more miles than santa's sleigh...

Excuse our blogging absence....we have been covering alot of miles during our Christmas travels and haven't had internet access for a while.

We started our break by barely making our plane to Baltimore on Dec. 17th. . . after stressing away several years of our lives, we made it! The rest of our DC adventure was perfect! We spent some much needed quality time with Justine and toured all over!

one of the only pics we took at the Smithsonian...me with Stephen Colbert...of course!

a lovely pic of us at the top of the Washington Monument.

And a picture inside the White House.

After our return to Kansas on the 21st we spent time with my family, eating our weight in Christmas cookies, playing cards, guestures, etc.

On the 26th we headed up to Minnesota, where the Christmas food binging will undoubtedly continue ...

so please no comments about how we've doubled in size the next time you see us!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas??

Okay, well it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around here.  Not only has the temperature dropped to subzero levels, but today I have almost officially completed my first semester as a graduate student.  Grades are not officially posted until Dec. 25...yes, what a nice Christmas present.  "Dear Santa, I would like all A's please."  

We have been busy getting in the spirit via obnoxious holiday caroling (only to ourselves, don't worry) and participating in the ole tradition of baking holiday treats that people will later regret eating come new year's resolution season.  Here are some pictures of Andy dipping our homemade peppermint patties.

***Notice: We are leaving for our trip to Washington, D.C. to see our (ok MY) super best friend Justine, tomorrow (Tuesday) night and returning to computer land probably on Monday....so there will be a several day hiatus in blogging. ***

Andy's Workshop....

Today Andy's workshop created a folding whiteboard for our office.  I know this may seem a little overkill....but we are both really into making lists and writing down things we need to remember..so this is AWESOME!  

A closed view.

An open view...yea it's 8 ft. wide.  Nice job, Andy!

A demonstration of someone's maturity....

Waters 119

Here is our office staff at our Christmas/end of the semester gathering....

David, Dalton, Katie, me, and Rebecca

DONE!!!!

My paper is done! Yay!!!!  Although I would not recommend writing a 10 page graduate paper on Catholic College Student Identity Development in two days...it is done!!!  YAY!!!!

Then we posed for a couple pictures a friend needed of us.....so here we are...you can see our Christmas tree peeking out in the background....and that Andy needs a haircut.

did i mention my paper is done???  we are looking forward to a weekend full of Christmas cooking and maybe a little Christmas shopping!!!