no, i'm not a Bieber fan

I may not understand the Bieber fever that is sweeping the nation these days but this song makes me feel like dancing every time I hear it.

dragons & darkness.

Dean: ...I've got a 5 year plan.
Rory: 5 years? Cool... I've got about the next 2 and a half hours planned... then there's just darkness... and possibly some dragons.

I love what Rory says in response to Dean's 5 year plan comment.  My future is darkness too.  Sometimes I find Gilmore girls totally relate-able.  There are some pretty awesome quotes that definitely describe me or how I'm feeling at the moment to a T.

mixed feelings.

Me Tonya and Allie spent one last night together before Allie leaves for her mission.

I don't know how I feel about it.  

I'm so proud of Allie and excited for her to be able to go out and serve the Lord,

but I'll miss her.

It felt kind of weird knowing that this was the last time I'd see her or hear her voice for 18 months.

I will definitely be writing plenty of letters to her :).

[here is where I'd post one of the pictures of us together that we've taken the last few days, but I don't have them.  They are in Tonya's camera and she is a slacker and doesn't give them to me. But stay tuned for pictures k?]

♥

I know that my redeemer lives!

What comfort this sweet sentence gives!

He lives, he lives, who once was dead;

He lives, my ever living head!

He lives to comfort me when faint;

He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.

He lives to silence all my fears;

He lives to wipe away my tears;

He lives to calm my troubled heart;

He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly friend;

He lives and loves me to the end;

He lives, and while he lives, I’ll sing;

He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King!

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I am so grateful that my savior loves me enough to die for me.  He suffered in the garden for me.  He has felt every pain and sorrow I have and will ever feel.  That's so hard for me to grasp sometimes. The only way I can think to describe how I feel is through these lyrics:  

I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,

Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.

I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,

That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.

Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me

Enough to die for me!

Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me!

I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine

To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,

That he should extend his great love unto such as I,

Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.

I think of his hands pierced and bleeding to pay the debt!

Such mercy, such love and devotion can I forget?

No, no, I will praise and adore at the mercy seat,

Until at the glorified throne I kneel at his feet

This knowledge is the only way I have gotten through life's trials.  I know that my savior is always there for me, no matter what. 

Happy Easter!


Pictures via google.

new mexico trip.

Every year my mom's side of the family has a family reunion.  My mom is the youngest of 8 children, so these family reunions are rather large and I almost always meet some relative I seriously didn't know I had.  Because my mom is the youngest me and my siblings are the youngest grandkids.  As a result I mostly grew up with my second cousins rather than my first cousins.  Sometimes sitting there and listening to all the fun my cousins had growing up around each other I feel almost distant.  I wish I could have grew up around all those cousins.  It sounds like it was so much fun.  Instead I grew up years later when most of my cousins were having their own children.  We also live in a different state than most of my family, which means I only ever really see them once a year at our annual reunion.  This year for our reunion we had a birthday part for my grandma, because she turned 90.  It was fun to see her so happy and we had a very good turn out, not only family but other people who have known my grandma.

It was also my uncle Dwight's birthday as well as my cousin Steph's.

The Grandkids that were there

The Great grandkids that were there

me and my grandma, my name sake :)
(her name is Mega which is where my parents got the idea for Megan)

my mom's brothers & grandma

my mom & her sisters & my grandma.

all my mom's living siblings & grandma. 

It was a really fun trip.  I miss being there and seeing my grandma and cousins.  We're going back in June though, so that's not too far off :).

I definitely had fun taking pictures on the way home.  There are a plethora of them.  If you thought I've posted a lot of pictures so far,  I have tons more from this trip.  I'll spare you and not post all of them though.  I'll just give you the high lights.

We spent part of a day in Durango, Colorado and I found this key chain in a store there.  It turns colors in the sun!  How cool is that!?

i had a little fun with the camera.  hey, it's a long drive.

we all look like that 8 hr drive is just oh so fun, don't we

spring has arrived.

It is finally spring around here. :D& as a result I have made some spring time changes to my blog.♥