Nearly Christmas

I can't believe it's almost Christmas. Time keeps passing quicker and quicker and I wish for just once it would go slow. As children we want nothing more than to be 'older' so we can drive, and date, and so as we wish. If I could go back, I would say "SLOW DOWN! Enjoy it while you can. You're never going to get this back. Ever." That's my philosophical version coming out! Ha

Speaking of Christmas... We are going to have both sets of families, both our grams are coming too, over to our house on Christmas Eve for dinner and gift exchange - it should be a great Christmas. Our first married and the first in our home. 

As I sit here and think back on 2012... Man, it has been an amazing year. Started the year off engaged, bought our first home, a wedding and a new last name, and oh yeah - a diploma! I am finally a college graduate - Maren Nelson, B.S. HE. What a long time coming. There has been blood, sweat, tears, and more foul language directed at school than I can count. I am grateful for the chance I had to go to college. So many people don't for any number of reasons and all I can say is, why?? Your education is something no one can ever take away from you. It's yours. And when is it a bad thing to be educated? I look forward to continuing on with this academic journey and I'm excited to see what Grad school has to offer me. I am currently up in the air a little bit about what program I want to be in. I want it to be something I will and can use here in Idaho. Since Scott and I don't have any plans on leaving, I need it to be something I can find a job with here locally. Wish me luck.

Other things going on in the Nelson home... Scott got invited last week to go on a private pheasant hunt in Utah with his company, so he was pretty jazzed about the opportunity to go. Sounds like he had a great time doing some manly bonding outside of work. While he was gone, the boys and I stayed at my moms house. I think she enjoyed the company, we haven't had a sleep over in a few months :) One night while I was there, someone plowed into her neighbors recycling bin and then into our mailbox. She was so mad and there was nothing I could do about it to fix it at the time so I did my best and taped a note onto it for the mailman! Haha. We ended up having to put it in a bucket with rocks and sand.. Cant do anything with the concrete till it warms up. It busted that sucker off right at the base! Some people really suck.

Hope everyone is doing well! 

Merry Christmas friends, hope you all have time to be with those you love and cherish the most.

-M