Randomness...

Thought I'd share a few things on my mind lately...

Last weekend some of our best friends from dental school, Matt and Rebecah Huff, were in town for a job interview and came to visit us for a little while. We went out to eat with them at P.F. Chang's, and then they came to our house so we could talk a little longer before they had to leave. It was such a wonderful night!! I was in heaven being able to talk to Becah again. We lived across the street from them in Richmond and saw each other all of the time. We used to exercise together a few times a week. Jacob and Matt also worked out together, carpooled, and of course went to school together. We'd go on double dates and watch tv or play games at each other's houses.

 As you can tell, we spent a lot of time with them! So it's been hard to have not seen them in over 3 years. Rebecah's been really sick the last year, so it was a big deal for her to travel here from Montana. She is very slowly getting better. They enjoyed the warmer weather here and loved meeting Katie. We would absolutely love it if they moved to Texas, but I know they need to do what's best for their family. Even if they don't move here, I hope we will see them before 3 years go by again. :)

Have y'all heard of google+ yet?  Well, you should join if you haven't already! :)  We use it for "hanging out" (video chat) with our families.  It's better than skype because you can see more than one person at the same time so my whole family can talk.  We love it!  (And it's free!)

I have been serving in the Young Women organization (12-18 y/o) in my ward (church congregation) for the past year and a half, and it's been one of my favorite callings I've had.  There is a program called Personal Progress that the girls have the opportunity to work on during their years in Young Women's.  They set goals to improve themselves in areas such as service, making good choices, education, and developing faith, integrity, and virtue.  Once they've finished the goals and projects, along with attending church regularly and reading scriptures, they earn the Young Womanhood Recognition, and are presented with a beautiful necklace. 

Well, I earned the award when I was a teenager, but I wanted to do it again as a leader.  It's been wonderful working on it for the past year.  I feel I've improved in many areas in my life, especially spiritually.  I've loved working on and completing the experiences along with the young women.  I should be finished in a couple more weeks!   

Since we are approaching our one-year mark of Katie's adoption, we're getting ready to start the application process again.  I also have several friends who are currently approved and waiting to be placed with another baby.  So I've been thinking about adoption a lot again.  I'm not as overwhelmed this time, since we've been through the process once before, but it is still daunting to think of everything we need to do.  I guess I needed a little adoption humor, and I found this cartoon that made me smile. :)

We really do feel it's a special privilege that we get to adopt children.  I {love} adoption!!

I just started reading this book...

I am embarrassed by how much I've forgotten since school, and I came across this book and thought it would be a fun way to refresh my memory.  It has sections for grammar, literature, math, science, history, geography, and music and art.  I don't think it's an in-depth book, but it will be great to have an overview of all those subjects again. 

I guess that's it for now... hope you're having a great week!