Happenings of the Month

This month has been pretty crazy! We have had a lot of things happen this month and it has been hard to keep up with it all. It started out with an Elders Quorum party. We helped plan this party and put everything together. It was pretty fun to plan with another couple in the Elders Quorum but the night of the party the wife of the other couple was sick so I had to make sure everything was organized and decorated all by myself. It was a big job but it turned out great and everyone had a good time.

The next week turned out to be very difficult. A former coworker and friends father became very ill and ended up in a coma. He has been in a coma with brain swelling for about 2 weeks now. The family has had their world turned upside down and it is hard to see people go through trials of this magnitude. We hope and pray for the best in this ongoing situation.

Valentines day came upon us very quickly this year. We celebrated on Saturday this year because Valentines fell on a Sunday. Chantry got me beautiful red roses and yummy chocolates. He also took me to see a chick flick. We don't have alot of extra money so we hadn't been to a movie in so long. It was great! We then went to Bajio ( our favorite place to eat) for our traditional Valentines lunch. I was so happy to spend the day with my sweetie. He is so wonderful and I love him so much!

We went from Valentines to Christmas. Chantry's grandmother has a bowling party at Fat Cats for Christmas each year but last Christmas is was postponed due to snow. It was moved to last Saturday. She sent out invitations that said " Come to my Christmas Bowling Party". So we celebrated Valentines day and then Christmas again. I told you it was a crazy month! Right before the bowling my very generous Dad took us to see the new Percy Jackson movie. I loved the books and was excited to see the movie. It was not really like the book at all but I still liked it.

Last night we helped some of our neighbors move. The joys of living in an apartment complex is people can just up and move really fast. These people had moved in the same day we had over a year ago. Then out of the blue about a month ago (after resigning the lease) they had a strong feeling they needed to buy a house. So a month later here we are helping them move. They just bought their first house and we are so happy for them! Maybe there is a little bit of house envy on our part.....

Those are the big things that happened this month. There were some pretty exciting other things that happened. The Ogden Temple is going to be redesinged. This was a complete shock. We were married in the Ogden Temple and love the new look but it will be hard to say we were married there because it looks nothing like the temple we were wed in. I would like to go and get family pictures there after it is done and hang them next the the ones we have already.

The Olympics have been on and I have been in so happy. I love watching the Olympics. Ever since I was small I would watch the skating and skiing and anything else I could. Now that I am an adult and home all day I can watch til 11 o'clock at night. I absolutely love when the Olympics are on and I go through withdrawals when they are over.

It has definitely been a crazy fun filled rollercoaster of a month!

Fond Farewell to Old Friends

This is the hardest time of year for me. The time of year when I have to say goodbye and farewell to some of my favorite things. Yes my friends, I am talking about cleaning out the closet. I hate having clutter in my closet. It just drives me nuts. Yet, when the time comes to get rid of some of my clothes I have the hardest time letting go. All the memories. All the fun times we had together and the places we have seen. Truth be told I have been putting this off for a couple of years now, but the clutter cannot be ignored any longer. So today I started the sad task. The pile that is to throw away and the pile that goes to another home. I haven't told them yet what is going to happen to them. No need for them to feel my pain. So I shall say farewell to the pants I wore when I was 20 and had no curves. Goodbye to the shirts that I used to be able to wear before I blossomed into womanhood ( I was a late bloomer). It is time for us both to move on. Now that I have all of this extra space I think I need to go shopping. Just kidding!