Checking in

I have gotten so bad at blogging! I hate when it starts to feel like a chore!! Oh well, I can’t believe it is already 2011, and almost February. This last year went by so fast. Dave and I have both stayed busy. We have made great friends. We work and play hard. We will be sad to move away in a couple years.

Last semester we were back and forth between here and Utah quite a bit. Dave’s brother Mike got married to a darling girl named Nivea. So we were able to come home the week before Thanksgiving for the wedding. It was so fun! The wedding was beautiful! They are such a gorgeous couple.

Then a few weeks later my grandfather passed away. Not a happy reason to go home, but I was very glad I was able to make it home for the funeral. I love my grandpa Furrow so much. I will miss him! It was a very nice service. I saw a lot of cousins and other relatives that I hadn’t seen in years. So that part of it was fun.

A couple weeks later we were back in Utah for our Christmas break. We spent a week there and then a week in Hawaii. We had so much fun. We went to family parties, which is always some of my favorite memories from Christmas. We read about the Savior, and thought a lot about his birth and his life. I always leave the Christmas season feeling renewed and also inspired to be a better version of me. I am so thankful for Jesus Christ and for Heavenly Father. I love that during the holidays I am so much more mindful of blessings that come from them.

For the New Year I like to make goals as most everyone probably does. Here are some of them. I want to work out more. I want to be a happy and fun wife. I want to be a great teacher. I want to be more patient. I want to be more thoughtful of others and less selfish. I want to work hard, and not be lazy.

I also want June17th to come as fast as possible. I can’t wait! That is the day Dave will definitely have taken the 1^st board test for medical school. We will absolutely be celebrating! The hardest test of his life will be in the past! Yay! That will be a great day.

After the Christmas break I got called to serve in the Young Woman’s presidency of my ward. That has been so fun. We have a really great group of leaders and young woman. I am excited to get to know them all better!

Dave’s sister Jen is leaving for her mission this week, she goes to Guatemala! I am so proud of her for going. I am sure she will have so many wonderful experiences, while she is serving the people there by teaching them about Christ. Dave and I got to go to the temple with her during the Christmas break. It was so fun to be there with almost all of Dave’s family.

I am going to add some pictures soon! :)