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Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Mission is here!

Hi everyone the time has almost come! Only five more days and I report to the MTC!!! I could not be more excited! While I am gone my sister Kenzie is going to be keeping a blog for me!

Blog:

tractingwithkar.blogspot.com

My MTC address:

Sister Karlie Mitchell
MTC Mailbox 279
TX-MCAL 0919
2005 N 900 E
Provo, Ut 84604-1793

I hope to hear from you all soon! Love you. See you in 18 months
LOVE KARLIE

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A lot has happened since I last posted,
I will name a few

  1. School is out and Summer is here! (if it would stop raining)
  2. I moved home!
  3. I got my mission call to McAllen Texas, spanish speaking! I leave July 20th (which is coming up so fast!)
  4. I have been shopping like a mad women to get all of my mission stuff
  5. I went to the temple! :)
  6. I have been playing with friends and family, probably a little to much ;)
  7. I have read two books! Life Expectancy and also a book to prepare me for the mish! I started The Maze Runner and so far it is so good!
  8. I went on a little trip to Provo with Kate!
  9. I celebrated my grandma's birthday, by eating her favorite, A&W fish burgers.
  10. One of my good friends Jacki got married and I got to see my St George girls! (Love and miss them so much)
  11. I went on a road trip with my best friend to California!
  12. I have gone back to the temple seven times since I have been through and the cool thing is I have not gone to the same temple twice! How lucky are we in Utah, we have 14 temples!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Serving a Mission!

So I know that a while ago I posted a post about my friends going on a mission and me not going. Well I haven't been able to stop thinking about going and I felt so uneasy about staying here and not serving a mission. So I started praying about the decision to serve a mission and I have never felt so much peace, happiness, and surety in my life. I know that going on a mission is the right decision for me. So I am acting on the feeling and i am going to serve a mission. I started my papers at the first of this week. I put my availability date as June 1st, so we will be seeing where I will be going and when! (hopefully soon) I am so so so excited to serve a mission! It is going to be the best experience! :)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Running!


I have developed a passion for running! I LOVE it! It relieves my stress, helps with anxiety, and keeps me healthy! I was reading a fitness magazine the other day and on one of the pages it told a story about a lady who ran 1,000 miles in one year. I have decided that I am going to do just that.

I am going to run 1,000 miles in one year.

In fact I started this morning and knocked 6 miles off. So now I only have 994 more to go. It averages out to be about 2.8 miles a day which isn't bad at all!



Mission?

So it seems like all of my friends are going on missions! And by all I mean three, I am a little bit of an over-exaggerator. It has made me a little jealous and put the thought into my head, once again, that maybe I do want to/am suppose to go on a mission. But I already prayed about it and my answer was no, and that I need to stay here and finish school. However I am so happy for...

Katelynn Sumko-Taichung, Taiwan
Lindsey Grimes-Seattle, Washington
Natalie Belka-Omaha, Nebraska

I am going to miss these girls like crazy! They are all going to be amazing missionaries and are all going exactly where the lord needs them!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011


A Mission Statement of President Eyring:

I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast out. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won’t look back, let up, slowdown, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, worldly taking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, positions, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on his presence, walk with patience, am lifted by prayer, and labor with power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, divided or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder in the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won’t give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up, stored up, and paid up the cause of Christ. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach to all I know, and work till he stops me. And when he returns for His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My banner will be clear.


I Love this mission statement! It is so powerful! I strive to be like this everyday! The gospel is so important to me and I want EVERYONE to know that!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

L-TOWN

Life in Logan is great! Even though I grew up with weather like this I am still adjusting from St. George weather. Man is St George spoiled. Yesterday it was a beautiful day, well the first half. Like no coat or jacket beautiful, but then around like five it turned into a blizzard! And I mean BLIZZARD! However Logan is beautiful! I am really starting to love the valley, especially right after it snows.


School is going great! I am LOVING my classes. I am so glad I decided to change majors, I mean nursing is great, but I just love everything about community health. It fits me so much better than nursing did. Plus I will have a lot more options of what I can do when I finish!

