*This Christmas*

*Song of the Day* Any Christmas song :) (I know, I'm not creative right now)

I am finally done with finals and so excited to enjoy the Christmas season, and even more excited to go home to Turlock for a couple of weeks.
This morning after my last final I went straight to get all of my Christmas shopping done, and I did it!! In one full SWOOP! Which is exactly how I like to shop. I'm not a lingerer. When shopping, I have to know what I'm getting...get in, and get out :).
The Lord has blessed me with a pretty good pay check in order to get gifts for the people I love.

The other night, as I was avoiding studying for my last final....I enjoyed a classic Christmas movie, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I'm not gonna lie, I usually am up for the original Home Alone, but I was so excited to watch this because just last year with my family WE were in New York City for Christmas and it was so beautiful, exciting, and memorable. We don't often take big vacations except about every 5 years, and last year was probably our last family vacation before there might be additions to the family (brother might be married in a few years, so exciting).
So I wanted to dedicate this blog to showing how fun our trip to NYC was for Christmas last year. We also went to Washington D.C. It was amazing!

The streets of New York









Shopping on Brother's birthday in Time Square


Rockefeller Center
















Family Photo on top of the Empire State Building

*It was a great, memorable Christmas with my amazing family*

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Friday Mornings

*Song of the Day* "I'll Be Home for Christmas"- Michael Buble, just because I LOVE him!

I just wanted to post something really quick about how thankful I am for Friday mornings. This whole semester Friday mornings have been the one morning (besides Saturdays) where I can sleep in, and enjoy my morning. I have an eventual afternoon shift at work, but I can still wake up slowly, enjoy a cup of coffee, slowly, and just relax before work....slowly.

Another thing that makes my Friday morning so enjoyable is the switch-on fireplace we have in our apartment. Not going to lie, it's so nice that we have a fireplace where WE don't have to start the fire. I mean come on, 4 girls..totally incapable of starting a great fire in the fireplace. Trust me, we've tried :)


So right now, I am sitting next to my fireplace, watching The View, in my PJs, with a cup of coffee. Thank you Lord, for Friday mornings*

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I'm Back!

Wow! It's been so long since I've posted a blog. But I guess I've been pretty busy.

School kept me busy for a while because of certain projects and papers due. And now, almost all of my end-of-the-semester assignments are due Thursday December 10 (last day of classes). So I have my work cut out for me until the end of the semester. No worries, the end is almost here and I'm so excited for Christmas :).

Also the Thanksgiving holiday kept me pretty busy. I had a great long weekend at home in Turlock. I got to see great friends, and my family in Watsonville and San Jose.

*My sister Maddie, me, and my cousin Lindsay*

*All the grandkids on mom's side, with Grandpa Glenn*
(boyfriends, and girlfriends included)

While the holiday was a great way to relax, I have lots to do to end my last Fall semester well.

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