Tis the Season

It's December.


Well, I know you know it's December, but I can't believe it's already here. This semester flew by! I'm counting down the days left of class (7) and the number of papers (2) and projects (2) take-home finals (2) and exams (3). Not a bad collection of numbers, if you ask me. My roommates are in for a much busier last couple of weeks, so I'm feeling fortunate.

My Thanksgiving break was lovely. It was kind of strange to be with ALL of my siblings at once-- changes the dynamics a bit! But we enjoyed each other's company and played a lot of games of "Ticket to Ride" :) My niece, Julia, is also growing quickly. She's a pretty funny, sweet girl with a lot of energy! She has a hilarious laugh, too. She's quite the handful for Zach and Jane, and with another one the way, it's only going to be more interesting! Haha.

One of the coolest parts of the weekend was Sunday morning-- my brother, Zach, was ordained as a pastor of the Christian Reformed Church (at Immanuel CRC in Fort Collins). This is an exciting thing for all of us. I'm very proud of him, and he did a wonderful job preaching, too. It seems that the congregation is warm and welcoming towards him, so everything is a good fit! :) I was about 11 when my dad was ordained, so it's amazing to be able to see my brother be ordained, too!

I'm looking forward to being done with this semester and preparing for student teaching-- just 9 weeks from today! But I'm also excited about Christmas and Advent. It was wonderful to take time to enjoy Thanksgiving this year, and I hope to do the same about Advent.

Well, I need to review scansion and prosody for my lit terms test this week-- but have a blessed week!