Sooo
Kylie and I went to Arizona.
It was great, but it didn’t start so great. When we fly, we only fly Southwest. I mean, who would pass up free wifi AND free snacks and drinks?! But roundtrip on Southwest came out to be almost $300, so we ended up booking through Allegiant. I was skeptical about it, but I told myself it would be ok. The flight was only an hour tops.
WELLL….
At 7:00, we were lined up to board the plane, and we were SO excited. Then they came on the intercom and told us that our flight was DELAYED until 10:45!!!! We were so disappointed and so sad! We found seats near an outlet and lived off Dr. Pepper, Sour Patch Kids and vines for a few hours.
We didn’t take off until a little after 11:00. That flight felt like it went by so fast, and good thing too! We were so tired! We touched down in Arizona at midnight, but didn’t get to the house until 1:00 in the morning and we had to be up early for a leadership conference.
I didn’t really want to go to the conference. I thought there would be lots of nerdy people there, but everyone was WAY COOL, and I’m glad I went. It covered so many aspects from choices and goal-setting to starting a business to finances. Pretty much anything you can think of. 10/10 recommend. (If you’re interested, you can find more information here)
After the conference, Kylie and I went house hunting cause she’s moving to AZ, too!!!(jk, but I wish). In Vegas all the houses look exactly the same. I guess the architects and builders started running out of ideas?? It was fun walking around my own neighborhood in Arizona looking at all the cute houses. Lots of people there own horses, too, which is so foreign to me, but also so awesome!
On Sunday, we went to church. I lucked out with THE BEST ward! Everyone was so friendly and welcoming! I was beyond nervous to go because I knew absolutely NO ONE. One of the young women leaders said, “Oh my goodness, hi! We’re so happy to have you!!” and I seriously almost cried happy tears!
We had a combined young men/young women lesson and we talked a little about perfection. Perfection is a tricky thing. It’s something that I’ve tried so hard to achieve, but I’ve always fallen short and I find myself getting frustrated over it often. Our leader defined it in a way that I hadn’t ever heard before, but really liked. She said that perfection is striving to be better today than you were yesterday. It’s okay to fail and fall short, but you have to get right back up again and work harder.
"If you make a mistake, don’t give up on yourself. Your Heavenly Father loves you and wants you to seek His help and keep trying."