Happy New Year!

Well, we have just been playing too many games over this break, that I forget to take any pictures ;o(.  But we had a fun New Year's celebration with some friends while the kids went elsewhere.  Mason realized that the stake dance isn't all it is cracked up to be and he failed us by engaging in the zombie style slow dance.  We coached and modeled and encouraged him to do the classy dance, but as he said, "what do you do when the girl automatically puts her hands on your shoulders before I get a chance to grab her hand?"  Any suggestions for my poor boy would be greatly appreciated.  We are signing him up for social dance next year, so hopefully that will help.

Jeff has been freezing his batooty off out in the garage this last week.  He finally got his inverter so we can finally move forward with the solar project.  So by March we should have it up and running, as long as we can have a few days to get the solar panels up on the roof.  Yeah.

Other than that, Jeff has been busy working on his rubber band machine guns.  Yes, it has turned into a much larger project than he had anticipated, but in the end, they should be really cool.

And as for New Year's resolutions, here is your challenge....

Commit yourself to Christ this year!

Let go of anger, hurt etc. and embrace the atonement.  Allow the Savior to take away the pain.  Trust in the Savior.  Make those changes in your life that you know you need to so that you can free yourself of the pains of the world.  It will be different for everyone, but just think about it.  It is a great opportunity to strengthen yourself and your families!

I have put this challenge out to my Relief Society sisters and our family.  We are giving each of the sisters a polished rock pendant on a chain for their birthdays, to remind them who to build they foundation on!  Embrace your Savior.  He IS committed to you.  It is wonderful having a missionary out in the field.  We have been blessed so much spiritually, physically and so on.  We know from whence our blessings come.  With trust in the Lord all things are possible.

We hope you all have a wonderful 2015!  Make it a good one, it is up to you!