To Vegas We Go....

So Heidi and I have been to Vegas on the fourth and a few other little holidays, but Kevin had the kiddos for Christmas and we knew we needed to come to visit. So she picked me up on the 20th and I spent the night in Heber. Hoho had to work on Friday so we didn't leave until around 5 pm.
  We gain an hour once we cross into Nevada. So we arrived at 11:30 pm their time. the kiddos were all in bed so we brought our things in and settled in for our Christmas break with palm trees!

Afternoon with Miss Summer...

 So I had a little visitor today for a few hours. Chandra needed to go to a meeting at work so Summer and I had a little play date. She hadn't seen me in a little bit so there were a few tears but then there was giggling, playing, and snacking. She started to get tired as it got closer to two. So I made her a bottle, sat her on my lap with a blanket and she feel asleep.

 I enjoyed my little visitor. Especially since finals and classes are over for the year and I don't know what to do with myself!

Finished...

The last week in a half of Fall semester has been crazy. Because of my major the majority of my finals are presentations or papers. I had 3 of my 5 finals done by Friday the 7th. The weekend was spent writing my talk on Following Christ and writing my creative writing piece for my Philosophy of Lit class. After such a hectic semester it feels weird to be done until the 7th of January. I slept in this morning and spent the day deep cleaning my apartment. tomorrow I'm going to watch my cousin's little girl and head to my parents for the break. I can't believe I'll be starting my final semester at WSU in a little over 3 weeks. Here's to a fun break!!!

Christmas Village!!!!!

This one was done by WSU. It had an adorable story about Eddy the Elf going back to get his MBA at WSU.

I'm sad that this one turned out so blurry! It was absolutely amazing!

Ogden has this awesome tradition of Christmas Village. its a village of playhouse sized homes decorated for Christmas  as you walk around you look through the windows at each lite up scene. It ends with a beautiful manger scene. Paigy and I had finished our finals earlier that day and decided to celebrate with style.

Paigy being a toy soldier!

Shany being a toy soldier!

It was loads of fun and we even got a little concert at the arena in the park. I can't believe I lived here over a year and never saw Christmas Village until now!

Silly Babies...

Her face says it all...

they're dropping everywhere!

I love getting picture messages from Sissy letting me know what my adorable nieces and nephew are up too!

look who's sitting by herself!

snuggle bunny

Busiest week of the Semester

So its what most students refer too as h*** week. Because of my major I don't usually have final exams. Just nasty portfolios, presentations and large papers. Metaphor ended last week. So this week was spent perfecting my pictures for my presentation in Seminar Wednesday. Thursday I turned in my journal of write ups for Philosophy of lit and spent all afternoon analyzing poems for my poetry portfolio. Our class met in the Fireplace Lounge at WSU. I was pretty proud of my poem I read at the reading was my first poem that got full credit. When I got home I made up this Apple cinnamon cake for my fiesta in my Spanish class on Friday. I still need to write my final for philosophy, write a talk and study Spanish. I'll be done on Tuesday. 

textbooks...

Well we're getting to crunch time. My last final is on the 13 of December and then I'll have on semester left of my bachelors degree! This week was full of writing, editing, practicing and perfecting. when I got home Friday I realized I needed the extra shelf on my bookshelf for canned goods so my textbooks and notes magically ended up in bed with me.
  Unfortunately I didn't gain any knowledge last night sleeping with all my textbooks and actually was a bit flustered when I woke up and my legs were scrunched up. 2 more weeks then I get a much earned break.