Great Week!

It has been a really great week! I've finished some big projects and turned them in. I've spent time with old friends and with some of my best friends that I haven't seen in a long time. It's just been great. I've been so happy! I only have one more week of school and then summer will be here! I'm excited! So this is a picture of a raft, much like the one I have sitting in my trunk right now. I'm just waiting for the moment when I can blow it up and go float around in second dam. First I should probably get some paddles. Anywho, life has been treating me well! I'm happy.

Stridency Deletion

These are my boys across the hall. Amelia wrote a magazine article about my boys and their band, Stridency Deletion. As a result, they needed pictures for the article. I became their stylist and photographer. These are some of the pictures we took. I'd like to introduce you to the band.



This handsome man is Ben, the drummer. He is the heart of the band, the beat that holds it all together.



This is Jake. He is the manager. Every good band needs a good manager. Not only that, but he can fill in on almost any instrument when the band needs him. His specialty is the guitar. And yes ladies, he is single!



Nate is the man on the violin. You think he's hot now...just wait 'til he starts to play the violin...oh man!



Richard plays the bass and is the heart-throb of all those young 13 year old girls.

I always love the spring-time. I love the smell of the crisp morning air and the occasional rain shower. Spring also reminds us that the school year is drawing to an end. This spring is different than any other I've had though. The winds of change are blowing through the valley or at least through my life. I can slowly feel the time tightening around my neck.

Every second more grains of sand slip through the neck of the hourglass of my life. Each grain is precious, and I watch them fall with feelings of sorrow and pain, but also with a little excitement and anticipation. Sometimes I want to tip the hourglass onto its side...make it stop...turn it around...but I can't, that's not the way life works.

So I keep going...mostly because I have to, otherwise life would leave me behind, and I'm not one to be left behind. I suppose the best thing for me to do, would be to pull out my hang-glider and ride the wind. Let it take me where it will. Enjoy the ride. Be thankful for the breeze. Easier said than done. Five years from now I'm going to look back and be so thankful for this gust of wind in my life. I just have to keep reminding myself of that.

The Best Feeling

So recently I have discovered one of my favorite feelings! ...The feeling of performing on stage. I've had a little experience doing this from high school and stuff. But recently I have had many opportunities to get up on stage and sing with my guitar for crowds of people. Bruce has given me opportunities to play a song or sing with him at times when he is performing, and that's how it all got started. The first time I finally performed all on my own was at Poetry and a Beverage this January, and it was so scary! But it was good for me...it's good to do something that scares you once in awhile. Although I was scared, I also loved it. So I kept doing it; I kept getting up on stage at different events. I've discovered how much I love that feeling! -I love feeling a little nervous and excited, and then the feeling while you're up on stage..."ah"...it's great! One of the best parts is when I'm done and I know that I've just grown a little; I've just developed my talents and character a little more. I'm also finding that the more I do it, the easier it gets. I know that I'm not the best guitarist or singer, but I don't get up on stage for other people...I do it for me...because I love it! So now my goal is to keep writing songs...great songs that people will get stuck in their heads and sing while they're walking down the street or in the shower. I'm also trying to get better on the guitar. I'm so thankful for that guy named Matt who showed me three chords on a guitar my freshman year and got my love for the guitar started.

Ode to Tosh

This is an ode the Tosh, the amazing musician. Tosh got a "real" job recently, you know, the kind that you build a career off of. As a result, he had to leave us Bridgerlanders. Tosh is one amazing guy! He plays the cello, the bagpipes, the recorder, the piano, and anything else he picks up. He was my partner on stage the few times I've actually performed on stage. I don't know if you could say I have a band, but if I did...it would be me and Tosh. I'm really happy for him, like starting real life or whatever, but I miss him too. So on behalf of everyone here that loves and misses Tosh...I dedicate this blog to him...the one and only Tosh Farr.

Happy Easter!

Hannah

If this doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will!

It sure made me happy!

