The Keystone...

Alright ya'll, I found another quote that I got and put in my scriptures when I was in seminary! It's a good one. It definitely makes more sense to me now than it did back then, I guess you could say it means more to me now than it did back then. It's about the Book of Mormon and since I am now in the process of reading it, it seems fit to put this on my blog.


"There are three great reasons why Latter-day Saints should make the study of the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit...

"The first is that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. This was the Prophet Joseph Smith's statement. He testified that 'the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion.' A keystone is the central stone in an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles...

"The second great reason why we must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study is that it was written for our day. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites of ancient times. It was meant for us...

"The third reason why the Book of Mormon is of such value to the Latter-day Saints is given in the same statement by the Prophet Joseph Smith cited previously. He said, 'I told brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by it's precepts, than by any other book.' That is the third reason for studying the book. It helps us to draw nearer to God. Is there not something deep in our hearts that longs to draw nearer to God, to be more like Him in our daily walk, to feel His presence with us constantly? If so, then the Book of Mormon will help us do so more than any other book...

"It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path. The scriptures are called 'the words of life(D&C 84:85)' and nowhere is that more true than it is in the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance."

-President Ezra Taft Benson



Now, you can't tell me this quote doesn't make you want to go and read the BOM. It does, I know it does. Maybe you're like me...I never really had read it before cause it was hard to understand and I honestly didn't have that much knowledge of it or the scriptures in general, but honestly that doesn't matter as long as you are willing to learn and open your heart to what it has to say. You just need to have TRUE faith in the things that it does say and know that it is true. Just read it, I promise you have time. You won't regret it! :)

Start With A Seed...

"Faith is both a principle and a process. It defines the path by which we build a relationship of trust with the Savior. In order for faith to develop, we must begin with a humble heart and a contrite spirit, have a strong desire to know the Lord, and then be obedient to gospel principles. In return, the Savior rewards the obedient with spiritual confirmations of their actions. As faith grows, our vision of eternity expands, which increases our capacity to meet life's challenges."

- Elder Merrill J. Bateman

Also see: Alma 32:16, 27-32

This is just a little quote I found that I think defines faith really well. There are a lot of definitions out there, but this one is my favorite. It not only defines it, but tells you what you need to have TRUE faith. Anyway, the scriptures that go with it make it that much better...but yeah. Enjoy!

Madness and it is March...

Whoa! It is March everyone! Crazy! I can tell you that I am pretty excited about it. It means we are one step closer for it to be spring and then what? SUMMER!!! I am a summer baby. I love the sun! Also being March it brings...That's right, March Madness! :) Also it brings baseball, well at least spring training, but still I can feel it in the air. Baseball season:) Sports Center is starting to get pretty crazy or more intense I guess I should say..especially with all the recent trading that went on. I guess I must also say there is soon to be a very intense game on Duke vs. NC. If any of you watched the last one, then you know this one will be insane! Though both teams are very good, I will be rooting for Duke, ya know for my brother in law and sister:) Ah! I'm just so excited!!! Also in other news the school semester is half over! Holla!! :) Also, My sister and her family will be moving back to Utah this summer!! YAY! You have no idea how excited I am! I miss them dearly. I miss joking around with Cody and maybe teasing my sister a little bit, I miss being able to hang out with my sister and have our sisterly talks and all her great advice she has to give! I miss my sweet baby niece and pretending she is my baby, shhh..don't tell my sister ;)Sorry I do realize this is a lame post, but I just wanted to share my excitement about things March brings! Let The Games Begin!! :)

Quotes of the Weekend...

This last weekend I was down in Fairview. Shocking, I know. haha :) Well let me tell you that Anthony's 2 youngest sisters have quite the funny quotes for you this week. Lets start with his 9 year old sister Alexis. Well, I put Anthony on my shoulders and Alivia was asking how could I do that? and just couldn't believe it really and Alexis says "Duh, Livi, she's an Indian...They are strong!" haha I burst out laughing. Then later I walked outside barefoot in the snow to put my bag in the truck and Alivia says "You know there is snow outside right?" and and I say "Yep" and continue on walking in the snow and Alivia says "Isn't it cold?" and then you hear Alexis say "Livi, she's an Indian. They're always barefoot." hahahahahahaha So funny:) Ok and now for Alivia's quote of the weekend. I was sitting with his family and his mom asked if we could recognize a communist and Alivia says "Yeah, Obama." haha Oh bless...Funny stuff:)
As you can tell I had a great weekend:)and that is just like 1/700th of my weekend :) Really.

