January 1, 2012

School has been pretty crazy, but the weekend is finally here.  Hooray! Lately we've been pretty excited for weekends because we've been making new friends with people from our young married ward.  To be honest we struggled with our ward in the beginning.  It took until we finally invited some people over and made an effort to reach out to the other couples in our ward before we realized that it was our attitudes that really needed to change.  I think that it can be that way in the church quite often.  If we would have continued to just think negatively about the ward and just waited around for someone to reach out to us, eventually it may have happened but then again maybe not. Anyways it's turned into a pretty regular thing, getting together with friends, we switch off houses and activities and each week we get to meet at least one or more new couples from the ward. 

The other thing that really motivates us is the opportunity we've had to go to lessons with the missionaries.  We really like going and it helps us to focus on Christ and keep at the center of our home.  It has proven to be the greatest blessing in our marriage.  As we strive to have a more Christ centered home we are better able to endure the challenges that life throws at us and those close to us.  We've also noticed that our testimonies and our love for the Book of Mormon has strengthened as we have made it a goal to read it personally and together each night. 

Life in general is good, other than the fact that we still have no clue what we are doing.  Aaron has a good job,I'm able to learn how to be a wife, and we both are going to school.  I'm still not sure what I'm going to major in and most of the time I feel that I learn more on my own from the good books I've been reading, along with doing research on topics that interest me. ( I bet my parents would've liked to hear that more often when I first started homeschooling ;), but at least I came around to admitting it, right? ) There are still times when Aaron isn't sure that he absolutely loves his major or his job.  He still really misses woodworking and would love to do something that requires more creativity rather than the repetitiveness of what he is doing now.  However, one thing is for sure and it is the fact that we feel so blessed that he has a job!