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Wow.

I haven't blogged since July.

Part of that is because I had the most amazing and eventful summer ever. Seriously, guys. I don't think I could have imagined it going any better. I completed everything on my summer to do list. I have never done that before. So that was a huge deal for me. 

I guess I would have blogged about that but then autumn came.

I had a hard time welcoming autumn into my life. It was the end of my summer and I really mourned the loss of it. It was the end of having my family out of school, people to hang out with, warm weather to play in, sunsets at 9pm. Seriously, everyone. I'm drooling thinking about summer time. I miss it so much it hurts.

Autumn for me usually means a lot of change. It used to mean a new semester at school, moving, a new ward, new people to meet, and a new calling. I think subconsciously I was freaking out about having everything in my life change, even if it wasn't really going to happen. I was dreading it because life had been very happy. This is the first year since I graduated high school that I haven't moved and changed wards in the fall. So all this dreading change was really unnecessary. Everything stayed normal and I didn't need to freak out. 

So I'm sorry I freaked out a little bit. It was almost like I was waiting for something to drastically change and make my life a little bit harder. But it never came, and I'm so grateful.

*Although I did get a new calling. And everyone I liked moved out of our ward and a whole bunch of new people came. And next week we get a new bishopric. So I guess the change was delayed. But I'm still happy.

monday

on monday, i didn't have to work after working around 51 hours the week before.

so after sleeping in, taking a nap, and lying there, i got online.

and i started looking at pictures that reminded me of how much i love fall.

for me, summer is my favorite. then winter. and spring and fall are tied.

so, i got to thinking how much i love wearing fall clothes, and being out side in the fall.

so i got ready, grabbed a book, and drove up the canyon.

I stopped at a park that I went to this summer. It was so beautiful. And there was hardly a soul there. I wanted to sit close to the river, but there were a few painters nearby with their easels set up. I didn't want to be in their paintings. (That was really cool. When I got up there, their canvases were empty. When I left, they had a magnificent fall scene.)

 Yeah, I took pictures of myself. Maybe around 20. I deleted most. And kept this one. My hair rocked that day.

Pretty.

I took a "panoramic" picture with my camera. I messed up a bit on the left, but it captures the park.

I sat there, reading the book "Heidi" for about 4 hours. It was AMAZING. I would love to do that everyday. (I would have done it today again, but it was SNOWING. crazy.) It started to rain a little bit as I was leaving. PERFECT. I love rain.

And, at one point, a LARGE weird looking thing was on my blanket. I might have freaked out a bit. Then i took a bad picture of it.

On another note, the book "Heidi" is really cute. I grew up watching the movie with my mom and sister all the time. We loved watching it. Recently, my sister and I found it on netflix and re-watched it all. CLASSIC.

The book was different, as books are. It was cute and sweet and full of great lines.

I think the things I got out of it were the cheesy religious things that she would say. Clara's grandmamma taught Heidi about prayer. And so she prayed to God because she couldn't tell anyone else her problems. After a while when she still didn't get what she wanted, she stopped praying. And grandmamma taught her that you can't stop praying. God has his own time table; He'll give us what we need when we need it. She wanted to move back home, but didn't for a while. She later realized that if she got what she wanted when she wanted it, she would have never learned to read or been good friends with Clara, both things that blessed her and others immensely in her life.

She went on to teach and remind other people in her life about prayer. How you have to pray to God and tell him everything, that he'll listen, and give you what you need when you need it. And be grateful.

What a beautiful Monday.