Christmas...

We left a week before Christmas to go back to West Memphis and Mississippi to visit our families. It was very busy! Saturday night we went to the Dunn(my extended family)family Christmas party, Wednesday we spent the day with the Meister(dad's side of the family)family, Wednesday night we opened gifts with the Young(mom's side of the family)family, Thursday morning my mom cooked us a big breakfast, Thursday afternoon we ate lunch with William's family and Thursday evening we spent with the Mangrum family. They are our adopted family! We got up at 5am on Friday morning to go to Wal-Mart so I could get some new LED Christmas lights for our house. Well wal-mart opened at 5 instead of 6, when we got there we realized we could have slept in, there was no one hardly even there, much different from here. Two years ago when I got the lights that we had I got there at 3:30 and was already the 5th person in line and had to run to get my lights. CRAZY! Before we left for this trip we decided that we were going to be staying at our house next year for Christmas, I don't think anyone liked the idea, but we have been married 4 years and haven't spent a Christmas at our own house. We had a GREAT trip, and I am so glad to be back in my own house!

Us at Dunn Christmas Party

My mom, brother, and I at Dunn Christmas Party

My aunt Hope and Kali at Dunn Christmas Party

My daddy and me

My mom and me

My brother and me

My granny and papow on Christmas eve

My mom, brother and me on Christmas eve

The young cousins(2 are missing)

William, Jack and me on Christmas morning

Toddler Toes, Final Grade, HFG Christmas Party...

Lots of stuff to post about.

On Friday, I joined a group of ladies from my church and all of their kiddos to go to a local Nursing home and sing Christmas carols. Here's a picture of the group:

Notice I am the only one that doesn't have a kiddo!

I also took my ATI Assessment on Friday which finished up the semester. I made a 90 in the class. Which in any other grading system would be an A, but in Nursing School it is a B. I am happy with it but a little bit burned at the same time!

On Sunday night our new Home Fellowship Group had their Christmas Party, here is a picture of all of us:

School & A trip to Branson...

I had my 5th test this week and I made a B. So right now I have 2-A's, 2-B's and 1-C. We have out final on Thursday and then our Assessment for the class on Friday. After Friday I will be done for a month and then I start the Spring semester. I need to read my new book for the Spring. We will see how that goes, I am beyond burnt out on school right now.

Yesterday we went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO for the first time. We have been to Branson quiet a few times but never really had an interest in going to SDC. I am a Christmas fanatic and we had heard so many good things about the lights at SDC at Christmas so we decided we would go. I love the lights! I can't say I was thrilled with the rides. I thought there would be more rides, that's ok though. We will give it another try once it's warmer outside.


Us at SDC



The Entrance to the park


Before the lighting

After the lighting