Desiree Lately...

Well ya'll know what happened on Valentines Day, but I've been away from my blog for a while and I would bet(actually probably not) that you want to know what I have been up to. You know the whole like 2 people who read this...haha Well..I guess I will do a brief over view and maybe add some pictures:) I know, I know..I rare treat on my blog and I'm sorry about that, but here it goes...

Hmm..Where to start? I just don't know. I've been up to what I usually am up to. The whole working and going to school. They call it living the dream or something like that. I guess I should add the last few weeks I have been spending quite a bit of time in Fairview. haha, but really I have been:) Why? Well, I shall tell you. Right now! That Missionary that I had met in Australia came home! Yeah, I forgot to tell you all that there are now 0 days until he home! He lives in Fairview. If you want to connect all the dots he is also the same guy in my Valentines day post. haha. So yeah. Life is good. Great. Grand. Awesome. at the moment:) So this post was suppose to be about me and what I have been up to lately and I guess thats what it is. Short. Simple. Sweet.

Valentines Day...

Hey ya'll! I know, I know I have been basically none existent for the last few weeks, but it's all good..I am back! Well, I realized the my last post about valentines day was pretty negative! I mean don't get me wrong my view on Valentines Day is still basically the same that it is kind of more of an obligation to be sweet and nice to your valentine, but when you have one it's kind of alright! This year..for like the first time. Ever. I had one! Aww..I know. Go Desiree! :) So yeah this is how it went

Well first of all Anthony and I had to go pick up his grandparents from the Airport. While there I got to visit with my mama for a second and we got pulled over...Not for speeding..no worries. The 5-0 was just extremely bored we figured. Anyway so we got his grandparents and took them back to American Fork and after that they took us to lunch. It was pretty fun and interesting to hear some of there stories and such. After lunch Anthony and I went to Wal-mart to look around until we had to meet up with some of his and now my friends:) for dinner. The friends we are meeting are Chris and Kylie, they are married and yeah. That night we go bowling and we all know how much Desiree loves bowling..haha ...:) Well their faces of them witnessing my AMAZING technique was hilarious:) Just for a little visual I chest pass it:) Apparently it sounds like a gun shot when it hits the floor..Ooops:) Yeah so our first game everyone does their best..except me cuz they were all trying to tech me how to bowl normally..doesn't work so the second game I just did me and the third game..yeah..we played 3 WHOLE games!! Anyway the third game we all kind of just goofed around and I got a strike by laying on my back and pushing it down the lane. It was pretty cool..just saying:) Anyway after we go to Chili's. Of course, where else right? Chris and Kylie told us their story of how they become to be and all that and it was a pretty intense story I'm not going to lie and there was a lady sitting on the opposite side of the wall who said the plants were fake, they are not! ha. Then after dinner we went back to Chris and Kylies and watched "Valentines Day!" haha it's pretty funny even though I fell asleep:) Oops..again:) and they let their little hamster run around in those little ball things and the whole movie it kept running into things and by the end it was making a rattling noise and Chiris says "You hear that rattling noise? well thats her poop rolling around in there!" haha I laughed so hard, I couldn't breath! I don't know why it was so funny, but it was:)So Anthony and I go to my house cuz there is no way he is driving home at 2 hours away at midnight..haha and when we get to my house there are flowers there waiting for me with a cute little teddy bear, named Precious:) It was quite precious:) haha Anyway that is my Valentines Day:)

Just call me Bob the Builder...

A couple days ago my friend Jacqueline and I were super handy! She bought a dresser and a couple new door knobs, originally she was going to wait for her step dad or one of her manly friends to come over and install them and build that dresser for her, but what happens when Jacqueline and Desiree are just sitting there with nothing to do? That's right, we attempt to do the impossible. We got screwdrivers and hammers and lots of other gadgets and proceeded to build!! We even ended up fixing her door cuz it was loose and made weird noises. We started with her door knob. Pulled the old one out and put the new one in and after we just felt so darn good about ourselves that we looked at the dresser (in the box) and decided we were going to build it. After we dump out all the pieces plus all 7 million screws and cams and other things we though we were in way over our head, but we did it!! We built it and built it well!, putting together the drawers were probably the most difficult part, but whatever..we felt really cool! Oh and by the way Only like 3 days!! WOOOO!