Picture Blog

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Home Again, Home Again

We are finally back in Missouri...

I'm sad to be so far away from family, friends, temples, and "vacation mode" where I give myself budget money to spend on clothes and going out to eat and other unnecessary items that I don't allow myself to buy during the rest of the year.

I realized that I hadn't been able to post pictures and thought "I'll post some, I didn't take that many pictures anyway."

Wrong.

...33o pictures...

So, I chose a few pictures as a glimpse into my vacation.

And I've decided that I'm gonna post several pictures on my (long time, unused) picture blog tysonandbethany.blogspot.com. It may take a while, but this way people who are interested in looking at all my pictures are free to look and enjoy. :)

Crazy Fun.

Snow.

Girls' Outings.

1st Foods..Wide Mouth...Happiness.

Family Pictures.

Running Fast in Lightening McQueen slippers.

(And many other Christmas gifts)

Squishy Cheeks.

Jungle Jims.

Happy Baby.

Children's Museum.

Pleasantly Surprised

The new year rolls around (faster and faster every year) and I find myself ONCE AGAIN planning to re-vamp my life and kick myself into gear.

I hadn't really planned on "New Year's Resolutions" until Sunday during Relief Society. They talked about Elder Uchtdorf's talk in general conference and related it to New Year's resolutions. It got me thinking...

*me thinking*

"I need to re-vamp my life."

*It was a short conversation*

I created some goals and started thinking....then I remembered last year's re-vamping (click here if you are interested in visiting my past).

In a moment of daringness I decided to take a look at that old blog, planning to say to myself "oh man...better luck this year".

And my face then turned to one of pleasant surprise.

Last Year's Goals (I may forget one or two...I'm going off of memory here):

• Read Infinite Atonement....DONE
• Keep a Cleaner Kitchen....DONE (for the most part)
• Rid of My Fear of Hand-Washing Dishes....DONE
• Get Rid of Using My Little Plastic Cards and Go Cash Only....DONE
• Looking Better on the Outside to Feel Better on the Inside....DONE (for the most part)

*Swelling with Pride*

Now if I can only do as good on my NEW goals...

I'm not exactly sure what my new goals are going to be....yet. But I have decided to base my goals on the four most important relationships that Elder Uchtdorf mentioned in his talk:

1. Relationship with God
2. Relationship with Family
3. Relationship with Fellowmen
4. Relationship with Myself

So, I've decided that I want to write out 4 daily tasks to accomplish that day, one task per relationship. I do want to come up with one larger goal, find out which category it fits in and have that day's goals always working towards that larger goal.

Unfortunately, I'd have to say that some of the things I really want to improve in my life...I'm not exactly sure how improve...cause its more of a state of mind.

Examples:

• Improve my dying need to please everyone.
• Feel that my self-worth is dependent upon what other's think of me.
• Don't be afraid to go and do, be more confident and outgoing.
• Don't let little things get me down.
• Don't compare myself to others.

You know...things like that...

But I'll figure it out and get back to you.

Christmas...ASIAN Style

How do you know you are celebrating Christmas with Asians...

• You spend half of Christmas singing karaoke
• Grandma gets upset if you don't say "karaoke" CORRECTLY (kah-rah-o-kay: Japanese meaning "without orchestra")
• One of the favorite gifts was a package of Japanese candy called Hi Chew
• Having to win BINGO in order to get your white elephant gift (we may have found a way to turn our WHITE elephant gift exchange into a ASIAN elephant gift exchange)
• You've turned "gift exchange" into a game show (we've in the past played games such as Let's Make a Deal, Family Feud, and Minute to Win It....this year was The Price is Right)

Let's not forget New Years traditions:

• Amongst the traditional holiday feast lies sushi or gyoza
• Along with the forks and spoons lies chopsticks
• And perhaps Uncle Brian will bring his karaoke machine again...just for good measure

What Eden REALLY Wants for Christmas...

Its true. If she could, Eden would give up all her Christmas presents to stay in Utah with everyone around to play with and spoil her.

Life of a Mother

Amen. I hear ya Hilary.

Currently my children are sleeping and I had a really good day. I'm not feeling so much like pulling my hair out (like I sometimes do) but I did happen to see this video on someone else's blog and it gave me a good laugh.

Kind of a "ha ha...its so true..." kind of laugh.

....and I only have 2 younger children....

Its Official....

We're moving to Colorado for 3rd and 4th year of med school!!!

Grand Junction....ready or not, here we come!

We're excited. Sad to leave behind our friends but excited to be closer to family.