and I was pretty surprised anyways (even though one of my High School friends kind of spoiled it the day before at Children of Eden! :( ) But anyways, It was so much fun! It was a chic and unique boquet! There were flower clips!! and Hats!! I was able to get some free stuff... and it all depended on how much was sold and how much credit I would get!! WE ALMOST GOT A 100 dollar credit! It was so cool! I got one hat ( my mom bought at my cousin Brynn's Party a few weeks before! I wanted to go... but I had to work... :P I pretty much told my mom... if you see something cute that you think I might like... get it! LOL! She did more than that!! :D) and 2 flower clips! :D I chose the one that went with my clothes I was wearing that day! :D It is kind of a plade with blue, green, kind of an orange color, and a darker blue(that almost looks black far away!) Then I chose two more hats at the party... One of them is brown with roses! And the other one is a grayish color with a bit of a design on it! I was able to get flower clips that go pretty well with all my hats... it just depends on what I wear to see if they would be able to color corrdinate! :D It was a really fun party!!

Kevin got to meet a few of my really good friends from High school! Kim marsden(which is pretty much my best friend ever and pretty much like my sister!! :D) And Tiffany Russon! :D They all seemed to have fun talking and Kevin got to know me a little bit more through them I guess... LOL! :D

Saturday was of course general conference! :D I Love general conference! I didn't start becomeing an influence on me till I was about 17 and a half... I started listening and being able to learn a lot! :D On my 18th birthday, that was the day of the Solem assemble for President Hinkley! It was awesome cause I just turned 18 and was able to sustain president monson 3 times... once with the YW, RS, and with the whole Church! It was so amazing!! The talk that influenced me the most last year was when Elder Hales gave a talk for those that were Sexually offended! I needed that for so long, that I wondered why I didn't get it while I was going through the actual trial itself? But once I came to think about it... I held a grudge for so long towards this person, that I finally learned to let go of the past and try to move on happily and live more positively! :D And When he gave that talk I just began to cry and my parents started to tear up(especially my dad)! They knew who that was supposed to go to in my family and it was so amazing that I still had a lot to learn, and I already knew who I could turn to for help whenever I needed it! :D This year how ever there were a lot of talks that helped me! Elder Bednar's Talk was one of them! He talked on Temple attendance and how we need to attend more often! And if we aren't at the moment going very often that we need to repent and make it a goal to start attending as soon as possible!! :D I don't remember Elder Holland's talk very much... but when he spoke, I just remember how strong the spirit was! It was so amazing!! President Monson's Talk!!! WOW!!! TAlk about amazing and powerful! He talked about also us to attend to the temple more often... he strongly talked about the internet being used for really good things such as Lds.org and other church websites... and also some other sites to help us to research in school to expand our education! He also gave us a very strong warning about pornography! And how dangerous that can be and how it ruins our lives, our families lives and other people that are close to you... and that if we are involved with it "CEASE NOW!!!!" He said with a really strong voice of authority that I really haven't heard from President Monson at all! WEll, I guess I better get used to that!! It was an amazing weekend! surprisingly this week felt like it went by pretty fast despite the fact it was kind of challenging in different ways! :D

After general conference ended on sunday(my birthday), my family went to my grandma and Grandpa Bourne's house to have my birthday dinner! :D Kevin got to meet my Grandparents! I think he really enjoyed himself especially where we talked with my cousin marlei most of the time!! It was really fun! :D Kevin got to know my grandparents little Dogs! Pixie (a little papillion), Kirby, (which is my Aunt Celeste's dog and also a papillion), Cadee(a pommeranian), Rusty( a Lassy dog and is my Aunt Cindy's), and then there is little Haylie(a shelty that is very shy and pretty silly! LOL!). Cadee was being a little protective little thing and wouldn't stop keeping an "eagle eye" on Kevin... "I don't know who you are, and what you are doing here, get out of my territory NOW!!!" Kind of look! It was funny! I loved it! It was wonderful!

And also I'd Like to say Happy Birthday to My Aunt Te'a! She is my birthday twin!! And I hope she had a great one too! :D :D :D :D