12/9/12

Hi

Birthday Present

My birthday was so great! I loved it! thank you so much for the toms i love them!! ahah and yes I got the card and everything from Laura!! It was so great. My favorite part was the video.. and yes I did cry. I loved the card and the egg things as well haha and I can't wait to make cookies, but I have to find a spice cake first. But the video..... it was my favorite gift. Also Nathan sounds flippin weird ahah. i can't believe he sounds like a man. It made me really excited to Skype you all. I am so blessed and the members made it so good! I got Mexican 2 days in a row so that was pretty awesome! and I got like four birthday dinners so i am definitely being takin care of!! we made cake with Xi Brenda and Louisa and then watched Joy to the World, and the cake was so rich. Xi loved it. She had a second piece and after a couple bites she was like iIcan't eat it and we were just kidding around and told her she could not waste it, So she just shoved the whole thing in her mouth at once haha I took pictures of her face because she was in pain eating it haha. it was so funny! she is hilarious


In church on Sunday we learned about talents. It was a lesson that I didn't know that I needed. We talked about finding and using our talents. I have never really known what my talents were but then I never really did all that I
could to find them. But they mentioned that sometimes we are told what our gifts and talents are in our patriarchal
blessing and so I got mine out to look at it and to see because I was pretty sure that it had told me but it had never really sunk in. Sure enough, in my blessing it told me. It doesn't necessarily mean that I have perfected them
but they are things that I need to develop and it just really helped me recognize my worth and that I am
important and that Heavenly Father really does have a plan for me and for all of His children. It was just something that I needed to be reminded of and it strengthened my testimony.

Yes it is reallllllllllly cold here! I am trying to stay warm haha. Transfers are tomorrow and so I will know if I am going. I have been told that I am most likely moving but I will know for sure!! If you send letters send them to the temple! so that I will get them at Christmas ahah The more letters the better. I think I might be able to tell you if I move or not on Wednesday or tomorrow but if not you will find out on Monday!

Bree's baby is so cute! I love the pic. and I am really glad that your surgery went well.  

I sent Karli's present so it should be getting there soon! Don't let her open it and will you wrap it properly for her or just wrap what it comes in so it's a surprise for everyone. Let me know when it does get there so that I know it's not lost.

love you all so so much!

love syd