Come on in, 2011

I'm excieted for 2011, this year brings the end of a very long road of going back to school, which involved volunteering, prerequisites, building a reference list, and then the MSW program itself full of research projects, 15-19 credits every semester, internships, and TONS of reading. I am grateful for the experience, but will be glad to cross that finish line at last.

The New Year celebration was fun, we had a good break from school. The kids got to play with their cousins from Montana, which is something they always enjoy! They have loved showing off their gerbils. We went to a couple movies with Chad and Robin and their kids, and Bailey and Justin of course.




I enjoyed relaxing over the break, I might ahve done a bit too much of that as Jared was getting a little restless the last couple days of the break. But I had to recuperate! I'm not sure if I'm quite done recuperating, but oh well, back to work!
I still find time to regenerate in the hot tub.





We've been trying to spend a little extra time with Gabe and Heidi Carpenter because Gabe reports for duty next week and will be out of state for a good part of this year. We had a dinner and game night and last night was Lucy's birthday so the kids got to go to a party in Eagle Mountain and then Pirate Island! They didn't come home til 9:30! On a school night! I was trying not to let my OCD work me up over that, I was in class that evening and didn't have a lot of control over where they were. In retrospect, Jared and I should have driven to PI after my class, but we didn't realize they were goin gto be there that long! The kids had a blast. Now I need to get on their backs about their homework...
Happy 2011!