Christmas 2007!

Wow! What a great time we have had over the past few weeks! TJ and I had a great time over the Christmas holiday! It went by so fast, but we made so many great memories! It first started out with our five year annivesary! Can you believe it? Five years! Tj totally surprised me with a beautiful necklace over a dinner of Ribs at TGIFridays. Plus, we went all out and even ordered appetizers! It was so exciting! =) It was really fun! Then the next day it was off to Utah!
Our first stop was of course Cafe Rio where we both over indulged but it was delicious! Then we split our time between Salt Lake and Castle Dale! It was very relaxing and we appreciated everything our families did for us while we were there. Thank you so much mom and dad for our transportation while we were there and thanks to everyone for all of the great food! We definetely over ate, but it was all worth it! We also want to thank everyone who came to visit us and made time for us. I know it is a busy time of year, but we really appreciated seeing and visiting everyone that we did! For those of us who were not able to meet up, we will have to do it in the near future! Plus, thanks so much for all of my siblings who when without sleep for several nights in order to accomadate games of ROOK and Catch Phrase along with long talks! =)
The pictures pretty much tell what we did! We relaxed, spent time with our family, played games and ate a lot of food! We definetely have the CUTEST nephews and nieces in the ENTIRE world! They are all so precious! Plus, what would Christmas be without the traditional John Deere present! Thanks Julie and Bowdi! TJ and I also went shooting on Christmas day with his family. Colton got a new gun for his birthday/Christmas so we all had to try it out! It was really fun, cold, but fun! =) We were also able to go and visit with Travis and Alli on New Years Day which was really fun as well.
Now we are back to our regular way of life! TJ has started school again and has his first test on Monday! I am back at work and it is as busy as ever but I am becoming a LITTLE more comfortable with everything! I hope you all had a very wonderful holiday and we look forward to the time we can see everyone again!

There is not much to add today to our blog. TJ and I have been busy little bees getting things ready for Christmas and studying for his finals. He only has three tests left and then he is finished for the semester. I can hardly wait. I am so excited and so happy deep down inside for the opportunity I have to spend time with him! I am so excited to see our wonderful families as well. What a huge blessing to us to be able to come home and visit over the holidays! I think I have a perm-a-grin on my face each day as I count down until we leave! =)
My heart is also full of happiness tonight. I am so grateful for all the things Tj and I have. It was our Christmas program today at church and it was beautiful and really got me into the Christmas mood. Then tonight Tj and I went around and delivered some of our holiday treats to our friends. It made me so happy to see everyone and just sit and visit for a few minutes or hours! =) We have made such great friends and are surrounded by such great people! What a wonderful time of year. I am just so happy!
Thanks to everyone who takes time out of their really busy schedules to call or write a few words in an e-mail. We are both so appreciative of everything that we have been provided. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing most of you over the holidays! Safe Travel and have a Wonderful time! =)

Hello everyone!!

So, I found out this week that I love to eat! =) No big surprise but I had no self control this past week with junk food! Over Thanksgiving I was alright, I only had one small piece of pie each day, but last week I went crazy! I was craving cookies on Tuseday night so I made a batch, pigged out on cookie dough and then ate cookies for breakfast for the next three days! Then I craved brownies, so I made some of those on Friday night! Yikes! I was a monster! Luckily though, I have phased out of it and regained self control! Only about 1/4 of the pan of brownies is gone and I haven't had much junk food since Friday night!
Things here are getting busier by the second it feels like! TJ only has two weeks left, one of lecture and one FULL of tests! He is excited to be almost done with this semester though! I keep busy trying to get Christmas all done! I told Tj the other day that I could not remember the last time I was even able to think about Christmas before the 14th, or before finals week. It has been really fun working on it over the past week or so, and not stressing about any up coming finals! I could definetly get used to this! =)
Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving! It was alot of fun, and the first Thanksgiving and Birthday we have ever celebrated in Georgia! I could not thank the Weber's enough for all they did for us. The food was fantastic, the games of Hand and Foot were competative, and the company was unforgetable! Of course we ate WAY to much, but that is just part of Thanksgiving right! =) Thanks to Alli for bringing the candy so we could make our own Turkeys! After we gorged ourselves on Thursday, we headed out on Friday to see Cartersville! We walked around the cute little shops and had our pictures taken at the first Coca Cola sign! We also went to the local museum wich had some great information and historical pictures along with the development of the locomotive. Plus it had alot of information on THE GENERAL, it was so neat! Then on Saturday it was off to the Aquarium (with about 500,000 other people) but it was fun! Atlanta is a really big and beautiful city! Plus, we couldn't forget about the HUGE chicken we saw at the local KFC! We also celebrated TJ's 27th (old man! =) birthday on Saturday! Of course we had to have trick candles! It was a great weekend and we made some unforgetable memories!
Well, I had better go. TJ and I will be home in two weeks! I am so excited I am having a hard time sleeping at night! Still a lot to get done before we leave, but it is all so fun! I absolutely love this time of year! The Christmas tree is up, the air is cooler outside (not as cold as Utah, but still cooler) and Christmas music is played on all of the radio stations! Merry Christmas and we love you guys!