Happiness

I felt guilty putting that last blog up. It's true that I my heart may hurt a little, but I guess I feel guilty complaining and letting everyone (like the two people who may actually read my blogs) know how I was feeling. However, I made this blog for me...to release some of my thoughts and feelings, and that was one of them. So I'm not going to delete it. But I want to say that I am happy, I always try to be happy. Sometimes life throws situations at you that you are not ready for or that you struggle with, but ya know, Heavenly Father just wants to see how you are going to deal with it all. So in response to my last blog, that was a moment of weakness when I let my sorrow/self-pity get the better of me, but I am trying to reset my attitude about things and I am going to be happy.

I love life, I really do and I'm so thankful for it! So in the words of my hero, Coach Jolley, "Have a great day, if you don't, it's your own darn fault!"

Ever felt like this? I have.

Run

Have you ever read the book "Maniac Magee"? It's a young adult fiction book, and it's one of my friend's favorite books from when she was young. So I decided to read it over spring break. It was a really interesting book. I enjoyed it a lot. Magee is this kid who has been dealt all of these crumby trials in life, and in order to "escape" it all - he runs. He runs forever, all day, anywhere and everywhere. He wakes up before the rest of the world is even starting to stir and he runs. Sometimes that's how I feel. I just want to run away. I'm not quite as brave/extreme as Amber who runs away across the country, but I just want to run...maybe a few miles, up in the canyon, anywhere, just away for awhile. It's like if I run away for awhile, my mind will only be able to focus on the pain in my legs and my body telling itself to stop running, and I will be able to "escape" the other thoughts and worries of life. A bike would work as well - take my bike and ride away. I'll come back...but for now I just want to run.

Strong

One of my lifelong goals is to be strong. I want to be healthy and physically fit all of my life. I never want to be frail and weak. There is something about taking care of my body that makes me happy. It's just such a good feeling to go running or work out really hard and push yourself physically. I've always been into sports and athletics. Since I've come to college I've gotten more into hiking, rockclimbing, and other outdoor sports. There are not many things better than exercising in the beautiful outdoors! I can't wait for the warm weather...oh, man...Logan Canyon is just waiting for me.

Smile, it's spring!

It's a great day! I can't tell you how happy the sunshine makes me! Spring is coming and with it, the whole atmosphere around campus is changing. It's like people are climbing out of their winter burrows to get a peek at the sunshine. Winter does crazy things to people. It seems like as soon as people step out into the bitter cold, that they put their head down to brave the elements and trudge through the snow to class. They don't lift their heads to say hello to anyone - it's too cold. The days are dark and cold, and it just gets a little depressing. Well, fear not my friends! Spring is here! Suddenly it seems like there are more people around campus. They're lounging out on the grass. People seem to look and you more and smile. I love spring! The plants are turning green, the sun shines, "sigh". I'm happy! I can't wait for all the hiking, slack-lining, ultimate frisbee, and days of fun that await me! Woo Hoo!

Smile! It's spring!

Braid Buddies

"Friends are the flowers in the garden of life."

I just want to say how thankful I am for the many people Heavenly Father sends me in my life. He always knows just what I need, when I need it (Thanks Amtrack). This is a picture of Ashley, me, and Amber in Zion - my braid buddies.

A good friend of mine shared this quote with me at a time when I really needed it.

This is by George Q. Cannon:

"We of all people should be happy and joyful. When the clouds seem the darkest and most threatening and as though the storm is ready to burst upon us with all its fury, we should remain calm, serene, and undisturbed, for if we have the faith we profess to have, we know that God is in the storm, in the cloud, or in the threatened danger, and that he will not let it come upon us only as far as it is necessary for our good and for our salvation." (Journal of Discourses, 15:375)

I'm working on developing my faith in my Heavenly Father and His plan for me. At times trials seem so difficult, but Heavenly Father knows who us. He knows what we can handle, He knows our potential, and He knows what we need to reach that potential. It tells us in Romans 8:28 "...that all things work together for good to them that love God..." I hope that I can learn what Heavenly Father wants me to learn from my experiences and that I can take a step toward the person He wants me to become.

Welcome to my blog. I've never done anything like this, but I'm pretty excited. I'd like to thank Amber for introducing me to her blog and the world of blogging, so here I am. I'm still trying to figure this all out.