Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a really nice Thanksgiving with my family this year. All of the food was DELICIOUS (Thanks, Mom!!), and we had a great time visiting with family and friends. It was a wonderful, much needed, low key day! Just what the doctor ordered, really. That night Cambrie got to spend the night at Grandma's house. She had a really great time, and it enabled Andy, Calina, and I to venture out to Walmart at 5 AM. Talk about CRAZY!! But we got some really good deals at Walmart, Home Depot, Roberts, Ace, Cal Ranch, and Staples. Plus we were done by 8 AM, just enough time for Andy to make it to work!

Friday was the State Bank Birthday party, so Cambrie, Calina and I met Andy at the bank to get some lunch and have some fun at the party (after Calina got a good nap...the poor thing was up at 4:30AM, after all). After the party we all went home and crashed for a few hours.

Then on Saturday morning, my mom had us come over for family pictures in our pajamas. She got us some pajamas so we could get a cute family picture with all of us by the Christmas tree. Here is the picture:

Then that night Andy and I hosted a fun pizza and game night with everyone plus our good friends Kirk and Bonnie Poulsen. We had a good time vsiting and playing games, something that we don't get to do very often (usually because the kids are running around). So it was really fun. We played Wise and Otherwise and got some good laughs, and then played Rock Band on the X Box. It was really fun to have everyone over.

Crunch Time

That's right, it's crunch time for millions of students all around the country. FINALS!! The joy of finals is just that, an END!! I can see the end in sight, but can I make it? It's been a rough semester, but I have learned a lot and like they say, "That which does not kill you, can only make you stronger!" :) Here's to all the late nights and all nighters studying!! Good luck to all the students preparing for finals!!