Light at the end of the Tunnel

For most of you, you know Jared has been trying to get into Dental School. It has been a long LONG LONG long process.  Study, Take the test, Wait, Apply, Wait, Fill out applications, Pay LOTS of money for applications, Wait, Wait, Wait  still waiting, hope to hear for interviews  wait, If lucky enough to get one pay LOTS of money to go there, wait, and wait and hopefully hear at the beginning of December that you maybe got in, if not wait some more and once you don't get in you get to repeat the process. This is our 3rd year doing this process. It is hard to plan for things when you don't know where you are going or what you will be doing in a year. REALLY FRUSTRATING!
This year we felt really blessed, Jared scored  high on his test and was invited to several interviews. We waited anxiously to see if we were going to get in and I feel really blessed to say that we did get an acceptance into the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.  We will be leaving sunny California in June and moving to Michigan. It has been a long process that I hope to never have to repeat again, but I am grateful because during these past 3 years that we have waited I have learned Humility and Patience. I feel closer to my Savior and my Spouse through this trial. We are now praying that our friends get accepted too then we wont ever have to look back on the application process again!

Birthday:
My birthday was this past weekend and of course i didn't take any pictures, i'm such a loser, but my husband spoiled me rotten!!! I literally got a TON of new clothes and as i predicted there were no shorts anywhere so i had to order them online and hope they fit.

We are packing for Hawaii tonight and leave tomorrow.

 Remember that weight lose goal i made for myself back in August?? I am down 32 Pounds!!!!!!! Can you believe it? I can't, what the heck how come i had let myself gain so much weight? Well D-Day tomorrow- the dreaded WEIGH IN to see if I made my goal !!!!!! AHHHHH dun dun dun

I was 0.2 pounds away from my goal on birthday Saturday morning, except "it was my birthday"  so therefore my attitude towards dieting was bad, I had a bacon cheeseburger, sweet potato fries ( double order) double scoops of my favorite Baskin Robbins Ice Cream, Box of Chocolates, Potato soup and Chips and Salsa, Next day big plate of Biscuits and Gravy and eggs and 3 helpings of Chocolate Crepes. Needless to say I have had to work my butt OFF this week working out and dieting to make my goal for tomorrow since i gained all last weeks hard work back in two days, so hopefully i will be posting a picture of my cute newly pedicured toes on the scale with a weigh in under 140lbs next update.
 In the meantime Jared and I made these cute ornaments for our works ornament contest.

We didn't win but mine was an Aloha Christmas and Jareds was Michigan School of Dentistry.

Can you tell i have been tanning? haha i didn't want to fry my face off in the intense sun in Hawaii
Have a great Christmas- i am so excited to be heading off to Hawaii to enjoy my time with my family!