from end to beginning!

Well 2009 now has come and gone and here are some of the ways we finished out the year:
-Steve and I both finished fall semester and each ended up with all A's with one A-, not bad! I'm so excited to be done with school and can't believe there are only two semesters left...hope I make it!
-Jen and Allan (sis in-law and bro in-law) came to town and we finally took the opportunity to do a session at the Salt Lake Temple, it was my first time in the Salt Lake Temple and it was great! It is so beautiful inside and I love the feeling I had being there! Our temple session was followed by dinner at the Lion House with some of Steve's family:)
-We spent Christmas Eve with my family eating, playing rock band and watching a movie. It was so much fun singing and playing around with everyone, Skyler and Ellyit were so cute. When the boys were setting up the game Ellyit knew exactly what was happening and went straight for the microphone and started singing in it! We spent the night at mom and dad's so we were there for Christmas morning. We opened presents and ate a delicious breakfast!
-Christmas day we headed down to Dee's (Steve's dad) house where we ate a yummy dinner, opened presents and then headed off to watch Sherlock Holmes, which we really enjoyed!
-The day after Christmas I went to lunch with my good friends Nicole, Janae and Michael. It was so nice to catch up with them:)
-Steve and I flew out to Texas on Dec. 29. Funny because our flight was delayed due to weather, an hour later we took off and right when we landed in Dallas it started snowing, random!! We must've brought the snow with us:) Our Texas trip consisted of spending a lot of time with family, it was so great! Our nephew John Robert is getting so big and is full of energy, his little brother Asher is a very laid back cute baby and just loves to watch John Robert run around! We are lucky if we get to see some of Steve's family more than once a year so it was nice to be able to go to Texas!

2009:
-Got in and started graduate school at the University of Utah
-Started internship at LDS Family Services where I do adoption work and clinical counseling.
-Trained for and ran a half marathon with Andrea and Jeff

Here are some of the very few pictures I took this year... please refer to goals for 2010!


HALLOWEEN @ Garrett and Christine's place!








Steve looking hot in his guido get up! (Christmas party at Stacie and Brandon's)

Of course because it's the beginning of the year I felt the need to make some goals for myself. I know that goals don't necessarily have to be accomplished but should be used as a guide to keep us on track and we can change our goals if needed. With that said, I have set quite a few goals with the idea that at any time I can change or remove them!! My main goal is to constantly be setting goals for myself! (not just at the beginning of each year), wish me luck! I'm sure I will think of more after i post this....


Emily's Goals for 2010:
Learn new recipes, cook more at home and not eat out as much!
Get my house more organized and get rid of things I really don't need
Make it through school and graduate:)
Spend more time reading and spending time with family rather than watching TV.
Take more pictures!
Focus more on the Savior and learn more about the gospel:)
Up my temple attendance
think seriously about and possible run a marathon