My Wonderful Life!

Sorry I haven't been posting!

BUT... GUESS WHAT?

I AM GETTING MARRIED!!! :D

Delsy is...

Happy. Joyful. Spiritually uplifted. Joyful. REALLY HAPPY! :D

Russell Gardner, the most wonderful man on the earth, is home from his mission. And I am his girlfriend! :D

Words can't even describe...

:D

Happiness is...

http://youtu.be/_iK9PLdVXK4



Happiness is the simple things in life, or at least that's what I believe.





"In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself." Anonymous






"Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those who seek it for themselves."
F. Emerson Andrews






"Stop searching. Happiness is right next to you."






May you find happiness this Christmas season!

Finally! A Moment to Breathe...

It's been such a long time! Whew, so much is happening to me with school and all that jazz that I never have a moment to myself. And when I do, I sleep: EXCEPT FOR TODAY!

Well, I guess I will start at the beginning!

I started working for Dr. Bishop as a work study a couple of weeks before school started, and I can honestly say I LOVE MY JOB!

I am also serving on the Institute Counsel as the Publicity Chairman, and that keeps me pretty busy.

Being a music major is wonderful and fun! Maybe one day I'll come to realize that being in SIX performing groups isn't most people's idea of fun. SO MUCH MUSIC! I have 30 or more songs memorized and pending memorization and 11 dance routines I have to perfect. WOO!!!

That's all.

Crazy Days!

My life has been kinda psycho lately! Where to start...

Well, school started! That's pretty cool I guess!

Summer is over, and even though it was fun, I am glad it's over! Here are a few highlights from my super chill summer:

Getting super sunburnt. Now that's the way to start your summer!

All four of our house's fish dieing. (This probably isn't a highlight by the way...)

I went to the Grand Canyon for the first time ever! Yay me.

Spent a couple weeks in Snowflake, having fun with family. Doing activities such as this one. Haha! :D

Yup, and I also had a family reunion in Sedona-ish and it was beautiful, but I couldn't decide on a picture. :P

Anyway, now school has started and I am in A Cappella and Company, and I am auditioning for Women's Quartet and I am excited! Woo!

GO LIFE! YOU ARE AWESOME!

Home Alone

So you know those times when friends have dates and work, so you are left with nothing to do? Yeah, that's me as of right now.

What do people do when they are bored like this? Well, you know what I do?

(Here comes a list!!!)

#1 - Play Lego Star Wars!!! (Fun for a bit, but then I get really bored of it really fast. Also, I beat the game...)

#2 - Facebook Stalk!!! (by the way, I am thinking about deleting my FB account, because it's eating my brain cells away...)

#3 - BLOG! (yay)

#4 - .......... I actually never get past blogging, BUT! we will see what happens after this... if I don't die of boredom first.

Anyway, school starts in like A MONTH! and it's freaking me out... I am so poor... wish me luck surviving for another year!

Toodleloo!

My obsession with stars... *

So I have always had this obsession with stars. At least ever since one of my good friends died when I was 12. I had a special dream about her and her sister who also died, and the dream had to do with stars. So yeah, pretty much.

The reason why I am talking about stars is because tonight, I am sleeping underneath them.

I am really truely fascinated with them. When I look at them, I feel so small and insignificant sometimes. Like God has created this whole world and sky, and I can't even compare to any of that. But then, He reminds me that I am special to Him, and I am just as special as any of those stars because He loves me.

A favorite scripture block of mine says that we love Him because He first loved us, and we should love everyone like that. Like we love the stars. Unconditionally, and without fear. SO AWESOME!

Well, it's getting late, and I have an extremely early morning tomorrow. Goodnight and sleep well!

If it feels like the fates are against you, they probably are!

I seriously got that from a fortune cookie this past week! And guess what? I think they are...

I recently took a photo that describes how my past couple of days have been...

Yup. Pretty much.

I'm going to tell you exactly what to do to make sure "the fates" (aka SATAN!!!) don't work against you, at least from my personal experience.

#1 - Don't be poor. Because SATAN loves to rub it in your face and do everything within his power to make you even more poor if you are, and makes people not hire you so you can't make anymore money. Money is stupid, just sayin'.

