January

This is our first post for 2009! We are looking forward to a fun and healthy new year! We are about ready for spring, it has been so cold that I am really dreading the gas bill this month.

We added a llama and billie goat to our farm this past year, unfortunately, Billie got sick and died on Christmas day, it was very sad. He was so sweet and beautiful. We will really miss him. Jasmine, the llama, is a character. She rules the other animals and is so fun to look at and talk to. I am sure they will all be happy when the sun starts to shine again!

I had strep throat just after New Years and it was the most pain I have been in that I can remember. I hope I never have it again. We are sure Zack will get it since he is the "king" of strep. We are planning to have his tonsils removed over the summer since he will be starting Jr. High in August and we don't want him missing school now that he will be in the big leagues!

Jordyn is doing great in gymnastics, she is a level 7 this year and has been at it since she was 18 months old! She has had two "break the ice" meets already and scored a 9.0 on vault and a 9.05 on floor, so she is on her way! Her beam routine is spectacular and if she nails it she could get close to a 10.0, it is her best event. She is also amazing on bars, and has already made her giants and competed them on high bar! By state she should be amazing!

Work is fine, I am leaving the YWCA for a new position at the Ronald McDonald House Charities, I will be the volunteer coordinator for the Ronald McDonald Family Room in Ogden Regional Hospital. It is an exciting opportunity and close to home. I am so looking forward to not commuting to SLC three times a week. Sammy is starting a new sort of position at his company and he is really excited about it.

I will hopefully apply to graduate school next year and get going on that. I have been dragging my feet in fear of the GRE (graduate school entrance exam), but will hopefully have the time to study for it over the summer and take it and be ready to apply in the fall. I am hoping to get into the Combined Clinical, School and Counseling Psychology program at Utah State University. Some day I will make my goal of being a school psychologist or counselor. I just may have more gray hair!

That is all for now, I will post more when I have a chance to upload some photos!