things that make me happy

on January 1, 2013, i started a 'happy jar'. i wrote down every single thing that made me happy everyday. it only lasted about a month and a half, but it was a really great month and a half. i took the jar down tonight because i was upset, and i was immediately overwhelmed at how blessed i am. i laughed, i cried, and i realized how much i really missed a few of people. it is absolutely astonishing how much things can change in just a matter of months. i picked out 69(i swear that was NOT on purpose.) of them that i feel mention people and things that have really shaped me and made me who i am. i left quite a few personal ones, but i saved these so that i could share them with all of you. they are all written on here exactly how i wrote them on the paper. many of them are repeated. i will also repeat them on here.

no order, just how i pulled them out.

1. dawn freaking conk
2. kelsey
3. tierra
4. my decision to celebrate chinese new year
5. BABYSITTING THE HUNTER'S
6. the scriptures
7. tanne randomly buying me super cool pants
8. the bachelor
9. <3 BYC <3
10. music
11. sister smith
12. YCL meetings
13. seeing scout
14. me and allison cracking up at the fact that it's almost second semester and mrs gigliotti still doesn't know either of our names
15. sleeping in
16. chick fil a with hyrum and will
17. the forsgren family
18. family home evening
19. seeing the garcia's
20. seeing dawn conk
21. having hardly any homework
22. black men
23. getting in fake fights with kesley
24. the forsgren's
25. scout
26. kelsey
27. mikayla
28. 11:00 church
29. dawn marie caroll conk
30. rebekah
31. being pressed up against random people and screaming and watching the balloons come down and phyiscally feeling like i could do or become anything i wanted (this was at the new year's eve dance)
32. the rain
33. QL
34. yogurtland after churchball
35. being able to laugh at my own anger
36. seminary
37. getting a 90% on my bio final
38. "All I Want Is You" by Barry Louis Polisar
39. being here
40. sleeping
41. CHURCHBALL
42. the thought of moving to new york with regan
43. when i forgot my teddy bear and kelsey brought him out to me
44. dawn conk
45. dr. pepper
46. doritos
47. getting a 93% on my lang final
48. snapchatting kelsey
49. seeing easter
50. the forsgren family
51. having Heavenly Father's help getting through school
52. BABYSITTING THE HUNTER'S <3 <3
53. SCONES
54. seminary
55. watching one direction on icarly
56. deleting my facebook and making a blog
57. creamed corn
58. WHEN WE HAD 10 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME AND WE'RE DOWN 38-37 AND SOMEONE FOULS EASTON SO HE GETS A FREE THROW AND MISSES. I AM STANDING ON MY CHAIR. SO OVERWHELMED AND OUT OF NOWHERE EASTON SHANK SCORES WITH NOT EVEN KIDDING .7 SECONDS LEFT. january 24, 2013. best day of my life
59. making churchball shirts
60. sleeping in
61. joey and jill's wedding
62. tommie's random visits
63. 100% battery
64. going to kelsey's
65. the forsgren family
66. getting snapchats of kelsey and tara
67. a relaxing bath
68. sleeping
69. chick fil a

i want you all to know how much i love you. i am so blessed to be here. i am so glad i decided to make this jar because it has given me a new perspective. i am definitely going to try it again, and i recommend you do the same.

goodnight lovelies.