Wow! It's been awhile...

It has been a long time since my last post....sorry...that's life I guess!

So...a lot has happened since the last post!  I quit working full time at Ladybird Academy...now I am only the music teacher there and I teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the mornings.  Sometimes they call me to sub, but it doesn't happen often.  I now have 14 piano students, and each month, my business seems to be growing and growing.  I am so excited that I can work from home, it's just a lot easier! 

Chris is working doing title reports still for the same company, but it is looking like he will be coming into a business deal in the next couple of weeks that will help to support us better.  He is going to business meetings all of the time now and he is working hard to make sure that this deal will be especially beneficial to us for the future.  I hope that it all gets worked out soon and we can start to be financially responsible for ourselves! 

We had a trip up to Ohio to visit my family for Thanksgiving, and we really had a good time up there!  We got to visit with my parents and all of my siblings and my grandparents.  We had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, we did some Christmas shopping, we went to the Columbus Zoo for the lights and we watched the infamous Buckeye/Wolverine game.  The visit seemed too short, but hopefully we'll get to see my family again soon!

We just had a Christmas party at Chris' Aunt Greta and Uncle Jim's house yesterday, that we went to and really enjoyed!  We got to visit with Jim and Greta and Chris' brother, Russell and his wife, Tamra, and of course Chris' parents.  I also visited with his cousin April and her brother Dave and his wife Dot, who I met for the first time.  We had a really good time and we look forward to getting together with everyone again soon!

We are hosting Christmas lunch for Chris' side of the family on Christmas day this Saturday.  I know we will have a good time with that!


Here is our Christmas letter that we sent out to a few people...if you weren't on the list...SORRY!  We had to limit our choices of who we sent to, but if you want to read it...here it is!


Well, here is another holiday season and so begins the time to write awesome Christmas letters!  Here is just a little taste of what our year has looked like!

January this year started out a little rough with Chris returning back to Florida after his wonderful visit to Ohio. Both Chris and I had to get back into the swing of things with finishing up school.

February was awesome in a lot of ways! My father returned home from Iraq safely and we were both very grateful for that! My wedding dress arrived in perfect condition and Chris arrived in Ohio for Valentine’s Day weekend to pick up our marriage license! February was filled with last minute preparations for the wedding and all of that would never have gotten done if it wasn’t for the wonderful family (especially our mothers) we have.

March was wedding month! We got married in the Columbus Ohio Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on March 20, 2010. We had a great reception afterward and then we went on our honeymoon on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas! We had a wonderful time on the cruise ship! We returned to Orlando 4 days later and had another quiet reception at our home. Then, sadly, I had to go back to school in Ohio, and Chris had to finish up school in Orlando.

April was pretty quiet and uneventful for us. I visited Orlando for a weekend and Chris returned with me to Ohio. Chris had finished his semester at school and had a couple of weeks before his finals started so he spent that time studying with me in Ohio.

May was a good month for one reason…CHRIS GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL!!!! Chris began his studies for the Florida Bar as well…a tedious endeavor!

June was also eventful! We got a beautiful Dalmatian puppy, who we named Lacey. I graduated from Ohio University with a specialized studies degree in Music and Child Development. Then, my family helped me pack up all of my things and I moved to Florida! I got to spend some wonderful time with my parents and my siblings at Disney World and the beach!

July was HOT!!! Chris took the Florida Bar at the end of the month and I got my first full time job working at a preschool as an assistant teacher, and the music teacher for the whole school! Chris also got a job working for an abstracting company researching real property.

August was exciting because I got my very first piano student! We also had an enjoyable family sleepover with Chris’ side of the family!

September brought about Chris’ birthday and even more piano students for me! Chris got the wonderful news that he passed the Florida Bar! He was admitted the Bar on September 22nd and was sworn in on September 30th.

October was my birthday month and a great weekend camping trip at Disney’s Fort Wilderness with Chris’ family. We got to go to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party dressed as students from Hogwarts! Chris and I were Ravenclaw! Chris was called to served as the Varsity Coach for Boy Scouts at our church and I was called to be the Relief Society Chorister. Chris and I also got the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with some of his extended family at Chris’ grandparents home in Palm Coast, Florida. We got to help fix up their backyard and hang out at the beach!

November brought about a lot of changes for us. I quit working full time at the preschool because I now have over 15 piano students! I needed some more time to commit to teaching piano lessons and hopefully that decision will bring about more business for me! Chris got his first job interview with a law firm, which is really exciting! We got to spend some time up in Ohio with my family for Thanksgiving! We had a great time going to the movies, having Thanksgiving dinner, watching the Ohio State game and heading to the Columbus Zoo to catch the Wild Lights! I also got an exciting opportunity to sing in a program called Women at the Well, as well as performing a piano arrangement of “Come Follow Me” for our church.

December is going to be a busy holiday season. We are looking forward to having our first Christmas together! We wish you all a very merry Christmas season and a Happy New Year!