Pay It Forward Exchange

I got this off my cousin Amanda's blog, I decided this would be something fun for me to do and I could use my creativity to help me. Plus I like the fact that I have a whole year to do it, although I will probably do this before we get busy with packing/moving to West Virginia. Anyway, the info below will explain just exactly what this post is for.


This is how it works: Pay It Forward Exchange is based on the concept of the movie "Pay It Forward". I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. All the gifts will be made and posted out 'sometime within the next year'. How exciting to not know when your surprise package will arrive! What you need to do in return, is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. This Exchange is only open to those with active websites or blogs. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO POST THIS SAME 'PAY IT FORWARD' MESSAGE ONTO YOUR BLOG, WHICH MUST BE ACTIVE IN ORDER TO PLAY. YOU WILL PAY IT FORWARD TO THREE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG. I'd love for you to join me! Will you? Other comments are welcome, but only the first three will be my Pay It Forward recipients.

Back to School

Stewart started his last semester of classes here at Idaho State University; it is hard to believe that we are on to our final chapter of undergrad school. It seems like we have been here forever and yet at the same time not all that long. Stewart has some hard classes this semester, but I am sure that he will pull thru just fine.

Christmas and New Years

Where does one begin? I know I have not Blogged in some time now, I have been on vacation and our internet at home (Pocatello) is not working… it has never worked that great. Anyway, Stewart and I had an excellent Christmas and an okay New Years. For Christmas we went to Bruneau to be with my parents and sisters. We drove over on Christmas Eve and stayed until Monday. While we were there Stewart went target shooting and helped my Dad around the farm. I did not do much, just stayed around the house. We played a ton of games as a family and laughed a lot.

The day after Christmas, my sister Margie called from Chile (she is serving a LDS mission there), she sounded great and excited to be serving in that area of the world. She has a small accent but other than that she sounded like my younger sister. It is hard to believe that she has been on a mission now for one whole year and will be coming home around June 23rd. I am excited for her; this has been such a great opportunity and she has added to her testimony immensely.

Another thing we were able to do while we were in Bruneau was go to the Hegerhorst Family Christmas Party. This Christmas Party has been a family tradition in my family for as long as I can remember and then some. What happens is all the Hegerhorst family in the area gets together and we have a Christmas party/devotional. Every family is in charge of doing something to contribute to the program weather it is a song, a poem, story or a skit, afterwards my Grandma and Grandpa (before he passed away) would sing O Tannenbaum (sung of course in my Grandfathers native language… German). I have always loved this tradition, mostly because I got to see family and enjoy the Christmas spirit. This year the group that was able to come was very small compared to past years; the weather was being difficult to work with so many stayed home and safe. We did have a great time though.

Stewart and I came back to Pocatello on Monday, and to our surprise many of Stewart’s family were assembled at the Hudson’s, so we joined them for their holiday party that evening. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the company of family; we are both so blessed to have family close by.

For New Years we, Stewart and I, did not do anything… I am not lying to you either. We were both blessed to get a cold/sore throat. I went to bed around 9:30pm and Stewart I think came to bed around 11:00pm. He stayed up and read a book that he got for Christmas. We were really boring, but hey if you’re sick your sick and that’s that.

I think that is all the updating I need to do for now. Stewart and I are both back to the normal routines. Stewart starts his last semester of school Monday. I can’t believe we only have 117 more days of school here at ISU. Time is flying fast, a lot will change for Stewart and me this year, so in that regard…. here’s to 2009! Enjoy the pictures.

Stewart Christmas Day w/ His New Targets and Hat.... Thanks Mom!

Ready For Our Nightly Jont Around The Farm

Rupert

Queen Stewart and King Becky (We were playing SCUM)

Family Pictrue in our SCUM Hats