Ground Breaking

Shawn and I went on Saturday to the Gilbert Arizona Temple Ground Breaking! It was really neat to go. This will be our temple once it is up and running. At this time there is three temples in Arizona. The Mesa, SnowFlake, and Gila temples. Right now the Mesa temple covers all of the Mesa, Phoenix, Gilbert, Tempe, Chandler, Queen Creek, Scottdale, Tucson, Yuma, Glendale, and Goble cities. It was announced that the Mesa temple is the busiest temple. Once the Gilbert temple is built it will take Gilbert, Tempe, Chandler, and Queen Creek. It is estimated that it will be up and running in 2013. We are so excited!!!

It is a Miracle

When Shawn and I moved to Arizona we decided to not get internet or TV serivce. We thought it would be best because we knew that Shawn would be starting his business over. Well, after one year and 3 months we finally got internet! We are so excited. We finally feel connected to the world again.

What a great year!

I know this is late, but it is better then never. Shawn and I went to Utah for Christmas and New Years. It was a lot of fun to hang out with family, friends, play games, watch movies, and eat great food.

Before we went up for the holidays, Shawn and I were talking about how great 2009 was for us. We talked about the many events and family blessings we have received. Here are some of the joys and a few pictures that 2009 has brought us.

January
We got engaged

April
We went to Hawaii

May
I graduated from UVU
One baby was born
One baby was placed

June
WE GOT MARRIED!!!
One baby was blessed
One baptism

July
One wedding

August
One wedding
We moved to Arizona

October
One baby was born

November
One baptism
We went to Utah
One baby was adopted
One baby was sealed to his parents
One baby was blessed
One wedding

December
One baby was born
One baby was blessed

We are so excited for 2010! We have made many goals for us and we can't wait to see them achieved! Happy New Year!

Christmas in Arizona

Shawn and I were diving to his brother's house to help him unload some stuff when we passed by ths house. It was the first time that I have even seen a cactus decorated in lights! As the December month has countined there has been many other decorated cacti. I thought it was amazing. I wonder how they do it so that they don't get poked. I thought others would enjoy it has much as I did.

We also went to the Mesa, Arizona Temple. They have lights like Temple Square, however, Mesa is a lot smaller and they only do one side so it seems like there are a lot more. It was a lot of fun. It was like walking in a sea of lights. There are so many. It was also a lot of fun to see lights on and in the plam trees. It was so unique and different compare to all the trees in Utah.

There was also a ton of missionaries out, each one trying to share the good news with everyone. I was surprised that we only got stopped twice because they were so many. The first missionary was from Sandy, Utah. He was very excited to talk to use until Shawn told him I was from Salt Lake City, Utah. His expression immediatedly dropped and he told us to have nice night. The second one was not going to give up as easy. He was from Montana. He heard I was from Salt Lake City, Utah and his excited expression stayed the same; however, it immediately dropped when Shawn told him we were married in the Salt Lake City Temple. Nevertheless, he did encrouage us to keep up on our missionary work. It was a good time, despite seeing the disappointed expressions on the missionaries' faces. With this experiece Shawn and I were able to see where we were with our missionary work and where we could improve. It felt so good to be surrounded by the glow of the lights and see the excitement about the birth of the Savoir.

Thanksgiving

Shawn and I had the great opportunity of flying up to Utah for Thanksgiving! It was a lot of fun hanging out with family and friends. We also were able to see my nephew Carter be sealed to my sister and her husband. We and they have been waitng for a long time for this. It was a wonderful time and I feel so grateful to have been able to be there. He is finally apart of our family forever!

Finally!

I finally broke down and created a blog. So, keep posted for more information.