Happy New Year!

We had a lot of fun ringing in the New Year while dancing it up to Just Dance with my parents, sisters, and brother-in-laws! We would play it all night long if we could! Carson didn't last much past 7... he didn't even manage to stay awake long enough to ring in the "fake" New Year with his cousins. Oh well! We did manage to get a picture before he headed to bed though!

It was a little sad to see 2011 go, it has probably been our BEST year yet!! Here are a few of our favorite/best/biggest moments of 2011 (not in any order)!

1. Baby C was born!!
2. We held our baby for the first time
3. Rob applied and interviewed for Optometry School... and we waited and waited and waited!
4. Rob graduated from the UA
5. I finished my first year of teaching... I loved my little first graders! 
6. Rob got into Optometry School!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (we could finally take a deep breath)
7. We moved to Glendale
8. Career change for me... Full time Mama and loving it!
9. We all survived Rob's first semester of school! 
10. Survived 6 months of Parenthood... We can't imagine how we lived without this cute little guy before!
11. And our favorite memory to bid farewell to 2011 (just a few days early) was the news that my dad was official cancer free after being diagnosed only 2 months prior

We are incredibly grateful for the year we had. We are grateful for the lessons that we learned and the faith that we gained as we often turned to our Heavenly Father during this year of happiness, stress, excitement, and unknown. We are grateful for the new kind of love our son has brought into our lives and the better perspective of our purpose on this Earth. We can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us. We are already so excited to welcome Elder J home this summer, meet our new nephew (via Mandi), and enjoy having Daddy around more often during his summer off! 2012 We Can't Wait!!!