The last time that I even posted anything was before school started. Colin is doing great with classes and has spent many late nights doing drafting homework and studying for his classes. I have been driving to and from Brigham City twice a week just to pass my anatomy class and boy is the grade worth it! I too have also spent many late nights doing Colin's english papers...ha ha just been helping him out. But really.
Life has been busy between work and school for the both of us. Colin is still a landscaper for the University Housing department and I am the Office Manager at the Utah Statesman, which is the University's newspaper. We both love and enjoy our jobs which is a big load off of our shoulders as we had a pretty stressful semester. The semester is coming to a close. This week is not test week and next week is finals. We are excited for the semester to be over and have a break just to come back to school with a fresh new schedule.
New updates from the Maxfield's!
- Colin has a new truck! (2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Blue)
Okay so that was a little less epic as it could have been, but that honestly is the only big news that has really been going on with us. Colin is happy to have a truck and has taken it mudding numerous times!
Well it is the Holiday season and the awesome time of year when most family traditions take place! There has been a lot of things going on, especially with the recent passing of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Due to our wonderful jobs we were both able to have the same days off to enjoy, basically, an entire week of family fun! The Wednesday before Thanksgiving we were able to attend the Transiberian Orchestra Concert. This is one of the biggest events that we always look forward to especially because we get to attend with the whole family. The concert was AWESOME! It is definitely a tradition that I suggest doing if you live in the Utah, Salt Lake City area. Even if you don't you have to go at least once in your lifetime! Thanksgiving was spent with Colin's side of the family as we had both sets of grandparents. his parents and us there. It was a delicious meal with lots of pies and plenty of conversation to go around the table. Later that day after we had our after turkey nap time, we drove to Alpine to my Aunt Wendy's house where my dad's side of the family was spending their turkey time. It was really good to see all of them and spend time with them! Well seeing how stores are opening up earlier and earlier, people are standing in line earlier and earlier for the black friday deals. This has been really bothersome to both Colin and I, as family is so important to us we couldn't believe that getting a good deal on a TV was more important then spending time with the family. People were literally having take out for thanksgiving or having their wife bring them a plate of the dinner to them in line. I remember the times when my mom was sad that Alan couldn't make it because he had to work. It is amazing to us that people would put worldly things that aren't really that important over their families. Anyways, away from the rant, we decided to take advantage of the Black Friday deal after leaving the family time and go into Target that opened at 9. Holy Craziness! Well we stood an hour and a half in the check out line and were finally able to get the items that we set out for. It definitely made a good memory as our first Black Friday as Mr. and Mrs. We definitely had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and were very sad to leave to have to go back to school.
With that in mind we set our sights on finals and for Zachary coming home Dec. 18! Not to mention coming up VERY soon is the one and only Kurt Bestor concert that we are so excited to attend! Yet another family tradition to take part of. Colin and I plan on being in Idaho from Dec. 18-Dec.26 for the Holiday celebration. We will then return and work for a couple days and then head to his house and my dad's house for the holiday celebration with them! We are so excited to embark into the 2013 New Year with Awesome resolutions and dreams to come true. We look forward to preparing for Colin to go to Field Training next summer in which he will be gone for a whole month! I don't know what to do!? Oh wait...enjoy a nice quiet, clean apartment with lots of chocolate and chick flicks every night!
Til next time...
1 comments:
Sounds Great!!! I believe it is important to experience Black Friday ONCE in your life!!! Way to do it before you have children!!! My one and ONLY Black Friday was exactly one week after I gave birth to my 2nd child who also came along for the experience, in which we both spent our time in the car breast-feeding (after trying to fight the crowd to get back out to the car) while Granny, Granddad, Ammon, and Gideon stood in line!!!
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