Merry Christmas...

Wow, we're really bad about this, aren't we?

Well, reporting in for our holiday now. I guess it's better late than never.

Despite the hardships, Jeff and I had a good Christmas. The night before Christmas Eve, our home teacher came over and dropped off Christmas cookies that his wife (our Visiting Teacher, coincidentally) had made. They rocked! They inspired Jeff to do the same, but alas, they just weren't.

On Christmas Eve we did the usual: For as long as I could remember, the night of Christmas Eve always belonged to my parents. In hindsight, there is some wisdom to this, as that allowed my siblings and I to visit our in-laws on Christmas Day (more on that in a bit). It was a bit smaller this year, you will note in the pictures once Jeff uploads them: It was my parents, Jeff and I, my siblings and their families, and my grandma and cousin Jimmy: 15 people total. To some that seems like a lot, but we've had Christmas Eve's with EVERYONE over, and those days easily totaled over 40! But I personally enjoyed our small party. A few of us were sick though: My nephew William was just getting over a cold, as was my sister, Myra. Jeff got that pneumonia-type sickness he had a month or so ago, and I started getting really sick that night. Fortunately we cut out early and everyone had left my parents before 11, a record for us!

The next day we had planned on going to Oakley to Jeff's aunt and uncle's house (they just bought a new one) but that didn't happen. Between us both being sick (I got REALLY bad) and everything we just couldn't pull it off. We did call and talk to them a bunch of times during the day and yesterday too, so hopefully that made up for some of it.

Now we are on to New Year's! So far no resolutions aside from the usual (get healthier, work out more, become super-impressively rich :-) and the usual). But in all honesty, there are a few things we want to work on. Both of us want to refocus on school and saving up more money. Jeff, it appears, will be transferring to Colorado State University either this coming term or the next. Now, don't read into this: We aren't MOVING back to Colorado (darn it)! They offer a correspondence course online so he can get his bachelor's and that is likely the route he will be going.

As for me, I applied to Utah State University for a one-year Speech Pathology program that should have me done by next year. Working with the kids at Easter Seals helped me to realize that this field seems to be my calling in life: working with children with special needs. The only way to make it in this field, however, is to earn a graduate degree in some specialty like Speech-Path.

Well, that's enough of an update for now. I have to start dinner in a little bit. Hopefully I won't take so long next time to update you all on our going's-on!