We have had a few days of rain which is not fun for playing soccer. Unless you are Whitney and a few of her friends who thought it was a blast. So fun in fact at the end of their game they decided to slide in the mud puddle. Anyone know how to get mud out of a white uniform?

Basketball

Landon and Teegan are playing basketball this season

Looking Back 
     2010
~Trip to Hawaii
~Mike turned 40
~Teegan got baptised
~Big move to Texas

Looking Forward
       2011
~Move into a new house
~Landon turns 12 and gets the priesthood
~Whitney gets her learners driving permit
~???

If you would have told me in January of 2010 that I would be living in Texas by January of 2011, I would have not believed you. It just goes to show you you never know where life is going to take you.
Each year I try to come up with some sort of saying or quote for our family theme. Although we usually forget it by February, it is fun to come up with. Last year Mike and I thought and thought about it. It was while sitting in a youth trek fireside when a quote was said that Mike and I both turned to each other and said "that's it".          Keep moving forward 
                     and enjoy the journey was soon adopted as our 2010 family theme.  The saying was adopted from stories of great pioneers who although faced many trials, they keep moving forward.
The saying came to us so inspirationaly that I thought a lot about it. I distinctly remember thinking "I am not sure how this applies to our lives" and I even thought "I hope this doesn't mean something bad is around the corner". :0) Looking back now I see just how fitting our theme was for 2010. And while we are still adjusting to life out here we should probably keep that saying close for 2011. 
But a new moto has come to me that I think is perfect for 2011
"we become so caught up in the busy-ness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we're doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the 'thick of thin things.' In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting these more important causes." -President Thomas S Monson

 

As we get pulled and pushed so many different directions I want to make sure we aren't getting stuck in the think of thin things and we remember what is really important. 

Memories

One year ago today we were sitting in sunny Hawaii. It is crazy to think a year has gone by. We had such a great time and made some great memories.
Here are a few pictures I never posted.