- Life is good! We are super busy with everything, but overall happy.
- Biggest news: We are moving to Albuquerque for the summer! Mike got an awesome internship with Sandia National Labs! We'll be there from mid-May to July. Figuring out housing for just 10 weeks is not very fun... Plus our lease is up in our current apt in March so we need to decide how many times we want to move in the next 6 months. Ugh!
- Second biggest news: Mike got into the PhD program at ASU! Woohoo! He was a little stressed about this... He is really excited! This means we will definitely be in Arizona for approx. another 4 years from right now. Yay for blazing hot summers! At least we get a little bit of a break this summer, right? The usual high in ABQ is 92!!! Woot! Woot!
- Christmas was great! We spent tons of time being bounced around from family to family. We got to see almost every single family member that lives in Utah! Almost...we would have if it wouldn't have been for the stupid snow! A few of the highlights: meeting our new nephew Porter, going to Caleb's (Mike's oldest nephew) "farewell,"Anderson family reunion, talking to Justin (my brother on a mission in Chile) over Skype for over an hour, relaxing and not thinking about work for two weeks, and lots of yummy yummy mom-made dinners!
- We got a piano! This is so exciting for me, I don't even know how to convey the happiness! Piano is my thing, my outlet. So I was pretty thrilled when we found a good deal. We decided on a digital piano because of how not-permanent our life is right now. We actually bought it in Utah and crammed it into our car to bring it home. It was an adventure, but I have been so happy! I've played it every day since we got it! I love it!
- Teaching is going great. It's exhausting and I feel like never have the energy to do anything else with my life. But I'm working on finding a balance. I really enjoy having my own class and being able to find cool things to do with them. I get frustrated a lot, but I think that comes with the territory.
- School is good for Mike. He is super busy! His goal is to get his thesis done by mid-April. Yikes! To top it off he was called as the Elder's Quorum President back in October. We've seen a lot of blessings come from this and he's been doing awesome at balancing all that he has going on in his life.
That's all of the updates I can think of. I think another reason why I never update this blog is because our life isn't that exciting. But I'll try and get better. (I always say that.) Here's to hoping I update my blog before another 5 months passes by!
