It's great to be 28

Ben and I had our 28th birthday this week. Getting older really doesn't bug me too much. Last year was the hardest so far but over all I welcome the new age with open arms. Ben loves it when our birthdays roll around because for one day he gets to crack as many jokes as he can about me being old. I guess it's good that I had my older brothers to be mean to me or I actually might take what he says personally. For our birthdays we were pretty low key. The way I like things. On my birthday the girls gave me chocolate (lots and lots) and I got to pull "but it's my birthday" card all day long and got out of lots of stuff. The girls and Ben made me a red velvet cake and it turned out really great. Melissa and Jackson came over for cake and hanging out. We love when we spend time together. Then Ben made dinner for the girls and a separate dinner for me. I had baked pasta. Loved it. It was so dang yummy. On Ben's birthday I stayed up till 5:15 taking care of Azlie so he could sleep got 4 hours and then got up for the day. I did miss making him birthday breakfast but once he found out how late I was up all was forgiven. He spent the day playing a game that we bought him for his birthday and then we went out to run some errands. After we did that we went to his brothers house and we got treated to take out. I wanted Mexican and Ben wanted Chinese. We got Chinese but it was so yummy anyway I really didn't care. That was our birthdays. Nothing too fancy but had a great time as a family. I am so excited to see what happens this next year.

Happy Late New Year!

So the girls and I rang in the New Year at our branch party. Ben had to work and I was asked to be in charge of games for the kids which I loved. It helped me build relationships with the kids in primary and I am hoping that I will be able to be their friend along with teacher. I have to say that I really love my calling. Every calling I have had (except when I was in a singles ward) has been in the primary. I was sort of burned out for a while but not any more. I find that I am jazzed to do sharing time and plan activities for the kids. I also went and bought these really cute binders (that I am not expensing since I don't want to give them up when I get released).


We played Simon says, mother may I, sneaker scramble, bean bag target (just in case you are wondering chalk doesn't vacuum up that easy), animal charades, and a few other games. I was really happy with the response that I got from the kids. I was only asked to do games for an hour or so but the kids just kept asking to play more games so I was in there the whole night. Some of the parents came up to me later and thanked me for keeping the kids occupied while they had some adult time. Here's my secret, shhh don't tell. I actually like playing with kids more than adults. Kids love it when adults are silly and it great to be loved for that.


The reason why I wanted to post was because I don't make resolutions or goals every year but there are things that I would love to see happen this next year.
1. Sell our home in Roy and make some money off of it.
2. Buy a home here in our branch boundaries that we love and can make our home for years to come.
3. Lose 50 lbs. I know that's steep but 30 of that is weight that I haven't lost from being prego with Azlie.
4. Become debt free and stay that way.
5. Help in activating some of the primary kids that aren't coming.
6. Help strengthen the testimony of myself, family, and those I serve.
7. Be able to have a laundry fairy that comes and does all the laundry while we sleep. That includes folding and putting it away.
8. Help make someones life better.
9. Build stronger relationships with friends and family.