Sacrifice and Laughter

This morning I woke up a half hour early so I could make lunch (what Sam normally does in the morning while I finish getting ready) and breakfast (what I normally do). Sam tries so hard to do well in school, and I knew he would be tired in the morning (I went to bed before him). So I sacrificed some of my sleep so he could sleep in more. I took his alarm clock so it wouldn't wake him up and I waited for the last possible moment to have it go off. I hid the food and so when he saw it he would be so happily surprised. My husband likes to have a lot of food with him through out the day and I knew this would make him so happy.

We had a morning full of laughter! Since I knew we were going to be fine on time I was pretty relaxed.

So as I observed Sam find jeans just lying on the floor and as he, without a second thought, shoved one leg in after the other as fast as he could... I had to laugh and comment "Perfect! Jeans!" as I did Sam's frantic motions.

Sam started to laugh as well. As he did up the belt that was already on the jeans I said, "Bonus! Belt!"

Sam started to burst out laughing!! "Stop saying exactly what I think!" We were both laughing so hard.

The lack of sleep and sacrifice to do something special for the one you love the most, was such priceless gift that makes moment so precious.

"If we seek opportunities to work in behalf of others, the atonement working in our lives will produce in us the love and tenderness we need." - Elder Eyring

{Our First Car!!}

Sammy and I got our first car. Through much though and prayer we decided it was time. And he didn't want me to see me walking in the -2 degree weather anymore, what a gentleman! :) 

Pip Squeak Engine

Last semester Sam was in a manufacturing class and built a Pip Squeak Engine with a group of three. They drew it, constructed its design sheets, made the dimensional drawings, made the process sheets that explains how to manufacture the parts and then they made the parts by hand. Sam is awesome!

BYU HITLIST

As I was sitting doing homework, I randomly decided to go to BYU Hitlist and try to win a prize...to my luck, I won the Grand Prize for the day. It was a $200 Walmart Gift Card!! What a great day!

epic.

{Brotherly Bonding}

Since Sam and Zac are both going into the engineering field Zac decided to get us an Arduino Uno for Christmas so they could use their amazing engineering skills! For their first project they set up a light that changes from dim to brighter depending on the lighting in the room. Then they constructed a "security system" where an alarm goes off if someone crosses through a lazier. Boy are these men SMART!

Playing with Kids

Syd came over with his kids during the holiday break. After dinner, Sam spent most of the night playing almost every game in the book with them. They didn't want to stop. 

He is going to be a really fun Dad someday. :)

BYU Basketball Game

Sam and I had the opportunity to watch the men's BYU basketball game from the 4th row!! It was fun to see BYU win again :)