Another year older and wiser too!

So a week ago, I turned 30.. Something I had been dreading for a while, but I must say it's not as bad as I thought.. Or maybe I just came to terms with the fact that I'm getting older, and that it's ok not to have everything figured out. When I was in the 4th grade we had to write a few paragraphs about what age we would like to be and why.. I remember choosing 30, while everyone else chose 16, 18 or 21.. I had it in my head that by 30 people had everything figured out and life was perfect. Well I'm now 30 I don't have it all figured out and it's far from perfect but it is pretty darn good.. I may not of accomplished a whole lot according to the worlds standards but I feel like I'm quite accomplished. I'm excited to stumble upon some new adventures.

So on my birthday a few friends came over and made it a very memorable day. I got sung to in many different languages. And during one song someone beat on the table while someone else cried in the back ground, still confused by that. No birthday is complete without New Kids on the Block and juggeling oranges.. Then this past Saturday I went to a concert with my Gram, Aunt Linda and Uncle Mike, we went and saw Bob Seger.. I was one of the youngest people there, it was a pretty good time. Gram was jam-min out! And Bob he still has some good moves for an older fella..

Working up to my birthday I decided that the day after I would begin a lifestyle change.. So I started a raw food fast. You eat nothing but raw fruits and veggies for 2 weeks. I am now faithfully on day 6, I feel great, I have tons of energy and have already lost 12lbs. Which is not a big deal think it was mainly water weight but still I'm proud of myself. I went to the gym for the first time today, I did alright, I never want to go but once I get there I do semi enjoy it. My goal after the fast is to ease back into cooking veggies and eating chicken and fish.. I want to be a healthier person, I want to try my best. A few weeks ago I looked over the past few years and saw how many things Heavenly Father has delivered me through and how many weakness's He's helped me squash, so I felt empowered and I felt Him with me and at that point knew it was time to over come another weakness. Tonight when I was working out I thought about how come I hadn't over come my weight and health before, why had I not tried hard enough.. I came to the conclusion once again that His timing is best, if we had things how we wanted them and when we wanted them I think the likely hood of us taking them for granted and neglecting them are far greater. But if we wait on Him, if we align our will with His, I think we will find much more then we hoped too...

And a Happy Thanksgiving it was!

Arrrggg.. I haven't posted in a while again, what a slacker! I so have been dieing to blog about my thanksgiving and post pics of my decorated home. Me and Desiree decorated the house for Christmas a few weeks ago. It looks great and was a great bonding moment lol. So Thanksgiving was so stinking awesome. Where to begin.. So on Thanksgiving day I pretty much ate then played a game of spades for 3 very long hours. Me and my partner, my cousins ex-hubby who I still consider fam, my cousin Allen won against Mr. Mo and Jamie by 3 points after spending the entire game in the negative. Go team.. He's one of my faves.. I also got to spend alot of time with Colt my 9 year old cousin. His mom is my mom's youngest sister's child. Any ways so we were driving to Grams and Colt asks, Jenny what do you believe? I asked believe about what? He said you know your religion, I know your not a Baptist so what are you. So I told him, then he asked for me to tell him 2 things that are different about our believes. So first I tell him a similarity which is that we both believe in Jesus Christ and that he died for our sins. He said alright now give me the goods whats different. So I told him that we know that Heavenly Father still calls prophets, I explained it a bit, he said well I think God still would call prophets too, but Baptist don't believe that but I do, what else you got? Then I told him about the book of mormon and how it's an ancient record of the people on the american continent. He then said ok so that may be a little harder for me to understand but I bet if I asked God he'd help me understand. I was so excited and a little freaked out at the same time lol. Cause a few years ago I asked my 2 aunts with young kids if we could have a family home evening and they said it was a great idea as long as I didn't try to brain wash their children with the Mormon stuff lol. And the aunt that said that is his mom haha. It was a great experience though. The next day Colt and I went around to the aunts houses and collected Christmas decorations that they were giving away then we went to his house and but up and decorated his tree... I just love kids especially the ones in my family. Funny quote by Anna, my 2 yr old cousin, the first night I got home there were 3 kids, my gram, cousin Jamie, aunt Wendy and Mr. Mo all at Gram's. We had a fun night I let the girls give me a make over and then I gave them tatoo's by drawing characters on them. Anna wanted a tattoo of an egg lol. Anna and Lily were chasing Colt around trying to kiss him.. It was a great night, oh to the Anna quote, so she was playing with my hair with a comb and a flashlight and Gram asked her what she was looking for and she said Bugs and a gray hair... haha...

So I think I should focus on cleaning my closet so I will go now, and soon I will post pics of the Christmas decos! Good night!