A New Year

The new year has brought some ups and downs. The ups have been spending time with family and we had a wonderful Christmas. Jesse got the camo he wanted and I got a puppy--ok so its a pillow pet puppy, but I'll take what I can get :) We also got some movies, a photo book, and a new camera! I've been using it a lot to help justify our getting a new camera. So here's a few of our Christmas pictures...

 Oh, and I made my brothers these awesome foot-y pajamas.

Another up, I got a calling in December to be the primary chorister. When I first got the calling I was super intimidated. I know kids shouldn't be scary, but I was a bit terrified. Now that I am a month into it, I love my calling. It is so much fun to teach these primary songs and come up with activities to teach the kids and invite the spirit too. For Jesse, he has been called as the assistant scout master for the Deacon's quorum. He is loving planning all the trips and camp-outs and uses as an excuse to try and get a camp stove...I'm not buying it :)

For the downs...so we came home last weekend from Sherlock Holmes (awesome movie!) to this...

Since it's dark, I'll explain...a tree fell on our house. And our car. In the top picture, where the load-all is, that is where our car was. So now we are in the middle of insurance claims and stuff. No fun. But we are definitely blessed that no worse damage happened and that we are ok.

Again, on the up side (!) we got a new set of couches! Kind of a last minute, spontaneous decision but we feel good about it. Of course it's hard not to feel good in on a soft, reclining sofa :)

So, 6 days into the new year and already it is crazy! But I am grateful for what we have and the loved ones around us. We really are blessed.