I love going to sporting events up here at USU! The basketball games are a blast! USU has an amazing student section, its like half of the stadium, and always jam packed! I also went to my first hockey game up here. I have never really been a fan of hockey, but man it was so fun! Of course my favorite part was the fighting! I love it when they rip off there gloves and helmets and start throwing fists.


Outdoor Ice Skating!

At my first hockey game! LOVED it!

Also my birthday was on the 6th of this month! I had a wonderful birthday! Lots of celebrating! I am 21 years old I cannot believe it! I feel like I am getting so old! On Thursday my roommates made me a Birthday Cake, white, with white frosting, my favorite! They are so sweet! Then on Saturday my mom took me to Bella's for lunch followed by a little shopping. I got new running shoes, the cutest little purse ever and two rings! :) Then later that night I had a little get together with some friends. We went to Fire House Pizza to eat and then came back to my apartment and played games and such! On Sunday, my actual birthday, I had dinner with my family! Tomas and Jayci as well as Cody and Jess came out to my parents house and we celebrated as well as watched the Super Bowl! Kenz and Aron were on the mountain so they weren't able to make it, they were greatly missed though! Then on Tuesday Jess and I combined out birthdays. She came up to Logan and we did a little shopping and then went to Chili's for lunch! It was a great birthday and I am so grateful that I have so many friends and family to celebrate with!


My lovely roomies!
Amy, Mary, and Cass

Me and my mom!

Come to find out me and Vinnie Share Birthdays
So We celebrated together!

Some of us at Firehouse Pizza


Friday, February 11, 2011

Travel


I have been just aching to travel somewhere, anywhere! Especially to Europe! I don't know why it is just that I love exploring new places. I wish I had all the money in the world and I could get on a plane tomorrow and go to Italy, Germany, or Denmark and spend a week there. Walking around the cobble stone streets taking in all of the greenness, old architecture, and the people, who enjoy life more than we seem to enjoy it here in the states. I am so grateful for my trip to Europe, Egypt, and Jordan. Especially with everything that is going on in Egypt, I would definitely not want to be there right now. I am determined to go back to Europe someday and hopefully sooner rather than later. For now I will just relive my experience through pictures.


Anyone who knows me at all knows that
this is my all time favorite Statue.
I just love David! :)
(Sorry for the indecent exposure)



Pyramids in Egypt!


Germany!
Not the best picture, but it is so GREEN!
Love It!


Why can't our sidewalks and roads be like this?


I will do a post about life up here in L-town soon. It's most likely going to be a long post and I don't know that much time today.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Out With The Old... In With The New


The holidays have come and gone and it is now 2011! I cannot believe how fast time is going. The older I get the faster it seems to go! I am so excited to start school! Utah State is probably going to be so different than Dixie, but I am excited for the change. I just hope my classes aren't too hard! I have moved all of my stuff into my new apartment, but have not yet met my new roommates. It doesn't quit feel like home yet. I feel as though I am creeping around someone else's house so I am excited to meet my roommates and hopefully make it feel more like home. I am adjusting to the cold quit well I actually kind of like it. I just hope I don't change my mind when I am walking to class in the freezing cold! Today I went snowboarding and it was a blast! I forgot how much I love it! I am for sure going to get a season pass next year so I can go all the time and even learn how to ski!

I have decided to make a list of twenty random things that I want to accomplish this year and that is what I am going to blog about throughout the year!

20 Random Things
1. Learn how to ski
2. Antique my dresser
3. Run a half marathon
4. Go on a road trip (besides SG)
5. Go snowshoeing
6. Watch a sunrise and sunset all in the same day
7. Blindly pick a place on a map and visit it
8. Glue a coin somewhere and watch people try to pick it up
9. Learn to play the ukulele
10. Send birthday gifts/cards to all of my friends and family
11. Send a message in a bottle
12. Be in a serious relationship
13. Make/Finish three quilts
14. Write my number on a five dollar bill and see if anyone calls
15. Become a true & ultimate Aggie ;)
16. Read 12 books because I want to not because I have to
17. Attend church at another religion (just to see what it's like)
18. Go to a ballet
19. Go to at least three concerts
20. Grow out my hair... long (past my shoulder blades)

These are the things that I am going to accomplish/do this year. I will update often and be sure to take a lot of pictures as I go along!