birthday fun!

So my birthday which was a long time ago now, happen to fall on the first home game for BYU football.... well it didn't turn out to well but jason and i had so much fun going and even got to have a little birthday cake with the gang after! thanks everyone for coming to provo for my birthday- er i mean the football game ;)

Return with Honor.

Life is precious. you never know when your time here is up, and at any second it can be. I am more careful with my ways these days, as last friday september 18, my sweet cousin Amanda Jean Wagner Gunter did return with honor. Never as close with her as i would have liked, I do know these things about her. I regularly blog stalked her and know from her blog she had an amazing testimony of her Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, which she publicly shared. She absolutely loved her family in every way and was able to be sealed to her husband and family for time and all eternity. She was very creative and would make all kinds of things. She was an amazing example to her younger siblings and cousins and was very humble. My heart hurts for her 15 month old daughter (who is fine) and her Husband (who is recovering), all whom were in the car. My heart hurts for all her family and friends and it hurts me. Although it is such a sad time I am so grateful to have the knowledge of the plan of salvation and to know that Families can be together forever! Amanda will be waiting in Heaven to see them again, for all of us, i know we will see her again. I love this church and the comfort and strength that it brings of times like this. Amanda's funeral is tomorrow morning and i wish i was able to be there, i will be remembering her all and all the time- we were asked to wear bright colors- so tomorrow i will be in my brightest colors in honor of Amanda. Here is the newspaper obituary

Amanda Jean Wagner Gunter

and here is the sweetest video

What Matters Most

voicemail

Yesterday if you were to have called my voicemail you would've heard, "Hi this is Devyn today is my birthday so sing on my answering machine and i'll call you back, k bye!" when anyone has a birthday in my family we have ALWAYS called them singing happy birthday.. so yesterday i got the best voicemails from my family members singing happy birthday.. and thanks erin, even some david archuleta! hehe! I am going to try to save them as long as i can and i wish there was a way to post them on here! HAHA! Thanks to all my family and friends and husband for making my birthday and extra special 21st. more on my bday.. and pics to come ;)

early birthday present!

Oopppsies!i got a package this morning and there was such a random return address label i decided it was okay to open it.. and SHAZAaaam a BRAND NEW digital camera for my birthday. THANKs ASHley, ron, ethan, addie, Britt, rich, ryann , CK, erin and Zach!! Here is a picture from my new canon 10 megapixel cam!


PS i am hating my hair and need something new.. UGGhh

100% for 100 days

September 17th is 100 days away from Christmas!!! Yipppy right :) well our stake every year, (this is our 2nd year participating) sets up '100% for 100 days.' This is where we try to give 100% in certain areas of our life for 100 days and the 100 days ends on Christmas - as our gift to Jesus. The tasks that we are striving to get a 100% in are: Daily: *individual and family prayer *Individual and family scripture study *acts of love and compassion to spouse. Weekly: *date with spouse *Family Home Evening *Sabbath Observance at ward of record. *magnify your calling. and Monthly: *fast and pay tithes and offerings *Temple attendance *Home and visiting Teaching.
I am very excited to start this challenge again, i don't think i took it quite as serious last year, but this year i know it will do wonders for every aspect of my life, especially my marriage as well as my relationship with my heavenly father. It is quite a challenge but i know we can do it for 100 days, and by that time hopefully it will be habit! I challenge all of you to try out 100% for 100 days...it may not be easy but guarenteed well worth it!

it's official.

I have been substitute teaching at a beauty school since this past january, but as of today i signed some papers and officially have my cosmetology/barber insrtuctors license and am a staff member of Renaissance Academy De Hair Design! As of now I work Mondays, fridays and some other random days in there! I am so excited. I love the environment, the students, my fellow staff members, but most importantly the amazing curriculum of Renaissance and how they care about their students and their learning!

would you still marry me?

i try so hard to not snap or be mean to my sweet husband he has never done anything to deserve it, but the other day when i wasn't being very nice, i decided to ask my jason, "would you still marry me today..?? meaner and fatter than when we first got married?" it made us both laugh and he being my perfect hubby said of course :) so now i try to stop myself before i say anything mean and ask him if he would still marry me- it makes the mood much better. So today at church (we just switched to 8:30!!) when my legs were extra hairy and he noticed.. he decided to tell me, he would still marry me today even with hairy legs :) he is so cute.

Coincidence? i think not!

You know the things in life when you are like, wow what a coincidence.. well i don't believe in coincidences- i believe everything happens for a reason, and they are God's tender mercies or small miracles when things happen the way they do: We bought a brand new computer the day before jason's computer was smashed in the accident. Jason switched all this Salt Lake classes to Provo last week (not knowing we would only have one car) - dad/jared/jamie's car is still out in provo (while our other car is still in CA) so we have some mode of transportation. Things happen for a reason and i know Heavenly Father's hand plays a huge role in our life.
On a side note: Jason got a JOB! thanks rich!!

Life is precious.

At any second, your life here on earth can be over.. i had a moment today where my life flashed before my eyes and next thing i know we were getting out of the sunroof of my car all in one piece. Let me first say i absolutely LOVE volvo's. they truly are the safest car- not a scratch on us, not a single broken piece of glass, and our seatbelts kept us right in our seats. I wonder why this incident happened today, out of nowhere- but i think i can make it more positive and take a lot away from it. Here's the story: this labor day weekend was the perfect time for us to take a little road trip down to arizona to visit britti, rich, ryann, and cara. We left about 12 today and about 150 miles into our sunny trip, it began to downpour- so hard- jason was turning on the windsheild wipers as high as they could go- next thing we know it looks as if the freeway is flooded, then we began to hydroplane. The car spun 180 degrees before the rear smashed into the barrier once we hit the barrier the driver side tires jumped on the barrier and we proceeded to grind the barrier for about 200 feet when it popped up and we landed on the passenger side. i opened the sunroof, unbuckled, grabbed my phone and called 911. I have never been in an accident like that, and this was jason's first accident. We are so lucky no other cars were involved, we were wearing our seatbelts, we landed in the shoulder of the road, and no one got hurt. My car, probably totalled, jason's laptop, bent and BROKen. But at that moment absolutely nothing else mattered- i was so thankful both jason and i were alive. I am disappointed we were unable to continue to Arizona(COME VISIT ME :)) but very lucky we had zach to come pick us up and bring us home. It sure has had me thinking, why did this happen to us? are we doing everything we are supposed to be doing? i just think it was my Heavenly Father's way of reminding me how precious life is, we need to treat everyday like it could be our last, and that he loves me, he is there for us and we need to always remember him and turn to him, and that no material things even really do matter. We get caught up in the worldly things far too often. I am thankful for my life,my husband, all our family and most of all my heavenly father and the love he has for us.

yipppy

school, school school is our life now.. but thankfully we get a three day weekend and jason knows how bad i have been wanting to go visit my sissy so he agreed on a little road trip this weekend!!! tomorrow... AriZona HERE WE COME! can't wait to see them:
(i guess rich too..)lol