More holiness give me.

I remember the day I learned we were having twins I could not stop thinking about the song More Holiness Give Me. I've no clue why that song, actually I do, it probably was Heavenly Father's way of telling me why I'm having twins.

I know it may seem a little early to be making New Year's goals but I'm going to say now that this song and it's words will be my personal theme for the year 2015.

Today I re-read the lyrics and listened to a beautiful rendition by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
video here if you can't see it. lyrics here

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   1. More holiness give me,
   More strivings within,
   More patience in suff'ring,
   More sorrow for sin,
   More faith in my Savior,
   More sense of his care,
   More joy in his service,
   More purpose in prayer.
2. 2. More gratitude give me,
   More trust in the Lord,
   More pride in his glory,
   More hope in his word,
   More tears for his sorrows,
   More pain at his grief,
   More meekness in trial,
   More praise for relief.

3. More purity give me,

More strength to o'ercome,

More freedom from earth-stains,

More longing for home.

More fit for the kingdom,

More used would I be,

More blessed and holy--

More, Savior, like thee.

I know it may seem a little early to be making New Year's goals but I'm going to say now that this song and it's words will be my personal theme for the year 2015.

sparkles are everywhere

"When we look for the worst in anyone,

 we will find it.

But if we concentrate on the best,

 that element will grow until it sparkles"

-Gordon B. Hinckley

is it just me or do we all fall into this rut?
i'm going to work on concentrating on the best this week!

example:
there is a bush of lovely gardenia flowers by my front door.
they're so pretty and they smell sooooo good!
i LOVE flowers!
ok, true i already concentrate on the best in flowers but still :)

next goal: concentrate on the best in people

Goodbye 2009

ha we are in this picture! play i spy kimber and casey!

I can't believe this year is already over! here's a little tribute to the year 2009!

things to be missed

1. the excitement of being engaged
   
2. freshman year
   
3. aspen grove times
   
4. michael jackson (long live the king of pop;)
   
5.  making wedding plans
6. my maiden name (although it is now my middle name!)
   

things not to be missed:

1. security systems
   
2. being engaged for forever
   
3. the slowest summer ever of separation from each other
   
4. making wedding plans
   

things that happened

1. met my best friend
   
2. got married to my best friend for forever
3. changed my name to cutler (it's funto write in cursive, it has lots of loops:)
   
4. moved into our first married apartment
   
5. spent the longest time making pumpkins for halloween
   
6. the official birth of kimberobics
   
7. went to disneyland for grandpa woodruff's 80th birthday with casey
   
8. finished my 3rd official semester of college
   
9. changed my major 10 times in one year
   
10. went to mexico for the 1st time with casey!
    
11. casey learned how to ride a motorcycle
    
12. kirk came home from  his mission finally!
    
13. became an aunt and uncle for the 6th official time and we love it!
    
14. reached 100,000 miles on our car
    
15. learned lots of nursery rhymes/songs for Annalee
    
16. casey became a security guard
    
17. made the ballroom dance team
    
18. had season passes to sundance and went skiing lots (*casey's b-day fun of both of us literally being stuck in the snow) but we did get really good this season
    
19. went through the draper, mesa, and st george temples together
    
20. provo movie night in the park
    
21. sledding together and peed our pants laughing while doing it
    
22. went to both apr/oct conference
    
23. first christmas together!
    
24. had a pizza on the beach in cancun for thanksgiving dinner
    
25. put on over 30,000 miles on the car of taking trips
    

Hello 2010!

things we will do this year that aren't technically goals:

1. sell pest control in sacremento
   
2. finish our 5^th semester of college
   
3. kimber will turn 20
   
4. casey will turn 23
   
5. go to family reunions!

casey and i created some of our own goal stuff and have it hanging in a cupboard of our kitchen that we open a lot, hopefully we'll do them!

ps- it's always way weird to start writing the new year's number to date everything

i've messed it up so many times already!