Me

It's been forever! We're settled into Rexburg now and doing well. I recieved my midterm grades and have proven that I'm the best student I've ever been. Took me long enough!

"Them" have their own blog now! Heavens, they grow up so fast. If you wanna follow what B&B have to say check them out at http://pugmisadventures.blogspot.com/

Life is good. Our 5 year anniversary is this Friday. We're seeing Extravadance and then going out to dinner. We decided not to get eachother gifts this year because we're going to Hawaii after Thanksgiving. I guess Hawaii is a big enough gift. LOL.

Saturday is my 26th birthday! WOOHOO. I'm rapidly approaching 30. I guess I'll just have to be thirty, flirty, and thriving. I have a big day planned, starting with a trip to the salon to get my hair colored and maybe a facial and some waxing. In the evening we're going out with a big group of friends to Gringos Mexican Restaurant (cause it's time to splurge on some major yummy calories) and then bowling at Fat Cats. Bryce has something up his sleeve... he keeps trying to convince me to have my gift early. I refuse because I want something to open on my birthday. He's trying to be sneaky but I think I've figured out what he's bought me. I predict *ahem* that he has purchased me a work-out machine of some sort. He says I'm wrong... but that could easily be a ploy to sway me. Not budging. We'll just have to wait until Saturday to see.

Bryce's application for BYU-I is finally in! Took us long enough! There were some hold-ups with OSU sending his transcript over but we got everything squared away and now we're just waiting. I'm sure it's an "accepted" letter because he has a better GPA than I, but that doesn't make the waiting less nerve-racking.

One of my classes is Family History... Who know doing family history research could be so addicting? I can easily spend HOURS on campus researching my relatives. I hear people say all the time that they don't need to do their genealogy because their parents or grandparents have done it... This is so freaking wrong. It is never done! Is it on new.familysearch.org? Has their temple work been done? Do you know every detail about them? Are you relying on someone else? When in the scriptures does it say to rely on someone else to do the work for you? Exactly. I want to encourage anyone who reads this to do their own family history; whether it's going through the temple for family, putting the family's genealogy on the church's website, finding pictures, etc. It can be done and needs to be done. Your family is waiting for you to get off your butt and help them obtain the blessings you already have. SO DO IT.

LOL! Was that too harsh? I hope so... The Holy Ghost is soft spoken and easily overlooked. So I'm helping him out.

I've got a lot of work to do before the Thanksgiving break and our trip to Hawaii... but all the hard work will make Hawaii that much more rewarding.

Also, on an exciting note, I'm an aunt again. Carson William Smith was born on November 1st, 2010. Christi and Jeff are so excited to have him and I'm sure Britain will be a great older brother. But it will be hard on him, I'm sure.

Off to class. Time to learn about Eternal Marriage. This week's topic: Finances. STAYING OUT OF DEBT. I love these lessons!