I'm doing pretty good... I'm just itching to start getting ready for our trip, practically counting down the hours. I've just about gotten all of our Christmas shopping done, I'm having a pretty hard time finding something for my brother Joseph. What do you get for a young guy that can get anything free just by smiling at the right person?! We are just so excited for our trip! And here is a quick "shout out" to my brother Nathan, who just took his LSAT test! We were thinking of you Nate... whether you ACED it or failed miserably we're really proud of you! Doing things like that always gets harder with kids... I really admire how goal oriented you are and all of your achievements.
Brent is doing well. He's pretty busy with work and getting his student's grades all ready for the end of the semester. He's also busier at work with weekly tutoring, but it's also nice because he gets paid extra for that! I'm also proud to announce that as of today, he is now our ward's Executive Secretary. Our ward hasn't had one for about 6 months, so the Bishopric are very excited and he's certainly got work ahead of him. It's a little bit overwhelming but we know we'll be blessed.
Mariska is so excited to be turning 2! She really has no idea what it means, but Brent and I get excited about it and she joins in. We are so excited to set up her gift of a little play kitchen. Earlier this week she found a play fork and plate in our room and they've been her favorite toy all week. We also got her some baby bottles that have actual "milk" and "juice" in them. This last weekend we also put up our Christmas tree... it wasn't the warm fuzzy "feel good" experience you would hope to have with your kids... Mariska hated the idea that she couldn't keep the ornaments and screamed every time one got put up on the tree. But now she loves waking up every morning and pointing out the tree and watching the lights turn on. She's also a big talker now, although I'm sure Brent and I will have to do a lot of translating while we're in Utah.
That's it for us... things are good and we can't wait to see ya'll!!
3 comments:
Ohh! What a cute little tree. I stupidly wanted to put up both trees this year since we have the room. Sadly about a third of the ornaments are now scattered around the botton of the trees or broken.
The warm fuzzies never seem to be the same in reality. There has to be a lot of humor added to turn these things into the warm fuzzy memories. We are so excited to see you guys!
what a nice post! We can't wait to see you guys either.
I'll have to tell Nathan to read your post about his LSAT...that was very sweet.
Maybe Nate & Mariska will understand each other with their jabber?? But I'll probably have to translate too :)
The tree looks great!! I feel for ya about how hard it is to get those "special moments."
Safe travels...& we can't wait for Mariska's B-day party too!
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