I have been a slacker!!

So I am not much a blogger. I knew I wouldn't be very good at this. Here is an update on what has been happening here in Michigan.

Derrick's parents came out for a visit over Thanksgiving. We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house and Adam and Natalie Clark (our friends) came over with their two adorable little girls Amber and Karli (they provided much entertainment as usual). Dinner was good, I have had better turkey but what can you do. Everything else was great!

Friday we just hung out in Lansing for the most part. Deke and Stephen headed off to the movies and me and Lola headed to the mall.

After Deke’s class on Saturday we headed down to Cleveland. We didn’t get there until later on that night so everything was all closed up. We went to dinner and the Winking Lizard (deke’s favorite spot in Cleveland) and then just hung out in the hotel room talking and watching football.

Sunday we headed to Kirtland. When we arrived at the Church’s visitor center Lola’s cousin was serving a missing in Kirtland so he was our tour guide. He did a very good job and had many things to tell us. Then we drove up to the temple and waited forever for a tour. The Community of Christ has possession of the temple and so they have scheduled times when they take the tour. So we hung out for about an hour and then were the only ones on the tour. The temple is cool it just has a different spirit about it then Kirtland. It was interesting what we were told about the temple and what happened there. To us it seemed like they left off one of the most significant events that happened there. Makes you question if they really understand the importance of the temple and all that took place there.

Monday Stephen and Lola headed back to the airport for their long flight home. Derrick and I had a really good time with them here. It made me realize how nice it is to be with family on the holidays! We are glad they made the trek out to the Great Lakes area. We hope they enjoyed their time here.

Work is pretty much the same old thing. Derrick is very busy trying to finish up the semester and study for a final. He only has one final this semester but he is loaded with tons of assignments to have done by the end of next week. He has to prepare a trail for next Saturday and guess who is star witness, ME! I am going to blow the case wide open for my Dog! Hopefully he will get to relax after his final in a couple of weeks before we fly home for Christmas. I haven’t official started the count down that is Joshua’s job (only 19 more days!).

Well I hope everyone is in good health and getting excited for Christmas, I know I am. I can’t wait to be back in Utah with our family and friends.