Wow. Today is such a great day because finals are FINALLY over. This semester has been an interesting one to say the least and it was really hard to get adjusted back to life in America after having the amazing schooling experience in Spain. It's hard to believe my last fall semester for my undergraduate degree is over... but so exciting at the same time. After Halloween *which is posted on my previous blog post* school became really difficult and not in the way that you would think. It was so hard to focus and for some reason my mind was just checked out...guess that's Senioritis. We also lost my Aunt Marne from cancer in October and that was so difficult for my family and I had to make an emergency trip to Utah for it which made getting back to school even harder. Well here's a few major events that happened in the end of the fall semester:
My great aunt Treva and Sandy visited from Indiana. They came to Flagstaff to see Rachel and my apartments and took us to a yummy dinner.
Then we all met back in Glendale for some fun going to the Colts VS. Cardinals football game and tree decorating. This is our first year without my grandma and it was an emotional day going through all of her ornaments and all of our hearts were very heavy as we miss her and she will have left us almost a year ago. I am still so grateful to have had them here for our family while we did our Xmas festivities. They helped my mom deal with her first xmas without her mom and the rest of us as well.
I finally got around to sledding this winter since it is my last one here in Flagstaff and let me tell you...that was an adventure to say the least!!!! Who knew getting stuck in the forest for 4-5 hours could be sooo fun.. hahaha....
We are way too cute to help dig the car out of the snow so obviously the only logical thing to do was take pictures!
We had an amazing Thanksgiving this year and celebrated at my step sisters house. Having kids around for the holidays makes it so much more fun and enjoyable. My nephews, Josh and Kaiden are so funny and always say the darnest things! We had an eventful day of playing games like hungry hippo, chutes and ladder and Yahtzee. After the fun and food, the girl were all off to do some amazing black friday shopping and we scored this year!!!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST. Cassie graduated from ASU. It was so fun to see my old JCP friends especially since I am back there working a bit for the holidays and miss them all soo much and know none of the new people. We were all so proud of Cassie and she has overcome so many obstacles within her time and college and is truly my greatest role model. It makes it all the more exciting to graduate myself in only a few months!
Overall, I am so happy this semester is over and think about the last year and am so very grateful for the amazing friends I have made and already have. Nothing compares to the friends I have in my life and they make saying goodbye to Flagstaff so difficult. Now it's only 5 days till XMAS and 10 days till New years and I am so very ready for a new year with even newer opportunities.
