Baby Blessings, Logan, Birthdays, and Muskrat...

I am definitely due up to write on here, Janae has been doing awesome on keeping everyone updated and I decided to pay my dues today!! We had the privilege of going and being a part of Jared and Emily's Baby Blessing of Eli Jared Hurtado on Jan. 16th. It was great having Aunt Janene, Uncle Richard, and GPA Stastny all come out not only for this occasion but to see and spend time with the family. Jared did a great job and it was a very spiritual sacrament meeting, they have a great ward. Eli has already grown so much and we can't wait to see more of him and Halle. No one can complain about the food afterwards either!!





Paul, my Dad and I also attended a Jazz game against the Cavs this weekend - it was fun game and we got a steal on lower bowl tickets..way excited as like five of the plays were featured on SportsCenters top 10 that night. So I will post a pic on that too!



On the 29th we were able to head down to SLC for Jer and Jenn's blessing of Cole Preston Nelson - It was so awesome seeing the Floridians and being able to see our nephew for the very first time that day as well. There is such a spirit that comes from these little ones and what they just left before coming to this life! We had a great get together and dinner the night before so it was great to catch up with them..we can't wait to return the favor when we go to Florida in March and spend more time in their promised land!





Janae had her BDAY on Jan. 24th as she wrote about last time and I will post a few pictures of that to show just much she was loved and was able to celebrate her special day. We were super blessed to spend Joan's BDAY with us on Friday as we went to a session in the Logan Temple Fri. with her and Jess followed by a wonderful dinner at our beloved Elements restaurant in Logan. She is still very much young and has more energy than ever..we are grateful for these memories and being able to live in an area where we can still see family and friends within just a few hours of each other!!

Then yesterday and today my parents came up to spend some time in Logan - we visited Hardware Elk Ranch up the canyon in Hyrum to catch a sleigh ride with all of the Elk at the preserve, which was inredible!! WE also convinced them to get their first taste of Sushi at Takara Sushi here in town. The deep friend tasty sensations of pot stickers and sushi made our mouths happy and our stomaches very pleased. Janae has made me quite the lover of sushi and because they were brave they were able to enjoy and love everything they ate as well!! We then hit up the sold out USU vs. BSU basketball game...we absolutely crushed them so they got a very good piece of the Spectrum Magic and the school unity we have here at USU! It was special to have so much fun with our families over the last couple of weeks, a tremendous blessing!!!







Janae saw a little critter scurrying in our backyard so we had to go find out what it was...it hid in our neighbors junk and once we fished it out we found out it was Muskrat, what a creepy tail they have!! Janae wanted to keep it as our pet but it booked it and jumped into the icy river.. you will see the pic of our little friend below too!!



Life, school, and work continue to keep us busy but with our marriage, the gospel, and keeping life interesting we are as happy as ever!! Life is incredible and never fails to bring something new that we can apply, use or work for to help us progress and become who need to be!