So I guess it's about time I join the blogging family.

It's going to be a new year, and I wanted to try to keep records of the things we do this year so I thought this would be the way to go. And It seems that I am very blogger illiterate. I have no idea how to use this thing. So bare with me as I attempt this blogging world and share my precoious life moments with you all.

I should have taken a picture of the beauty and COLD we are blessed with this Christmas year. Since people of Washington don't know how to drive in snow (or rain what's the irony of that in Washington?) the kids and I decided to walk to the store instead of attempting to drive on the road. But it was a fun adventure. I wish I had my camera with me because Trenten sat in the stroller, and Melissa sat on his lap. He held on to his sister so tight, he's such a good brother. Then Melissa fell asleep on the way back so Trenten and I decided to have a snow fight and I wanted to make a snow angel, but Trenten thought it would be more fun to jump on my angel, oh well. At least we were able to get outside since we've been cooped up inside the last few days.

Today Melissa and Trenten proved to me that men and women are the same from the time they are young to the time they get old. This is so adorable and I just couldn't help but think how true this situation really is. Melissa was laying on the couch and she told Trenten her tummy hurt. Trenten asked her, "are you all right honey, is there anything I can do for you?" Then she replied, "no, I'll be ok." Here's a perfect example of the "man" trying to help, and the "women" thinking she doesn't need help. SO TRUE. So much we can learn from these precious little children!

I'm sure I'll make a Christmas letter to send out to everyone. Haven't gotten around to it yet. But since we are pretty much snowed in there really isn't any excuse for me. But I'll just write a few things that are on my mind about this year. Probably one of the most big changes this year has been my move back to Vancouver. It was the best thing I could have ever done. For a million reasons, a few of them being I started school, I'm closer to my family and I have a lot of great friends here. Yep, I'm now officially a college student. My first semester was so awesome, I was so scared to start school, thinking that managing school, work, single mom life with two kids, dating and having a social life was going to be so hard. But I managed to pull off all A's and enjoy my time with my kids, and have good quality time with Derrick. Heavenly Father really is amazing, I couldn't be more blessed in my life!

So I guess that will be the end of my first blog post. Hopefully I can figure out how to do more on here. But for now I will post a picture of me and the kids doing our nightly reading in our "magical reading tent" we created together.