One more semester down for each of us! Yes! We each received good grades and are so happy to be done...for a little bit. One more semester left for me to complete my five year Bachelor's; three more semesters for Josh to complete his (seven semesters counting his Master's). It would be an understatement if I said things are much more peaceful around here without deadlines to meet.
Josh and I are so pumped for Christmas this year. As soon as I finished my last final last Wednesday, we bought some glitter pens and stockings from Wal-Mart. An hour later,we hung them from the chimney with care- Josh's with many zazzy blue stars and mine with fairly dull cursive. Since people can't see our lights from the downstairs window we decided to get some jelly window stickers; Josh had to remind me several times not to eat them (they looked so tasty, like gummy candy). Later, we drove to Duck Creek on Cedar Mountain and began our Christmas tree quest. The sad thing is, about five minutes out of Josh's cozy truck as we waded in snow up to our thighs, both of us were turning blue in the face, wishing we had worn boots...and several layers of clothing. Rather than be picky about it, we chopped down the first tree that could fit in our basement. To our dismay, when we came home and set the thing up, we found that our tree was a Charlie Brown tree with spindly branches and bald spots galore. Luckily it can hold up Christmas lights, and that is all that really matters since we will not invest in decorations until next year. The best part about our Charlie tree is that it is like adding a member to our family. Josh will laugh and say, "It's such an ugly little guy." And I will shush him and reassure our Charlie tree that Josh didn't mean it.
P.S. A big thanks to all who have said prayers for me during my time of struggle. They were really felt as I tried to make it through finals while in a lot of pain and I have great confidence the surgery (tomorrow) will go smoothly. I love my family so much!
