Wow it's been a long time!

I never posted a Christmas post...or a new years post because well. . .I was busy. Sorry. I know many of you are dying to know what we have been up to so I will spill the beans. I’m being sarcastic. For those of you that still want to continue, know this...it's long.

I thought everyone knew this stuff, but every once in awhile someone will ask something and I realize that I am really bad at passing on information! I will try better, I promise.

Most of you know that Nick got a job at Toyota, but what you don’t know is that on his second day of working at Toyota he had a job interview for Decagon. Well, it was a “tour” not really a true interview I suppose. But for the sake of simplicity we’ll call it an interview. It’s the third position he’s applied for at Decagon, but definitely the one that caters most to his degree. If you live in Pullman then you probably know what Decagon is, or you know half a dozen people who work there. If you don’t live in Pullman, then probably all you know about Decagon is that it is a 10 sided shape, or maybe that it’s a shape but you don’t remember how many sides it has. It is a fabulous company to work for. Even the Wall Street Journal gave it an award for being one of the best small businesses to work for in 2008. He started at Decagon about three weeks ago, and we are so excited.

Nick also got a new calling last Sunday and we are very excited. He will be serving as the Second Counselor to the Bishop in one of the Singles Wards here in town. I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be able to attend with him each Sunday, but Lucy needs her Primary! I spent 10 years in singles wards before we got married, I guess you'd think I'd be sick of them, but I'm really excited to get to know everyone!

When we moved to Pullman 2-1/2 years ago we were very prayerful about it, especially since I didn’t want to leave family and our house. Over the past couple years we have really loved living in Pullman, we just didn’t really understand WHY we moved here, but now, as Nick is starting his career and a new calling we both have no doubts that this is where we are meant to be in our lives. It is such a blessing to have the gospel in our lives, and the peaceful feeling that comes when you are doing things right. I am so grateful for my testimony in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I have continued to babysit/nanny. I have two kids that I watch full time, and another two that I watch just 3-4 days a month. I have been extremely blessed with being able to help (a little bit) financially, but still be at home with our beautiful daughter. I am still serving as the Relief Society President, and I have loved the opportunity to get to know and serve the sisters in our ward. We have an amazing ward here and I feel so blessed.

Lucy has been such a joy. I wish I could just video tape her all of the time, so I can remember every moment, but whenever I do turn on the video camera she freezes. She is doing awesome at learning how to put letters together to make words thanks to the Leap Frog Word Whammer. It’s fun doing it along with her and helping her figure stuff out. She loves having her friends over to play every day. She loves, loves, loves her dollhouse! She also loves playing/cooking in her kitchen, and has a great imagination. She is often coming to me with empty arms telling a huge list of imaginary things that is carrying. She loves animals and babies. I’ve always said little girls are just the best little moms ever, and Lucy holds true to this. She also loves to dance and had her first mini dance recital last month. It was adorable to watch her little personality shine. She is still enjoying swimming class too and can float for a few seconds on her back.

We have been blessed with being able to see all of the grandparents in the last month. We went up to Canada to visit my family right after Christmas and Lucy had a blast on the four wheelers and snowmobiles! Oma & Grandpa Kevin sure are great to us and we had a great time visiting. Then this last week we went to Portland to visit my Dad and Nicks parents. It was so much to see Lucy get so excited about family. I really value extended family in Lucy's life and I hope we always live close enough to visit.

At one point I was going to the doctor and I told Lucy that I was going so that Mommy could try to have a baby and she looked at me and tilted her head “Uhm, I want two.” Well, let’s just work on getting one! At this point there is no news to share, but at least you know…we’re not pregnant.

I hope everyone is enjoying 2009. I know I won’t post very often here, but hopefully when I do it will be worthwhile. Sending out our love, Kim