Does anyone else feel like April has gone on forever??? Maybe its just me then. Nothing much has happened. Matt and i started a financial peace university class together on Thursdays. It's a 13 week course, we have already been twice. its good, hasn't taught us anything we didn't know, but forces you to look at your finances and figure out where everything is going. It also points out things we should be saving for like tires for the car, car maintanace and repairs, stuff like that- usually we just cut back on something else the month those things have to be payed for..needless to say this way is better. I think we have thought more about our budget and where money is going more these last 2 weeks than ever before! we have sat down and worked on a budget on at least 3 seperate occasions, Until we are both happy with it and sure we havent forgotten anything!
What else? Emma sang in the choir for the preprimary play. Considering the oldest person in the show was 6, They where amazing! it was about the 3 billy goats gruff, it lasted about 30 mins but it was great.They sang a lot. Next year when she has a part we will remember to bring the camera!
Emma gave her first talk in primary today, she has said prayers and recited scriptures but this was her first talk. Of course she only told me about the talk this morning but i managed to write a talk out and get her to memorize most of it before she gave it in Primary. Her very proud daddy was with her to give her prompts, and every one told her and us what a great job she did! hopefully next time we will have a bit more notice!( note to self Ask Emma every sunday if she has an assignment)
Matt is going to be on call from Tuesday for 2 weeks the first week isnt a big deal as he is a secondary so will only be called if something goes majorly wrong and the person on call needs help. The second week though.....he will be the first called so heres hoping for a smooth week that week.
The other news is that Matt was granted his H1B visa(work visa) for october, so we are here for the next 3 years!!! Emma and I will have H4 visa's so i still cant study or work but i will get over it!
we have had quite a few beautiful not too hot not too cold days lately and Friday evening we introduced Buddy(our puppy) to the beach what fun he of course tried to drink the water, eat a dead crab and catch the sticks that matt threw into the sea, since he is a snifer we arent confident about letting him of his lead yet ,so i had to hold the lead and be pulled into the water! we also found out that buddy can indeed swim!! anyway we all had a great evening there, but now buddy needs a wash!
So I have been thinking about Marriage and the Gospel a lot lately. I was thinking how in our marriage we make decisions about wether to grow closer or further apart with every kind or angry word or deed we do. These choices are made daily. So to it is in our relationship with the saviour, every day we can and do make the decision wether to move closer to, or further from Him. Are we living his word- the gospel -the way we should? are we striving to improve or are we just going through the motions. Both have consequences but only one will result in happiness. I guess the reason i have been thinking about this is because we have been looking more at our choices regarding how we spend our money.. Sometimes we lose sight of the bigger picture and when this happens you know we are moving in the wrong direction!
Any way heres to the end of April woohooo!!!
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8 comments:
I am with you april thirtieth looks good...since it is mine and Chris's five year anniversary.
Does that mean you will be able to travel home for my wedding??
Elaine
ahhhh.... april going to fast...exams start soon.... ahhhhhh
It has been slow for me too! But I am now trying to play Cairo's 1st b-day and time is moving faster! Maybe I just needed something to look forward too. Well here is to a good May!
Congrats to Matthew on his visa, Keri Anne you can study on a H4 if you want to, you just cant work. Have a look at this link:
http://www.visabureau.com/america/h4-dependent-visa.aspx
The H-4 Dependent Visa allows the dependent spouse and children of any principal H-class visa holders entry to the United States and free travel in and out of the country.
The H-4 visa holder is dependent upon the principal H visa holder and will lose their status when the H visa holder loses their status, usually at the end of a period of employment.
As H-4 visa holders often include dependent children under the age of 21, study is permitted but a H-4 visa holder is strictly prohibited from working in the United States.
It may be possible for a H-4 visa holder to change status to another visa that will allow them to work in the United States.
Hope this helps xx
Budgets are VERY good! It's amazing how Ben and I can see SO CLEARLY where are money is going when we are following our budget and how SHOCKED we are when we forget one month and look back to see all the crap we spent our money on! LOL!
Sounds like you're having fun with your new puppy! I can totally imagine him jumping into the ocean and dragging you along with him with a smile on your face... for the first 100 times, at least. :)
And I think Uglies will be a fun book for your club. Rather light reading, but still has elements you can discuss. I wouldn't pretend it's very deep, since the whole thing comes across kind of preachy, but I ignored it and liked the adventure part. Just don't waste your time on the rest of the series. :)
That's so cool that you can go to the beach, even if it's not warm. That's great that you will be here another three years! Hope you enjoy it.
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