Good Gifts

So... my birthday was awhile ago, but I have to tell you about some of the pretty awesome gifts I got... you'll see! :)

#1. Since I was a VERY little girl, all I wanted for my birthday was an ice cream cake from 31 flavors. I HATE other kinds of cake (except carrot and cheese... cakes). But my parents thought a $30 cake was a waste of money growing up, and being on a tight budget meant that "waste of money" things NEVER happened. So... 15 years later, look what my parents bought me for my birthday... an ice cream cake! And it was delicious!!! Thanks mom and dad - my life is complete!

#2. Anybody who has ever spent early rides in the car with me knows this next one ALL too well! I eat breakfast out of a Dixie plastic cup almost every morning of my life. I fill it full of Frosted Mini Wheats, pour milk on top, and grab a plastic spoon as I run out the door. It's a sad way to live, but sleep far outranks breakfast and so my sad tradition lives on! Here is what my roommate got me for my birthday! She is amazing! I was so happy... and even early to class because of it! :) Thanks Cami!

#3. I love music and in 6th grade Paige and I jammed out to lots of really cool music (don't judge us)! This cd happened to be one of our favorites but it broke about halfway through the year and I haven't heard most of it since! Yes, this is what she gave me... I laugh every time I walk in my room and see this cd on my dresser. Oh good times! Just you wait, this Friday will be a night of reliving 6th grade dance parties! :) Thanks Paige!

Oh, and today happens to be my 14th Re-birth birthday! I was baptized on this day, my great-grandfather's birthday, 14 years ago! What a blessing being a member of the church has been in my life! I am so grateful that I have the gospel to guide my life and I am especially grateful that 14 years ago, I received the gift of the Holy Ghost as well. To have a member of the Godhead with you always is a very special gift - one that has blessed me with peace, comfort, strength, understanding, happiness, truth, and love (to name a few). I am truly blessed to have been given this gift at such a young age!

Although gifts like ice cream cakes, muffins and cd's were my favorites because they had special meaning behind them, it is truly the gifts from my Heavenly Father that are my absolute favorite. As the scripture Matthew 7:11 says, "If ye... know how to give good gifts... how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" I am thankful for my Heavenly Father who knows exactly what I need and blesses me with the things I need when I need them most. Of all the gifts, these are the best kind of gifts!