Christmas gone, New Year around the corner

So with Christmas over and the New Year just days away I have been thinking a lot about what will be next in my life.  So as I have been pondering and praying I have decided a couple of things. 

Goal #1
My first goal for 2010 is to start working out and lose all of this extra weight I have put on.  I really do want to get married one day and think I need to make myself look more appealing to the opposite sex.  So hopefully I can have the motivation to do good and work hard and lose a lot of weight.

Goal #2
After lots of encouraging from a couple of friends and talking with my Dad and Branch President I have decided to start Temple Prep in January.  So hopefully I will be able to go through the temple and recieve my endowments in February!!  I am very excited for this step in my life and can't wait to start!! 

Now that I have set a couple of goals I hope that I can achieve them.  You will all have to help keep me on track and do my best!!!!

December is busy, busy, busy. . . .

So the past month has been extremely busy around our house, but I love it!!!!  Thanksgiving was good, we ate dinner at Grandma Burgeners house, had dessert at Aunt Melanies, and went home to watch the traditional Christmas Vacation.  We also put up all of Grandma's Christmas decorations while at her house as well.  But as soon as we were done eating me, Lisa, and Kari all went in the livingroom and layed down and fell asleep.  Needless to say we got out of doing the dishes this way :) lol

Our family also had a pleasant surprise when Kari got a call from Mike Rose (he is our pretend brother, served his mission here and we got really close) saying that he and his family were here and wanted to come see us.  So Mike, Melinda, and Ethan came over on the Monday after Thanksgiving and stayed at our house all evening.  It was so good to see them and talk to them, plus to meet little Ethan, who we have never seen.  Plus we found out that they are expecting baby #2, YAY!!!!

This is cute little Ethan!!!  We had a blast playing with him and watching him dance.

The other GREAT part of Thanksgiving was the fact that both my cousins that live in Hawaii came up.  It was so nice to see Beth and Jess and David and Amanda.  I think that the last time I saw Beth was before she moved to Hawaii, and it was so nice to see her kids.  I can't believe how big they are.  It was also nice to see David and Amanda and their children.  They are also getting so big I can't believe it.  Amanda is awesome and told me that I should come hang out with her and the kids while David is out serving in the Navy for 5 months.  I am seriously considering doing just that.  If I can afford the airplane ticket, I just might go to Hawaii.  Why not right?

So anyhow, Thanksgiving was great and we got to see a ton of family and catch up with them and I loved every minute of it.  And now the preparations for Christmas are done, and it is well into the party season.  My sisters and I had a party this past Saturday with a bunch of our friends and had a blast.  And this week is going to be a lot of fun too.  We always go to the Voice Male Christmas concert, it is our families tradition, so we are doing that this Thursday.  Plus I have the YSA Christmas Party on Saturday and the Johnson family Christmas party on Sunday.  I love the party season, lots of good food, fun, and visiting with those that I love.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!