Hope and What Not

In the past few weeks I've taken AP Tests, finished final projects, and pretty much finished my school year. My friend emailed me advising me to read a certain talk that was "full of hope and what not." I couldn't track down the talk, but here are a few quotes I've found that give me "hope and what not."

Of course, we can't just sit around waiting for the good stuff. Here are some more favorites of mine :)

Summer is coming!
Have joy!


<3 Hannah Jo

Some Perspective

Here are a few little quotes that help my point of view:

We'll make it!

Have Joy!

<3 Hannah Jo

True Beauty: TOFW

I love this :) Enjoy it- You're all beautiful.
Have joy!

<3 Hannah Jo

Daily Reminders

So one night this week, I was in the middle of throwing myself a pity party when I sat down to read my scriptures. I tried to refocus and said a little prayer to guide my studies, then picked up where I had left off in Hebrews 13. Here is what I found:

Morals of the story:

• Study scriptures daily.
• Pray with scripture study.
• Be thankful, not covetous.
• The Lord knows what we need.
• He has perfect timing.
• With this knowledge, there is no need to fear.

I knew all of the above before I read this scripture, but we all need little reminders sometimes. I find joy in studying my scriptures daily-- I hope you all can too :)

Have joy!

<3 Hannah Jo

Family History

In the October 2012 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Elder Richard G. Scott, a member of the quorum of the twelve apostles, made a statement that took me by surprise. He said

A sure way to eliminate the influence of the adversary. I thought, Prayer? Fasting? Scripture Study? Family Home Evening? I did not think "Family History." 

Elder Scott is a smart guy though, plus he was definitely inspired to say that in General Conference, so I figured I'd give it a try.
I explored the church youth website and found the Youth and Family History page. That lead me to watch the tutorial videos, then check out Family Search and New Family Search which collectively help us do family history work. I didn't get to spend too much time on it, but in the time I did spend, I discovered that family history is a lot more fun (intense even) than I had originally thought! I will absolutely be doing more of this, and if you have an LDS account, you can too! Check it out! I'm off to do some more!
Have joy!


<3 Hannah Jo

Little By Little

I'm not especially good at keeping journals or blogs, but I'm determined to do it this time. I've kept my journal faithfully every day for about two months now, so I do believe I can keep up with this blog! I'm not expecting anything huge yet, but here's some great advice I got last weekend from "Music and the Spoken Word" before conference.

I'm going to post whenever I can, and hopefully the little things will build up! It's the little things that matter.

Anywho, I'm not sure if anyone will even read this blog. But if anyone does, I hope it can be a source of uplift for you! We're here on earth to achieve eternal joy, and I hope you can at least find a little bit here on my blog :)
Have Joy!


<3 Hannah Jo

Continue The Winning Summer!

Well, hey there!

There's been more happening this summer! After youth conference was girls camp!

We kicked it off with our 5th year "High Adventure..."

We got up REEEEEALLY early (4am) to see these hot air balloons take off. It was pretty nifty, not gonna lie! Would I arise before the sun shines again to see it? Don't think so.

Then we rappelled of this cliff.

That was TERRIFYING, but I did it!! :D We had a fun time doing that together as 5th years.

I didn't get pictures of girls camp. O.o sorry! But I can list a few highlights:

1. Not being eaten, or even slightly harassed by bears! Hooray for obedience and safety!

2. Certifying shelter building for 6 HOURS straight! We sang the Wise Man/Foolish man song from primary 9 times!

3. Figuring out a spiritual application for cleaning the bathroom! Always fun! Thank goodness it was paired with water purification certification!

4. My ward rocks! I love those girls! Especially when the 4th years came into camp and doubled the size of our ward, we ruled the roll-call!

So, yeah! Girls camp rocks!

Then there was the midnight premiere of Spiderman! It was great! I fell asleep in the beginning though O.o

I guess the next exciting thing was the 4th of July!

 We had a ward breakfast and flag ceremony where Jenna and I played the national anthem! Fun stuff...

There's a fire ban here in the CO which is kind of on fire right now, so we didn't do any fireworks. But we sang around the piano!

That's our family! So yeah, that's all super exciting! Now for this little party...

Summer Homework! Lots of it! If I stick to my plan, I'll have it all done the week before the week before school starts! Wanna know what I have to do? I'll tell you anyway.

AP Language/Composition:

Read and Annotate:

1984 by George Orwell-

     answer 49 comprehension questions

     create a visual representation of one of the conflicts

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

     answer 25 comprehension questions

AP Biology:

Read chapters 1, 2, 3, 26, 27, 28, 31&35 of textbook.

Complete Study Guides (6-9 pgs each) for all.

I'm off to party it up with Winston Smith...

Have Joy!

<3 Hannah Jo