LOVE

This past week, the Fisher family said goodbye to a son, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend, Michael K. Fisher. After a long battle with sickness, he passed through this life and on into the next, to join Grandma Beth, Uncle Rob, and many others. For his funeral services, my mother had the idea to sing a popular country song to pay our respects. I, along with Aunt Rhonda, Christie, Daezia, April, Rachel, Kiana, Nish, Dalene, and Shelley Mom, sang Temporary Home, accompanied by our concert pianist Melanie. As we sang this song my heart went out to my Uncle Mike's family, along with the rest of our family. I then was filled with the spirit, testifying of this amazing gospel. It testifies that death is not the end. I know that I will be able to live with my family FOREVER if I will do what is right. I am far from perfect, but perfection is not just about doing every little thing right, it is constant striving to be perfect. The love that I feel when I am in the presence of my family makes my testimony that much stronger. A lot of our family was able to come join in paying our respects to this amazing man; Oh how I have missed each and every one of them! (I also missed all of those that could not make it.) I wish we could get together more often, but I will take what I can get.

Moral of the story: I love my family, and I love the gospel.
The end.

Family...isn't it about time

There is nothing in the world quite like walking into the door of my sisters house and hearing a chorus of KAIT! being sung by my nieces, nephews, and siblings. It makes me feel ever so loved! As the chorus rings on, I get bombarded with hugs, kisses, stories, etc. I love my family! They bring so much joy into my life and I don't know where I would be without them.

Yesterday Kiana and I had to opportunity to go home for a couple of hours and it was totally worth it! I wanted to get a few pictures of everyone being happy and silly. Tay turned to me and said Kait, I missed you! Where were you? So I had to explain how I am going to college and such. Then she asked if she could braid my hair...flip she's a cutie!!

I love each and every one of my family members and I am so grateful for their love, hugs, smiles, kisses, stories, laughs....I could go on for days! But I think you are getting the point :)

Warped Tour 2010

On Saturday I was able to go to one of the greatest places on Earth! I went to Warped Tour 2010 in Salt Lake with my body guard, a.k.a Dalaki. I was able to see some of my most favorite bands, as well as rock out with thousands of other people. It was such a thrill!

I have not always been familiar with this music scene and I have two people to thank. First, I have to thank Dalaki. He tried for so long to get me into this kind of music, bless his heart, but I just wouldn't have it. It wasn't until I started dating Dallon that I grew to love this music scene. Last year was my first warped tour experience and I was a pure rookie! But don't you fret, I knew what was up this time around and it was EPIC! I got tons of autographs, free stuff, and memories that will last forever. So I want to give a shout out to two of my favorite guys, Dalaki and Dallon!! You guys rock!

There is something about being in a crowd of hundreds of people, jumping up and down, singing the lyrics to amazing songs, and then the lead singer looks at you and your eyes connect...AHH! I wouldn't trade it for anything! It was so much fun!!

I got a couple pictures with some amazing musicians. I.E....The lead singer from Mayday Parade, Anarbor, and my personal fave, The guitarist/pianist/back up vocalist for The Cab!! I forget that they are normal people because they are so good at what they do! Last year I was too shy to ask for a photo or their Herbie Hancock and every time I turned down Dallon's offer to go meet a band, he simply would reply...Kait, they are people just like us! Then I added, yeah with a lot more money! But nonetheless, this year I was not shy and was able to meet some amazing people. In the end, Warped Tour for this guy was a complete SUCCESS! Thanks Vans!! Until we meet again...Warped Tour 2011!!

O My Father

This has been a bitter sweet weekend. A couple of weeks ago my mother got cornered by one of the counselors in the bishopric. He asked her if our family would be willing to do the program for sacrament meeting. She of course said yes and went to work trying to figure out what the plan should be. She came up with the idea to have everyone in our family pick our favorite hymn/primary song and share our feelings about them. As most of you know, when we all get together there are 13 of us! That is a lot of singing/talking if you think about it. So, me being my OCD self went to work trying to figure out just how much time each person could take so that we didn't go over the allotted time frame. (Which turned out being roughly 4 minutes per person to share their feelings and perform their song.) I'm not gonna lie...I was a bit of a crazy slave driver as we practiced and went over the agenda, but it all worked out so I feel much better now that it is over. So you are probably wondering what songs we all picked, well here is the line-up. Dad: I am a Child of God. Mom: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (Piano Solo) Nish: How Firm a Foundation (A Capella-Nish-Kiana-Rachel-Kaitlin-Melanie-Rhonda-Shelley) Jeep: Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy (Jeep-Koda-Dalaki-David-Tim) Kin: A Child's Prayer (Livingston children-Shelley) Tay: Follow the Prophet(Primary Kids) FYI Tay knows all of these words by heart :) Kiana: Where Can I Turn for Peace (Solo) Koda/Kaitlin: O My Father (Entire family) Dalaki: Let Us All Press On (Same as Brightly Beams line up) Daezia: For the Beauty of The Earth (Solo) MahLee: I'll Walk With You (MahLee-Kaitlin) Akaydeh: Give Said the Little Stream (Primary Kids) It was quite the experience being able to bear my testimony of each of these songs we presented. Because of the holiday weekend, we were able to add a few more voices and piano players to our program. Thank so much to Rachel, Melanie, David, Rhonda, Uncle Tim, as well as Richard and Shirley. We were able to give the program variety as we had different people perform each song. I decided on O My Father because it has great a special place in my heart. One day I was over at my Grandpa Fisher's house playing the piano and I asked him what his favorite hymn was. He replied, well I love them all, but I especially like O My Father. I have spoken at numerous funerals throughout my lifetime and I would refer to this hymn most of the time. I would do so.

