Happy Day 14....Getting Through the Day

I love Elder Bednar's talk "The Tender Mercies of the Lord"

He mentions in that talk that at times the tender mercies of the lord come in the means of giving us strength and helping us get through the hard times and another day.

Well this week I have seen that tender mercy come to pass multiple times. And that makes me happy.

Sunday was hard because a girl in my ward is dating an ex (Russ that is. Not sure I would care if they were dating Jared.) Any how she sat by me at church and kept carying on saying how much she was thinking of me that week. It bugged because she was in the ward when Russ and I were dating and everyone in that ward new we were dating and all thought we would be getting married. So it was just hard. Its going to make the ward that much harder to carryon with her in the ward knowing they are dating. That sounds stupid I know but its just hard. But the Lord helped get through Sunday and he will help me get through all other days I have to interact with her and if/when I seem them together.

Today the lord helped me get through a crazy day of work.

When I open my eyes to his tender mercies I feel his love and am happy...even when the day is hard.

Happy Day 13....Things That Are No Fun

Here is the must oxymoron happy day post ever.
Do you ever do things that make you miserable because you know they will make you happy one day.

Well I do once a week....
There called allergy shots, given to myself in each leg.
They each like H!@# and are no fun.

But they make my allergies so much easier. And that is what makes me happy.

Happy Day 12....The Sabath

Sundays make me so happy.
The relaxation, family time and church time always leaves me feeling rejuvenated and ready for a new week and I love it!!!!

Happy Days 6-11....The Catch Up

The Happy Day Catch Up

I kind of guessed this would happen...I feel behind on my posts.
Its not that I am not grateful Im just not good at blogging, journaling or documenting anything.

I have decided to make a change to this. No promises but I want to take more pictures and journal every day. I have been having fun with my camera and remembered I have unlimited ability to take pictures so why not.

Any how I really want to reach 100 things I am grateful for by Thanksgiving. I want Thanksgiving to be the 100th post.

So I need to play catch up!!

These are in No Particular Order:

#6. Midnight Canoe Trips: This Friday Night I went with some friends in my ward to a Midnight Canoe trip. We drove up to Chris's family cabin near Causey Reservoir. We had a yummy dinner!! Following dinner we just chilled until around 10pm when we drove down to the Reservoir where we unloaded the canoes and had fun on the lake.

#7. Storm Coverage....Im the world's biggest dork but for as long as I can remember I love watching Hurricane coverage. Last night as I was watching Irene coverage (thinking of my cousins Alyse, Ben and Trynitee) we had a fun thunderstorm here in Kaysville making my coverage all the more fun.

#8. Bohme t-Shirts. There is a fun boutique style store here in Utah called Bohme. I love the t-shirts they have. They are cut just right and to make them even better they are longer style t-shirts which I love with my body build. But what I really love about them is how I have gotten 3 free t-shirts this summer.

#9. Remembering Some of my favorite cities I have been to. Watching hurricane coverage has made me feel reminiscent of some of my favorite places I have ever been! To name them: Philadelphia, New York City, Washington DC, Baltimore Maryland, Virgina Beach. (I have no Virgina Beach Pictures as a result of technical challenges to my old camera and not having a digital camera back then :( )

#10 Bees Game with great friends. (Not a fan of baseball but I did survive 9 innings)

#11 Fireworks....the best part of the game last night was the fireworks!!

Happy Day 5....my bike

It's been awhile sense I went on a good ride because of injuries but tonight I got to and loved it!!!!

Happy Day 5.....Baby Steps to Returning to Running

It all started with a Hernia Surgery 5 years ago this December. Which sticking with true Kendra fashion as soon as I was given the green light after my surgery I returned to my life of:
Running
Skiing
Soccer
Hiking
Swimming
Biking
You name it

Then it all led to tendonosis. (Life tip here my friends if it hurts rest it!!) Yes my groin tendon has hurt for years and I ignored bad move.

So after a cortison shot and and MRI I started....

Physical therapy. I was able to keep running.

And I got this...

A stress fracture.
And this...

a walking boot.

Almost a two weeks ago I had another cortison shot to insure the tendon as much healing as possible before I try and return to running.
I iced and rested up again.
Slowly I returned to biking.
I have slowly been working my way out of my boot.

Today I braved it and took the boot to work but did not wear it!!

Well my leg felt great!

So today I....

Went for a WALK!!!

In a few weeks it will be time to start this again!!

Wishfully Thinking

Reading friends blogs and playing with Daxton tends to land me in wishful thinking at times.

These time I feel like recording baby names I would love to use one day: (PS my future husband will have little say, I have my defense all ready prepared for that day)

Girl names I love:
Aislynn
Tessa Evette
Leah Beth*
Devon (I get it a boy name but I love it for girls)
Eliot (another boy name, dont ask but I like them)

Boy names I love:
Decklen
Lucas
Ethan
Wilford* (call him Will)

I really want to carry on my heritage of being a Wilford Woodruff descendant and to keep a promise to my mom to somehow pass on the name. I would love my boys to have the middle name Woodruff. Unless my cousin Rylee has another kid and boy that is...the Woodruff name is officially dead in our family. With us Woodruff's by birth Matt and Rylee are the only boys, and well Matt is a Prince and Rylee has only girls.

*These names are family names that I love and are keeping promises.

Like I said wishful thinking but if I have 9 kids they are named. Ok my kids are all already names, unless I find a new name I love. Sorry future hubby you just dont get a say. However, our future daughters need some middle names :)

Loves