The last couple weeks have been great. We both had work and school off for the entire 2 weeks which was very nice. We went to Idaho to stay with and visit my family. We had a lot of time to relax. After the first week our bodies even let sleep in past 7:00am! We had a family Christmas Party with my extended family one night. We did a white elephant gift exchange, and played pictionary. It was a lot of fun.
I was even able to make peppermint eggnog, after looking in 4 stores for the peppermint eggnog. Our visit also included a trip to Lava Hot Springs to sit in the natural hot tubs. It felt really good because it was so cold outside.
Christmas was nice, with my whole family there. I finally got my sewing machine! I've been wanting one for years. Along with a nice sewing box to go with it. Brian got a nice tool bag full of tools. To quote him, "I'm slowly becoming a man." Christmas came and went so quickly. Before we knew it, it was over.
We spent the rest of the break packing up Christmas stuff, playing Nerts, and watching movies. We returned home on Friday so we could have the weekend to get settled before returning to school and work on Monday.
Since returning home, I've been putting my Christmas present to use. I made curtains for our laundry room window. I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out.
It was a great break, but now it's time to get back to work. Brian will be starting a semester full of tough Science classes, and an evening EMT class. And I will be trying to get my students ready for end of level testing. So I'm sure we have a busy semester ahead of us.