#2 - Don't "have" a missionary. If you already do, then you know. I say this because probably it has been one of the hardest things of my life. Because when you are all by yourself, SATAN also rubs this in your face and says "HAHA! He is 7,777 miles away from you and you don't even know if he is okay or safe! Take that!" (Which I know he is, but I am a stupid human worry wart.) Stupid SATAN!!!!!!!!!

#3 - Make sure you don't buy fish that die when you are away from your apartment in Thatcher. Just don't.

#4 - Don't go the opposite direction that the most massive rain cloud known to the Gila Valley is going. Then you will miss all the fun rain and stuff.

#5 - LAST ONE. Make sure you don't sleep retarded. If you do, then you will wake up at 6:30 in the morning feeling grumpy wishing your neck and shoulder didn't hurt.

Sorry for complaining so much, I am really not usually like this. But ya know, we are all human sometimes and aren't always "delightful Delsy." Without sadness, you can't know happiness right?

So I guess what I am trying to say is, Delsy has to be sad sometimes in order to be delightful most of the time. YEAH!

Super random! But okay...

I am at home in Snowflake! Yay!

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite phrases ever with you, because I like words. So if you don't, why are you here? Anyway, on with the show!

Silence speaks loud and clear. - From the musical Jekyll and Hyde

The night seems so much louder when I am here alone. - From the musical Little Women

(Seeing a trend here?)

Sorry interupting here for a second... I love the musical Little Women, and also the book. So most of the rest of my quotes are probably going to be from that... Yeah.

I will never stop till I find my time and place. I will be fearless surrendering modesty and grace. I will not disappear without a trace!

You make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me care. How can I explain that in my heart I feel a pain when your not there?

Okay, now I am done with Little Women! On with our lives...

BUT! My all time favorite quote of all time (right now) is...

Faith is not knowing what the future holds...
But who holds the future.

G'night

So I am in Mesa with my cousin, having a BLAST! It feels like vacation!

Today we watched Charlie, and now I remember why I don't watch that movie very often. I pretty much just cry for the last fourth of the movie! It really is a great movie though.

I have been thinking about Hercules the Disney movie today though, and how gospel applicable it is! Seriously, listen to the lyrics of Go the Distance! It is amazing when thought of on gospel terms!

Headed back home to Thatcher today. It has been such a great weekend though!

The Amazing Sophie

So this is little baby Sophie. My sister needed pictures of her blankets for her new business she's starting up, and we needed a baby. We tried calling all some people but they fell through, but we finally got a hold of Sophie's mom. So she was the model!


Not going to lie though, I wasn't quite sure how this photo shoot would go. Sophie has Down's Syndrome. I had some thoughts like, "Will she behave? Will she throw tantrums?" I just wasn't sure what to expect.

I got to the home of Sophie, and her mom brings her in. She has the biggest grin on her face, this four month old baby, and instantly she took my breath away. She was one of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen!

We start the photo shoot, and she is just gorgeous! No tantrums, no fits, just smiles and playfulness.

So we decide we want her asleep, so her mom just picks her up and walks with her around for five minutes, and within that time she is fast asleep. I couldn't believe it! Seriously, one of the best babies ever! It was probably the smoothest photo shoot I have ever done!

Now, I am just at home pondering and thinking about this experience.

I am now thinking to myself, "Who am I to judge this sweet innocent baby before I even knew her?" I felt horrible for a while.

But now, just thinking about her makes me so happy! What a beautiful little girl!

She really has impacted my life, even within the little time we had together. What a beautiful spirit she has, so innocent and pure. Too innocent for the world to take grasp of her. She is a beautiful daughter of Heavenly Father, and he loves her so much! So much, He gave her the mind and body she has because He knows she can help others, like me, to see the beauty and innocence in the world.

And all this is going on in my head as I sit here, crying like a little baby just thinking about this amazing, beautiful little girl. What a blessing it is for me to even know her.

Still not asleep... Dang. Its so dark! Except for that one little light. Can you see it? Anyway...

I must have insomnia!

