Sunday, January 4, 2009

Long awaited update!

After much harassment about not updating our blog, I finally decided to sit down and let everyone know about what's going on in our lives. I finished up my first semester of nursing school in December and actually pulled through with all A's. I go back to start my second semester in about a week...let's hope this semester is just as successful as the last! Chuck has been on Christmas break for a couple weeks now and has enjoyed his much needed R&R...those middle schoolers can really take a toll on him sometimes. Now we can start the countdown for spring break and then summer break! :o)

We had a nice Christmas with both of our families. We drove down to Moberly on Christmas Eve and enjoyed a nice evening and Christmas afternoon with Chuck's family. We went to mass on Christmas Eve and then opened presents that night. Christmas afternoon we had a delicous lunch complete with turkey and all the fixings! Thank you Fred and Judy for such a wonderful Christmas! We attended the Coldwell family Christmas on Saturday the 27th. My mom and dad graciously hosted 35 of our family members for Christmas this year. It was so much fun! My dad dressed up like Santa and passed out all of the gifts...it's been a fun tradition that they started a couple years ago. As predicted, Kali freaked out when she saw him. She knew it was papa but she still kept screaming.

Chuck and I rang in the New Year low key at home. I was supposed to work that night but I got cancelled, so we rented a couple of movies and hung out at home. At midnight we went outside on our porch and watched the fireworks and shared a kiss of course!

Sorry there are no pics to go along with this update. My camera has been broken since October and it hasn't been replaced yet. As soon as I get a new camera I'm sure the updates will be more frequent. Happy New Year to all of our friends and family. Here's to a fabulous 2009!!