FHE

I feel like a lot has happened since a few weeks ago.... let's see. School is hard and long! But that's not new, I guess. We finally got some snow, I was wondering what happened to Utah, "The Greatest Snow on Earth".  As much as I don't like walking in the snow it sure is pretty to look at. But now I feel like we should have a Christmas re-do. Who's with me! Another 3 weeks off school....

Last night for FHE we made valentine boxes.  We used to make them in Elementary school and I loved it!  I am glad we did it.  They are the only Valentine decorations we have and I think they are great.  Riley made his, but didn't want to claim the sparkly letters.  I think they are cute.  You are all welcome to stop by and put a valentine in there :) (Kidding, they are mostly for us)

On February 13th Riley will be taking the GRE.  This determines our fate for the next several years of our lives! No pressure or anything.  Needless to say Riley has been using every spare minute to study. His practice tests have gone pretty well so I have great confidence in him!! Someone the other day told me that the GRE is easy. I definitely don't believe that person.  I think it is hard and stressful- it takes a lot of work!

Can you believe January is coming to a close? Me either.  A month has past since Christmas.  A whole month! We celebrated Copsicus again yesterday and ate delicious cake waffles and ice cream in traditional Copsicus style.  Even though it wasn't a great day at school or work for either of us, the evening was great! FHE, box making and treats. Copsicus  is great!

Then came Christmas

We've got a lot to recap on! Let's see... Since I last posted a lot has happened.  We celebrated Christmas, which I managed to only get a few pictures of.  But it was wonderful. Riley and I were spoiled by both families. We even got to talk to Katelyn (serving in South Carolina) Matt&Stacy (in Arizona-but I guess Idaho on Christmas day) and Brad/Mandy/Jane/Annie (Kansas). It was so nice to be with everyone! We spent Christmas Eve/Morning at the Wilsons where we played many many games and finished the night off by sleeping outside.  Don't ask me why I even tried because I only got a few hours of sleep.  I came inside at 5:30 am.  It wasn't completely miserable but I can say I will NEVER do that again.

The week following Christmas was spent with family doing fun things!  With the Wilson's we tried to go to the Copper Mines, played games, went downtown and other things that I can't remember.  Everyone was there this year and we had lots of fun!  Later in the week hung out at the Serafine's with Graham.  He is the cutest!  We went to "we bought a zoo" and had some delicious food! It was so pleasant to spend time around everyone!  On New Year's Eve my mom and I went shopping. I only spent ten dollars but got running shorts, a nike shirt, and two things from banana republic. It was truly a lovely shopping day!  We went to Zupa's (yyyyumm) with the Wilson kids and rang in the new year with a new game "Smurfing" and Dick Clarke (poor guy).

Overall it was great! We really enjoyed ourselves. As nice as the holidays were, it was good to come home and get organized for the new semester.  Which has already been very busy. Looks like I have three papers due next week. Ouch. We have a lot to look forward to! In a few weeks we go to St. George to see Brad/Mandy/Jane/Annie and Claire (who will be blessed).  In February is Riley's birthday. March is Kate's one year mark on the mission. In April we will have been married for an entire year (wow!) Life is good. Happy New Year!

Here are the pictures (I'll have more once Erin emails me some!)

 I'm really not sure what I'm doing, but Riley is opening the ipad. Which, by the way, we LOVE! It has been a welcome addition to our apartment.  Words with friends, GE Shuffle, solitaire, iBooks and Tomb Runner are all awesome. In addition to the real reasons we bought it, of course!

And a random picture of LouJean and Merrill!

Never Give Up

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/703925445/never-give-up-the-miracle-behind-the-miracle-bowl

The guy at the beginning and end works at LDSP.  This looks pretty cool.  I don't know who will end up reading this post, but it looks pretty sweet, so watch it!