It is a novel...

Some people say medical school makes widows, and I have to say this is a false statement...

Unless it is test week or the week before,

which it is.  Thus, it leads me to the close of a Saturday filled with reading, cleaning, and going across town to stores with dear friends.  It has been a good day, but I am most excited for the next hour when Brady is stopping his studying and I get him back until Monday!

So here are our updates.

Christmas...

Fabulous!  Two weeks of pure happiness with family and friends.  The only thing missing was snow and skiing, but we were so happy with those we love that it didn't damper the trip.  There was lots of games, shopping, eating, movies, talks, hugs, and love.  Cheesy?  Well, it was perfect.

The trip started with Brady's best friend's wedding. 

They made great t-shirts for everyone at their wedding dinner

The groom and my groom

We ran to another wedding reception after their wedding dinner and we some of our two favorite people back from Cali.  Then met up another night and played games and caught up.  We love you guys!

the bride and groom

We love being with these guys and their wives all night!

Little pictures taken at the Heaps, but this is a great action shot of Justin

And Claudia, who laughed (probably angrily) at me after I took this.

Nana and Boppa took all the grandkids to a play, and we got to go along.  So fun!

Adorable. period.

I loved spending time with this lady.

the classic nelson christmas basketball game took place with Dennis and Justin Heaps as the honorary guests.  Fun day as always!

Holy smokes. Heart melting.

My mom planned a spectacular nativity with all the grandchildren, and they were adorable.

what a family.

night with the girls.

and a night with my amazing dad!

still my heart is melting.  he turns two in a couple weeks, and he already know how to play angry birds.

Then we came home.  It was shocking to come back to 75 degree weather.  We took advantage of it and played tennis in shorts and t-shirts the day we got home!  For New Years, we got dinner and then went downtown for the cities celebration of bringing in the new year.  It was fun being with friends and people watching for hours!

Amy did a good job of getting in view of this guy's lit mullet.  What a spirited guy

And then we were back to life.  I took and passed a certification test.  Brady started back to school.  Last week we went to watch Jimmer and the Kings play the Rockets, and we even got to go shoot a ball on the court after the game.  The Rockets holding a BYU Alumni night, who woulda' thought?

Jason was thoroughly excited to go take his shot.  He kept asking, are you ready to take my picture??

So back to school and work!  We love it!  And now that Brady has put his flash cards down, and called it a night, we are going to go see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  I loved the book, and I am so excited about the movie!  

And of course, being with this man