After so long...

Well it has been awhile since I have posted on this thing. It is harder then it sounds to keep the blog updated regularly, especially while Amy and I are both going to school full-time. It has been a busy yet rewarding semester. I have discovered that although I understand plant physiology really well, I don't particularly care for it at all. Amy has been involved with a class that raises money for an international micro-loan program, if they raised $1000 dollars they would be excused from taking the final. Her group sold hot cocoa, cinnamon kettle corn, and other such things, as well as raffle tickets for dinner at local restaurants who were kind enough to donate gift certificates. They sucSEEDed! "SEED" being the name of the charity/microloan organization they were raising money for. Matt has mastered the art of saying "Thank You!" although he doesn't always say it when socially acceptable. He will hand me my phone and say thank you, jumping on his bed tonight he would cough and then say thank you! Such a grateful kid.
Amy and I (mostly Amy) rearranged the furniture and put up the Christmas stuff the other day and now the house looks great. We have a small tree but it brightens up our home and Matt calls it the "pretty tree". We are excited for the Christmas break- although I do have the biggest test of my life to take during the break. Some serious study will have to take place in the next couple of weeks. For those who might not know the test I am referring to is the OAT (Optometry Acceptance Test) and about 45-55% of the decision making process involved with accepting an applicant to those schools comes from the scores on the OAT.
In other news, Amy is being kept very busy as the Young Women's Secretary in our ward. She seems to like it more and more every week, although she was kind of dreading a calling in the YW before she got one.
That is about it for now, thanks for sticking with us through the long break in posts, here's to hoping the next one comes before next June. But if we don't Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Valentine's and St. Patrick's Day, and give thanks to your Mom's and Dad's on their special days.