Superbowl Sunday

and of course....

Hope you had a great Superbowl!! 

We just had a small group of friends (Ezra and Ariel, Toshi and B, Ben and me) come over but we had lots of food and fun! Thanks guys :)

Goals Revisited....

I'm definitely the type of person who makes New Year's Resolutions and keep them for 1 - 2 weeks.... and then that's it. So I decided that I should make them New Month's Resolutions and at the beginning of each month, I'll revisit the goals and see how I've been doing!

#1 - Read scriptures and pray DAILY. ----- Sorta check. I read the entire books of Moroni, Ether, and Mormon (each in a day) and then that was it. I definitely slacked on that part. BUT! I have been praying daily... personal, family, and with Ben.

#2 - Go to the temple at least once a month. ----- It's all about honesty... so no, didn't do this! Its just so easy to forget! I'll do it this month though!

#3 - Join a fitness class/get in shape. ----- I went with Toshi and it was so much fun! This month we're going to kickboxing and pilates! Also, if I don't go with her, I'll do sit ups and push ups during commercials while I watch all my favorite TV shows! That counts, right?

#4 - Pay my bills on time! ----- CHECK!

#5 - Blog! ----- I'm working on it :)

#6 - Make memories! ----- In January, we got back into the groove of working and living here in Provo without Glenn. We definitely miss him but I'm so excited that he's doing so good back home in Oregon.----- Mira went to Hawaii this month and brought back so many fun things for us. -----While she was gone, we were going to go to St George to visit Grandma Wheeler and Grandma Tweedie but Peyton and I got sick so we couldn't go. Ben took care of us and didn't complain once! I love him.----- Ben heard an ad on the radio for a job opportunity for a company called Cumulus Media.He thought that he fit the description perfectly and applied. A week later, he received a call to come to a job fair. It was really a group interview and he ROCKED it! They called him back the next day and asked him to come in for an interview. The next day they called him and asked him to call the corporate office for a final interview. We're so excited to see if this job will work out for him!!-----Peyton went to nursery! She's not quite 18 months but she's able to go if Ben or I are in there with her. And oh my goodness, she LOVES it. She could care less if mom and dad were there. But who could blame her? Other kids her size, food, toys, food.... she's in heaven! :)

I'm "Too Polite"

I work at a treatment center that gets a little crazy... ok, a lot crazy. I've been called everything under the sun. I've had curses put on my family. I've had death threats. I've seen girls (and this is gross) poop, smear it all over their arms, and then eat it. I've had girls try to kill themselves and have had to stop them from doing it.... Needless to say, through all of this, I really feel like I am good at my job. No, I'm great at my job. I don't want to sound prideful... but I really do take pride in being able to do this exceptionally well. Almost 3 years down the road, a position opened up that I felt was perfect for me. I felt like I was ready to take on more responsibility so I applied!

And like all the other many jobs I applied for.... I didn't get it! AGAIN?! I won't go into details because I could go on and on but I won't. I'll save you the theatrics and give you the basics: I am one hundred and ten percent confident that I was the better, more qualified applicant.... and just about everyone else on my shift agrees with me. The hard part is that the person who received the position is my friend... who I trained for 6 months. Sigh...

The reason why I didn't get the job? I'm "too polite". Oh well....

After talking with my supervisor, she feels like I AM ready for more responsibility so even though I didn't get the position, I will be put in charge of some programs that will hopefully give me the edge some other time. So I guess this all works out??

Welcome to the End

  We wanted ugly Christmas sweaters but they were $60+ online and the ones we found at the stores weren't ugly enough.... so we made our own sweaters!! (Except Peyton... ) 5 ugly sweaters for $20? 

Yes please! 

I figured since the world is supposed to end sometime this year, I better come up with some really good goals, right? haha

#1 - Read scriptures and pray DAILY. I feel like I need to make the gospel a bigger priority in my life. A friend of mine who is on his mission said "if you don't feel it, find it." I plan on doing just that!
#2 - Go to the temple at least once a month.
#3 - Join a fitness class (either kick boxing, jiu jiutsu, yoga, pilates, or spinning) with my friend Tashi (her sister will babysit Peyton) and go once a week... at least. Classes are offered 3 times a week. (aka. get into shape...and here's how I'm going to do it because now I have a friend to go with and no excuses!!)
#4 - Pay my bills... on time. Don't judge. I just forget!
#5 - Blog!
#6 - Make memories this year! And I know I will be! Things to look forward to: Riena comes home from her mission, Glenn will go on a mission(!!!!!YAY!!!!!), Kalilimoku reunion in Washington, Ben's hiking trip to the Grand Tetons, going on a cruise with Cassyie, buying a house, Peyton turning 2 (T.W.O!!) and hopefully so much more!!

What are some of your resolutions??

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

New Year's Resolution # 5: Actually write blog posts... instead of logging onto my blog and reading everyone else's.

Resolutions #1 - 4 will wait for another blog post.

Peyton... 7 months

Buy 1 Get 2!!

My sis-in-law introduced me to Snapfish and PHOTOBOOKS!! I love love love these. They make the perfect gift and they are personal, fun, and just awesome..... yup. They're doing a great deal right now... and in time for mother's day too! Or you could just keep the books for yourself, haha....Ready?

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Good deal, right? Right. You end up paying about $25 instead of $73.... and I promise, it is so worth it! I get these books every year for Christmas for my parents and they are the BEST presents ever. You have to get the 8×10 Classic Cover Book or Classic Photo Book with 20 Pages in order to get the deal.

The other day they had the same deal for collage coffee mugs so I got one for my mom, dad, and sister. They turned out super cute!

Just wanted all of you to know :) (especially since I haven't blogged in ... forever.... )

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