Anna will raise no kittens

Tonight I was instructed by my wife to keep our blog alive. Since I originally had planned on this being a joint-effort, I had taken a month off to see if she would step up and get involved. (Apparently I am the only family scribe.) I made a commitment to my little wife to start to be more obedient tonight (since she is the boss), so I will bring you quickly up to speed.
Anna has been fixed as of a couple of days ago, and is recovering well. She was not herself at all when she got home, and Karrie called me crying to tell me all about it when I was an hour away and couldn’t do anything to help even if I was at home. Anna was hallucinating from the pain meds and running into things, even chasing imaginary mice around the living room. I was told that this was not funny and that I should not laugh.
Now she is keeping down food and is her playful sweet self again, though not quite as active. Get well soon Anna!
The snow has been so good for us, and is making Utah feel as it should in December. If the temperatures and weather stay close to what they are now, it will be a white Christmas in only 12 more days. We are excited for the holidays, mostly to see all our families. We have overspent our budgets by about 3x’s each, and have all the decorations up.
I have lots of chores for myself to work on the house over the break. I hope to not be a complete ski-bum, but actually get some work and good reading done also.
It is past midnight, and I am putting the final touches on my last paper. Finals are over and this is due in about 8 hours, so I will post again over the weekend. We are so excited to be where we are in life. Not a day goes by that I don’t realize how truly blessed I am to have the wife I do. I can honestly say that. Every single day I wonder what I ever did to trick her into dealing with me! I am not good enough to her so she must choose to be with me based on my rugged good-looks alone which is what I’ve been saying all along… (Joke) We are so blessed to have the parents, family, friends, and home that we do. We are spoiled! (This is a picture of us early on a Saturday morning. VERY early, hence the puffy eyes.)

Even though it isn’t new-years yet, I have been thinking a lot about what a successful year I have had in 07. I didn’t do as much as I had planned, and didn’t get the best of grades. I could name a ton of things that I came up short on, but I don’t think of anything I lacked in hindsight, and that's not the point! I have kept my promises to my wife that I made to her on our wedding day. I have an awesome relationship with her, with my parents and family, and with my in-laws and family. I ran my first successful business at 23, and had a life-changing experience. I became 100% debt free, and saved for the future. We started our first investment together! I am one year closer to graduation. I feel like a better person than I was last year, and have only good feelings in my heart for the future. I love my life, and feel so blessed with the opportunities I have made and taken advantage of. Best of all, I am so excited to continue to learn how to be a better man next year.