But for reals, I seriously can't sleep! Hypnosis isn't helping, music isn't helping... WHAT TO DO?

I don't like not having money also. I am applying for more jobs tomorrow, so hopefully something will come up! That would make me super super happy! And maybe I could go to sleep!

But seriously, I am just having the hardest time sleeping. Maybe I will pick up a new hobby or actually complete a song I start writing, or even write a book. Who knows? The possibilities are endless!

Anyway, maybe I will just tell ya'll some of my favorite quotes!

{ P.S. } If you like any of these, and want high resolution copies, I DID make them so I could give you a copy, just ask. This also means, please don't copy any of these without my permission. Thanks!

So I am pretty sure I cant sleep right now. Actually, I am very sure I can't sleep right now. Gr. What to do? Oh, I KNOW! I am going to stay awake and BLOG BLOG BLOG! Because what else are you suppose to do at one in the morning? Oh yeah, SLEEP!

So once upon a time I got really sunburnt. And now it is hard to sleep. The end.

I wish I could fall asleep... But alas, sleep leaves me.

Well, I am going to try to go to sleep again. You will know I didn't succeed if I end up posting again. Wish me luck!

This is the last time I will change my blog background for a long time, PROMISE!

I have a problem, I tend to change my blog background a lot. So bear with me if it is different every time you look at this....

Today, I am in a Sara Bareilles music mood for sure. Once I figure out how to put a playlist on here, you can listen, too! :)

I hate sunburns, they are the worst ever. Especially when you can't sleep on your stomach or your back, because either side has a severe sunburn on it. Bleh.

Okay, so I am not very good at this whole thoughts onto blog process... I am sorry.

I just decided that this is turning into a list of facts of I. Here we go!

I don't like it when people are sad.
I love music, especially lyrics of music.
I don't know how I live, because I have no groceries.
I am not an emotional person on the outside, but the inside is a whole other story...
When I came to college, I lost my tear ducts.
I believe that everyone has beauty in them.
I have never met a truly ugly person EVER.
I never want to eat mac and cheese for the rest of my life. (2.5 years down already!)
I tend to miss people more than I should.
I have to sleep with all the doors in my room closed, including the closet.
I don't like the color green.
I don't like odd numbers.
I may or may not be OCD sometimes...
I usually hate talking about myself, but not right now.

HA.

Today has been such a crazy day!

But pretty much I stayed in my apartment all day and didn't leave the house at all till like eight at night! Sometimes we all need days like that though! But I had so much fun getting to know my room mates better! But we miss our dearest Anika and pray for her safe return!

So pretty much I just want time to go by really fast right now. Just like the next seven months to be exact! :D

Anyway... Well. I don't really have anything else to say! Good night world! And good night yummy home made ice cream me and jennie made! Cookies and cream... YUM!

Being Humbled

Hey everybody! Just so ya'll know, I have moved into a new apartment! And don't have Internet or electricity for that matter... but I am just letting you know, I haven't died or anything like that.

Today I am in my HOT no AC apartment, just being tired and wanting electricity sooo bad! But I was thinking about how fortunate and lucky we are to have what we have, and how much we as people take that kind of stuff for granted. I now thank my Heavenly Father for everything He gives me and MEAN IT!

I can't wait to have elecricity again!!!

What would happen if I posted EVERY DAY???!!!

If I did, the world would probably explode. I have been posting recently though because I am bored out of my mind!!!

So let me tell you about my day.

I woke up, ran some errands with room mates, stuffed myself full of food, then came back home, took pictures of lovely people, then ate more food, then drew an ugly thing that was suppose to be my face, then got on here.

SEE HOW BORING MY LIFE IS? HOW AM I GOING TO STAY SANE OVER THE SUMMER??? HOPEFULLY GET A JOB.

Meheheh... I am having a break down... Did you notice that when I use an excesive amount of punctuation I always have them in three or multipules of five? Yup, that's because I like it that way.

I really need to sleep or something...

Once upon a time... I am going to miss these girls a bunch. And tonight they left me bored at home, by myself. But i really will miss them a lot...

I kinda miss this guy... A LOT.