Holiday Rounds

Well, we officially survived our first Christmas as a married couple. It was a nice Christmas and we were so glad to get to see everyone, but by yesterday afternoon we were a bit Christmas-ed out. We came home last night from our final Christmas and had planned on exchanging our gifts for each other, however we both were so tired we just crashed and plan on doing that tonight. Here was our weekend schedule:

Friday, December 22, 2006
Leave Shawnee, KS at 5 pm for Manhattan, KS
Arrive in Manhattan, KS at 7pm
Enjoy Christmas with Ben's parents and sister

Saturday, December 23, 2006
Enjoy breakfast with Ben's parents and sister
9:30 am leave Manhattan, KS for Emporia, KS
11 am arrive in Emporia, KS
Enjoy Christmas with Ben's Weyrauch side of the family (Everyone was there yay!!!)
Stay the night in Emporia

Sunday, December 24, 2006
Enjoy breakfast with Weyrauch's
9 am leave Emporia, KS for Newton, KS
10:30 am arrive in Newton, KS and go directly to church
Enjoy Christmas with Ben's Grandma and Grandpa Manes AND get to see Ben's aunt and uncle from Chicago
5 pm leave Newton, KS for Olathe, KS
8 pm arrive in Olathe, KS
Enjoy Christmas Eve with Amber's parents and siblings
9:30 pm go home to sleep in our own bed!!!!

Monday, December 25, 2006
Wake up at 6:30am to get ready
8 am go to Olathe for Breakfast and Christmas with Amber's family
Enjoy Christmas with Amber's parents and siblings
11:30 am go to Amazonia, MO
1 pm arrive in Amazonia
Enjoy Christmas with Amber's Kirk side of the family
6:30 pm leave Amazonia for Shawnee
7:45 pm drag our weary butts into bed

So as you can see it was a long, busy, exhausting weekend. BUT...so worth it.

We have a few pictures from the Weyrauch Family Christmas to post...and hopefully others at a later date.

Enjoy!

**Edit** Not sure what the problem is, but Blogspot won't let us upload anymore than this one picture. So for now...this is it.

These Pictures were taken during a long hour of standing out in the cold!!! But we got everyone!
**we are on the far left**

WE AREN'T DEAD!!!

Ok so I know its been forever...but I kept waiting to post hoping we might get a new camera cord and I could post pictures. Unfortunately, our schedule has not allowed for us to get a new cord...so this post will be very blah and boring...and for those of you that can't read a book without pictures, you should just stop reading now. :)

Well we are moved...mostly. We moved everything (minus a few cleaning supplies and misc. items) and the house is wonderful! That first week of living with the bare essentials really didn't do the house justice. I love seeing our things in the house and thinking about (once the holidays are done) what we can do with the different rooms.

On a sad note....our sink died. Not really, but our kitchen sink seems to have been put together poorly and we need to purchase a snake to clear the drains until we can have a plumber come in and "re-do" the entire plumbing for the kitchen sink. Boo! Welcome to the life of being a home-owner right? It isn't something that will have to be done right away...and fortunately we can just accomodate it right now. Still a bummer though...

We have again added to our family...no, not what you are thinking. We have adopted another puppy. Moose, is a chocolate lab/basset hound mix, however he takes almost exclusively after his lab roots. He is beautiful and very calm, which compliments Olivia's hyperactivity nicely. They both like to play and have become fast friends. Moose is about 14 weeks right now and growing FAST. When we first got him at 12 weeks he was shorter than Olivia...he has now passed her in height and just keeps gaining weight. We wanted a big dog...so that is ok.

I am currently in a 3 week break from classes...SOOO NICE! I can't believe how nice it is. I am waiting anxiously for grades to be posted and then I can completely relax. We start again on January 8th. Not long enough, but I won't complain.

We leave this Friday to "make our rounds" for the Holidays. I want to apologize in advance to all our family for the short amount of time we can spend with each of you. I know that it won't seem like enough, but I hope that it is still wonderful. We love you all, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Ok...I am at work so I should probably get back to it. Love you all and..........


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!