Birthdays, Research, and Work!!!

Happy January, everyone!

I now know completely what people say when Junior year is the hardest year at college. With 15 credits, and a part time job, things have been going a thousand miles a minute here in Provo. Exciting news though, I got on a research team!! I work with Dr. Porter, who studies infants and their attachment, cognitive, and auditory abilities. It is absolutely amazing! I get to play with kids all day and stick horrible caps on their heads. I love it though, it's an amazing opportunity.

Colter celebrated his 24th birthday yesterday!! He had to spend a lot of his birthday in classes, that's what you get for being born during the school year. We had a great time! I baked a super-deluxe chocolate cake and added chocolate chips. Then I put "Happy 24th!" on top in chocolate chips. (Colter loves chocolate) I also completed his favorite action hero movie collection: Die Hard. I found all of the first three movies for a smashing deal, and I also got him a wallet. All in all, I hope he had a great birthday! Next year I plan on throwing a party, since he hates attention and big events just for him...

Colter's classes are going great. He's flying through his GE's, getting his science ones out of the way first. His biology teacher is an big bug guy, and if you know Colter, bugs are NOT his favorite. It has been very interesting so far. He's taking Accounting as well, which requires 10-11 hours of homework a week.

Basically to sum things up, we're grateful for all the short moments we get to spend together. This semester is going to be the hardest we'll ever go through, but it'll be worth it!

Video- Can we stay until April?

So I have no idea how to upload a video... Here's the video of Matthew in the Conference Center.

Can we stay here till April??

So my sister, Jaimee and her family came down to Salt Lake City for a wedding. The day after, Colter and I were able to spend the whole day with them! We spent the whole day on Temple Square. We had so much fun!!

David, the youngest, was attached by the hip to Colter. Everywhere we went, David was holding Colter's hand. We first went to the Church History Museum, where we were anxious to get to the children's exhibit instead of repeating "Don't touch" a thousand times. After mice, flags, and tossing bags to get to the Celestial Kingdom, we went to lunch at JB's. Bellies full, we scurried in the snow over to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and saw the Joseph Smith movie. The kids were really good throughout the whole movie. A box of tissues later, we went to the Beehive House. The sister missionaries who took us through the house were really cute and involved with the kids.

Then the really cute part was when we went to the conference center. We got to go all the way down to the stage, and when we were there, Matthew said the cutest thing I've ever heard, and we luckily caught it on video!

The lights finally came on and Colter taught all the kids how to slide in the snow. We had such an amazing day. I love my sister so much, it was great to see her. We're blessed to have such an amazing family!

Here are some pictures from our day!!!