Elder Hayden Magness

well well well…. 

It is yet another hard goodbye :( 

Hayden is one of my absolute best friends…. 

I will write more soon. More pics to come. 
xoxo abs

Near or Far

Not much more I can say other than… Yep :) 
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chilling days

Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, and yes more thoughts 

This last Sunday my family had dinner with my Grandma and Grandpa Tolman. As most dinners with grandparents go, you have to act on your best behavior, pass the food around the table instead of reaching over people like we do at home, you can't say your sarcastic remarks out loud, when your sibling (emma) eats all of the bread you can't get mad at her. Do you understand what I am talking about?

Well after everyone is done stuffing their faces full of Grandma's delicious dinner we begin to talk more and more. This is clearly my favorite part. Because I LOVE talking, but most of all I love hearing my grandparents stories. This last week we heard a story from my grandpa that will stick with me forever. 

I am not a hundred percent sure as to why the topic of plane crashes came up but it did. Little did I know my grandpa has been in a plane crash!!!! HE IS ALIVE! haha 

No his story was so cool. He told us about all of the emotions he had on the plane and told how the other people in the plane were all crying and calling their families and saying there good byes. But my Grandpa knew that he would be just fine so he just stayed calm and sat tight and "enjoyed" the ride. So as the story went on he told us that he had to help everyone get out of the plane as soon as it crashed. He said that he didn't realize the how dangerous this situation until he was looking from the out of the plane.

For me this was a really cool story to hear because it showed me that I can be brave in scary situations and that staying calm is the best way.
I am so grateful for my amazing and supportive grandparents. I am extremely grateful that my Grandpa loves journal writing and that one day I will be able to read about his adventurous life! 
Much love <3
Just so ya know I am not lying…. 
http://aircrashed.com/conditions/coSEA88IA065.shtml
xoxo abs

Late night thoughts

Another late night…. 
I should be working on my homework… 
But it is not happening tonight… 

Life is going. Time is flying, everyday gets faster but the weeks 
feel longer than ever. It makes absolutely no sense at all. 

But basically I am registered for my second semester of college. WHAT?!? I know… I feel so old haha… 

I have had the best of luck the past few weeks… LIE 
I have been in contact with the police three times in the past month… Don't even get me started. 
Wyatt is doing amazing things in Taiwan :) such a inspiration of being able to do hard things. Amazing example and sunshine in my life. 

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Missing the simple moments

H-E-L-L-O 

Just a random post for now. 

About a month or two before Wyatt left on his mission I began filming our daily adventures. I came across this random

little one and couldn't help myself. Enjoy our laughs. 

Life is grand, a lot going on. But I am HAPPY 

xoxo abs

my fav

not much to say other than… go and listen to his talk again. It is amazing and was one of my favorites this fall.
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It's not about how hard you can hit. It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Why hello there 

It has been a while…

My life is going 100 mph.

But guess what?

I love it. 

College is crazy. I am honestly never home. I wake up go to school, go to study hall (i am required to be in our study hall 12 hours a week), I go to practice and weight lifting, to yes.. more study hall, to work sometimes, then home for dinner and bed. But slowly I am starting to love it. 

Being a college athlete is like 

buying a spot for you in cemetery… 

It means death. 

ha jk. 

It isn't death, it is just really really close. Running for UVU is the hardest thing I have EVER done in my whole life. I have never been pushed so hard and so far (miles). I have never been so tired that at night I lay down in bed and I fall asleep within five minutes of resting my head on my pillow. 

I can honestly say this… I never knew I could do what I am doing right now… but still compared to others I am as slow as a turtle… Fyi that saying "Slow and steady wins the race" isn't true… I have experienced it first hand. So don't believe it. But on serious matters. I am loving every second of the scorching hot practices where I feel like curling up into a ball and disappearing into the ground, to icing for what seems like an eternity, to weight lifting and feeling like a wimp (but getting pretty strong), to the trainers rubbing you out so hard you feel like you're gone break, to drinking more than you thought your body could handle, waking up sore, and then repeating it all again. You know how people think and say that runners are crazy?? Well I completely agree with them. But I love it. 

When I feel like giving up there is a quote in one of my favorite videos that always haunts my mind. 

"Destiny waits for no man. And when your time comes and thousand different voices are trying to tell you you're not ready for it. Listen instead to that lone voice of decent the one that says you are ready, you are prepared. It's all up to you now." 

It is crazy to me that words can have such an impression on your mind when you are in your greatest pain and you feel like dropping to your knees and crying. But instead you listen to that one voice in your head and you conquer your pain and you become stronger than you were before. 

The video that I am sharing with you is one of my favorites to watch and listen to either in the morning, before my work out, or even working out. It gives me strength to not let the hit of pain stop me from succeeding and becoming the person I want to be. 

I hope you enjoy the video. 

xoxo abs