What a Cute Baby!!!

Yes, this cute little baby is me! Everyone on facebook is changing their profile pictures to their baby pictures. But I really got to thinking about babies in my religion class today. Brother Anderson shared this quote with us:

Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we wanted them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come . . . A man has a much greater capacity to enjoy that for which he has labored for a number of years than one who has a similar object given to him.

(President Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, pp. 297-298)

I won't lie. There are definitely moments when I yearn for my own kids that are not yet to be born. But that quote did remind me of that yearning and also brought me peace.
I hope it brings peace to anyone else that is also seeking it.

Intro to Art Lecture

Oh you'd better believe it! My Intro to Art teacher, Brother Griffin, showed us this picture during his lecture today. It was pretty hilarious! There are some funny advantages with going to a church school.

"With a new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

BYU Idaho

I went to a Luau with Jerusha and her parents. It was really cool to watch. And then they had a boy throwing fire. He was only 15 years old!

SLC Photography

Hello World

Tomorrow I start classes. I have Education 200 and Art 101. I'm currently using my roommate's laptop because I have yet to pick mine up from Grandma's house. Sadly, I probably won't be able to work on any pictures or even post them until sometime on Sunday. I've mostly been chilling with my roommates, getting to know most of them, because my friends have yet to arrive in Rexburg and if they are here--I don't know where they live! Go figure! I did spend a little time with an old FHE brother last night and his girlfriend (with a few other friends). It wasn't too bad.
College isn't too bad. But it'll be nice to be with old friends I haven't seen in a long time. And I miss my family. I've been thinking about moving to Aspen in the fall so I'll be closer to my brothers in the fall. I won't be taking a lot of classes and I'll even be sharing a car with my brothers, but I'll take it. I've moved a lot, but moving to college is different. It's the first time you move by yourself. You don't have any family with you. Yes, they're a phone call away, but it's not the same. And I'm kinda scared. I don't know what's going to happen. I'm afraid that I'm going to fail or get sick or something. But I'm also blessed--I've lucked out. I have one friend I've known since high school who is going through relatively the same thing. And I had the chance to meet someone who really is going through the whole academic situation too. He likes to remind me that my reason for leaving was medical, but some of which my family, my doctors, and myself have yet to figure out. I'm trying some changes, but I'll talk to my doctors more about it when I get home. So, yes, I'm absolutely terrified. I'm very tempted to ask Jeremy and John for a priesthood blessing. My dad gave me one already but it wouldn't hurt to have another, especially cause I'm just so scared.
Well, hopefully my next post will be a little bit happier!
Good Night World!