1 week in...

and my resolutions are still holding. I didn't eat in the cafeteria once this whole week. I can't believe it! I am also still taking the stairs. This might be a bit easier than I thought.

It was such a busy week for us. Not really a lot going on but we were all so tired from trying to get back into the swing of things. Lindsay started her vision therapy this week and so far so good. I think we will be able to settle down into a regular routine for her. I just hope that it works. She uses the computer to do her therapy so I seriously need to find the desk top for her. This computer room seems to be the dumping ground for anything that doesn't have a home and for the things that certain people (I won't name name) around here don't know what to do with. I'd love to have a cute, bright, well organized office. Maybe that will be my project for today. I'll keep you posted!

Happy New Year!!!

A little late I know but I didn't quite make it until midnight so it doesn't really feel like a new year yet. I thought that it would sink in the first time I had to write the date down but that didn't do it either. Oh well!

I've made a couple of small resolutions this year! I think they are easy enough to stick to so I'm feeling quite optimistic about the whole goal situation.

#1 I vow to always take the stairs if I am able (meaning if I don't have to take the portable xray machine with me). There are so many times during the day that I take the stairs up one or 2 flights or worse.....take the elevator going down. Horrible I know. Yesterday I had my first big test. I got called in and had to transport my own patient. Wouldn't you just know it...they were on the 4th floor. I did it! I went up all 4 flights of stairs and had to stop outside the patient floor to catch my breath. Pathetic, but I did it. :)

#2 I vow to not spend any money in the St. Luke's cafeteria for 2010. This one will be a bit trickier for me because I eat there a lot. I think I will have a lot more money in the bank if this resolution works. I'm not optimistic but I am going to try my hardest.

#3 The last resolution is to study the Preach My Gospel manual with my family. This was one of the ward goals that the bishop challenged us to. We are going to study 1 chapter each week, and work on completing a small goal as a family. There are only 13 chapters so we'll be done by the first part of April! Easy Peasy...Lemon Sqeezey!

Christmas Morning Pictures

JJ's Big Gift

For the last several years, JJ has begged and pleaded with me for a pontoon boat. He has a float tube for fishing but being a girl I don't understand what the difference is. Well this year he got his way. I found one the day after Thanksgiving for a VERY good price and so I bought it. I got it at Cabella's and I had it shipped to the store so that he wouldn't see it before it was time. After it came in and I picked it up, Sage and I spent about 1/2 an hour wrapping the silly thing. Our plan was to tell him that I bought the girls a small fuseball table and that I wrapped it and stacked it in the corner. I think that he would have totally fallen for that too! When Sage and I were moving it some of the frame started to break through the box so we went to Plan C and took it to the neighbors house. There it sits here on Christmas morning. I told the neighbor that we'd be over to get it about 10am. Before we wrapped it we pulled the sticker off the box and put it on a piece of paper. We wrapped up that piece of paper so he'd have something to open. I didn't think that it would bring him to tears but it did. He's such a wonderful man and he deserves this. Merry Christmas honey...I love you!

Lindsay's Jingle Bells

Lindsay has been working so hard to learn to play Jingle Bells this Christmas. It's really cute and I admire her dedication. I think it's hilarious that she recorded this with the camera in her lap and I'm pretty sure that her dad ate a bit too much paste in Kindergarten.

My 35th Birthday

Seriously...can I really be 35 already?

I had a great birthday! I woke up to JJ in the kitchen baking a cake and fixing me breakfast so I knew it was going to be a good day. I had previously arranged to have the day off because Lindsay went for her big 2 hour eye exam that day so JJ and Sage played hookie too and we spent the day together. It was wonderful!

Lindsay and I went to do a little Christmas shopping and we had lunch at Iceburg. Then we met back at the house because JJ and I had plans to go to dinner with ShaRene and Brian (and Jodie and Glenn) because Brian's birthday is also on the 11th. We went to Tucanos and it was so yummy! Sadly the day went all to quickly but I couldn't think of any better way to spend the day.

Yuck. That's all I have to say about this picture.

I love him so much!

I told JJ that all i wanted for my birthday was for the girls to make me a cake on their own. JJ baked it and Sage frosted it. I think Lindsay may be responsible for the seriously large quantity of sprinkles. I was so full after dinner that I saved my piece for breakfast the next morning. They do good work because it was seriously tasty.

Christmas Parade

I didn't realize until last night that it's been so long since I posted. Well here are a few pictures to update you.

We have been super busy....just like everyone else....

On December 5th Sage had her debut flute performance when she had the opportunity to to march with the Kuna Middle School Marching band in the Kuna Christmas Parade. It was super cold that day but there were tons of people who braved the weather to watch. It was a great little parade. We all huddled together in our coats and hats and scarves and still froze our tushies off. It was fun though. There were so many people and the band was so huddled together that we couldn't actually see Sage when the band went by. Darn it! Poor Sage was half frozen by the time the parade was over. It was a great experience for her although she swears she will never do it again. Maybe she needs to take her flute and mosey on over the orchestra. Hahaha!

Me and my studly

The Settles (minus Grant, who is still in Iraq)

Jo and Lindsay

JJ and Phil