Don't worry, be happy:)

Do you know what hurts me the most?

When I see people that I care about sad.

It literally kills me inside.

When I care about someone, I truly care about them.

My friends,

My family,

My young womens leaders

I care about all of them.

But when I see one of them hurting, or in a difficult situation, I try to help.

haha it doesn't always work out well.

But we keep moving forward.

And we keep trying to do our best.

Sometimes I wonder, is my best enough?
Will I be enough?

hmm......

HOPEFULLY! :)

haha but I found a cure to this whole predicament.

Its fairly simple.

And I know lots of people who are good at it.

What do you have to do you ask?

You smile.

You laugh.

You smile and laugh.

At the SAME TIME! :D

Its amazing!

And you feel so much better once you do smile!:)

It takes less muscles to smile than it does to frown,

so why not smile?:)

When your having a bad day, think of something 

(or someone)

That makes you happy!

Trust me, it helps :)

Be happy!:)

New Perspective

Well there goes another year...

and it is now officially

2012!!!

I am so excited!

A lot of things have happened as of late and I am so excited for a new year!

Part of it being a new year means new years resolutions!

One of which is that im going to be a better friend.

Right now I have a dear best friend who puts up with me daily haha

Me and her have gotten extra close this past year and I love her to death:)

However I feel like sometimes I don't always tell her or let her know how amazing she truly is.

I'm going to try to fix that this year and be a better friend:)

I look up to her daily and she sets such a strong example for me.

She helps me with everything:) (literally)

Boys, Family, Friends, Drama, School, etc

I wouldn't trade her for the world! 

She truly knows that she is a Daughter of God, and she has a special light that radiates around her. 

 She is so caring and talented and is so beautiful:)

We have been through so much together and she is always there for me:)

Whenever I am down, she always knows the right thing to say to bring me back up:)

She cares about everyone and is so smart!

I hope that she knows that whenever she needs a friend, I am here.

And that I will never hurt her intentionally.

She is such a great example and I always look up to her,

from the way you treat my family,

to the way you treat our friends,

to your amazing testimony,

to your amazing musical talents (with your pedal harp) ;)

to the way you treat me,

there is no way that I am able to repay you. 

I love you tons:)

Thank you for everything:)

Your the Bestest friend ever;) 

What is one of your goals for 2012?:)

Its Christmas time

Ok so I am kinda cheating and talking about Chrismas..

the day after Christmas.

oh well, it works;)

Basically this has been one of the best Christmas's EVER!

Every year me and my family do a thing called "the twelve days of service"

What is this?

Basically its a goal where me and my family do a act of service everyday till christmas

and not just little acts of service

BIG ones!

For example one night we went to chic-fil-a

and we paid for the car behind us.

of course, instead of being a little honda...

it was a big surburban full of kids haha:)

it was like a 40+ dollar order

But it was fun to see the parents face when they found out they didnt have to pay:)

Another example is when me and my family went to the LDS bishop storehouse.

We went inside and started to help, and then we saw a young mom with a 3-year old daughter

She was struggling with grocerys

the daughter was crying
and the mom couldnt put the daughter down because she didn't have any shoes

Me and my family rushed over and helped her with her grocerys and her daugher.

then we handed her a envelope with 70 dollars and told her Merry Chrismas.

The cool part is, we went to temple square the next night,

and we saw her there.

With a brand new pair of shoes:)

I can't describe the feeling I had that night.

But all I know is that this is what christmas is all about.

I felt Christ's love so strong that night, and believe it or not, even in the chick-fil-a drive through

I know that this Church is true.

and that Christmas is not always about the gifts you recieve,

its about the birth of the Savior.

and even though Christmas is over,

the spirit isn't.

Merry Christmas:)

What is this feeling?

What is this feeling?

I haven't felt this in a VERY long time..

Is it real?

Or is my mind just playing silly tricks on me....

maybe its that I actually like a boy?

Silly Alyssa...never;)

 But then what is that feeling that comes over you when you look at him?

And you realize he was looking back at you? 

With blue eyes....

or when he actually laughs at one of your jokes?

and then the teacher yells at you cause your not speaking spanish;)

Then we have to sing our christmas carols...

Which is fun because we both just laugh the entire time!

But then when that lovely class ends...so does the magic....

silly boys..

Alyssa liking boys?

Never;)

Ps: He may or may not be a byu fan;)

Its time to say farewell...

Look, I know these past couple weeks have been hard..

and that you are hated by tons of people at high school and colleges.

But they're right.

You are a pain.

They warned me that you would be difficult, but yet I had faith in you.

You let me down.

And honestly, life would be a ton better without you..

im sorry that I have to say it..

but please...

CHEMISTRY

GET OUT OF MY LIFE!

I mean a C+ on a test? Really?

You just ruined my life

my parents life

and the poor students in my class who will be helping me with my reworks;) (Mattie)

Im sorry, but I am afraid we must part

You are causing me to much greif...

sincerly,

A poor chemistry student that now has a B+ in your class:(

Giggles, Happiness and Laughs

Often people ask me,

"Why are you always so happy? How?"

Well the answer is fairly simple.

There are many reasons why I always seem to have a smile on my face:

My best friend (She puts a smile on my face everyday)

The notes I get in health class......

The countless hours of playing apples to apples with my brothers

my lovely calling in the Mia Maid class:)

all the inside jokes I have!

Spanish class....;)

But its not only these things that make me so happy, theres lots of other things

The memories that are so close to my heart that I will never let go

My Testimony

Music:)

Trek

The temple

My darling family

Seminary

and several other things.

But to me, the main reason that im always happy is one simple statement.

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me.

They love me! Silly ol' me who messes up everyday and they still loves me regardless

Its quite amazing, cause they have tons of children and they love each and every one of them!

And not just any kind of love

A special love

The kind of love that makes you know that your special and loved everyday no matter what.

They love you, and always have and always will

Please don't forget it!

When there are times when you feel like giving up

Believe me I know..

Just keep going!

You are loved and you are important and special!

Don't ever forget it!:)