So...we went to our friends (Holly and Kasey Nelson) house last night...They decorated it SO CUTE!!!! And by they I mean Holly. Pictures to come...we had the best ham, EVER!!! Then we played a game called, "Things you put in a box." Someone reads one of the cards (for instance one of the cards we chose last night was, "Things you would do if you were to change genders for a day.") and each player is to anonymously write an answer. A chosen person reads each answer out loud. Everyone then tries to match the answer with the person who wrote it…some answers given last night for the example question were, “Pee standing up,” “Ovulate,” and my personal favorite, “Become all emotional and cry for no reason,” (given by my wonderful spouse!!!).
Life has definitely been non-stop, as we are closing on our house on Friday and then driving to Evanston, going to Salt Lake for a family Christmas party on Saturday, driving back Sunday to give talks at Church and then planning the Ward Christmas Party on the following Thursday. As I reflect on the many tasks at hand, I am overcome with a distinct feeling of gratitude. Gratitude for the tremendous outpour of help from kind people like Nona Backman and her mother Sister Jackson, various families in the ward, grateful for the opportunity to serve others and grateful for so much family surrounding me. Perhaps that is one of the most overlooked blessings of marriage: a new family. I am so grateful for the new extended family I have in the Phillips…grateful for phone calls, for a warm inviting home away from home, for new people to love and be loved by and to care about & new people for your family to love and be loved by.
Life is hectic…but life is so wonderful, too!
Life has definitely been non-stop, as we are closing on our house on Friday and then driving to Evanston, going to Salt Lake for a family Christmas party on Saturday, driving back Sunday to give talks at Church and then planning the Ward Christmas Party on the following Thursday. As I reflect on the many tasks at hand, I am overcome with a distinct feeling of gratitude. Gratitude for the tremendous outpour of help from kind people like Nona Backman and her mother Sister Jackson, various families in the ward, grateful for the opportunity to serve others and grateful for so much family surrounding me. Perhaps that is one of the most overlooked blessings of marriage: a new family. I am so grateful for the new extended family I have in the Phillips…grateful for phone calls, for a warm inviting home away from home, for new people to love and be loved by and to care about & new people for your family to love and be loved by.
Life is hectic…but life is so wonderful, too!
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