My Wife, The Gamer

It turns out, my wife loves video games... Who would have thought? She went her entire life never playing any of the typical game consoles, Sega, Nintendo, XBox, Playstation, etc. But if you give her a computer game, ie Plants vs Zombies, she'll spend all day playing it. I should probably attributed this behavior to her pregnancy, and lack of feeling well 24/7, but it does explain so much...

The Husband

Journal Jar...

Some of the things that make me happy are.....


       These past few weeks I've been thinking a lot about everything that I have to be happy about. The top things on my list have been the same for as long as I can remember (with some minor changes since getting married).


1. Matt - the love of my life
2. The child growing inside of me :)
3. My Families
4. The Gospel
5. Knowing that no matter how hard today seems, it will end.
6. All the little things in my life (food, house, clothing, washer, dryer, dishes, clean water, toilets that flush, heaters/fans, cars, ovens, refrigerators)
7. Knowledge

       Each of these play such a vital role in my life that I can't even begin to imagine my life without them. I've been so blessed this past year that I can't even begin to list all of them, but the greatest blessing that I can think of right now is the blessing of family. I've been blessed this year with a knowledge of how much my amazing husband means to me, and the chance to be a mom this coming year. I've dreamed about being a mom and raising my own family for years, and now that it's finally here I can hardly believe it!!!

       But above all, I'm so grateful for this time of year and the chance I've had to focus even more on the gift of life that Christ blessed us all with. I'm so lucky to know the truth and to be able to share that with all of the people I care about the most in the world.  I love my family more then anything and am so blessed to have such a huge and varied family.

I love you all!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas!                               

It seems like Christmas comes and goes so quickly each year.  We can’t believe it’s been over a year since we were married!  It’s been a wonderful year.

The biggest news we have this year is that Melanie is pregnant!  She is currently 9 weeks pregnant and is due July 22nd.  The picture contained in this letter is the baby at 8 weeks.  We still have a ways to go, but we’re already getting the nursery ready and Melanie has been working on blankets, booties and clothes for our newest family member.  This will be grandchild #25 for Melanie’s parents, and grandchild #1 for Matt’s parents (great-grandchild #1 for Matt’s grandparents).

Melanie has finished up her schooling at Provo College and is preparing to that the NCLEX-RN.  She is also looking for a job as a nurse, but in the mean time is still working at Heindselman’s (knitting store) and is working a holiday job at a shipping company. 

Matt spent the summer in Oklahoma attending Basic Training for the Army.  He was gone the entire summer, leaving Melanie all alone at home.  It was tough for both of us, but we survived and it has brought us even closer.  Matt is currently serving with a Field Artillery Battery in the Utah National Guard. He spends one weekend a month and two weeks a year drilling with his unit.  He is also actively involved in the ROTC program at BYU where he is being trained to be an officer.  Matt still has a year and a half of school left before he graduates in Mechanical Engineering.

Bray’Tac, our Himalayan Lynx Point Siamese cat,  already suspects that he is going to be replaced as the baby of the family.  As of late, he has been very needy for attention whenever we’re around.  He’s a lot of fun.  He loves to play but also loves to cuddle.  He’s currently about a year and a half old.  (The name Bray’Tac comes from our favorite TV show Stargate.)

We hope everyone travels safely and look forward to seeing everyone this upcoming year!



Love,

Matt & Melanie Long