Quick Update

Okay this post is going to be quick and boring- sorry no pictures to help narrate the post. Ari is officially 6 weeks old now, we can't believe how quick the time has gone. In a way though it really does feel like he has always been a part of our family. Ryan had his last day at Mervyn's so now he can focus on his last semester of school and his planning job in Park City. It was bitter sweet, Ryan's last day. He has worked for Mervyn's for almost our entire marriage and Ari and I were really starting to like driving to the mall to come for a visit. Lunches with Dad at work are going to be few and far between now- so that makes us sad.... (Park City is just so far away....to go there just for lunch)
But it will be oh so nice to not have Ryan work 12+ hour days anymore.
In other news - Ryan has started what should be his very last semester of school (YEAH), also Ryan, Ari and I will be attending an institute class this semester- we have decided to take Teachings of the Living Prophets - we have the nicest/cutest old man teacher. He is really a sweet guy and welcomed Ari into the class with no hesitation. He even said that I should not get up and leave just because the baby is fussing- I am so glad he was so great about us taking Ari to class. Ryan and I have always enjoyed taking institute together and since I am not ready to leave Ari with a babysitter just yet - it was either take him or not go..... so we are very grateful for that.
Our Christmas was nice, pretty uneventful but nice and quiet none the less. Since Christmas kind of snuck up on us this year we did some creative Christmas shopping. We each got our Christmas money in cash and went out together to do our shopping- we just split up the stores and mall so that we would not see what each other was purchasing - then Ryan would take his presents to the car- and then when he was done I would take my presents to the car. It worked out great - we were both surprised on Christmas. Christmas Day we went to the movies as a family - We went and saw Juno (which is my favorite movie so far) Ari was so good during the movie- NOT A PEEP....
We had dinner with Chad and Kasey which was lovely ( we had Chili Verde - and it was really good)
We spent New Years here at home just the three of us (well four, we can't forget Berkelee)
Other then that nothing much is new- we love you all and we miss you - we will keep you all posted as usual