As they say, time flies by when you're having fun! It is especially true as you get married, and start a whole new life together. We have now been married for a year and a couple months, and it feels like just yesterday we got married. Wow!

Life these last couple months have been really hard and rewarding. We have been able to connect with the next life more through several people passing away, including our prophet and our father. It hurts so bad, and yet it is okay because we know we will see them again.

Right now, Ted is working hard at his store. It is amazing how he can work such a long day and still come home with lots of energy! He is also going to college three nights a week to get his master's. He is going into Human Performance and Community Emergency Preparedness. Luckily he has time during the days usually to do some homework, because once he gets home the day is already gone.

I am waiting for Spring to start working again. I will be helping my family on the farm this year. We will be running a little over 1200 acres of hay and grain. Hopefully the Spring comes soon. This winter has been very cold and snowy! We sure are glad though. After the last couple years with a drought, it is nice to have some moisture. Plus, the snow is so beautiful anyway.

Adam is up at school right now, and is dating an awesome girl from just down the road. She is also going to school at the same college. They have so much in common, and seem to be happy with the way their relationship is going. It is still too new to know if there is going to be a future, but we are hoping there will be.

My mom is working hard everyday. Between chores, and getting all the snow drifts out of her driveway so she can get out of her house, she seems to have a full day everyday. She is keeping busy which helps, but life is so much harder without our dad around. She says it is so hard going to the house every night and not having someone there to talk to and spend time with. We kids are trying to do the best we can to help, but it just isn't the same.

From what I hear from Ted, his family is doing well. His brother just had a best friend pass away, which we can only imagine would be extremely hard. We cannot believe how Lissa is growing up so quickly! She is in the good old Junior High stage of life, that brings millions of changes and challenges in itself. She is such an amazing girl, and she will make it through. Jon and Zac are wrestling and tearing it up! They are good at everything they do! What great boys they are, to hold onto their values and be such great role models. I have noticed that each and every one of the kids in Ted's family are people that you can really look up to, and they have great talents, and geniune personalities. What a great generation they are! We hope that our kids will grow up to be like our families.

All of our cute little animals are doing great! We have two dogs, and two cats now. They seem to be happy and full of life. The dogs are full of mischief. Everytime we let them out, they seem to run away; at least they come home eventually.

Well, life is busy, so I had best be going. Ted is wondering what I am up to on the home front, so I will talk to you all later!