Our First Trip to Disneyland

The reservations are made the theme park tickets have been purchased...it's official, our family is about to go on our very first trip to Disneyland! We leave the middle part of April and will be gone for ten days. And we are sooooo excited.

They say there are three parts to a trip like this. The anticipation, the trip itself and then the memories afterward. So we are making countdown calendars, walking at the walking park each day to get those little legs stronger for all the walking we'll be doing, involving the kids in internet research and shopping for comfortable shoes and beach wear. We are constantly talking about it, so, needless to say, the anticipation is definitely building.

Were going to do it all during this trip: Sea World, San Diego Zoo, many beaches, Disneyland and Universal Studios.

As you can see, we are big Toy Story fans. So with Toy Story 3 coming out this June, we are hoping for a lot of hoopla there about it.

My New Church Calling

I have been serving as the 2nd counselor in the primary presidency. I really enjoyed this calling because it included scouts, and I had some wonderful people I was working with. But I knew that it was all going to change soon because our primary president was moving to a new ward.

But the change wasn't as big as I thought it would be. They moved the 1st counselor to the president position and I've been moved to the 1st counselor position. I absolutely love the women I get to work with, Lindsey Gardiner and Amanda Rasmussen. I've been in scouts for three years, so it's a little different to have nothing to do with that entity. But a change is always welcome, and I'm definitely excited about my new duties.

Some Really, Really Good News!

Well, if any of you know me well at all, you know that I have needed to take the math section of the ACT to improve my score in order to apply for the Elementary Education program here at USU. I have really procrastinated at it....because I really, really hate math. I mean really hate it.

Well, I'm hoping to start the program this fall and so I really waited until the last minute to take the test. I became very best friends with this yellow book during the month of January. I sweated bullets, I made flash cards and I re-memorized the pythagrean theory, the distance formula and the formula for finding the total surface area of a cylinder.

I took the test on January 22. It went really well, at first. I was cruising along, thinking 'wow, I actually know how to complete these problems,' when the TA announced that we only had five minutes left. I was on problem 32 out of 60. I was devastated. So I quickly guessed during the last half of the test and breathed a sigh of relief that it was finally over.

Today, I found out that I scored an 18. I need an 18 to get into the program. I DID IT! I can't even tell you how incredibly happy I feel. How accomplished and relieved and happy and did I mention happy?

Miracles can happen. We can accomplish the impossible when deep down we don't believe in ourselves. I witnessed today that God is real. And he believes in me. And he heard my frantic prayers on January 22. I know, without a doubt, that it was because of him that I passed this impossible test.

I am so excited to start the program. And I know that by September 2012, I'll have a classroom of my own.