CPA EXAM IS DONEZO!!! Thank you Jenna

I passed. The CPA exams weren’t nearly as hard as I anticipated, but I am extremely relieved that I am done. Now I’m going to do a little bragging before I distribute my thanks. Supposedly only 10% of applicants pass all four of the exams on the first try, which I did. And not only did I pass these tests, I straight dominated them. All you need is a 75 to pass, and believe me I was shooting for a 75. I took the hardest test first, FARE, and scored a 94. I was shocked, walking out of the test I was telling people that “I thought I scored between a 70 and a 78. I took the easiest test second (BEC) and scored a 90; then REG, where I scored a 95; and last AUD, with an 87. BYU definitely helped prepare me for these tests more than I can imagine. I wish I had the same amount of appreciation for BYU and the excellent accounting program when I was attending school as I do now. I am also very grateful to my Heavenly Father, I prayed fervently before and after every test numerous times and I know he blessed me tremendously. I received help from friends and family, but none more than my amazing wife Jenna. I began studying for the tests in June and finished the last week of November. During those six months Jenna was extremely helpful in building my confidence and with understanding my need to study. She pacified Weston when I came home from work so that I could get in some good studying, and she forgave me for not taking her out much as I dedicated most of my free time to studying. I feel so lucky to have such a supportive and understanding wife. I couldn’t have accomplished what I did without her. A popular quote, “Behind every great man is a great woman” comes to mind as I reflect on my test taking experience. Though I don’t feel like a great man, there was definitely a great woman behind me. Similar to my mom deserving most of the credit for my Eagle Scout award, Jenna deserves a lot of credit for me passing the CPA exam. Thank you and I love you.

Casey

My Great Eight

Ashley tagged me, so here it goes...

8 TV shows I love to watch:
1. Anything on Food Network
2. The Mentalist
3. House
4. Criminal Minds
5. The Hills - I can't help it. All the people are just so dumb :)
6. CSI
7. Law & Order SVU
8. Music Videos on VH1

8 Favorite restaurants:
1. In-N-Out
2. Rubio's
3. Outback
4. Jack's
5. Kneaders
6. Alpine Taco Shop
7. Extraordinary Desserts
8. Whosong and Larry's

8 Things that happened today:
1. Got flu shots as a family
2. Bought a dining room table. Yeah!
3. Went to Wal-Mart
4. Had In-N-Out for lunch
5. Went on a walk to get the mail with Weston
6. Sent Weston off with Casey to watch the BYU basketball game with friends
7. Put up Christmas Decorations
8. Watched a movie

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Christmas
2. For Casey to get his last CPA exam score
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (the movie)
4. Casey's Work Christmas Party
5. Weston to be potty trained
6. Weston walking
7. Weston's 1st Birthday
8. Spring

8 Things on my wish list:
1. For Casey to pass his last CPA exam
2. A huge grocery budget so that I can make healthy gourmet food whenever I want
3. New iPod
4. For our rent to drop at the end of our lease
5. For Casey to not be sick :(
6. For there to be an Extraordinary Dessert in Roseville
7. To have unlimited funds so that I can visit our family whenever I want
8. For all the Prop 8 nonsense to be over

8 People I'm tagging:
1. You
2. You
3. You
4. You
5. You
6. You
7. You
8. and You

You know who you are! :)

8 months!

Weston is 8 months TODAY! I can't decide which is crazier. That he is already 8 months old or that I'm actually posting his month birthday on time : ) I'm loving this age though. He is starting to do so many funny/amazing things and is constantly keeping us entertained. Here are some of his latest and greatest:

>Can climb up stairs and on top of his Huggies box then on to the couch.

>Opens drawers, cupboards, and closes/pushes open doors. I now have to really close the door to prevent him from going through.

>Feeds himself using the pincer grasp. I love this!

>Got his first tooth two days before Thanksgiving and is working on the second one.

>Likes toast, bread, grated cheese, little pieces of fruit (especially grapes), pieces of chicken and turkey, torillas, and cheerios.

>Blows raspberries. He mainly does it on my face when he is giving me kisses, but he'll also do it on our arms, legs, and stomach.

>Likes to play chase with me. The other night Jason and Ashley were over with Paisley and she was crawling towards him and he thought she was playing chase so he got a huge smile on his face and was preparing to crawl away, but then she stopped so he stopped and looked a little bummed :) It was kind of cute that he thought she was playing chase with him.

>Waves "hi." We're still working on this one, so he doesn't do it consistently yet.

>Says Da-da and will look at Casey when I ask, "Where's Da-da?"

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Here are a few pictures and a video from the last few weeks to show that we've got our work cut out for us with this one :)

Somebody found the toilet paper

After he climbs on the couch, he has decided that it is fun to climb on the side table and play with the lamp.

He likes to spread his toys all over

Hmmm...What's in here?

This one was taken today. We just love this little guy! Climbing