Truly blessed!!

Despite my crazy, busy schedule it seems like things are really going my way, and I can't help but smile and be happy. First off, I have a wonderful life, with the most amazing husband in the world who loves me more than life itself. What more could you ask for after that, right? I honestly don't know what I've done to deserve the incredible life, husband, family, in-laws, and friends that I have been blessed with, but Heavenly Father continues to pour down blessings upon me, and I thank Him every day for it because I know how truly blessed I am!

Today was one of the neatest days of my life, and definitely one to remember!! You ready for this?! Today I got to shake the hand of not one, not TWO, but THREE Apostles of God. Honestly. I even have a witness! ;)

Today was the inauguration of UVU's new President, Matthew S. Holland, son of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As my friend, Janice, and I were standing by our seats waiting for all of the "important people" to walk in and take their seats, I was spotted by Jack R. Christiansen, an amazing member of the Church, previous president of the Orem Institute, and newly made VP of Student Engagement on campus. He is such a great man, and such an amazing example to D and I, and the many, many others who have been privileged to know him. Shortly after Jack walked by and shook my hand, a tall man came walking down the isle in an extremely bright pick graduation gown. That tall man was none other than President Henry B. Eyring of the 1st Presidency. Janice and I looked at each other, smiled our beautiful smiles at President Eyring, and he took the time to smile back and shake both of our hands. That totally made our day, and we would have been satisfied with that, honestly. :) The inauguration was amazing, and we were both glad we decided to skip our classes today to attend this once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity. Following the inauguration, we wanted to see if we could find Elder Holland to shake his hand and thank him for his amazing talk he just gave in General Conference this past weekend. As we were walking toward the front where he was standing with his wife and grandchildren, I spotted Elder Neil L. Anderson, the most recently called Apostle. His wife shook Janice and my hands first, and then we were able to shake the hand of our second Apostle of the day :) This was almost too much for us to handle. Just kidding. We finally made our way up to where Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was standing and greeting everyone who wanted to talk to him. He was seriously so genuine and so happy. He asked me how I was doing, and when I replied, "I'm great, thank you," he responded back after looking in my eyes, "Yes, you are great, aren't you?" It was seriously one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced. To be able to look into the eyes of a true Apostle of God, and have him tell you "you're great" gave me a feeling I can't describe. I even got close enough to see that he has amazingly crystal blue eyes, and on top of being privileged to shake his hand and speak with him, he also gave me a half-hug as he talked to us for a second and said he's totally okay with adopting Wolverine Green over the BYU Blue he's been used to. Haha. He told Janice and I that were completely justified in skipping our classes for this wonderful event when we told him we missed class to attend. What an amazing day. It's not very often anyone has the privilege of shaking the hand of one Apostle, let alone be in the same room as them. Being able to shake the hands of three living and true Apostles of God is surely a day and an event to remember.

We are extremely excited to have Matthew Holland as our new UVU President, and he has been doing amazing things on campus already. He is super funny and so down to earth. It has been a privilege to meet him in person as well. Welcome to UVU President Holland!!






P.S. Last week I won one of these little beauties at school....
All I did was dress up for the career fair, put my name in the drawing, and finally won something!! But not just something...an iPod! Yeah, it's just 1GB, and only an iPod shuffle, but since we're slow on the technology updates, and we didn't have an iPod yet, this is a good start for us. I swear I never win anything! Maybe my luck is changing ;)