Mom and Dad on Christmas Eve (above) Daniel and I opening our gift from Granddaddy and Betty (my Mom's dad and stepmom) (below)
Meme with her grandkids on Christmas Eve
Our Chef for the evening!
Christmas at the Underwoods on Christmas Eve
Dan and I's Christmas together....the bubblegum money he gave me in my stocking :)
His weight tree....alright for organization in the garage :)
Eric and April (Dan's brother and sis-n-law)
Christmas at the Odom's on Christmas night
Dan and his sister Sonya
Me and April...my sis-n-law
Dan and his dad on Christmas night
Dan and Landon...our nephew
I am sorry to have left you hanging on our life :) I know there are so many of you out there dying to know what is going on with us these days. Ok, to be honest, I quit posting b/c I didn't think anyone ever read this thing. BUT, I decided, in case there is someone, I would go ahead and post something. Things have been great around here. I guess the last time I posted we had ice in Conway...well, the rest of the state has it now but we are fortunate enough not to have experienced that. It is definitely cold (24 right now) but not icy. Praise the Lord!
We had a great Christmas and New Years. The holidays were pretty busy with trying to see both our families but it was worth every minute of it. After New Years school got started back and I got started on my internship applications. That is another reason why I haven't been posting. I am applying to UCA, UAMS, Vanderbilt, and Lipscomb University. Apps are due February 16 so please pray I get everything done accurately (very tedious task) and that the Lord will open a spot for me if that is what I am supposed to do this next year. I will truly be disappointed if I don't get in b/c I feel like I have worked so hard this last year to make that happen but I know if I don't then the Lord has something bigger and better for me. We find out April 20th at midnight if we got a match.
I am taking 12 hours of grad school this semester. I know it sounds like a lot but 6 of those hours are associated with my LEND class at UAMS which means I just get credit hours for doing LEND and I don't have to do anything extra. YAY! I am in 6 regular hours also. I have a Wednesday night stats class...that is going to kick my butt. I am terrible at stats and we have had 2 classes already and a test next week. AHHH!! I also have another class that is half online and half in class work. We meet on Saturdays from 10-5...only 3 times throughout the semester though. This Saturday is the first meeting so we shall see how that goes. That is really all that is going on with me these days.
As for Dan, he is still in Searcy and still liking his job but hating the drive...which is understandable. He duck hunted quite a bit up until this week. Season ended this past weekend so no more alarms at 1:45 and him driving in the middle of the night. Thank goodness! I always had such a hard time going back to sleep when he would leave in the middle of the night. He did kill a lot of duck towards the end of the season so now we get to look forward to eating it! YUMMO!!
Rex and Tyson are doing good. As I sit here and type this, Rex is laying beside me in the floor and Tyson is laying on my feet under the next. They are both rotten little dogs. We have had some issues with Tyson. When we built our fence a couple of years ago, we attached to our neighbors fence. Well, it is a piece of junk, and has fallen down several times. Dan and one of our other neighbors have gone out to nail it back up over and over but something always seems to happen. Their kids knock holes in it with the baseball, a storm comes and blows it over, etc. Well, they got a pitbull also and decided to start keeping it in the back yard (it used to be an inside dog). That caused a whole mess of problems with Tyson. Now they sit back there and dig and chew on the fence so they can get to each other. We have had to start chaining Tyson to the deck. I don't know what it is about us and dogs but they always find a way out. I have to check on Tyson every couple of hours to make sure he is still on the chain. We are praying that this family will move. Rumor has it that the owner is about to kick them out. I would never wish that on anyone...I just want them to find a new home..not next to us :) They have been difficult neighbors. Needless to say, since it is so cold outside, Ty is in with us but will be going out in a couple of hours. Rex is the same old rotten dog he has always been. He has gotten to where he likes regular visits to Nana and Pops (Sharon and Robert) and Momma D and Papa Ross (Dianne and Mark). They all spoil him so much and we have to break some habits when he gets back home.
Anyways, this is too long of a post. I will put a few pics up from the holidays and random things. Hope you enjoy the update :)
God Bless!
