I am a child of God.

Lately at work  i have had to work every other Sunday.  I HATE working Sundays.  Sundays for me are for church and resting and spending time with family and good friends. Not for working.  The first Sunday this month was stake conference, i was working so i of course missed it.  But since it was stake conference we moved fast Sunday to the second Sunday, yesterday.  I love testimony meeting! Have you ever sat in the congregation listening to others bearing their testimony and feel like each and every one of them are bearing their testimony for you?  Yesterday, that is exactly how i felt.  Every word that was spoken yesterday, i feel like it was just what i needed to hear.  It is little blessings like that, that prove to me that my Heavenly Father is mindful of me and the things that i need in life.  I know that He is there for me and no matter how small i feel in this big world, its comforting to know that i am never alone.  I am grateful for those who followed the prompting to get up and share their testimony yesterday.  I don't doubt that my Heavenly Father used their sweet testimonies to testify to me the things that i needed to hear.  I love the gospel and my Father in Heaven.  I love going to church and being uplifted.  Such a great start to my week.  So while i can't start my week off how i want to every week, i will try to enjoy the ones that i can go to church and feel the spirit testify to me the love my Savior has for me.  

Love what you do...

It is a real good thing that i love my job, because i feel like i have lived there for the past month! With my manager on maternity leave, that only leaves four of us.  Since our salon is in the mall, we are required to be open when the mall is open.  Well with only four girls to cover all the shifts, it makes it hard when some of them need time off, so i have been working a lot of extra shifts, covering for the girls when they have needed it.  I don't mind helping them out and i don't mind working extra, but i think that the main reason that i don't mind being there is that it doesn't feel like work.  I seriously believe that i have the best job in the world.  I get to go to work and not only play with peoples hair all day, but make them feel better about themselves!  It is amazing to me how having your hair done in either new cut or color, or even just having someone else style your hair can make the biggest difference in how you are feeling about yourself, or even just that day! While i get to play with their hair, i love that i am able to get to know each of my clients on a personal level.  I have met and got to know so many people in a way that i never would have doing something in say retail or in an office.  There is something about the relationship of a stylist and her client that i just love.  I don't know what it is about that chair, but i think that it brings out the best part of my job.  I am so grateful to have such amazing clients who i can talk to like they are my good friend!  I definitely have had some crazy people sit in my chair, and some people i wouldn't mind if i never saw them again, that's for sure.  But i always enjoy when my day is full of requests and we are able to catch up on the happenings of each others lives. 
 Another reason why i love my job, is the girls that i work with.  I am so lucky that we all get along so well.  Because as you can imagine, a bunch of girls working together in a small environment can be a disaster waiting to happen.  But thankfully we all get along really well and we have had no drama... yet!  I don't think that we will, but i am sure one of us is bound to break soon! ha But until that happens we like to have fun during the slow moments and take some pictures! 

"When you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life" 

"Mi Vida"

She is already a month old, but i would like to welcome to the world miss Vida Marie Johnson!! 

 My roommate had this sweet little girl on October 8, 2011.  We had joked during her whole pregnancy that Kassie was going to have her baby while my sister was saying "I do" and as it turns out, we were only a half an hour off!! Pretty funny if you ask me! Vida was originally due on the 20th but she was 8lbs and 7oz when she was born, so can you imagine if she was full term? The little chunk would have been 12 pounds! It is amazing to me how you can just watch a sweet little baby for hours and hours and they aren't doing anything but sitting there being perfect.  And this little girl is pretty close to being perfect!  She is so sweet tempered and rarely have i heard her cry! It makes me want to have a baby REAL bad!! But for now i will just have to get my fix through this precious baby girl!  

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Ps.. Vida means life in spanish! So cute!