How to Raise a Teenage Girl.

I know exactly how to raise a teenage girl. I know what your thinking... I haven't been a mom... but I have been a teenager who was raised this way, by my amazing mother (shout out to my mama Julene!!!).
 It's hard for a lot of people to see how religion is important... they find it hard work or a waste of time... but looking at these young women show how moral values and a belief in our Savior Jesus Christ can only be positive.
They have built up personalties and strength that far out weigh that of other girls their own age. They are knowledgeable of God's plan for us and know how they can work towards becoming the best daughters, friends, sisters, members of society and mothers they can be! Freak! I wish I could say the same about most of the girls at my high school!
Why isn't religion regarded as a better way? Even though society may not think so... I know so!

Love Oh Love!

My companion is SUPER dramatic. The other day... she was so worried because she didn't know what cake filling she was going to have at her wedding and she was so DISTRAUGHT! Her life of organization was coming to pieces. How do I love a person who knows the name of her 7 future children and I don't even remember the name of my sister's fiance! (its Dallin... don't worry Jennifer, I'm not that bad... sometimes.) The truth is Sister Trujillio isn't THAT dramatic but she can be VERY dramatic, and I'm a bit more... chill about most things. However, I've learned to love her dramaticness... it makes for fun times and good laughs. So who do you know that bugs you? Who has that one trait that's just opposite of you? I challenge you to turn that trait into a positive or (if thats impossible) think of all the other great traits they have and forget about the ones that annoy you. After all. What Would Jesus Do? Sometimes when someone is annoying me I think... well they have a Heavenly Father, Christ, and a mother who loves them. There has to be something good in there somewhere.

That's the two of us in the corner... the only picture on hand of us.

Enough about me!

What a gift to have diversity! I hope to have a family that brings together languages and cultures someday... but now I'm talking about myself again... so here's Samuel and his wife, a trilingual family! What an adventure!

Today: Thanks Heavenly Father.

Thanks Heavenly Father... for helping someone invent tights... because it's getting cold here and I have to wear a skirt everyday. I knew you had my back!




What are you thankful for today? Don't forget to thank who really gave that to you!

Silly Putty Sins

So one time when i was little I was wearing my favorite blue Aladdin swimsuit. I wasn't going swimming I was just wearing it... allllllllll day long. My mom asked me time and time again to change out of it... but of course, I didn't. While wearing said swimsuit I stole my brothers purple silly putty. It was not only my favorite thing but his favorite thing... that's why I wasn't allowed to play with it. Ha! I knew I could play with it if he didn't catch me, so i went into my room, hid under my covers and played with the silly putty. Lo and behold I fell asleep. Probably a half an hour to an hour later i woke up, hopped out of bed, and looked down... oops. My blue Aladdin swimsuit was now a purple silly putty mess. Needless to say, no more swimsuit, no more silly putty.
Sometimes... Heavenly Father gives us commandments. (like not stealing silly putty). It seems like it wont hurt to go against what we know to be right. We may even have fun at the beginning... but in the end is it worth it to lose our favorite blue Aladdin swimsuit? I can't explain how much God's commandments have helped me in my own life... whether its simply to read the scriptures or to pay tithing... I know that I'll benefit from following them. When I choose to make my own rules or go against what I know to be right it never works out! (Trust me). So thank goodness for commandments... they may seem like they're in the way or over bearing but there's a reason why we have them... and we don't need to suffer the consequences of not following them if we don't have to!

If I had time... I'd put purple all over this picture.

Who's your Daddy?

How great is it to know that life can only get better? Or that God knows us personally and perfectly? President Uchtdorf has the most excellent words to keep us truckin along.

Cheese in the World

I love cheese so much. If I could eat any food forever... it would probably be cheese. It's just my favorite. One time when i was in Switzerland... I went to a cheese factory. It was a little weird at first because we had these head phones that narrated what was going on... but it was a cow named Rose who was narrating... anyway... so they showed us the process of making cheese.

To be honest I don't remember everything that happened... but I do remember one thing. They had to put these cheeses into a machine that pressed out all of the juicyness. Excuse my non-technical terms... but they would basically just take the cheese curds (i think they were curds), put them in a machine, and press the cheese into a wheel shape while trying to get rid of any excess liquid.

Once the cheese was in the mold it stayed there for a while... not just a few hours but a while... until... it was finished and ready to go into a refrigerator where it would be aged for a few more months.

 How can we be that cheese? Its sounds pretty good to me to be a giant cheese... but as people on this earth, how can we squeeze out the world until we're completely dry? Sometimes it's hard to not soak in everything around you... but the best part about having a Savior is that we don't have to be soggy cheese. We can be in the world but not of the world. Each day ridding ourselves of that excess liquid... it takes time, and we can't do it without the help of Jesus Christ but in the end... we'll be able to be dry and we can still be in the world but not full of the soggyness of the world. That's the power of Repentance.
I know that my Redeemer lives!

I hope that made sense. mormon.org