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It's that time of year again! Resolutions - yikes! If you have weight loss goals (I know I do!) why not use that as an opportunity to help others? Just follow the link below and pledge! It's that easy! =]

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

My oh my how fast nine years have gone by and how blessed I am to have this cute face to look at and smooch every single day! I've always known he was special. When he was a tiny little baby in his tiny little carrier seat we were at a restaurant and some old fella looked at him and told us that he was destined for greatness. Even as a little baby complete strangers knew it. He's the sweetest boy I know and has a sense of humor just like his dad. He's smart and fun and has more compassion than anyone I know. He cares about everyone and hasn't outgrown snuggling which I'm super grateful for! I keep telling him that day is going to come when he's not going to want to curl up next to his mom to watch a movie or get some good snuggle time in before bed and he can't imagine and frankly, neither can I.

Blessed indeed.

Some Christmas Pics

HaPpY NeW YeAr!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and spent lots of time with your nearest and dearest. We sure did. We fell right into old traditions that we missed out on last year and maybe even created some new ones. Who knows? We had friends from Texas come visit us and we spent a lot of time showing them how great Utah is and why they and the rest of our Texas peeps should move here! Aaron's sister and her two kids came for a little visit which was also fun. There was a whole lot of game playing going on...Apples to Apples, Speed, Snorta, Uno Attack and a whole lot of laughs. I love Christmas. I am usually pretty quick to take down our Christmas decorations but this year I wanted it to linger a little longer.

It seems like the last few years I finished the year not celebrating the New Year but celebrating that the crappy old year was over. I was actually sad to see 2010 come to an end.

So, here we are. 2011. Is this how you thought it would be? I remember in elementary school I had to write a paper about what I thought the year 2000 would be like. I think I also had to make a time capsule which I buried in my backyard so that will be a fun find for someone someday! Anyway, I pictured life in the year 2000 very similar to the Jetson's. I thought we would all be driving hover crafts and have robot maids. I thought that for sure by now they would invent smell-o-vision and perhaps even TV's would become vending machines. If you saw a commercial for I don't know, let's say a sweet and bubbly delicous vanilla coke you could buy it right from the TV and out it would come. Ok, ok, I was in elementary school but you have to admit that would be awesome!

There are some inventions that I am so super duper happy they exist like smart phones and iPods and there are inventions that I'm surprised (and frankly a little disappointed)that they haven't been able to make like efficient cars that don't pollute (electric cars hardly count since most people don't drive them)or cake that you can eat that makes you thin and healthy. Keep trying for those all you scientists out there! Also, if you could get on the maid robot thing I would be really grateful.

Well, ok. That's enough rambling for now. You see, I went to the gym three days ago and did a weight lifting class and even still can hardly move so what else is there to do but type nonsense on a blog that I'm pretty sure no one reads! Anyway, Happy New Year! =]