I PASSED!!!!

I have now passed all of my State Literacy Tests!!!! YAY!

NOT ONE!?!

Unfotunately, I did not take one SINGLE picture in Olympia. :( Here is all the fun we had in Ellensburg though! :)

Tyler went to shovel all the snow off the deck and soon he had Amie and Ethan outside with him attempting to help. To distract the kids, so he could work on the deck, he told them to start making a snowman. They started to roll snow, but soon Tyler was helping them to make the perfect Snowman. They had lots of fun and after the Snowman was finished, they got back to work on the deck. The snow was off in no time.

The next activity on the list of fun things to do was making a Gingerbread House

Nativity- Tyler's family does a nativity every Christmas Eve! Here it is! Ty and I were two of the wise men.

CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN! The kids loved to eat all the chocolate! Us adults had lots of fun too!

Christmas Day!!!!!!!

Ty's Mission Reunion

Tyler's mission president and his wife (President and Sister Ope) came to Salt Lake City from Brazil and had a mission reunion. All missionaries who served under President Ope for the last 5 years were invited. It was fun to meet lots of Ty's old companions and friends that I had only ever seen pictures of. It was wonderful to hear him speaking so much Portuguese too! :) It was hard to get President and Sister Ope together, because there were so many people, so we did pictures with them each individually. The other picture is of Elder Smiley... I think that is his name... haha. Hopefully Tyler will correct me when he sees this if I am wrong. :)

Oh the Places you will GO.......

Tyler and I are sooo excited to go to Washington for Christmas! We can hardly wait!! Unfortunately, we have to wait 3 or 4 more days... We have finals Thursday and Friday this week (Plus all the other finals I have been taking last week and this week earlier).

Ty was soooo sweet and got me flowers because I was stressed. I am impressed with how often he has gotten me flowers! Thanks sweetie! Love you lots! :)

We were going to GO to Utah for the weekend, before heading home, but now we have decided we probably won't. We will probably just head to Washington on Saturday morning early or Friday afternoon.

This Christmas season we will be in Olympia and Ellensburg, so friends from both places, give us a call and we will get together! :)

STATE TEST

Yesterday I took the State Literacy Test for Idaho. I took one in Spring Semester too. There are 3 state literacy tests that I must pass before I can be close to graduating. I passes the 1st one with no problem. Last night I had to take 2 tests. I took the regular state test AND a pilot test. Friday I take my final state literacy test and once again, I take 2, the pilot and the actual test.

I won't find out if I passed or not until January or February! I really hope I did. If not, I have to take them again next semester.

WISH ME LUCK!!! :)

Change in Attitude

I have been negative this week, because things have not gone as planned, but, Now I need to CHANGE and be positive.

I AM THANKFUL FOR:
- My wonderful Husband, Tyler
- My Family
- Tyler's Family
- Friends
- Neices that can cheer me up at any moment
- A cute and warm apartment
- Food to eat everyday
- Going on dates with Tyler
- Double Dates
- My cell phone

I feel MUCH happier now! :)

This doesn't usually happen....

This week so far has been horrible and it makes me kinda home sick. I know that sounds funny because Rexburg is my home right now and has been for 2 years or more, but when I have horrible days, I just want to be back in Washington state. I don't care if it is Olympia or Ellensburg, but something about Washington and being with lots of family just makes me feel better.
Tyler is wonderful and always does everything to make me feel better and be happy, so he does everything right when I have a bad day. It is just weeks like THIS one that make me want to be done with school and back in Washington for good.