Hello everyone!

This past week has been busy and fun, like most of our weeks. I am finally on a more regular schedule at work and my body is now able to adjust to waking up early or staying up late! Work is going really well right now. I am learning so much each and every day. The staff are great to work with as well and they are so supportive of me! Sometimes I get so nervous to call and ask their advice, but they are always very kind and respond immediately!
This last week my office had their Thanksgiving feast! Everyone brought something, so there was TONS of food! I think there is only about 40 people in our department and we had three turkeys and a ham! Plus three tables full of side dishes from homemade rolls to sweet potatoes to homemade macarroni and cheese, plus two more tables FULL of just desserts! Needless to say I gorged myself and enjoyed every minute of it! =) It was delicious!
TJ had a good week at school as he only had two tests this week. He did great on both and now is buckling down for two more next week. He is so excited for Thanksgiving break he can hardly wait! He does not have any lectures next week, just a test on Monday and a test on Tuesday. Then he has the rest of the week off! He has a paper due the Monday after he comes back, but he has been working hard on getting it done so he can enjoy his break! I am also very excited for him to have a break! What will I do with him for four whole days! =)
I absolutely love this time of year! First of all, I can't believe that it is already Thanksgiving and the weather out here is still so warm! =) Second, the trees out here are beautiful. You drive down the road and on both sides of the street are hundreds of trees with all different colors of leaves. I love to just walk or drive down the roads because they are so beautiful. I have some pictures, but they don't do justice to the beauty! Last night TJ took me out to dinner to celebrate National Nurse Practitioner week! =) Then we went to the South Point Mall for a huge celebration. They had a free concert by Lifehouse along with the welcoming of Santa Clause to the mall and the lighting of this HUGE christmas tree. Afterwards they had fake snow blow from the rooftops of the buildings. I just chuckled as I thought about the fake snow and how amazed and excited everyone was about it! Not to mention that it was about 45 degrees that night and Tj and I are in our hoodies and pants, but everyone else was in coats, gloves, beanies and scarves. They were freezing! These people really don't know what cold is! =)
Anyway, I am just so thankful for everything that TJ and I have been blessed to experience out here. We have great friends and neighbors out here, I love my job and TJ is really enjoying his school! We have been so blessed and I am just so thankful for all that we have! I want all of our cute friends and wonderful family to know how much we LOVE you and we MISS you guys and we are SOOOO excited to come home to visit in less then four weeks! We hope you all have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

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TJ and I went to the Duke Basketball game tonight and it was AWESOME! I have to say that it was SOOOOO much fun. I was a little skeptical that it might not live up to its name, but it was GREAT! The crowd was so into the game. We were cheering, chanting, shouting, doing cheers and dancing the ENTIRE game. It was quite the workout, but it was SOOOO worth it! If you guys want to experience the BEST GAME EVER you have got to come and see us! We included the pictures of us and a bunch of TJ's classmates! I apologize as well that TJ's eyes are closed in like EVERY picture, I just don't know what to do about him! =) I hope you guys all have a wonderful weekend!

Hey guys!
This last week was VERY busy for us, but really fun! Last week, after TJ was done with all of his tests of course, we headed out for Halloween. It is really big here and they close down the mainstreet in Chapel Hill from lik 9:oo m to about 1:00 a.m. We went to dinner with some friends and then hung around and viewed alot of costumes until about 9:30-10:00 before too much alcohol came out. Our friends dressed up, but we didn't! It was a lot of fun though, the costumes were very good! The big hits were thing 1 and thing 2 from Dr. Seuss, a group of people dressed up as different Tetris pieces, a headless man (but he couldn't see anything so someone had to guide him through the crowd!) and Fred and Wilma Flinstone! Everyone looked really good! Plus there were TONS of policemen everywhere, so I wanted to get a picture with them!
Then, I worked independently on Friday night and Saturday during the day. I was very nervous to be the only one at clinic, but it went very well. I was excited that I was able to hold up the clinick, but I am also glad when I have backup as well. Plus I had my own clinic this morning. I saw a total of three patients! It was quite exciting! =)
Last but not least! TJ and I went to UNC game on saturday night! It was SOOOO much fun! It was just an exhibition game and it was a total blow out, but it was still great! They won by like fifty points but they started to show boat! They were doing windmill dunks, rotating dunks, etc. It was really fun! This week we are going to try to go to a Duke basketball game! I'm really excited!
Well, not that we are counting down or anything but we will be home in about 5 1/2 weeks! So we are REALLY excited to see everyone! we will be home for about 10 days! YEAH! Well have a great week!