Things I Love Thursday

Hooray for another "Things I Love Thursday" (is it just me or did Thursday get here super fast?)

So, this week, Instagram came out for Android!
If you've never heard of it, it's an incredibly popular photo app among iPhone users (and some 4th gen iTouch users) and it's done a lot to increase the popularity of 'iPhoneography'. There's really not much to it, you can take a photo with your phone's camera, apply a filter/frame, and then upload it to the Instagram website (and share it via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc.) - I just think it's neat!

This was my first Instagram:

It's blurry cause I was so excited :p

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This week, I also stumbled across this (and then proceeded to watch it at least 20 times!):

Now, usually I'm not really one for poetry, but I absolutely loved this!
I've also watched some of Sarah Kay's other videos on youtube and she is awesome! I love her work!

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The Marriott Library at University of Utah...

I LOVE the library. I've been going to the UofU for about a year now, and I'm STILL finding new and interesting places in the Marriott Library (not to mention, I'm still going through my "Holy Crap! Look at ALL the books in here!! I MUST read them ALL!" Phase :p)

This was taken in the Grand Reading Room on the 3rd floor. There's access to an outdoor walkway where you can get a pretty awesome view of the gorgeous mountains that surround SLC and, of course, the stadium. Go Utes! :P

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General Conference was this past weekend. I really enjoyed it (although, how can you not!?). 


For my Non-Mormon friends, General Conference is when the leaders of the church (including the president of the church, whom we believe to be a true and living prophet) address the world with talks that are meant to help uplift and guide us in our lives. General Conference is held twice a year, every year. Once in April and again in October. If you'd like to learn more about General Conference or about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (often referred to as, the Mormon religion), you can visit lds.org or mormon.org! (OR, you can even talk to me!)

I've been told by a couple different people who are very close to me, that they felt that the talks were conveying some things that I really needed to hear. I absolutely agree! Though, I feel I should go back and re-listen to some of the ones I didn't pay particularly close attention to, there were 3 that absolutely stood out to me:

Elder Holland's "The Laborers in the Vineyard"

Elder Ballard's "That the Lost May Be Found"

Elder Uchtdorf's "The Merciful Obtain Mercy"

I haven't listened to the Priesthood session yet (normally I do because, well, as a woman in the church, it's important that I support the priesthood holders in my life, and so I personally feel that it's important for me to know what their roles are). However, I was fortunate enough to be at my aunt and uncle's home the evening of the priesthood session. In their family, when my uncle and cousin get home from the priesthood session, they sit down with the family and give a report on the topics that were addressed during the session (it's something that I personally love and hope to one day incorporate into my future family's traditions). It sounded like a very good session, so I'm eager to listen to the talks from that as well.

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I had planned to leave this as a surprise and post these photos on Friday but...

I did something with my hair!

Hooray for summer-y hair cuts! :)

So, that's all for this week. What are YOU loving this Thursday??