I heart food

One thing in this world that brings me joy is food. This is probably due to the fact that I am a food science major.   Foods that you will always find in my possession include: milk, salsa, tortillas, peanut butter. If I run out of any of these I declare myself in a crisis. Isn't it funny when you realize you're out of milk and suddenly you start craving it, even though you didn't want any initially? Or maybe this only happens to me, and I'm just mental. Here are some of my favorites:
Favorite snack: salsa and chips
Favorite bread: garlic bread or potato bread
Favorite juice: a glass of 1/2 grape juice and 1/2 orange juice
Favorite dessert: It must have chocolate in it and must be accompanied with either peanut butter or strawberries (but not both)
Favorite meal: this is a hard one...but who can go wrong with tamales?

A cheese

I recently had a birthday so I've been thinking quite a bit about getting older. I've just turned 23, which in my opinion, is a rather large number (almost a quarter of a century old).However, I should remember that age doesn't matter...unless your a cheese (jejeje). It almost feels weird to refer to myself as an adult because ever since I was born, I've been a kid. I'd prefer to call myself a student. But just this week, it struck me how much I've grown up. My mom asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and my answer was a hand crank radio for my 72-hour kit. Don't laugh...ok, you can if you want. My reasoning: I'm going to Kansas State in the fall, and it is in tornado alley (I'm pretty much freaked out about tornadoes).

Related thought: I was sitting in sacrament meeting and one of the speakers referred to Acts 10:38, which says how Jesus "went about doing good...for God was with Him." Today I set a goal that at my funeral people will be able to say that I went about doing good because God was with me.

Families

Lately I've been thinking a lot about families. I love seeing families spend time together: moms and dads out doing things with their kids. Whether they are going to see a Disney movie, swimming at the pool or hiking. One rainy day, a dad brought his kids to the outdoor pool. While he was waiting to go down the slide, he explained to me that he had promised to spend the day with his kids, and they had really wanted to go swimming (even though it was raining). I'm a softie, but that really touched my heart. Those kids are blessed with a father who loves them very much. I never want to be so busy that I can't spend time with my kids.