One year older and wiser too!

Well... I will soon be leaving the teens and entering the twenties. That's right the big 20. I am pretty sure my dad is proud and my mom is shocked. I feel old. It feels like just yesterday I was out with my sand box buddies digging in the sand, building castles, and letting my imagination run wild. 2-0 folks ... Next thing I know its going to be 5-0 then 7-0 then 1-0-0!!!

When I look back at the past week it seems like I have accomplished a lot, so looking back at the past twenty years it seems like I have done oodles and oodles. I can't even pick out a few of my favorite memories of my last twenty years of my life because there are so so many, but I can think of some things I am grateful for that have been a part of my life.

First and foremost I am grateful for the gospel. Without it who knows where in the world I would be. I would be a lot like Carmen San Diego or Waldo...LOST!
Second, my wonderful parents. I know its weird that they aren't first, but without them I wouldn't have the gospel in my life. So in a round about way they are first. They are such great examples of hard work, love and my Savior Jesus Christ. I hope to one day be at least a smidgen like them. Of course I am already a smidgen of them ;)
Thirdsies, I am grateful for good people in my life. This list includes teachers, leaders, neighbors, friends, siblings. Pretty much most of the people I have encountered in my life. I have found that everyone has something good to offer. But, there are those people who will always have a very very special place in my heart.
Fourth, I am grateful for experiences. All of them. Easy, hard, fun, painful. ALL of them. It is because of these that I am who I am. They continue to help me grow and strengthen my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Finally, I am grateful for the gift of life which I have been blessed. It has been so great thus far and I look forward to what the future holds for me.

From this...

To this...

Ralph came for a visit...

Ralph the Night Hair Dresser came for a visit just the other evening, I woke up to find my new Do even better off than when I went to sleep. One of the many benefits of short hair is the awesome bed hair that comes along with it. This picture is an example of one of the reason's my brothers call me mophead.
It is also apparent that my bed hair is a contributing factor to why I AM NOT a morning person at all.

The Do Wa Do's of December...

So, turns out that each month Amy and I make a list of goals we would like to accomplish and work on throughout the month together. Each month we try to come up with a crafty title for our list of goals and this months title is (drum roll please!) "The Do Wa Do's of December" It is a list of goals that either start with "Do" or "Don't"
Well, the point of me telling you this is not because we have reached all of our goals for the month already (no, its only the 13th guys), but because we have fully accomplished one of the goals I wanted to get done most. It was that we " Do sport new do's aka haircuts."
Well, Wednesday afternoon we went in and got our hair cut. It is amazing how good a new hair cut can make you feel, and how different it really can be. Well, I absolutely love love love my hair cut. So I thought I would share it with you, but I also couldn't help but share a bit of Amy's haircut with you also. Let's just say her bangs quite possibly made me snort when I saw them at the hair salon.