Last night I left the Christmas lights on and went in the bedroom. I went to the bathroom 30 minutes later to find them off. You just can't do that the night before Christmas; so I told Dave (he just rolled his eyes) and I turned them back on. haha. We woke up this morning a little after 8AM and Will went straight to the Christmas tree since the lights were on. I loved this Christmas because Will was finally old enough to open and get excited about his presents. His stocking basically had a new toothbrush and toothpaste which he loved, some new pacifiers, few pieces of candy, and some animal foam things you put in water and they grow. He loved his toothbrush the most. I loved watching him open his presents. He started opening his Ernie doll and as soon as he saw the hair he exclaimed "Ernie?...Ernie!!!" It was the cutest thing ever. We also got him a pack of cars and a helicopter, a car rug, and a cars book/magnadoodle thing. I'm glad we didn't get him anything else because he just doesn't need that much. He got a toy giraffe from his cousins, a thomas the train set from Dave's parents, and I believe mom and dad are getting him train stuff too; so I am pretty sure he will be fine for the next few years. There's only so many things that keep his interest, lol. He was so happy though, and I loved seeing him get so excited. In a few days we will go to the store and let him pick out something "from Grandma A" since she sent us some money to use partly for him. Dave and I spent hardly anything on eachother and I have to say this was probably the best Christmas I've ever had because there isn't anything I want more than to see my child happy. And he was happy. haha  We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's and gave them some pie and set Grandma up with a FB which I doubt she will use, but she has one now. Thanks everyone for your gifts and thinking of us. We love you all and miss you. Merry Christmas!http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=44683&id=1126704499&l=c200294fba

Our electricity went out at 10:30 this morning and we were told it was due to a bad accident and 4500 people were without power, but it should be up by 2pm. So, we had to go out to eat for lunch. At 2, the power was still not up so we called and the time changed to 4pm that we would have power, and then it got pushed back to 7pm. Need I mention that everyone around us had power since lunch time. It seemed like it was always that way growing up; the power would always work on the other side of the street, not ours. So we went over to Grandma and Grandpas and they fed us dinner and let us hang out over there for a bit. Then at 7 we went home. The power was still out. Dave was pretty mad at this point, but we went and got ice cream and looked at some more Christmas lights. Our bishop called us and told us he was aware of our situation and we could go to a ward members home where other families were keeping warm at, but by that time we were just hoping that the 8:30 promise of power would be true this time so we didn't bother. It was a snowy, dark, cold day; the perfect day to lose power. But the power did come back on at 8:30, and now we are looking at generators. haha I feel lucky to have electricity in the first place, but it was just one of those inconveniences where I wish we could have been more prepared.

Good grief! I now understand why people don't read the old testament. I know I've studied the old and new testament in Seminary and at church, but actually reading it and being consistent about it takes a whole lot of effort. I thought I would be able to read it, remember it, and desire to read more than a chapter a night. As it stands, some of this stuff is worded so anciently that I find myself trying not to fall asleep when I read so it's not all in vain.  I wanted to read the Old Testament before I got into the New Testament, but last night after another attempt to just stay awake during it I decided to start the New Testament now while still going on with the Old. So after I finished my chapter in Joshua I started Matthew and read the first 4 chapters before making myself go to bed. And officially, for our family scripture study, we finished the BOM after 4 years exactly. haha. I think this time we'll double up our 5 verses each and maybe it will only take us 2 years.