Life update!!!

WOW, we have gone through Thanksgiving and are already starting into December. I just cant believe it. Well, here is our family update... * So, I did okay on my pre-holiday diet. I didnt eat any sweets except an occational soda pop to keep me awake on my long night shifts. I felt really great about keeping this goal. However, my exercising goal is a totally different story. I did un-freeze my gym pass (that has been frozen since a month before Bradley was born... yes, I know that has almost been a year... dont rub it in...), but I only went to the gym once. I did have lots of hopes for going, but you know how that goes... for me at least. Anyway, I will make a plan and commitment to do better. I am going to do better and I am going to work hard so I can get in to shape. "I love my body and I know I can do what it takes to exercise. Now do it." (This will be my daily quote for positive affirmations.) So, I am going to start again. Welcome to my life, continually starting again... but if I never give up then I have never failed, right... RIGHT! *We had a wonderful Thanksgiving... Which consisted of working the night before, eating Thanksgiving dinner at Chuck-A-Rama, working Thanksgiving night, leaving for Idaho within hours of getting home from work on Friday morning, driving for 6 hours, surprising Jon's dad with our arrival in Caldwell (this was the best part of the trip), spending the weekend with family, and then coming home for Monday classes. We really did have a great time. We have such wonderful families and we just love hanging out with everyone. Brad especially had a great time with his cousins. He had so much fun, he decided to boycott naps. (which did not work out so well after 2 days... get the picture...) Overall, Thanksgiving was great!! * Jon is taking the LSAT on Saturday morning (Dec. 6th). I know he is going to do awesome. He is an amazing, marvelous, capable, hard working, kind, and patient husband and dad. We all just love him here at this house and we know he has so much in his future. I am so grateful for him... Jon is my perfect man, my best friend, and I love him forever and all eternity. He is planning on applying for Law Schools after we get the results, which we be a couple of weeks. He has been really stressed for this test, along with all the homework and school work he has been doing, so any extra prayers on our behalf are truly appreciated and welcome. Thank you all for your love and support. We are very excited to move into yet another new phase of our life. * Now for our Bradley... he is getting so big. I will post more pictures soon. We just love being parents, and although it can be very exhausting at times, it is always worth it. Brad is such a happy boy. He is so cute when he looks at me and just laughs. I know he is learning so much from me and so I really try and be a good example for him. I have just had 4 days off of work and so I was able to just hang out with my boy and love him. It was a blast. I know sometimes it seems so boring or ordinary, but now that I am sitting at work and rethinking my 4 days at home and wishing I could be with my boy again... I know that all those hours and days are irreplaceable. He is the sunshine in my life. I just adore him. Well, this has pretty much been our past couple of weeks. We are so grateful for our family. We love spending time together. Family time is just irreplaceable. We are so blessed.