Prioritizing Family

"Christ teaches that we are happiest when we maturely prioritize the needs of others throughout our lives, particularly the needs of our spouse and family members.-- in a process of “losing” their lives, will paradoxically find happiness and growth."

I don't know where I found this quote. But I love it so I thought I would share it. 

72-Hour Kit Essentials

  











This year for Christmas we decided to get stuff for a 72-Hour Kit. I talked about doing his before here. We only got the essentials. We figured we could buy more stuff once we have a bigger family. This will at least get us through a natural disaster or other emergency. There is more stuff than just in the pictures because we utilized some things we already had around the house like toiletry items and a whistle. 

We went to Smith and Edwards up in Ogden. Camille told us this would be the cheapest place to get everything-- as well as most convenient, it's all in one stop. We went when we were already up in Kaysville so it wasn't that far of a drive. When we pulled up, Sam didn't realize it was a Cowboy/Country place. He was being hilarious! I wish I would have taken a picture of his facial expressions!! "We just entered cowboy-ville" "Sorry Missy I didn't drive my truck or wear my cowboy hat." --None of which we own, which made it even funnier. 

One purchase that I was proud of was the radio/flashlight that is a hand crank and solar powered that is also equipped with a USB so you can charge your cell phone or other similar devise:) 

A Piano Date

It was Missy's turn to plan the date, and to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to go to the piano store..Yes! I haven't had much chance to even play as of late, and it was a great activity to get out and play on some nice pianos. This one, the Yamaha Clavinova, was the piano salesman's dream piano, and ended up turning into ours as well. haha. It was a great piano, and had the correctly weighted keys even though it was a digital piano. It was a lot of fun to go and play on it! Thanks Missy!

Being Sick, Grandparents, and Work Retreat

^^On Monday, (the week before finals start) I had a really bad migraine and our wonderful neighbors, the Sutherlands, took me to BYU's health center to get a shot. Then on Thursday morning I took Sam to Urgent Care to get tested for strep throat. The doctor scared us suggesting that Sam might have mono, but luckily, it was only strep! It was a crazy week.^^

^^The Monday before Sam left to Pittsburgh his Dad's parents were in town and took us out to dinner. They have lived in California for most of Sam's adult life. It was great getting to know their fun personalities!!^^

^^At the end of November, my donor engagement team had their annual work retreat! It was lots of fun getting paid to have a day get-a-way up on the mountain near Draper.^^

 ^^We played a murder mystery game, a get to know you game, ate food and had a couple short speeches here^^ 

^^Then we did a treasure hunt (all over the area), here are some deer we drove by^^

^^Add this famous soccer player to my list of famous athletes that I have met. I wish I could remember his name. Does anyone know his name?^^