Taxes

It's tax time! Woohoo! So last fall I took this free class offered by Jackson Hewitt to teach how to do taxes--that's how they recruit tax preparers each year. The books were decent, the teaching was about what you could expect from a free class. But anyway, I learned some good stuff, and did our taxes this year (just like I always do). And all I can say is kids are profitable. Jacob never turned in a W-4 to adjust the withholdings since before we were married, so all year the government has been earning the interest that we could have been earning. But it does make for a very happy little surprise right now. He's since turned in a new W-4 and significantly increased his take home pay each paycheck. But in the meantime we benefit from our little tax deduction with a few shopping sprees. We plan on getting our food storage built up--as much as we have room to store in our house, and getting a few fun things, like an SLR camera, a new freezer, and such. Yea for tax returns!

Our weekend in Provo was a lot of fun. It was great to hang out with the fam and give Rachel a chance to hang out with them all, and to meet the cats, which were a new experience for her. The cold air was also a new experience. She doesn't own any warm clothes besides long sleeved shirts and pants, and one jacket. Luckily we own blankets. Here she is getting bundled up to go out into the cold.

And here Jacob is getting bundled up for the cold. Or something.