Introducing...

So since I am bursting with pride (and because my brother and sister don't ever blog) I am going to happily introduce two of the cutest children on the planet....

My new nephew...

Peter David Risenmay born March 10, 2010



and my new niece...

Elisabeth Hunzeker born March 26 2010


These 2 angels could not have come to our family at a better time. Our family has been aching for babies for way too long. Exactly one year ago we were so sad and wondering when our family would once again be blessed with the gift of children. Who would have thought that one year later we would have these 2 perfect angels... and 1 more nephew is on the way!! Besides being a mother to my beautiful Benjamin, nothing brings me more joy than being an aunt!

Congrats Jon, Ysolina, Dan, and Rachie!

Guess what I'm doing this week?

I'll give you a hint...

Summer Here, Summer There

Phillip will be starting his second semester of law school tomorrow. He is pumped up and ready to go after an awesome Christmas break.

Though he doesn't have his first semester grades yet (he should be getting them sometime in February) he already has this summer all planned out. For the month of May he landed an awesome externship with the law firm Baker and McKenzie in Australia! I still can't believe he will be going across the world! It is still up in the air whether I will be joining him. As of now it looks like he will be flying solo on the trip :-(

Then, as an extra surprise, over the Chrismas break Phillip was offered an internship with the Federal Judge Kent Jordan. He is on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This amazing internship will be in Delaware.

Needless to say, I think my husband is pretty amazing :-)

An East Coast Christmas

We went to Delaware to be with Phillip's family this year for Christmas. We had a blast and miss them already (we got home yesterday)! Here's a little glimpse of all the fun we had:

We got there the day before the big east coast storm. Since we had nowhere to go, we enjoyed every minute of the snow!






Here we are in the Washington DC temple visitors center:


While there we had our 3 year anniversary! To celebrate we went to Pennsylvania and saw the Liberty Bell and Independance Hall:





Chrismas Eve pageant... Hilarious and fun:


Lined up waiting for presents on Christmas morning!

The whole family!

A Change of Pace

This was Phillip last week...



This is Phillip today...



That's right, law school finals are officially OVER! Let the holiday fun begin!!

A Full Thanksgiving

We had so much fun this past week! We have barely been able to catch our breath as we have ran from one activity to another. This Thanksgiving we were blessed to be able to have two dinners- one at Phillip's grandparents on Thanksgiving day and another on Friday with my parents and siblings. Besides shoving our faces full of delicious food, here are some other things that we have been doing:

Last weekend I went up to Boise and spent a few days with my two sisters and brother. It was so much fun and I'm so happy I was able to go!

On Black Friday Phillip, my mom, my sister Becky, and I got up at 3:30 am (yes we are crazy- or at least we thought we were before we met many people who were up all night) and went shopping. We had SO much fun finding bargains and laughing at just how crazy the holidays can make people.

Yesterday we were surprised when our friends gave us free tickets to the BYU/Utah football game! (Thanks Joe and Felicia!) It was SO MUCH FUN! The weather was great and our tickets were amazing. We were on the third row right behind the BYU players. We had fun laughing at the crazy fans and cheering on our team. We were SO excited when we won in overtime!! It is definitely the best game I have ever been to.

Phillip is still doing great and loving law school. He recently just turned in a memo that is 80% of his grade in one of his classes. He has been so busy but really enjoys what he is doing. I'm so proud of him! Now he is taking a few deep breaths before plunging into finals

We just finished decorating our home for Christmas! It is so nice to be surrounded by reminders of the Holidays. We are looking forward to a lot of Holiday fun.

Learning to Create

I'm sure that everyone can agree- life does not always go as planned. If you would have asked me a year ago what I imagined my life to be like today, I definitely would not have predicted spending my days completely alone with "nothing" to do. However, I know that I am exactly where my Heavenly Father wants me to be right now- in Provo supporting the man that I love. I therefore can't imagine that Heavenly Father expects my life to be full of "nothing." I have thought and thought over the past month or so what to do with my endless free time. If I don't fill up my time, I find myself getting discouraged. So.... what is the answer? CREATE! Creating is something that everyone can do. As said in the following video, "it does not require money, position, or influence to create something of substance or beauty." It is instilled in me as a woman to be creative. How awesome is that! So, I am going to make it my new goal to create something every day. I will try to keep you posted on what I am creating!