I love my fiance

     This past week was absolutely crazy for both my fiance and myself.  My fiance is going to San Diego for 4 days and was trying to get ahead on her homework before she leaves.  I was busy with the usual.  Each day we were both super busy from about 7 am until midnight, with almost no down time to relax.  All that being said, it was an amazing week!  One thing I love about my fiance is that she makes time when she has very little of it.  On school days we know we probably won't be able to spend time together except for doing homework together after we are both done with work, class, and our other responsibilities, so we make the small moments count.  We walk eachother to class, or we plan to run into eachother between classes for a few minutes.  Seeing her is always gives me a huge boost of energy and resolve to be my best self.
     When we finally have time to do homework we are usually both exhausted, so my fiance will say, "Lets take 10 minutes and just be with eachother."  Simply taking 10 minutes out of our study time always helps me to feel closer to her.  It is these small things that she does, like taking a few minutes to see me or to just have a conversation, that let me know that she loves me.  She is so loving and thoughtful now, I can't wait to be married to her!

Life doesn't slow down, does it?

This last summer was the most relaxing period of my entire life.  I worked full time and didn't take any classes, so I had a lot of free time to spend out doors or in the gym or just reading a book.  Then I started dating a girl that I have been friends with for just over a year... that is when Life started coming at me.  Soon after that I was shopping for a ring and trying to figure out dates for our wedding.  A week hadn't passed when my fiance showed me a to do list to prepare to get married.  Now school has started and it seems like life never slows down!  With school, work, volunteering, and a fiance I am keeping really busy.  (As a side note, I think my fiance has even more on her plate to do than I do.  She is superwoman though!).  I was thinking about how busy I have been lately the other day and I realized that life probably won't slow down in the next 40 years!  But I must say, It is a darn good life!

Beating Pride while achieving greatness- Elder Eyring's devotional

One central doctrine of the church is that we are to achieve greatness.  We are trying to become like our Heavenly Father, who is perfect.  There is one catch... we have to become perfect without becoming prideful!  This is especially difficult while getting an education at BYU.  At BYU students are competitive.  If you are able to master a field or become an expert in it, you would think that it follows that you would have soem degree of pride in your accomplishment.
According to Elder Eyring the key to avoiding pride is also the key to academic excellence. That key is remembering that you are a son of God.  As a son of God, we are humble and rely on Him.  We know that we cannot do anything great without His help and we therefore plead for his grace to help us.  I truly believe that it is only through Him that we can achieve greatness.