-The Good and the Bad-

Another week: Another set of trials.

Well where should we start? I guess at the beginning (and the good) :): 

My cousin Kyle turned 1 so we had a party at My Uncle and Aunts new house! EXCITING! He looked like he had a BLAST!!! Here are some pictures, his birthday food: Pizza, Cupcakes, and Ice Cream! 

I just love my family! I thin

k that will be one of the things I will miss the most when I am gone on my mission!

2nd good thing: I went on another date, the last date I had been on I was in November.  

So I tried to make this one really fun! I accomplished that! I had a blast! We 1st went to dinner at Swensen's which is a really great diner place at Metro, great Ice Cream too! :) 

Then we went Goofy Golfing, had a 

blast there too, yes she won by only by 1 point! 38-37! I am really not bitter tho! :) 

Then we went to her house and watched Madagascar 2: Escape from Africa!

  

I had a wonderful 

time and 

maybe after this week I will 

ask her out again. We have the opposites because I thought we were doing funny but we were really doing regular, so we just did opposites! :)

Well that's all the good, anyone one ready for the bad?

The day after my date, Saturday April 24 my Uncle Don of 49 years died of Brain Cancer. In September of 2008 he went to the Dr. about excruciating headaches. There he found out that he did have cancer that was inoperable, they tried many different forms for treatment but none of them worked. He was told that he may live for about 2 more years, so the reality shock was not as brutal as it could have been. The accual reality shock came this weekend when we got the call that he had passed. I feel that I may have taken his time for granted. But will cherish the moments I did have. I did get to see him a little more frequently than others in my immediate family (dad, mom, sisters, and brothers).

 But could have used that time better, I will miss him until I reach the same spot in Heavenly Fathers plan, for I know I will see him again. Not in this life but in the future life I have to live. I will remember him with all of this Telestrial soot but will always look forward to seeing my Uncle Don, the intelligent, spiritual, funny, sometimes obnoxious, crazy cool, AMAZING; Son-Brother-Husband-Father-Uncle-Father-in-law-Cousin-Grandpa-Holy Priesthood holder, the way Our Heavenly Father sees him, in all of his Celestial Glory. 

I will always remember the way he would be able to pull out a scripture that pertained to anything life had to throw at us. 

I will always remember the way he could sound like Donald Duck or challenge almost any animal to a snorting, barking, or sound making duel, and could win! 

I will always remember the many occasions where He would show me the ropes around the Provo, Salt Lake and Mesa temples, and the many intriguing stories that would accompany these blessed temple trips. I will always remember the profound example he was to me in these sacred grounds.

 And I will know that although my physical Uncle Don will not be present with me when I receive my Heavenly gift he will be on the other side, helping to give it, in his Glorified Spirit, if he's not too busy preaching the word!

 I will always remember the first time I ever shoveled snow, learning that while you have the shovel out you do more than just your own driveway! 

Thank you for all you have done for me and anything you may still do!

I Love You and will always remember you! :)

-Your Nephew,

Brad

Life...

Well things once again have changed! What is that all about why does it have to change so quickly??? I guess just another one of those things!

I had an epiphany the other day and I think I think its a pretty good one! HA Well y'all know how my mom's situation is and well she is going to be going to University of Pittsburg, well I think I should go with her and help travel, you know help her around the airport and help get her settled! Well I didn't realize that It would be happening in like less than 2 weeks! HOW CRAZY is that!? I am so exicted to get to travel again and go to Pittsburg and get to help my mom out as well! HA 

Well I just wanted to give an update! I am having a better week so we will see how good exactly tomorrow when I weigh in! MUAHAHAHA! Also I have a date on Friday with a beautiful girl, and I'm nervous! I haven't been on a date in like 6 months! WHAT IS THAT??!! I will let cha know how it goes! I am also excited to get a new shirt for my date! HA WHAT A DORK! :)

My Pathetic Week-end!

So Today has not been such a great day! I guess it started with Thursday and just lead to today! And church was icing on my cake! And I can't even have CAKE! So I am still trying to tell my self that this is something that needs to happen! But you know what... I just want to feel depressed. So just let me have my moment!!! 

I will feel better once I get ahold of myself again but for right now, I just wanna be mad for a while! I know that watching Charly really wouldn't help that much but you know what It was quite a cute movie and I did enjoy every minute of it! I think if I could have it one way I would have it that way! Except for Charly dying at the end! HA!

Well for right now this is all you will get but if I even try to go to work tomorrow I will be in great shape! At least mentally!!! How pathetic is that! 

Reality!

WOW! Well I guess it's about time that I had a good reality check. I just didn't realise it would be this hurtful. If thats even the right way to explain it.

Well there have been quite a few checks but one stands out.

When I was younger Missionaries always seemed much older and more mature, and I guess I always imagined I would be one I just didn't imagine that part.

Well we just got two new missionaries. We got to talking and they were awesome young men. We talked about where they were from and then the conversation turned to dating and his "story" well I haven't traveled down one of those roads either. So then age came up and guess what! I am almost 2 years older that him! WHAT IS THAT! I guess I just realized that I am geting older and most of the missionaries are now younger that me! I was so taken back it took me about 2 whole days to finally snap out of couldn't get over the fact when I go into the MTC, if I ever flippin get there I will be older than most of my fellow comps. I was very upset.

Well needless to say, I got over it and realised that this is one of those things that the Lord is preparing me for. I guess through all of this I have learned that: I will be taught things in my own time and I shouldn't care that it has taken me this long to do the right things. I know what needs to be done and I know that for some reason My Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ need me to learn paicience or self-control they may even need me here for right now.

But I know that since I am doing the right things I will be blessed and I will recive those blessings when the Lord thinks I need them. Until then... I will CONTINUE!!