Mr. Peanuts Arrival

On Monday we welcomed a one year old Yorkie into our family. We rescued him from another home and we love him already. He loves being outside. Hates baths. Loves playing all day. Hates water. Loves snuggling his sock monkey. And loves his new home. He is a tiny little guy! When we take him on walks he gets tired after maybe 100 yards. We usually end up carrying him home to his water bowl. Enjoy this cute face! We sure do! Happy Friday!

Just a little fun

This labor day weekend was quite a bit of fun. We headed over to Atlanta to watch as our friends Kevin and Kayla get married in the temple! They are so precious!

Of course in honor of the official start of college football season we got the BSU game in on Friday and the Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn games in on Saturday. By the way, I decided that while living in Alabama I must choose an allegiance second to Georgia (Go Dawgs!) so I have something to contribute to conversations here. So I chose Alabama. I have chosen Alabama for 2 reasons. #1 they won their game this weekend (sorry, Auburn) and #2 I am getting my State of Alabama insurance licensing through Alabama's continuing studies program. Seeing as how I'm a student there I have to cheer, right?

Mom and dad came over on Sunday for a slumber party with the intent of going to the fair with us on Monday. We stayed up late catching them up on all of the Marvel movies so they could go watch the Avengers and not be confused. Needless to say Monday brought nothing but rain... I was bummed because I was so excited for fair food! We decided that we wouldn't let our Marvel Movie Marathon got to waste so we went and saw the Avengers!! What a good day! Mom and dad left and Hunter and I decided to do something crazy!!!! We cut 10 INCHES off of my hair. Well, Hunter did the cutting. He was so pleased with his work that he said he had found his calling and he should drop out of grad school and open up a shop.

Our New Home, Roll Tide.

Hunter and I moved into our new apartment a week ago. Hoover, Alabama is where we now call home. This place is heavily football oriented, as Hoover High School is the school from the show 2 a Days and they are apparently unstoppable. I hear its nearly impossible to get tickets to their games! It is also laced with an SEC rivalry of "Roll Tide" and "War Eagle"! Now don't get me wrong we still claim our home teams (Go Dawgs! and for Hunt's sake Go Broncos) but it is fun to be living in that ESPN commercial where everyone walks arounds saying roll tide to each other. We like to join in for the sake of community.

Hunter will be starting his masters program this week for an MHA and an MBA. He is excited to get started.

I am working with an insurance agency and am loving it! I hope to be able to find a studio around here to teach dance.

Moving to a different place always puts us in this weird stage where it doesn't feel real for a while. On our first night here we went on a date and checked out the area. We LOVE Hoover! I take back all of those things I said about Alabama growing up...well most of those things anyway!

Last night, my parents came over for dinner and it was so cool to have them be close enough to do that! I am excited to be closer to my family and friends but we do miss being so close to our Idaho friends and family!

Summer livin'

We graduated from BYU-Idaho April 6th! We were so exciting to be done but also a little sad to leave our friends in Rexburg. We will always cherish the memories and the friends we made there.

On April 7th, we moved across the state to Boise where we will be for the summer. Hunter is doing an internship at St. Alphonsus Hospital and I am working at Sears and loving it!

We are so excited about what the future has for us. Hunter is starting grad school at University of Alabama at Birmingham in August!

For now we are just having fun and loving life together! Happy summer, everyone!

Hooray for summer break!

Hunter and I had such a fun and relaxing break! Hunter worked while I took some classes online and we played lots of games and watched a TON of movies! We beat seasons 5&6 of the Office and season 1 of Modern Family. The last two weeks of our break were the best! First we went to Twin Falls, Idaho where we gained a sister, Miss Anna K Gilland! It was so good to see all of the fam and watch my brother get married.

After the wedding, we gallivanted off to Orlando, Florida (the home of Mickey Mouse and his friends) to take the most well-deserved vacation of my life! We had a blast with my parents and my in-laws. The six of us joined our "cousins" the Mitchells at Disney World for a couple of days as we celebrated a "Family Reunion" complete with celebration buttons.

Florida was so hot and humid that my little potato got a heat stroke on the golf course. He was fine as soon as the Georgia vs. Boise State came on a few hours later. In honor of the game my mom gave us a UGA pillow pet, and because Hunter felt he needed a prize for his team winning the game we got a bronco pillow pet as well. They play nice in our living room.

We had such a great time, but now it's time to get back in the school rhythm. Today was our second day of school and we love our classes so far. I'm sure that will all change by midterms but we will enjoy it while it lasts!

Last NT Assignment!

Jude chapter one tells us that if we contend for the faith and be diligent we can multiply mercy, peace, and love. You can “contend for the faith” by remembering the things that you have been taught by the brethren.

Jude 1:6 talks about the “first estate”. This refers to the choice we made in the preexistence to side with the Lord and come to earth to gain a body.

This institute manual said that Michael and Satan fought over who would bury the body of Moses. Michael was charged with the duty, but Satan wanted the body because he said Moses was a sinner which meant that he was the ”lord” over the sinners. This is being quoted by Jude from a piece of scripture that has been omitted from the Bible.

The Savior will return to the earth in power and glory in the Second Coming with “ten thousands” of his saints.

In order to avoid the evils of false teachers we need to be in tune with the spirit. Our prophets and apostles have given us guidance that will steer us clear of preachers of false doctrine. We can avoid the evils that would try to deceive us by knowing the true doctrine for ourselves so that we cannot be deceived.   

More From 2 Peter

Peter tells how to recognize false teachers in 2 Peter chapter 2, so here is a list of things that Peter cautions us to look for:

·         They will “bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord” (v 1).

·         They will lie to you in order to “make merchandise of you” (v 3).

·         They are not afraid to speak evil (v 10).

·         They speak “great swelling words of vanity” (18).

·         They appeal to the lusts of men (18).

This list helps us to identify false teachers today as well. The false teachers that were described in this chapter exemplify people who just want to be praised by men. They want to preach things that will keep them popular with their congregations.

                In 2 Peter 2:20 Peter refers to returning to the “pollutions of the world”. This dangers of this is hatred, living in sin, and even brothers overcoming brothers in war. If we let ourselves engage in the things of the world then we will end up being without the light of Christ and tearing each other down.