Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley

In memory of our dear prophet President Gordon B. Hinckley, I want to share a little of my testimony. I know that Gordon B. Hinckley is a prophet of God and was called of God. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true church. I know that through my Savior, Jesus Christ we can have true happiness and that we can be with our families forever. I know that the temple is a house of God where we can do the work for those who have passed on. The priesthood is on the earth today and the power of it is real. I am thankful for the service and sacrafices that President Hinckley made while on this earth and I am grateful for the sacrafices that his family has made. I know that God lives and that my Savior atoned for me. We are all children of God and He does loves each of us.

We're sorry that we haven't posted any updates or pictures. We took lot's of pictures during the holidays with film and from moving and everything, I can't find the film. So, you'll just have to be patient for now. Next week we're moving to Massachusetts. Dan got a job offer with Intel out there and he starts Jan. 21st! We're really excited for this BIG change in our lives. There's so much U.S. and church history and things to do in general back east. We're really excited to get back to having four seperate seasons. I'll fill you in more later.

Update from Daniel (yes I do blog too!)

Well, things have been pretty crazy lately and I thought that it would be good if I got on here and posted some updates for everyone. Jessica does a great job of keeping the blog up to date. But I thought it might be nice for some of you to hear from me.

As I said life is crazy. I have an offer to stay down here, but haven't accepted it yet. We've been trying to tie up some loose ends to figure out what to do first. Part of this was contacting another team also at Intel that I had also interviewed with. In trying to close things up, I ended up scheduling a face to face with the team out in MA and having to extend my response deadline for my current offer!

I'm telling this story because I went to the temple the other day and asked for the Lord's help in this process. I had waited 5 weeks to see a verbal offer become an official one. And the day that I promised to respond, I have another opportunity arise. I find it amazing how the Lord does bless us, but before he does, he stretches us farther than we think is possible. He's really good at getting that last little bit out of us.

As things stand now, I have extended my deadline to respond to my current offer, and I'm scheduled to interview with the other team Jan 2nd. We will be flying out of AZ to CO this Wed and enjoying the holidays with Jessica's family. Then I will fly (and Jessica too if we can make it work) to MA on the first, interview on the 2nd, fly back to CO and then on to AZ on the 3rd, and move out of our apartment by the 6th. We still don't know what state, let alone what apartment, we will be moving into. Good times. But, we both agree that we are where we want to be in the process, and are relying on the Lord to guide us.

Mckenzie and Abby might as well be weeds for how fast they are growing. I never thought that anyone would be able to melt my heart as severely as Mckenzie does when she gives me kisses and hugs. We have wonderful children, and apologize to anyone who has seen them when they forget to be such. Hope everyone is doing well. Merry Christmas. Khristos Voskres.

Dancing Queen

Our little Miss Mckenzie is quite the dancer. It doesn't matter where we are; when she hears music she perks up and dances. This past weekend she has learned a new dance move thanks to Dan. She has become a spinner. She thinks it's the coolest thing to do. She is now incorporating it into her dance moves. Ever since Mckenzie was in the womb, we knew that she had a thing for music. It's fun to see the many ways she enjoys music.

Adventures for Mckenzie

Being here in Arizona, Mckenzie has had many adventures including 115 F heat, mom's paranoia about scorpions (we haven't seen one yet...knock on wood), going to jungle gyms in malls instead of outside, learning that different screams and degrees of loudness mom has depends on how big the spider is and rain. Yes, rain. We've had quite the downfall recently and this weekend it's supposed to be the same. You'd think we were in Seattle. It's GREAT! The other day it was pouring out and I wanted to see what Mckenzie thought of it. She was too little to remember snow and rain the last time she saw it. I took her out the front door and as soon as she saw it she was in awe. The look on her face was the same as a little kid in a candy store. I figured I'd let her play for awhile in it. She went all over the place and of course she wasn't a happy camper when I chased after her and brought in to get dry.