I have been MIA for months….FOR SHAME!!!!!!!!!!
I have been working on Christmas gifts for the past few months so I couldn’t really post about those projects until now. I will post about all those projects in separate posts.
A lot has happened in the months since my last post. Jake got hit by a call while riding his bike on campus….you know, cause he’s so small he blends in! Don’t worry, he is fine, the car wasn’t going very fast, but was still a scary phone call to receive.
Jake is nearing the end of his PhD life. He will be defending on January 20th 2012. He will finally be done, and he’s not sure what to do with himself! He flew out to BYU at the beginning of December for a job interview….yes, a job interview….Like an adult job interview….He had to shave his beard for it and boy did he look different!
We won’t hear back until February so our fingers, toes, legs, arms, and anything else we can cross, is crossed. We are just praying he gets “A” job. He has applied to several different universities, but we haven’t heard back from any of them yet. The beard has grown back in enough that he looks like himself again….although it is rough like sandpaper….
Jennifer came over last night for s’mores, hot chocolate, and White Christmas. We had lots of fun burning marshmallows and laughing our tails off at Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye singing “Sisters”. Jake played us Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas. I had never seen it, and we watched the “out takes”…oh my goodness…I almost pee pee-d myself! So funny!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We had breakfast with Jennifer and my parents this morning, then headed to church, and then spent the afternoon to evening at my brother’s house with all the family. It was a very low key, laid back Christmas, and I’m OK with THAT!
Jake and I didn’t really exchanged gifts this year; we just bought ourselves a couple things that we really wanted. Jake and been playing the new Zelda game and we found an electric skillet on super sale! We also went to the Dollar Tree yesterday and bought a bunch of “junk” for our stocking! This morning Jake and I opened a few gifts from his family. We got a gift card to one of our favorite restaurants and some really funny shirts we are excited to wear.
Jake’s parents really spoil us…I say this in a loving and grateful way! It is always hard for me to accept gifts that I know weren’t cheap. That steams from the childhood, and is probably something I will struggle with forever. With that said, we received a very heavy, large box from his parents this week. We placed the packaged under the tree and guessed out loud all week what we thought it might be. We thought maybe an encyclopedia set, an anvil, bags of flour…we had NO idea what it was. The box was really heavy! So this morning, we pulled that box out from under the tree and pulled the paper back…then we stared at the box… “Is that really what I think it is?” passed our lips. We smiled in disbelief. There before us was a beautiful, sleek, marvelous Kitchen Aid! I need to pull on my big girl panties and join the ranks of the homemade bread, fresh whipped cream, and made from scratch cakes! We were so surprised and excited! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are debating on what to make first!
We are going to enjoy the day together tomorrow because I am off of work! YAY! Then back to work for the both of us. So Merry Christmas everyone!
