Our Christmas

This Christmas I have to admit Deven was the bigger child. I don't know who was more excited Gracie or him. Gracie had a great Christmas morning, but was most excited about the pink princess dress her uncle got her and the pink stick horse her aunt gave her. It just goes to show she loves pink and princesses. This year we had a family party in Gunnison and Gracie got to see Santa and be an angel in the Nativity. She loved being an angel so much that she wouldn't take her costume off the rest of the party. We spent Christmas morning at Deven's house and then headed to Gunnison. We spent a good part of the evening at my Grandma's house playing play station, where we got everyone (including my mom ) to play guitar hero and sing star. This was our big family gift and turned out to be a big hit with everyone. (top: Deven and my sister Lisa having a guitar battle)

Our Birthdays

I guess you could say between Christmas and birthdays we have been busy. Both Deven and I turned a year older. Deven turned 29 on Dec 20th and I turned the big 30 on Christmas Day. I have to admit being 30 isn't as bad as I thought it would be. We had low key celebrations with our families My family made me a Hawaiian cake, and Hawaiian haystacks in honor of our future move, they are all trying to humor me , because they know I am nervous.

The Match

Well, the day we have been waiting for finally came. When we first started medical school the thought of 4 more years of school seemed over whelming. Well that time has flown by and this past year we have been anticipating where we will spend the next 5 years of our life. We have been waiting impatiently for the past few months but yes the day did come. It brought with it a lot of emotion for us (ok for me) when we found out we will be going to Hawaii. It came as a bit of a shock! Deven was excited almost immediately, but I will be honest for me I am still waiting for the shock to wear off. But I have to say I am so proud of him and so excited for him. He has worked so hard these past years and he got into the top program. It is just hard for me to imagine being that far away from family. I know things happen for a reason and that we are going where we need to be, I know we will have many neat experiences as we grow together as a family. Everyone is welcome, we would love visitors!!! Congratulations Deven, all of your hard work paid off!! I guess we should say Aloha!

SNOW FUN

We have had a lot of fun in the snow. Gracie is loving it! We decided she needed warmer clothes though. The first time we made her wear them she pouted for a while, but in the end had lots of fun shoveling snow with her little snow shovel Nana bought her.