Another Year Bites the Dust

Happy New Year everyone! With this year drawing to a close, we have started to reflect on all the amazing things that happened in 2010. We met, fell in love, got engaged, and got married. You could say it's a year in our lives that we'll never forget. We can't help but think this is just the beginning of many amazing years to come. We have high hopes that 2011 will be even better than 2010. We hope everyone else had as good of a year as we did! Here is us on our first date last January:

We have decided to document our New Year's resolutions here so that we have people to hold us accountable for them. Because I (Cali) have never kept a New Year's resolution for more than about a week and a half. This year is going to be different...(maybe). The resolutions that we have set together are to exercise 6 days a week (I say if we make it 3 days a week that will be impressive) and to pay off our student loans. Ben resolves to cut out soda and sugar. I can handle the no soda thing, but I think cutting out sugar is like cutting out air or water. We'll see how long he lasts on that one when I am sitting next to him with a bowl of ice cream making Mmmm sounds about how delicious it is. My resolution is to take more pictures. I carry my camera pretty much everywhere I go, but I never remember to get it out and take pictures of stuff. I'm going to try to change that! Be prepared to be bombarded with pictures, people.

Senioritis

For anyone who has ever graduated from anything, you know what I'm taking about. I (Cali) graduate in 2 weeks and it's going to be a miracle if i get anything done between now and then. My mind is on vacation! I still have a million things to do, but I really just don't care. Even if I were to give up now I would still pass...which is kind of tempting! When I started college there were days when I wondered if I would ever make it to this point. 131 credits later, I can't believe how much I've learned and how much I've grown as a person. Going to college was the best decision I've ever made. I've worked my butt off and I am proud of everything I have accomplished in the last four years. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl, and I'm so close to achieving that goal! I am excited to start my student teaching on January 3rd in a second grade class in Saint Anthony, Idaho. After that, for the first time in my life, I won't be a student. But that doesn't mean I have to stop learning.