I had the best day today: April 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Swing Dance!

What a NERD!

Cody and I are talking a ballroom dance class. Sometimes there are dance party nights where you dress up and just dance to one type of music. Well I am probably one of the only girls that owns a poodle skirt, but I forgot it at home, so we tried to go with nerds. Eugene from Grease was our inspiration.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Cody-Kins

6 months ago today,
Under the stars,
Down the chocolate river,
Holding hands,
Laughing,

We Had Our First Kiss

Cody has to be one of my most favorite persons in the world. This isn't because he gives me a goodnight kiss every bedtime, and lets me wake up to a good morning text everyday.

Or because he brings me sunflowers all the time. It's not because he gets dressed up and takes me on princess dates, or lets me take an hour at the movie store picking the right one.

It doesn't have to do with the way he can point out sly remark I handout and give it right back to me. Or the fact that I can tell him anything and I know that it will be important to him.

No, these are all things I love about Cody, and there are many more. But the reason that he is my most favorite person is simple. He gets me.

He gets me to laugh. Cody is the funniest person I know. He gets me to cry. He is the sweetest, most thoughtful person I know.

He gets me to blush. Cody has a look, a look that just makes your heart flight uncontrollably, and then he adds a "you look beautiful" and I can't help but turn red.

He gets me crazy. Cody is the only person that I argue with at the same time I am laughing and joking with him, somehow our conversations turn into circles.He gets me when I am so weird, I am not even sure I am okay with it.

I love Cody, and he is someone that I never get tired of talking to, or looking at.

(OKAY, maybe the sunflowers have a little to do with it.:)

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.

We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.

Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.

We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I had the best day today

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Offical Homecoming....

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Swing Dance!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

will you take my picture?

Monday, April 19, 2010

Cody-Kins

Friday, April 16, 2010

We LOVE returning flights!!!

The Miller Family

My Friends.

My World.

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

My Visitors.