Hi all. I didn't think I would be that busy since coming home after Christmas, but I have been. I have been at my internship 3 days a week, which is fine, I finished and sent my application off to Ct, and have cleaning out stuff from the house. Amongst it all, I have been to the library a couple times and read a few books. All in all I can't say it's been bad.

Matt's mom came back with us to help us with Esther so we can take her out of daycare. Surprisingly Esther is not upset about the idea of not going to "school" anymore. Hopefully this remains the case after this week, as Friday will be her last day. It's been nice having Angie and Emilio here. It's a blessing that they agreed to come back and stay for the semester.

Well school starts again next Tuesday (ugh). I am happy that it is my last semester and am going to be even happier when I am no longer associated with the CSU School of Social Work and all that goes on there (drama, secrets, hidden agendas...the list could go on an on). Unfortunately it is safe to say that grad school is not at all what I thought it would be.

Next tuesday after class we are leaving back for Montana because Philip is coming... yea. I am so excited to get to see him and Megan and maybe, just maybe we can work it out to get that family picture we didn't get over Christmas (that means Brittany and Ethan, you two better be available). We are also planning on renting a truck to go back, just in case the roads are icky again. This means we will have lots of room to take stuff back to store until May...MOM Beware...ha ha ha.

Well that's all for now I have a busy day planned of cleaning, packing and reading so ta ta for now.

Happy New Year Everybody. We took pictures today. I can't really call them family pictures because Philip and Megan and Brittany and Ethan weren't here (and my parents didn't get in on the fun), but you all might like to see them anyway.

Kennedy, Ruth, Esther, and Michael



Michael, Debra, and Ruth



Sam and Kennedy



Here we are happy as can be



Michael and Ruth



Michael



Ruth



Esther



Kennedy



My parents don't use their fireplace. We had to spend some time cleaning stuff away from the front of it, dusting, vacuuming, mopping, etc before we could take the pictures. We also had to move both couches out of the way. Unfortunately we moved the couches after we moved everything from the front of the fireplace onto the couches :(. BUT in the end I think the pictures turned out great.