I'm sitting in a Music Explorations class on campus right now, not allowing one ounce of my brain to be caught up in what the teacher is saying. I'm just kind of "putting up" with this class. I'm sure every college student knows what I'm talking about. The other day I realized why I'm really going after Seminary. It's because when I do the homework, I have something more substantial in mind, more than just a grade.
If only all Gospel Doctrine teachers prepared their lessons with more than "just filling the hour" in mind.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Awkward
Sitting in the BYUI library, I've just overheard three conversations in the last ten minutes. These are the kinds of conversations that should not have been done in public. Why do people do that? I feel all sorts of awkward!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Spokane
Pack of Double-Stuff Oreos.
Honey Roasted Peanuts.
Beef Jerky.
Peanut M&M's.
Box of Cheez-its.
Jack Johnson En Concert.
One book on cd. (approx. 15 hours long)
This, is how Harwards travel. Ellie and I like to rationalize that calories don't count on road trips. This philosophy has been passed down from Harward to Harward for generations. For years, the most-often heard phrase muttered on family camping trips has been "Isn't it about time to eat something?"
Thank you Mr. President, for President's Day. We love you. Not so much for the fact that you look over the needs of our country, but for a day without school. Ellie and I, needing a desperate escape from approaching mid-terms, spent the three day weekend in Spokane with my family. And what an escape it was! If there's one thing I love about my family, it's the ability to have so much fun, without doing a whole lot of anything.
As an early birthday present, we decided to not tell my mom we were coming. It is so hard to sneak anything past this sharp woman! But conspiring with my dad and sister, we rolled into Spokane Friday around midnight, and snuck downstairs without waking her up. Saturday morning I called her from my cell phone and had a two minute conversation with her before walking upstairs and causing an uproar of screams, laughing and hugs!
Not wanting to spend a lot of money, we kept the day simple and spent it in downtown Spokane. It was blissfully warm, though it couldn't have been over sixty degrees. I am not a huge fan of the bitter Rexburg winters! We had a great time just walking around, Dad went nuts with the camera, like always. Thank goodness for him!
There was something on the edge of serene intoxication about sharing the day with Dad, Mom, Jared, Kimbo, Monty, Kate and Scott (my family) and my beautiful Ellie (my newer family). I imagine this feeling will feel even more eternal when Elle and I have a bun in the oven (far down the road). On my mission I learned for myself, time after time, experience after experience, that family and the Gospel are the only things that matter in life. Everything else vanishes away into perfect insignificance. Through the growing testimonies of the people I taught, I learned the true miracle of the Gospel. I'm just beginning to learn the true miracle of family, having just started my own.
I'm so lucky to happily married to a beautiful, strong woman! Every day I realize how happy she makes me! I think she had a good time. She's made the remark before, that all us Harwards have the same sense of humor, and this trip she commented that we're all starting to rub off on her! I remember my mom telling me how much she wanted Ellie in the family while we were dating. Mothers have an incredible sixth sense to pick out excellent wives for their sons!
My hope for the weekend trip was to just spend time with my family and have a good time, but something happened that I did not expect. Not only did I realize how much I love my family, but I realized how much I'm in love with Spokane. It's tall pines, it's rolling hills covered in trees, it's early Springs, it's old and new of Downtown, the reflection of the sky off the Spokane river, the pavillion and clocktower, the five lakes within a 30-minute drive. It happened to be an accident my family ended up there at all, but how grateful I am to know this place!
At one point, Ellie made the comment, "It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we ended up in Spokane." Those fifteen words made me happier than I may have led on. We're so far away from careers, we'll be in school for at least four years, children seem like a mist in the distance, who knows WHERE our jobs will take us. We both trust the Lord to put us where we can better fulfill His purposes, it's nice to know she's warming up to Spokane. I love you Ellie Mae!
Honey Roasted Peanuts.
Beef Jerky.
Peanut M&M's.
Box of Cheez-its.
Jack Johnson En Concert.
One book on cd. (approx. 15 hours long)
This, is how Harwards travel. Ellie and I like to rationalize that calories don't count on road trips. This philosophy has been passed down from Harward to Harward for generations. For years, the most-often heard phrase muttered on family camping trips has been "Isn't it about time to eat something?"
Thank you Mr. President, for President's Day. We love you. Not so much for the fact that you look over the needs of our country, but for a day without school. Ellie and I, needing a desperate escape from approaching mid-terms, spent the three day weekend in Spokane with my family. And what an escape it was! If there's one thing I love about my family, it's the ability to have so much fun, without doing a whole lot of anything.
As an early birthday present, we decided to not tell my mom we were coming. It is so hard to sneak anything past this sharp woman! But conspiring with my dad and sister, we rolled into Spokane Friday around midnight, and snuck downstairs without waking her up. Saturday morning I called her from my cell phone and had a two minute conversation with her before walking upstairs and causing an uproar of screams, laughing and hugs!
Not wanting to spend a lot of money, we kept the day simple and spent it in downtown Spokane. It was blissfully warm, though it couldn't have been over sixty degrees. I am not a huge fan of the bitter Rexburg winters! We had a great time just walking around, Dad went nuts with the camera, like always. Thank goodness for him!
There was something on the edge of serene intoxication about sharing the day with Dad, Mom, Jared, Kimbo, Monty, Kate and Scott (my family) and my beautiful Ellie (my newer family). I imagine this feeling will feel even more eternal when Elle and I have a bun in the oven (far down the road). On my mission I learned for myself, time after time, experience after experience, that family and the Gospel are the only things that matter in life. Everything else vanishes away into perfect insignificance. Through the growing testimonies of the people I taught, I learned the true miracle of the Gospel. I'm just beginning to learn the true miracle of family, having just started my own.
I'm so lucky to happily married to a beautiful, strong woman! Every day I realize how happy she makes me! I think she had a good time. She's made the remark before, that all us Harwards have the same sense of humor, and this trip she commented that we're all starting to rub off on her! I remember my mom telling me how much she wanted Ellie in the family while we were dating. Mothers have an incredible sixth sense to pick out excellent wives for their sons!
My hope for the weekend trip was to just spend time with my family and have a good time, but something happened that I did not expect. Not only did I realize how much I love my family, but I realized how much I'm in love with Spokane. It's tall pines, it's rolling hills covered in trees, it's early Springs, it's old and new of Downtown, the reflection of the sky off the Spokane river, the pavillion and clocktower, the five lakes within a 30-minute drive. It happened to be an accident my family ended up there at all, but how grateful I am to know this place!
At one point, Ellie made the comment, "It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we ended up in Spokane." Those fifteen words made me happier than I may have led on. We're so far away from careers, we'll be in school for at least four years, children seem like a mist in the distance, who knows WHERE our jobs will take us. We both trust the Lord to put us where we can better fulfill His purposes, it's nice to know she's warming up to Spokane. I love you Ellie Mae!
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