Spring Fever!!

I'm so glad to finally see the sun and not be cold 24 hours a day!!

It has been since Christmas since I updated my blog. So I need to do a lot of catching up!!! For New Year's we went out to the lake to Aunt Jo's condo and played games and ate!! Some of the kids went swimming! It was a fun night. New year's weekend we went to Salt Lake as a family! We stayed at the Airport Inn, and everyone really enjoyed the swimming pool. The first night we went to McGrath's Fish House for dinner! Then next morning morning and part of the afternoon we went to Ikea and enjoyed looking around, some found good things to buy! Then Thomas & Kali took MeLinda's kids out to Alaina's. We met Kali's family at Chuck-A-Rama for dinner before going to the Jazz game. Then we went to the Jazz game, they played the Denver Nuggets and the Jazz got slaughtered that night. On Sunday, we got up and came home.

On Friday January 22, my friend Verolinda's husband Arturo got baptized!! They were married last April and have a little boy Gabriel! So it was neat to see him enter the waters of baptizm! I'm so proud of him, and know he will be blessed for his decision. After the baptism we went with all of Verolinda's family to eat at In-N-Out!! It was delicious. While I was at In-N-Out my friend Javier called and invited me the next day to another baptism. His brother-in-law Leonel got baptized. It worked out perfect because I already had my church clothes with me. So the next day I made it to Leonel's baptism!!

Hermana Alexandra Marrero came from the Dominican Republic to visit! A couple of us from the mission got together at Hna Raquel DelaRosa Jorgensen's home. Hna Mikelle Ostler, Hna Kandis Bryant, Hna Jill Peterson, Hna DeLaRosa, Hna Marrero and I got together and ate Dominican Food, reminised about the good ole' times from the mission and watched a movie!! It was good seeing everyone! Hna Marrero brought me spices back from the DR and so I had to make my family Dominican Food!! I spent the night at Mike & Marie's! They got up the next morning to make me breakfast!! It was good seeing them.

February 6th, my really good friend Javier and Brenda were sealed in the Logan Temple! It was a neat experience to be in the temple with them! I'm so proud of them! They are such an example to me, and am so blessed to have their friendship in my life!!

I finally got a job in Logan!! I am working at Hillcrest Elementary as an Aide! I work with small reading groups in Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade. It's so fun working with little kids again!! Since I'm working in Logan, I moved in with Uncle Sam & Aunt Marilyn! They are so nice to open their home up to me!! It works out great since Uncle Sam travels a lot and Aunt Marilyn is home alone.

I really have been blessed! I'm so grateful for the blessings that I continually have in my life!!