Happy Leap Day!

For some reason I've been really excited that it is February 29.  I wanted to do something different because it is Leap Day.  So I went shoe shopping. 

That is right...shoe shopping.  I am not much of a shopper, but today seemed like a good day to get new running shoes and new red shoes and I got both :)

And I felt like I got a pretty good deal on both of them.  Yay!

Then I went with a friend to McDonald's for a late evening snack. It was a good day!  Happy Leap Day everyone!

God Loves Us!

I've been reminded a lot recently that  we are all children of our Heavenly Father and He knows each of us individually.  He knows me.  He loves me.  He knows you.  He loves you.  It amazes me (actually boggles my mind) how Heavenly Father knows and loves each of us individually, but I know He does.

I thought I had more to write, but I think that pretty much sums up what I wanted to say.

50/50 Challenge!

About a month ago, one of my boss's mentioned about a 50/50 challenge in 2012.  The challenge is to read 50 new books and watch 50 new movies in 2012.  They don't have to be new release movies or books, but they just have to be ones you've never seen or read before.

Although I don't think watching 50 new movies will be so bad, the 50 new books seems a bit harder to me.  Technically that's about a book a week and I am only on book 4. I like to read but I go through phases of reading lots of books and not reading very much.  But I am working on it and I think I can do it (or at least get close to it or at least read more books than I did last year.)

 I know it's a little late start, but does anyone want to join me in the challenge or set your own goals for reading and movie watching?
 
Also my boss actually made a blog where we can post about the books and movies that we read and watch.  You can read the blog and if you feel so inclined you can be invited to the blog and post on it too.  Here's the link to the blog.  Or you can just talk to me about it. Either way.

Well I think that is all for now.

Mamachka and Papachka were in Town!

 Mom came to town for about three weeks to help Lara and Glen and family.  And Dad came out for about a  week. (If you want to read more about Spence and his journey through chemotherapy you can go to Lara and Glen's family blog)

Mom and Dad had bought tickets to come out long before all this happened with Spence. But Mom drove out early with Heather and Dad just kept his original flights. Then Mom went back with her original return flight with Papachka. 

Mamachka and me!

Papachka and me! (And yes they're self portraits:) 

It was so good to see them! I am glad they got to come over to my house one Sunday evening for dinner and hang out with me, since they were pretty busy the rest of the time.  Moya mamachka and moy papachka pretty much rock!