Heart Of A Girl

"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become

bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build

you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."

-Samuel Johnson

Just What I Needed

Social media, although sometimes overwhelming and negative, can be used to spread light.

This Sunday was Regional Conference in the Utah Valley area.

Us single adults near BYU all piled into the Marriot Center to listen to the leaders of our church share some really valuable lessons with us.

I am so grateful for Sundays because no matter what I always hear a message at church that my Father in Heaven wanted to share with me.

This Sunday I was again reminded by Elder Oaks that texting and social media are at our finger tips and in a second we can share information with the whole world. 

This is a very powerful tool.

I know I can definitely be a better example of sharing positive, light, and good news through these channels.

Anyways...

Today multiple friends on my Facebook news feed shared some things I really needed to hear.

I'm so grateful for the tender mercies that the Lord gives us every day!

There are so many of them and if we don't pay enough attention they just go unnoticed!

This quote really caught my attention today.

"I testify that bad days come to an end, that faith always triumphs, and that heavenly
promises are always kept."

This quote is from a talk that Elder Holland gave at a CES Fireside.

You can find the full talk here.

"Remaining true to our Christian principles is the only way divine influence can help us. The Spirit has a near impossible task to get through to a heart that is filled with hate or anger or vengeance or self-pity. Those are all antithetical to the Spirit of the Lord. On the other hand, the Spirit finds instant access to a heart striving to be charitable and forgiving, long-suffering, and kind—principles of true discipleship. What a testimony that if we strive to remain faithful, the triumph of a Christian life can never be vanquished, no matter how grim the circumstance might be."

Friday Favorites

So I started writing this blog thinking it was Thursday and instead of Friday Favorites I would have to title this Weekly Favorites when it dawned on me...

IT IS FRIDAY.

Is that the best surprise or what? 

Anyways, let's dive into some of my favorites this week shall we?

Favorite giggle:

(I have two)

Favorite song: 

Favorite memory:

Kaitlin finally got the pictures back from her wedding!

Such a fun day.

I am so happy Kaitlin found an amazing husband!

Favorite recipe:

I have been making a lot of chocolate chip cookies lately.

I have to say I LOVE this recipe.

It's a recipe from Nestle Tollhouse.

The cookies are so yummy and fluffy!

Make sure you cook them for 9 minutes.

10 minutes is a little too long... unless you like crispy cookies :)

Find the recipe here

How can you say no to this?

Favorite quote:

Have a great weekend everybody!

Till next time

-Meagan Mariah

Vegas Girl

How did it take me so long to find this song?

Wanderlust

— n
	a great desire to travel and rove about The best word that describes me at this time of my life.  I have an itch to go somewhere unknown and explore.  I need to explore.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was a blast.

My family and I spent a lot of time making plans and changing them for this joyous weekend.

We finally settled on my family coming up North to Utah.

This way Matt and I (being the poor poor students we are) could save some $$$.

We kicked off the weekend with some breakfast at Kneader's.

Following breakfast my mom and I went to the gym and for the first time

I tried body pump!

And then I could move any muscles in my body for a couple of days.

For those that don't know what body pump is...

It's just straight up lifting weights and/or doing lunges for an hour.

Anyways, 

after I got ready for the day my mom and I picked up my cute little grandma and ran some errands.

That night, after the girls were done shopping and the boys were done golfing, we met up at Malawi's for some pizza at the Riverwoods. I actually tried the mac and cheese. It was delicious. 

Sunday:

My mom loves Sundance so we took a trip up there and took a ride on the ski lift.

 Aren't my parents the cutest?

My family had to leave Monday so what did we do?

EAT

At my favorite breakfast place, Magleby's Fresh.

Then my parents + Jordan were off.

Back to Vegas. 

It's always sad to see them go.

Till next time familia!

We're Alive

A beautiful tune for a beautiful day.

Oh, you'll never know just how proud
We were when you vowed
To act bravely and never to lose
And how you commit
To win and not quit
And the beautiful way that you choose to survive
And the way that you don't just mend but you thrive
And the way that you bind us and always remind us
To be grateful because in the end we're alive
We're alive.

A post about Labor day weekend coming soon.

TGIF!