Grateful December Ramblings

Hayley and some guy at the temple nativity
So I just feel so grateful lately! I was talking to Khiah, one of my best friends, and she was all, "you're so lucky!" Well Khiah, you're right, I am. I have so much to be thankful for! I wanted it to snow so bad, I missed Virginia and I missed those cold winters in Main Hall. So I prayed for snow, and look at Saint George now, it's covered in snow! My prayers have been answered in beautiful, eerie, quiet, clean snow. Here are some pictures of my cul-de-sac, home and the St. George temple:

It snowed a whole ton! And it stuck! Yay!

My neice Lucy,
my snowman, "Ice Snowwalker," and yours truely!

The shepherds from the nativity had snow on their heads and I thought it was funny!

Someone made a snowman!

The St. George, Utah temple

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

The temple in the snow

I love that there are colorful blossoms amidst the snow!
Welcome to southern Utah!

Purple morning glories in the snow

More Holiness to the Lord

The House of the Lord

I love how the temple looked against the sky

On another note, I was listening to a song on a CD that I've listened to oodles of times before- The Boy Least Likely To, "I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star". As I said I've listened to it before, but I guess I just never listened to the lyrics before- an odd thing because I always notice lyrics. So anyway, the lyrics really hit me.

Here they are:

"I was young and I was stupid I had just turned seventeen,I took my hits on a dumb road trip to Nashville Tennessee,I packed my antihistamines and Tupperware drums,a harmonica and a box guitar,in a canvas covered wagon stuff with apples and with guns.We quietly slipped across the border into Arkansas,But still we couldn't find what it was we were looking for,So we trucked on down to try our luck along the Rio Grande,But I couldn't help but notice how,The little things that used to make us happy made us sad.But still I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,I never would've got here if I'd followed my heart,I didn't think much of it till I took it apart,I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.We never ever made it down to Nashville in the end,And no one ever signed our stupid country disco band,However hard we tried it never seemed to be enough,We never did get famous,Still it made us kind of happy and it kept me off of drugs.And now I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,I never would've got here if I'd followed my heart,I didn't think much of it til I took it apart,I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.But still I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,I'm happy if you're happy but it breaks my heart,I didn't even notice it til it fell apart,I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.

So it got me thinking about God. So many times in life I think I know what I need or what I thought would make me happy. After time and thought I always realize that my desires are nothing compared to what God actually gives me. If I had my ways all along I'd be a teen bride with Aaron Vleming and we'd have a whole herd of kids already! Sick. I'm glad I hitched my life wagon to my Heavenly Father's star! I'm glad I didn't follow my heart. So yeah, it's a happy song. It's a good song and it true, think about it!