XXIV

The rumors are true. I'm officially 24. I'm sure if I had a spouse he would post on our blog 24 reasons why he loves me. Thats what people seem to be doing these days. Too bad I dont have one of those. Yet. Then, I thought about maybe listing 24 reasons why I'm a great catch (to hopefully find one). But I only got to 19 so I couldnt do that. Thats just embarrassing.

So this took a lot of thought to think of a creative list and so I am going to share with you all why this is going to be MY YEAR! (And not 24 reasons because that is just too many) (and dont get me wrong - I dont mean my year to get married necessarily, just a good year all around)

*24 is an even number and therefore, good.
*2010 = even and good.
*I got the internship. Already proven to be a good year. I get to teach 4th grade!
*24 is just a great number and here's why....

Its Paul Millsap's number, and he's great
American Idol doesnt get good until it reaches the top 24
24 = the complete church (12 tribes of isreal + 12 apostles. Its true. Look it up here.)
Willie May's number
Kobe Bryant number(you have to admit he's dang good)
Jack Bauer

Ok that was a little shorter and little less awesome than I was planning. Nonetheless there it is. And its going to be the best year of my life. You're welcome to be a part of it.

not all good things come to an end

But some do. Like the 2010 winter olympics. Man I seriously LOVED watching the Olympics whenever I could. Here are a few of my favorite things...

Apollo Anton Ohno. He's fabulous. He is amazing and so fun to watch! In Vancouver he wone his eighth career medal which pretty much makes him amazing. He won three in Vancouver and no gold I'm afraid to say. Two bronze and a silver.

I love watching womens figure skating. The US had two good and cute girls but this Kim Yu-Na of South Korea just killed everyone out of the water. She won by like 25 points or something. She was amazing! It was really fun to watch.

I seriously just loved the olympics this year. With bode miller, lindsey vonn, shaun white, shani davis, evan lvsacek, and more but i cant remember their names. It ended sadly when Cananda beat USA in hockey in overtime. It was a great game though, and I usually dont like watching hockey. USA ended up winning the medal count with 37 and Germany in second with 30.

But some good things dont come to an end. In Preach My Gospel in the very first part it says, "More happiness awaits you than you have ever experienced as you labor among His children." Its so true and I am still (even after a year) feeling the reality of that blessing. I found out today that a family that I taught and baptized are still active and the youngest boy just turned 12 in Feb and got the priesthood. Another family I taught and baptized, their youngest girl who just turned 8 in December just got baptized on Sunday. Honestly, its hard to explain how happy that makes me. But its amazing.

Some other good news.....

This is my new school. I applied for an internship in Alpine School District and just found out yesterday that I GOT IT! Starting in August I will be teaching fourth grade at legacy elementary school and couldnt be more excited!

Life is good.