nothing like a good weekend.

Whew, don't you just LOVE when right about when you think you've gone about 5 miles past your breaking point the Lord shows you the answer and you think, "Oh! It's that simple?!" This weekend as I was hanging out with my family, 

I realized I have way too much on my hands, and something needed to change. 

And it needed to change soon.

I had a wonderful weekend, mom, sister, and I went to city creek, then the parental's and I went to Costco and other stores to get groceries for our family dinner on Sunday. I love being with my family. There is NEVER a dull moment, and I never stop laughing.

Sister also just got a new dog. His name is Higgins. He's a Goldendoodle 

(Golden Retriever and Poodle mix) He's pretty cute.

Also my long time best friend Kristy, got ENGAGED!! She will be sealed to her fiancé Jake this July. Crazy that we're old enough for these kind of things!

(the ring is in the fish tank right under the bubbles)

Church was amazing as it always is. I absolutely love my ward, I feel like we are all so close. It was totally inspired that we live where we live. I don't ever want to leave it! In fact, when my parents were talking about buying a smaller house, I told them I would move into one of our neighbors houses or speak to the stake presidency personally, just so I could stay in the Canyon View 8th ward. Haha. 

And it helps that our primary class is the absolute cutest. :)

Sunday dinner was the best. I don't get to be around my family much, and even though we were short my brother Clayton and his family (they live in St. George) I love being with them, so I'll take all the time I can get.

 After all, I'm going to be with them forever, so I guess it's a good thing that I like them! ;) Haha.

With that being said, after MUCH prayer and deliberation, the hurricane has come to a calming stop. I have come to a conclusion, and have decided, that I need to quit the musical. Although that makes me terribly sad, I need to do what the Lord wants me to do. And I feel that right now, I need to be spending what little free time I have with my family and friends, to keep my weekly goal of going to the temple, and actually have a life and enjoy it. :) I really have felt completely at peace all day at just the thought of not doing the show. I know this is the right decision.

So there you have it! And hey! I'm blogging AGAIN! That alone is a sign that life is getting better! :) Haha, hope you all had a wonderful weekend and HAVE a wonderful week! :)

................................and THAT'S a sip of Livi's Lemonade! :)

p.s. Now I also get to spend more time with this little one and her older sisters. :) I miss those girls, my life just isn't the same not seeing them everyday!! You wouldn't believe how much I miss them... 

(First Video she says: "Livi come see me! Bye!"

Second Video she says: "I need Livi!")

How did I get so lucky with those girls! :) :)

lately

Okay so everyone should just know that the universal symbol for "Livi is stressed" is when I don't blog. Ha ha ha.

It has been a crazy last couple of weeks. Instead of going into detail about work, lets just say it is kicking my trash. I had no clue what I was truly getting myself into, until now. Ha ha. I also just made it into a musical, that is going to be running Jun 2-11. And the fact that my character has a french accent doesn't not help the stress level too much. (For all of you that know me well, know that accents are not my forte... If a man was pointing a gun at my head and asked me to do any kind of an accent straight for 10 seconds, I would get shot. I'm not just being humble. Haha.)

So my days go a little like this: 8:30am-5pm work. 5pm-7:30-ish rehearsal, but by that time I get home, it's 8. Then I eat, go to sleep, and start all over again. My days these last couple of weeks, have usually ENDED in tears, and started in them as well.

Doesn't that sound great??? There were a few times the last couple of weeks I just wanted to give up and leave work. It was REALLY really stressful. But of course I would never do that, so I just stuck it out.

I read a really good quote by President Thomas S Monson, "Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, "I'll try again tomorrow"". I think that pertains to my life quite accurately right now. A good portion of those tears came while I was on my knees, because after all, as President Monson says, "Man stands tallest when on his knees". And it also seemed like every scripture I read was something to the effect of, "I can do all things through Christ". I can whole heartedly say, they only way I am still alive today is because I relied on the Lord. Ha ha ha. It is truly the only way TO make it out of weeks like what I just went through. I would actually not mind at all if I never had to repeat this last few weeks ever again.

I LOVE TRIALS! Haha. I feel like they are mini reality checks, that make you realize what you need to do to change your life to make it better. And those things always end up being the little things. Like reading the scriptures, reading conference quotes, and some things are as easy as remembering to smile.

So I am going to thoroughly enjoy every minute of this weekend. Because the wonderful thing is, tomorrow is another day and I never have to go back to yesterday. P.S. Weekends are like heaven when you work full time, plus there are exciting things happening this weekend. Some SO exciting I can't post on the world wide web... yet. :)

Now pardon me while I go start a new sewing project! Now with work and the show, I don't have much time to finish it by it's deadline! What is my project you might ask?? All I'm going to say is it has to do with tie's, name tags, and the deadline is a holiday. :) Can you guess?? :) Just 11.5 weeks!

Have a wonderful weekend, and don't forget to smile! :)
.....................and THAT'S a sip of Livi's lemonade! :)