A New Year...brings much anticpated joy!

Despite what it may seem like, I have had actually too much going on in my life, too many thoughts and feelings running through my head for me to even think straight and write it down. Every time I sit down, my mind goes blank!!

First off, we were able to go home for Christmas, which was much needed!!! and what made it even better was that on our way up, we went to Phoneix--and finally got our Transmission truly fixed. FINALLY NO MORE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!!! at least for now!

Brigham turned 6 on the 15th!! It was a lot of fun. Mike and Caitlin came down and joined us, making his birthday even better! We took the kids hiking to a place called Kilbourne Hole, 10 miles from the Mexico border. They had a lot of fun and were very worn out by the end. The week previous we also went hiking in a different area. It was also lots of fun. While heading down the side of a steep mountain poor Bennett slipped and sat right in a cactus! We got all the needles out and he recovered quickly. Brigham led the way, falling every once in a while, getting a few cactus needles in his hands occasionally, but he just kept on moving.

Samuel just started his 2nd semester of Grad school. This semester on top of all his fun economic classes he gets to take a GIS class. He really enjoys that kind of stuff and is good at it. Before we left the Roaring Springs Ranch he mapped out all the private pastures--which was no small task. They were very impressive maps to say the least.

I am excited for this new year! For the unknown and new chances and experiences. I feel like we have been very blessed in many ways and feel very over whelmed with emotions. And since I have no idea how to say this--After many months of fasting and prayers we are happy to announce that we are expecting!!!