The Best Life

Today I have been thinking about how awesome my life has been. I complain a fair bit...guilty as charged. Sometimes I can get a little wrapped up in the idea that things could always be a little better. However, my life really is just brilliant.

I married the greatest guy in the world. He always finds ways to make me smile bigger and bigger all the time. This last week he surprised me with pink lilies and delicious Pirouette cookies at work. I love getting ambushed with hugs and kisses. I love how he randomly bursts in to song, sometimes the songs are strange, but it's adorable.

I love having time to write again. I don't know what's going to happen when classes start again, but right now I love having a few hours everyday to do some writing. I love that I've read so many books this summer...that weren't textbooks.

I love that we've been able to earn and save up money this summer. I had such a hard time finding a job. I had been hoping to land an internship for the summer and I put out TONS of applications from January to April, had a period where I had one or two interviews every week...and still couldn't find an internship. It was a frustrating, but I was still blessed with a job close to home and only spent a week unemployed during summer.

My sweetie has been working so hard all summer, I'm so glad he's so resourceful. For work, this summer has been intense for both of us for different reasons, but now I know, we're cockroaches! Indestructible! Resilient! Ah, yes, it's another one of those moments like after we hiked Mount Timpanogos together. Once we got off the mountain, we said that if we could survive that with how completely unprepared we were, we could do anything.

View from the top of Timpanogos

Then there's all the little things I love. I love the bird feeders our upstairs neighbors recently refilled and seeing all the strange winged creatures fight over the seeds. I love going to the temple as often as I've been able to. Provo Temple has been closed, I miss getting to walk over and enjoy it. I was grateful for the excuse to head up to the Mount Timpanogos Temple the other night. (Remember, we got married there! It's such a lovely place.) I love the summer BBQs. I love watching my sister and sister-in-law getting ready to serve the Lord on missions. 

I love hash browns. I love McDonald's Monopoly. I love that the odds are in my favor that this semester of college will be my last one. I love Netflix. I love morning yoga.

With all the life changes coming at me...I know it's all going to be really great. God is in charge, and He really does want us to be happy. Thanks for reading my counting out that proof and evidence. :)