I then went to page 292 and read through the words to this beautiful song. This is where I gained my testimony of The Plan of Salvation, The Plan of HAPPINESS. As a struggling young teen I was overcome with the spirit as I read the second verse, "For a wise and glorious purpose thou hast placed me here on earth." Tears filled my eyes as I shared my testimony of this song when I was on the stand; which is something that does not happen very often with me. I hate crying, but I couldn't help it. My heart went out to my ailing grandfather who has taught me so much in my life. He has been a constant strength in my life and I love him dearly. I invited everyone in my family to sing this song with me because I knew that I could not perform it alone. As Melanie accompanied us, tears filled my eyes once again and I could only look at the hymn book as I sang the words in my heart because my voice failed me through the tears. I am so grateful for my grandfather who taught me so many things in my life, including the true meaning of this beautiful song.

Here are the words to an amazing hymn that will always remind me of my Grandpa Fisher.

O my Father, thou that dwellest
In the high and glorious place,
When shall I regain thy presence
And again behold thy face?
In thy holy habitation,
Did my spirit once reside?
In my first primeval childhood
Was I nurtured near thy side?

For a wise and glorious purpose
Thou hast placed me here on earth
And withheld the recollection
Of my former friends and birth;
Yet ofttimes a secret something
Whispered, “You’re a stranger here,”
And I felt that I had wandered
From a more exalted sphere.

I had learned to call thee Father,
Thru thy Spirit from on high,
But, until the key of knowledge
Was restored, I knew not why.
In the heav’ns are parents single?
No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal
Tells me I’ve a mother there.

When I leave this frail existence,
When I lay this mortal by,
Father, Mother, may I meet you
In your royal courts on high?
Then, at length, when I’ve completed
All you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approbation
Let me come and dwell with you.

YOU SAVE ME

For those of you who don't know me and what I'm about here is some info, I LOVE QUOTES! I love to read all kinds of quotes and feel the emotion, intensity, and passion they possess. As I have sat and pondered about what to blog about this time around, I found this quote that says it all:

“Family means too much, Friends are too valuable, And life is too short, To put-off sharing with people, How much they really mean to you, And pursuing whatever it is that makes you happy.”

I don't know where I would be without my wonderful family and amaze-ze-zing friends!! I look back at all of the fun I have had these past few weeks and find myself so very grateful for these people in my life who have been there with me to lend a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold, a laugh session to join in with, or just a listening ear. Thank you for all of the texts, calls, visits, etc....I am so happy right now in my life because of YOU! So thank you!!

Row-dee-oh!

Can I just say that I love rodeos!! The summer games came through yet again to bring me happiness! I got the chance to go with my friend Jessica to the Wendy Wood Memorial Rodeo, the Summer Games closing ceremonies. I was distraught when we found out there wouldn't be fireworks, but nonetheless, we had a great time!!

One of my most favorite things to do is people watch. And what a great thing to do at a rodeo! Not only did I get to spend my Friday night with a great friend, but we got to learn so much about cowboy life! We also got to go again the following night...it was totally rufus!!

Jessika and I learned really quick that we were rookies at this whole rodeo scene. Jessika was a little more on top of things because she had her boots on, but we still have a lot to learn! But don't worry, we are already making preparations for our next rodeo extravaganza so we don't look like such amateurs!

So thank you to everyone that made my rodeo outing a great one to remember!! I will probably never see you until the next rodeo but until then, git-r-done!!

Ballin'

First off today I would like to thank the people that put on the Summer Games. Were it not for them, I would not be as happy as I am right now. These past few weeks have been quite rough on the ole Krazy Kait. To sum up a few things that have taken place to make my head droop...

I hit a coyote on my way to work. It demolished my front bumper and it was pretty pricey to fix. Luckily, the guys at Premier Auto are amazing at fixing cars, so my car is back in business.


Then I had the opportunity to hang out with my friend Megan and guess what...I locked my keys in my car!! Don't you hate that?? I know I do. Luckily, I have amazing Macgyver skills and broke into my car within a matter of minutes.


Then as I sat watching the NBA finals I literally threw up in my mouth when the Lakers won. I HATE the Lakers and wanted the Celtics to win so bad!! But they couldn't quite cut it, I just couldn't catch a break!



Which brings me back to being grateful for the Summer Games. Everyone has a passion in their lives. Something they live for, mine just so happens to be basketball. Thanks to the Summer Games I have been able to get over being so down with life. As I was on my way to work, I walked through the Centrum to get out of the wind. While I was walking I heard the sound that is music to my ears....a basketball bouncing on a court!!
Basketball brings me so much happiness!! I could watch it for days on end! Call me crazy, but basketball is what gets inside me. It's what lights me up, and I can't deny that. (Kudos to Jimmy Dugan) There are games going on in the Centrum and seeing how I work on campus, I am able to catch a minute or two, to give me that boost of energy to make it though the day.